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Mahlano Da’don: The Rising Star in Rap's Melodic Pantheon
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Rap has never been a stagnant genre; its evolution is constant, and its innovation, ceaseless. Artists frequently emerge, bringing fresh sounds and new narratives to the fore. Among these, every once in a while, there’s a voice that stands out, defying the odds and captivating listeners across demographics. Mahlano Da’don, with his mesmerizing melodic flow and rich voice, is one such artist.
Melo-Voice: A New Benchmark in Rap
When we think of melodious rap and the fusion of singing within hip-hop, a few names come to mind: Drake, Tory Lanez, and Future, to name a few. These artists have crafted their niche, blending their rap verses with elements of R&B, setting themselves apart. Mahlano Da’don's voice echoes this tradition but carves out a unique space. His voice, often compared to top-tier artists like Juice WRLD, J. Coke, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Lil Baby, exudes a raw emotional depth that resonates with listeners.
Versatility: The Name of the Game
Being a great artist in the contemporary rap scene demands versatility, and Mahlano doesn't fall short. He’s proven time and again that he's not just a one-trick pony. Whether he's dropping hard-hitting bars reminiscent of 21 Savage or serenading listeners with smooth ballads, Mahlano has showcased a range of styles, making it clear he's here to stay.
The Streaming Era & Mahlano's Dominance
With the rise of streaming platforms, artists have an unprecedented opportunity to reach global audiences. It’s a double-edged sword, however, as the competition has never been stiffer. Yet, Mahlano Da’don has successfully leveraged these platforms, with an array of incredible songs catching the attention of rap enthusiasts and casual listeners alike.
Tracks that boast his unique blend of rap and melodic rhythm have not only garnered millions of streams but have also ignited discussions and debates among rap aficionados. His seamless blending of styles and genres within the rap domain, coupled with heartfelt lyrics, makes him a favorite among many.
Conclusion
As rap continues its dynamic journey, artists like Mahlano Da’don are shaping its future. He encapsulates the best of the modern rap world while introducing unique elements that set him apart. If you haven’t delved into his discography yet, now is the perfect time. As he continues to rise, his musical legacy is sure to be one marked by innovation, emotion, and pure talent.
For rap enthusiasts and those curious about the future of the genre, Mahlano Da’don is a name you'll want to remember. The future looks bright, melodic, and rhythmic with him in the scene.
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jacesvelaryons · 3 months
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english love affair
social media au
kpop idol!reader x tom blyth
fc: jennie kim
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i love making these and have some in my drafts so feel free to send requests/face claim requests/suggestions
(ps: i had to redo this bc the first time i posted not only did it not post, it didn’t save any of my changes so i had to do it again. 😭)
Requests are OPEN for both soc med aus and blurbs for Tom and his characters
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@calvinklein
hunterschafer beautiful girl
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↪️yourusername that’s you babes 😘
taylorswift so proud of you hon
lola.tung can’t wait to see your pretty face all on the billboards AHH
tomblyth ❤️
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↪️ user23 OH?
↪️ fan98 they know each other?
↪️ user9 and she liked!
user8 insert olivia wilde nodding meme
random56 when you’re that girl!
username7 y/n world domination she’s a singer dancer rapper songwriter producer model like what can she not do
ynfans
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y/n has now followed actor tom blyth who has recently stared in the new hunger games movie the ballad of songbirds and snakes!
he has previously liked and commented on her recent post, and she’s stated previously that she’s a fan of the trilogy and has watched this new movie multiple times!
ynfan98 this is interesting bc she barely follows ppl as it is
user76 the way she’s barely active on social media and does this she’s so old lady coded 😭
user12 DID YALL SEE TOMS THIRST TRAP
↪️ user8 HIS WHAT?!
