#ze:a siwan

[kyunyu3]

[valvyu]

Im Siwan — icons by me.

simplesmente meu ator coreano favorito‼️

[serataenin]

I didn't know siwan could speak English so well?? and it was so nice to see him in a more relaxed atmosphere like this, speaking about his journey. man was truly meant for the screen

[webshuji]

byeongtae youre such an icon

[waitingforminjae]

pov ur the rest of ze:a in the dorm and siwan is trying to drown himself in the bathtub to practice being tortured

[k-pop-lovers]

Top rated songs will compete for the best K-pop song of third quarter of 2023

[oldshinee]

[zea9love]

If it’s true that Siwan is gonna be in Squid Game, I’m just gonna abandon all hope for a ZE:A comeback. International success could make him even busier than he already is and a ZE:A comeback would be the last thing on his mind 😭

[k-airportstyle]

Im Siwan - February 2nd 2023

[koko-na-d]

Starlight - The King Loves - Roy Kim

[braemjeorn]

the more i learn abt hwang kwanghee's idol career the more bewildered i am.

i believe i saw him first as a host for weekly idol, I think the guest were either skz or nct dream

by that time I didn't think he was an idol, that he was their 2nd gen sunbae, I just thought that he was one of the many famed hosts and mcs of variety shows, thankful that he took care of the boys kindly

tHEN I went back to binging 'we got married'

and HIS NAME popped up

THERE I FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS AN IDOL

AND THAT HIS GROUP MEMBER IS IM SIWAN

whom I saw in run on and it was such a lovely drama with a lovely ost and mr im himself was lovely

this revelation was a bit of a wtflipping smokes moment subdued only by me being distracted about wgm

these two people? in the same group? who'd have thought!???

in my defense, I wasn't paying much attention when reading through siwan's career

back to WGM

it started off real awkward but man...

him and his 'wife', han sunhwa

I tell you those two just matched up really well

if someone was acting chaotically extroverted with me I would have let out an embarrassed laugh and went please stop I cannot match that energy or something like aren't you too much for this hour?

i think some couples on wgm are like that as well

these TWO on the other hand

"we're gonna pay our respects to these balloon horses in place of your parents? sure, why not. the yellow one is my mum. why is she neighing? well, she just said you have to take care of me better."

you're crazy and so am I energy

and there's this one time seonhwa got such a mrs elton (mi cara sposo) energy going "my dear husband won an award as an up-and-coming celebrity of the year and he didn't even think to tell me!"

the way they just answer each other's antics is to die for

so ordinary couple coded those two

silly wild guy and a pretty girl who's as wild as him

and I think kwanghee actually liked seonhwa omalord //>.

she spoke about it in radio star mbc(? or whatever talk show that was) how he gifted her things and she felt she couldn't accept so much since they were just friends and all outside of shooting

and he's like "so you still think of me as a friend?"

(in her defense mr hwang, a girl gotta really guard her heart)

but she was kinda like "well, yeah"

so he went "arraseo - alright I get it, I won't rush you then."

dugeundugeun dokidoki moment I swear

the hosts in front of seonhwa def thought so

what a man WHAT A MAN INDEED

not standard handsome but has his charms and I admire that

(he scolded a hoobae for naming seonhwa his ideal woman lol)

God bless my elementary Korean, it helped so much already at understanding these uncaptioned clips

they flirt, they tease, they rizz each other up

they just get into each other's mischief without question and I just love that teamwork/union/partnership

I need to see more episodes abt them

on another thing that spurt out this post

I realized that kwanghee somehow looked like a combination of han and changbin??

that's the way I can put it as a 3rd gen kpop enthusiast, my apologies should I offend the veteran fans

like his jaw and chin and how it rounded nicely like a sunflower seed (what is this description lord)

you know how changbin have that notorious chin and hannie those jeekies

how they're not as manhwa-angled as minho or SM's flower boys or as firm and strong as chan's

I love this face category, I appreciate it

sunflower seed face ma lord why am I making up these terms

ALSO HE CHORTLES LIKE CHANGBIN

guys hilarious, one of them variety kings I'll bet

I think I saw on a youtube thumbnail kwanghee's picture on a video to note the list of idols who had plastic surgery which could just be uploaded for clout and all that clickbaities

he does look different if you compare his wgm looks (which was from 2013) to his recent 2020s contents

it could be surgery but it could also be how the styling for this decade and 2018 upward changed a lot since early 2010a kpop, hairstyle and all

or he just hit thirty and the fat melts by themselves

who knows bruh celebrities

whatever that was was not as wild as the fact that he did a stage with GDragon and Taeyang

MAbsOSAA

the Koreans in the comment section was wild about that performance

"ain't nobody gonna get on bigbang's level, nobody I tell you"

it was an amazing performance, but honestly I was just more bewildered over the fact that these people met

are even the same age and all that and just casually did collabs

97liners, what are yall up to?

look at me bewildered by recent history of hallyu

I may binge watch more wgm clips and look up kwanghee's performance as host to the younger idols

gonna look out for this man in the future for sure

I'll be back when I want to rant again LOLS

[metomomo]

My hot kpop take is that the most individually successful idol group is BY FAR ZE:A.

Looking back the lineup was absolutely crazy. Kwanghee, Im Siwan, Park Hyung-Sik, Kim Dongjun. They’re all such standout names in the industry… just not as idols. I can’t think of any other group where multiple members saw that level of crazy success

[kpoptimeout]

K-Pop Debuts and Comebacks for the 4th Week of September (Sep 18-Sep 24 2023)

Sep 18

D.O. - Somebody

EXO's D.O. is back solo in this warm ballad!

Sep 19

EVNNE - TROUBLE

Popular BOYS' PLANET contestants debut as EVNNE in this powerful MV and track!

nochexintoma - Drop

Rapper nochexintoma goes hard in this vibey piece.