↪️ username6 YES SKDKDK not even a few hours since she followed now he’s like this
↪️ random87 real because i’d be thirst trapping to get her attention
tomblyth
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outtakes from my recent vogue italia shoot
user1 ok thirst trap
ynfan NOT HIM POSTING THIS RIGHT AFTER YOURNAME FOLLOWS HIM BACK
↪️ random488 HES SO REAL
↪️ user978 IM CRYING HES SO HOT
↪️ user11 AND IT WORKED SHE LIKED BACK
rachelzegler you look okay i guess 🙄
↪️ tomblyth i’ll take it
mayahawke looking good my boy
↪️ tomblyth 👍
↪️ random5 his millennial ahh reply 😭
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yourusername stunning
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↪️ user12 not him acting coy after that thirst trap when she followed him 😭
↪️ user9 he thinks he’s slick when he’s probably fangirling she’s noticing him
user12 how did they meet not my worlds colliding
↪️ random1 probably rachel introduced them yk how rach is a social butterfly
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↪️ user9 see? rach liking just confirms it she set them up
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tom’s now deleted story (1.12.2024)
user097 not him deleting this naurrr
tomfans wait my friends said they saw him in london what is he doing there if he ain’t filming anything?
user64 wait the shoes he’s holding look like something yn would wear at the recent gala in london hold on 👀👀
↪️ username678 you’re so right cause coincidence i think not
↪️ random75 maybe he went as her date! it’s a big night for her and her career. how sweet!
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A huge honour to receive the Honorary MBEs and attend the South Korea-UK State Banquet at Buckingham Palace 🎖️💂‍♀️
onyourm_ark congrats y/nnie!
↪️ yourusername thanks markles im gonna cry omg
↪️ johnnyjsuh so proud of you y/n 🎉🥳
dualipa you’re one of us now 🥰🥰
↪️ yourusername kisses kisses hugs hugs
↪️ user87 one of us like 👀interesting
↪️ person97 cause she got an english man too
oliviarodrigo congrats my love!
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↪️ yourusername thank you angel ✨
↪️ random97 wait both my girls booed up by english boys they’re on the same wavelength
username188 am i dreaming or does the shoes on tom’s deleted story match her dress
↪️ ynfan I SEE IT OMG did they go together
↪️ fan65 my cousin who works at the palace apparently heard he entered through the private back entrance to attend the ball and seated where he’s not visible by the camera
↪️ user97 so cute for her to bring him as a date! must be serious tho
↪️ randomuser7 great he attended and supported her during one of the biggest nights of her career but didn’t hog the spotlight
↪️ user121 a real man wouldn’t be threatened by a woman’s success
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↪️ user53 exactly yn deserves someone who knows his place and that she’s a star and not to be jealous and try to stifle her talent and creativity and personality
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umipuppy · 4 months
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Underwater
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famous choreographer!bada x idol!fem oc
synopsis/venom presentation - street woman figther + others
Beware of our poison! we are venom !
sm entertainment's newest girl group VENOM, presented on February 26, 2021, what this group does is no joke…called the girl group of the 4th and of the nation
what would happen if an idol began to have feelings for a famous choreographer who was also a choreographer in her own group?
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VENOM !
Nishimura Sora ( Sora )
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Nishimura Sora ( 26 years old ) is the group's main vocalist, lead dancer and visual artist, and she is the older sister of Nishimura Riki, born in 98 in the city of Kyoto, Japan…she was raised in Japan but at the age of 17 she moved to Korea with her parents and her younger brother, Nishimura Sora was once part of Iz*one but in 2020 the South Korean group disbanded…and she also participated in operas when she still lived in Japan
Song Haewon ( Celeste )
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Song Haewon or better known as celeste ( 23 years old ) is the maknae center, lead vocal and sub rapper of the group, before she debuted she lived on the coast of south korea being the youngest of her two siblings, she has already taken some dance classes at 1million and has prosperous friendships within that dance academy
Han Jiwoo ( Jiwoo )
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Han Jiwoo ( 25 years old ) is the main rapper, lead dancer and the leader of the group! Before she debuted, she worked as a stylist in a large clothing store in downtown Seoul. In her spare time, she participated in some rap battles and she also became known for being the younger sister of actress Han Sohee.
Choi London ( L )
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Choi London (28) is the prodigy of the group, also lead rapper and sub vocalist, she is the oldest of the group, she lived in California with her parents and her 3 brothers… she moved to Korea when she was only 16 because she was a trainee at sm ent.
Kang Areum ( Laylah )
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Kang Areum ( 24 years old ) is the main dancer, sub vocal, photg of the group, before coming to korea she lived with her family in hawaii she studied in a dance academy being one of the best in hawaii…she moved to korea at the age of 16 also to become a trainee…she has always been very good friends with London because they are already online friends…
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blueiskewl · 8 months
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Why These Imperfect Korean ‘Moon Jars’ Sell for Millions
Old, round, imperfect and beautiful — that’s how fans of Korean art describe the moon jar, or “dalhangari.”
These unassuming, plain white pots have entranced everyone from rapper RM, of K-pop sensation BTS, to philosopher Alain de Botton.
The former director of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Beth McKillop, has called the moon jar an “icon of Korean identity.” And if price is any indicator of popularity, one recently sold for over $4.5 million at a Christie’s auction.
This month, a rare example from the late 17th or early 18th century will go on sale at Sotheby’s in New York, where it’s expected to fetch more than $3 million.
“A large moon jar has always been expensive, but I think the big uptick in prices and value is… because their appeal is now global,” said Angela McAteer, Sotheby’s international head of Chinese art for the Americas and Europe, over video call. “You’ve got an international cohort of bidders competing for them, so it’s gone beyond the traditional connoisseur collecting community of Korean art.”
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Huge price tags also result from the jars’ rarity. Although made for over a century in the royal kilns of Korea’s last kingdom, the Joseon dynasty, few are thought to exist today. Estimates for the number of larger ones (those more than 40 centimeters, or 15.7 inches, tall and wide) that have survived over the years range from 12 to 30.
Having passed through auction houses and antique dealers across the world, several of these are now in the collections of institutions like the British Museum and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, as well as in the hands of private collectors.
‘Owning a piece of happiness’
The first moon jars were created in the royal kilns in Gwangju (a city just outside Seoul, not the larger southern city of the same name) from 1650 to 1750. They were made from pure white porcelain and kaolin clay, and, following the neo-Confucian fashions of their day, the pots reflected values such as propriety, humility, frugality and purity. They were likely used at court and in upper-class homes as containers for food and liquids, or as decorative vessels.
In the mid-20th century, moon jars began gaining international appreciation thanks to influential admirers such as Japanese folk crafts scholar Yanagi Soetsu and British potter Bernard Leach, who bought one from a Seoul antique store in 1935. Leach once said that having a moon jar was like “owning a piece of happiness,” and would later give his to fellow potter Lucie Rie for safekeeping during World War II. It stayed in her studio until her death and was later acquired by the British Museum.
Charlotte Horlyck, lecturer in Korean Art History at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, wrote in the Art Bulletin journal that after World War II the moon jar “caught the attention of an early generation of postcolonial Korean artists and scholars who sought to restore Korean art history and national identity,” as the pieces “resonated with the visual language of international modernism and minimalism of the mid-20th century while remaining a distinctly Korean work of art.”
The moon jar’s allure
When Sotheby’s announced its forthcoming sale, the auction house described its 44-centimeter (17.3-inch) moon jar as an object that inspired, astounded and soothed those who “stand in its presence.” It’s a funny thing to say about a pot, to speak as if it’s alive, but the jars’ visceral, emotional impact on people is something that comes up time and time again in the literature.
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Choi Sunu, a former director of the National Museum of Korea, has described the museum’s moon jars as being like companions, or muses that have inspired his writing and stirred his creativity. Bernard Leach admired the pots for their “natural unselfconsciousness.” In 2012, South Korea’s then-Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik used the pot as a metaphor symbolizing a reunified Korean peninsula (moon jars are created in two hemispherical pieces and joined in the middle).
More recently the rapper RM, of K-pop group BTS, posted a picture of himself hugging a modern-day moon jar on Twitter, telling fans that the pots made him feel calm.
“It’s hard for someone to really comprehend how a pot can make you feel that way,” said McAteer. “It has this real meditative presence. If you’ve sat in front of a great (painting by US artist, Mark) Rothko and you feel this kind of palpable energy emanate from it, and you could sit for hours and just feel something in its presence — the moon jar has that too.”