Sep 20

TEMPEST - Vroom Vroom

Underrated boy band TEMPEST is back with attitude and power through this catchy track!

Sep 21

FANTASY BOYS - NEW TOMORROW

Winners of MBC's FANTASY BOYS debut in this bright song and flashy MV!

Im Siwan X Winter - Win For You

ZE:A's Siwan sings again in the theme song for World Table Tennis Championships at Busan with aespa's Winter!

Sep 22

GEMINI - Attention ft. DAWN and BLASÉ

AT AREA's male artists collab in this smooth and sexy performance!

Kim Yohan x CHEEZE - Blue in You

WEi's Yohan duets with popular indie singer CHEEZE in this sweet track!

VCHA - Y.O.Universe

JYP x Republic Records' collaboration global girl group VHCA drops their pre-debut track after 22 episodes of "A2K"!

Sep 23

imjohan - broken records

Indie artist imjohan drops a mesmerising performance in this laid back piece.

Sep 24

No releases.

What is your favourite track of the week?

[imswansong]

If I ever get the chance to talk to Siwan I want to ask him how he cries in movies. He never cries irl. Like he said himself that prior to his crying scene in The Moon Embracing the Sun in 2012 he hasn’t cried in over 10 years. When the ZE:A members’ parents visited them before their debut everyone was bawling (as many people do when they see their parents after so long) and Siwan was just like “hi mom and dad !! ……why are you crying 😅”

And then in dramas and movies he screams and wails like he lost everything in the world? What do you have to think about to cry like that in front of tons of cameras as an actor when crying isn’t one of your natural responses to real world situations

[idolskpop]

Im Siwan reveals why he joined ‘Squid Game’ Season 2

Im Siwan, the versatile actor and singer who has been impressing fans with his back-to-back blockbuster projects, has recently opened up about his casting story for the mega hit Netflix show ‘Squid Game’. ‘Squid Game’ is a South Korean survival drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. It revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial trouble, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children’s games for the chance to win a ₩ 45.6 billion prize. The series’ title draws from a similarly named Korean children’s game.

(Photo : Dispatch Korea) The first season of ‘Squid Game’ was released worldwide on September 17, 2021 and became Netflix’s most-watched series and the most-watched program in 94 countries, attracting more than 142 million member households and 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first four weeks. It has also received numerous accolades, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for O Yeong-su, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for Lee Jung-jae and HoYeon Jung, respectively; all three were also the first Korean actors to win in those categories. The first series received 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, making it the first non-English-language work to be nominated in this category; Lee won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series, the first time an Asian actor won the award for a non-English part. A second season was officially announced in June 2022. Filming for the second season began in July 2023.

Im Siwan’s role in ‘Squid Game’ Season 2

Im Siwan is one of the new additions to the cast of ‘Squid Game’ Season 2, along with Park Gyu Young, Kang Ha Neul and more. His role has not been revealed yet, but fans are already speculating that he might play a VIP guest, a masked man, or a new player.

(Photo : Im Siwan's Official Instagram) In an interview with The Korea Herald, Im Siwan candidly revealed why he didn’t hesitate to confirm his appearance in the second season of ‘Squid Game’. - “I have no doubts about the show. It’s a genre that I want to explore and own as an actor.” He also shared that he was drawn to the show by his admiration for Lee Byung Hun, who played the mysterious Front Man in the first season. - “It’s an honor to work with him in a renowned show. He is a senior actor that I look up to.” Im Siwan expressed his excitement and nervousness about joining the global phenomenon that is ‘Squid Game’. - “I’m looking forward to working with the talented cast and crew. I hope I can contribute to the success of the show and meet the expectations of the viewers.”

(Photo : Netflix)

Im Siwan’s other projects

Im Siwan has been busy with his back-to-back projects that showcase his versatility as an actor and singer. He recently starred in the sports thriller film ‘Road to Boston’, which depicts the lives of Korean athletes who participated in the Boston International Marathon in 1947, the first international marathon held since World War II. He played Yun-Bok Suh, a runner who overcame many hardships to achieve his dream. The film was released theatrically on September 27, 2023 coinciding with Korean holiday.

(Photo : Lotte Entertainment) He also starred in two drama series in 2022: ‘Summer Strike’, where he played An Dae Beom, a former baseball player who becomes a coach of a high school team; and ‘Tracer’, where he played Hwang Dong Joo, a former detective who investigates cold cases. In addition, he is set to star in another drama series in 2023: ‘Boys’ Generation’, where he will play Jang Byung Tae, a high school student who forms a band with his friends in the 1980s. Im Siwan is also known as a member of the South Korean boy band ZE:A and its sub-group ZE:A Five. He debuted as a singer in 2010 and has since released several albums and singles with his group. He has also pursued a solo career as a singer and has participated in various OSTs for dramas and films.

(Photo : ENA Channel Instagram)

Netizens’ reactions

Netizens have been showing their support and anticipation for Im Siwan’s role in ‘Squid Game’ Season 2. Here are some of their comments: - “Im Siwan is such a talented actor. He can pull off any role. I can’t wait to see him in Squid Game.” - “I’m so happy for him. He deserves to be in such a popular show. He has worked hard and proven his skills in many projects.” - “He is one of my favorite actors. He always chooses interesting and challenging roles. I’m sure he will surprise us with his performance in Squid Game.” - “I’m curious about his role. Will he be a good guy or a bad guy? Will he survive or die? I hope he will have a lot of screen time and interactions with the other actors.” - “He is so handsome and charming. I hope he will also sing in the show. His voice is amazing.” Subscribe to IDOLS KPOP for exclusive updates and captivating content. Read the full article