“The more you look at it, the more there is to see. It looks different from every angle,” she added. “We had real issues with the photography and the catalog because it looks like a different piece every time you rotate it, or you change the lighting. The surface is just alive, you know.”
“You can see how the glaze coalesces; you see these spontaneous bursts of this blush color that’s happening in the firing. You can lose yourself in its surface.”
Modern masters
Modern Korean potters have been inspired by the jars, and a number have come up with their own homages. Ceramist Kim Syyong covers his pots with a black glaze, while Yun Ju Cheol’s versions look spikier like a pufferfish and Choi Bo Ram’s unvarnished, textured blue vases have a denim-like quality.
Others, like Kwon Dae Sup, have looked to closely recreate the process used by the potters of yore. The 71-year-old ceramist produces unadorned white jars and allows for all the beautiful imperfections produced to shine through. He works out of a studio in Gwangju, where the royal kilns that produced moon jars were once located.
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There’s a great deal of preparation that goes into making a moon jar traditionally. It’s labor-intensive: washing, sifting impurities from the clay, kneading and rolling it to remove air bubbles, carrying around these large hunks, not to mention hand throwing the clay itself to that oversized bowl shape without collapsing, and the work keeping a pine wood fire burning for 24 hours while the pot hardens in the kiln. Kwon also built his own kiln to replicate the old process as closely as possible.
“I do this because it’s fun,” he said in a phone interview. “Every time I make something, it’s novel … The quality of the material is different every time. The conditions in which I make the pots is new every time.”
Kwon said he also feels an emotional connection to the moon jar. As a student he was so moved by a one he saw in a Korean antique store that he decided they would be his life’s work. “They feel alive,” he said.
In a 2019 book on his work by Axel Vervoodt Gallery the potter is quoted saying he tries to produce art that needs no addition or subtraction. “I wish to create work that has an imposing presence but harmonizes with its surroundings regardless of where and when it is displayed. It should give peace of mind and a sense of comfort to all who look at it.”
By Christy Choi.
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lesserafim-eden · 4 months
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( ♡ ) ... 🏹 ⁀ EDEN’S PROFILE ࿐ !
𓆩 𓆪  ࣪˖﹫𓂃⌁. ࣪˖ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓  𓂃𑁍 ࣪˖ ›
𓂃  ✷ ˒  𝙸𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙾𝙳𝚄𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙶 !  𓄹╴EDEN NOELIA LEE
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꣑୧ 𓈒 ۫ caught in some traffic, but the radio is blasting 𓂋 💿 ۪
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___.れレ: : GET TO KNOW HER.____
___.れレ: :- BASIC INFORMATION .____
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___.れレ: BIRTH NAME: Eden Noelia Lee
___. れレ: KOREAN NAME: Lee Binna
___. れレ: HANGUL: 이빈나
___. れレ: CHINESE NAME: Zhao Meixing
___. れレ: NAME MEANING: The name Eden means "place of pleasure and delight." Binna 비나 This name means “to shine” in Korean. The Chinese name Mei-Xing means “beautiful star”.
___. れレ: NICKNAMES: Dance Queen, International Playgirl, Global ambassadors (as she is the brand ambassador for many brands), Rich girl style, Sold out Queen, Elegant beauty, nation's heartbreaker, 'SM/HYBEs Ace, China's IT girl, Social butterfly (as she friends with everyone) ( used by her fans ).
___. れレ: BIRTHDAY: November 11, 2001
___. れレ: ZODIAC: Leo
___. れレ: BIRTHPLACE: London, UK
___. れレ: AGE: 21 years old ( Korean age ) 20 years old (int.)
___. れレ: NATIONALITY: English
___. れレ: ETHNICITY: Chinese/South Korean
___. れレ: WEIGHT: 49kg (100lbs)
___. れレ: HEIGHT: 5'8" (173 cm)
___. れレ: BLOOD TYPE: AB
___. れレ: REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI: 🐨 ( koala  )
___. れレ: VOCAL(s) CLAIM: Hoody ; BiBi ; Saay ; Nessa Barret ; Silly Silky
___. れレ: RAP VOCAL(s): Kim Jennie ; Yezi
___. れレ: DANCE CLAIM: Mina Young (1 Million Dance)
___. れレ: GENDER: female
___. れレ: PRONOUN(s): she // her
___. れレ: BODY MODIFICATION(s): 12 ear piercings (6 on her left ear, 6 on right ear ) + 5 tattoos, 2 belly button piercing
___. れレ: LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English ( First language ), Mandarin ( Second Language), Korean ( Third language), French ( learned ), Italian ( learned/ Fluent ) Japanese ( learned/ Fluent ).
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___.れレ: : GET TO KNOW HER.____
___.れレ: :- CAREER INFORMATION.____
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___.れレ: STAGE NAME: Eden ( 이든; since 2018 ) or Eden Noelia Lee ( since 2022-present )
___.れレ: GROUP(s): IZ*ONE ( 아이즈원 ; 2018-2021 ) LE SSERAFIM ( 르 세라핌 ; 2022-present )
___.れレ: OFFICIAL POSITION(s): Main dancer, Vocalist, Rapper, Visual ( IZ*ONE ) Main dancer, Main rapper, Vocalist, Visual, center ( LE SSERAFIM )
___.れレ: COMPANIES: SM Entertainment (2015-2021), Source Music/ HYBE Label ( 2022-present )
___.れレ: OCCUPATION(s): Singer, Rapper, Actress, Model, Songwriter, Global Ambassador, Voice Actress
___.れレ: DEBUT DATE(s): October 29, 2018 ( IZ*ONE ) May 2, 2022 ( LE SSERAFIM )
___.れレ: DEBUT AGE(s): 15 (Int.) 16 (Kor; IZ*ONE ) 19 (Int.) 20 (Kor; LE SSERAFIM )
___.れレ: YEARS ACTIVE: 2018–present
___.れレ: TRAINEE YEAR(S): 3 years
___.れレ: DOMESTIC POPULARITY: South Korea 95% ; China 100% ; United Kingdom 100% ; Japan 100%
___.れレ: DOMESTIC LOVE: South Korea 89% ; China 100% ; United Kingdom 100% ; Japan 100%
___.れレ: DOMESTIC HATE: South Korea ; 80% China 10% ; United Kingdom 2% ; Japan 20%
___.れレ: DOMESTIC OPINION(s): South Korea ; Eden was exposed to the South Korean public before she debut as part of SM Rookies. When she finally debuted as a member of IZ*ONE, people adored and loved her. They loved her stage presence, one of a kind beauty, and talents. Over time, she garnered some antis and the public didn’t hold her in as high regard as they used. She became too ‘problematic’ for the South Korean public with her scandals, proactive actions, fashion, and her ‘attitude’.
China ; Eden built a reputation for herself in China and became a very popular, and loved idol. The Chinese people love her and are obsessed with her. If anything and anyone threatens her and her safety, you know a Chinese fan will be there to protect her. Badmouthing her is an unspoken do not rule. Eden is very popular amongst high schoolers and many girls idolize & love her and are inspired by her attitude and fashion sense. Eden is a popular name that comes up when talking about celebrity crushes and her beauty and talent are greatly admired. Chinese fans often get into fights with Korean fans over whether Eden is considered a Chinese or South Korean singer.
Japan ; the Japanese people quickly fall in love with Eden during her produce 48 days as she would help the Japanese trainees with choreography, and teach them Korean. The hardest mission in the world is to find a Japanese kpop fan to say bad things about Eden. She is an absolute sweetheart and loved by the public of Japan.
United Kingdom ; When first people heard about an English girl was going to debut in a kpop, they were surprised. But now, Eden alone is more popular in the UK than any other kpop groups and people describe her as a lovely, talented and beautiful girl. Through her rapidly growing popularity, she is even put on par with the British royal family.
___.れレ: INTERNATIONAL POPULARITY: 100%
___.れレ: INTERNATIONAL LOVE: 97%
___.れレ: INTERNATIONAL HATE: 70%
___.れレ: INTERNATIONAL OPINION(s): it’s spilt down the middle & there’s no in-between. You either absolutely love her and adore her or you hate Eden with all the living cells in your body. People love her while others love to nitpick every single thing she does and says. She is very popular. If you go to the street and ask people if they know her or have heard of her name, 80% of the people will say yes.
___.れレ: SEARCHES: 98,876,799,567
___.れレ: KNOWN FOR: Her iconic Performance on Produce 48 covering Britney Spears "baby one more time" Duality, her fancams going viral every time, brand endorsements, small waist, deep voice, good at video games, insane visuals, being the ultimate It girl of her generation, coming from a rich family, going to one of the most expensive schools in the world ; Institut auf dem Rosenberg, amazing fashion senses, dating rumors with half of the 4th generation kpop male idols, very long legs, stage presence, deep British accent, iconic long blonde hair, songwriter, musically gifted, 90-degree shoulders, being photogenic, top model material, everyone’s crush, dancing skills, painting and drawing, sell out power, resemblance to a Disney princess, being hate on for releasing more than her members, her aesthetic pleasingly instagram account, her nail art, almost being apart of Aespa, her close friendship with Nct dream members, IVE’s Wonyoung & Yujin, Aespa’s Karina & Itzy’s Chaeryeong, her rumor, having a high IQ, her being very social and knowing a lot of idols/celebrities, just her.
___.れレ: RESPECT: 94% ; with all of her accomplishments and legacy at a such young age, she knows she deserves it
___.れレ: SKILLS RANKING:
•vocals ability : 8/10
•rap ability : 10/10
•dance ability: 10/10
•visuals: 10/10 ( Korean Standard )
•Stage presence: 10/10
•producing ; song writing ; composing: 9/10
•choreographing: 7/10
•public speaking: 8/10
• Variety show: 9/10
___.れレ: SIGNATURE(s):
«For fans»
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«Business»
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___.れレ: INDIVIDUAL FANDOM NAME: Prodigies
___.れレ: SOLO DISCOGRAPHY:
•BTBT ; released on May 13, 2022 along with Soulja Boy & B.I
•dying on the inside ; released on July 23, 2022
•hell is teenage girl ; released on September 06, 2022
•No name ; released on November 11, 2022
•Blame ; released on April 24, 2023
•Breathin ; released on June 1, 2023
•Don’t know me ; released on July 23, 2023
•I’m yours ; released on August 01, 2023
•Boyfriend ; released on October 30, 2023
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___.れレ: INSTAGRAM: @/ gardenofeden ( personal 46m followers ; 17 following, 330 posts ; E2N2L private account: 77 followers & 50 following )
___.れレ: YOUTUBE: @/VlogswithEDEN (8.9m subscribers, 45 videos )
___.れレ: TWITTER: @/ imnoteden ( private account 23 followers & 1 following, 1,765 tweets )
___.れレ: TIKTOK: @/ justforfun ( private account 12 followers & 4 following, 0 videos )
___.れレ: PHYSICAL: diamond shaped face, tall, lateral flare eyes, hazel green cat eyes, small nose, pouty lips, full eyebrows, pear-shaped body, clear skins, long limbs.
___.れレ: PERSONALITY: ESFP {Entertainer} If anyone is to be found spontaneously breaking into song and dance, it is the Entertainer personality type. Entertainers get caught up in the excitement of the moment, and want everyone else to feel that way, too. No other personality type is as generous with their time and energy as Entertainers when it comes to encouraging others, and no other personality type does it with such irresistible style.
___.れレ: STRENGTHS:
«Bold»– Entertainers aren't known for holding back. Wanting to experience everything there is to experience, people with the Entertainer personality type don't mind stepping out of their comfort zones when no one else is willing.
«Outgoing»– More so than things though, Entertainers love to pay attention to people. They are talkative, witty, and almost never run out of things to discuss. For people with this personality type, happiness and satisfaction stem from the time they spend with the people they enjoy being with.
«Performer»— Not stopping at mere outfits, Entertainers inject artistic creativity into their words and actions, too. Every day is a performance, and Entertainers love to put on a show.
___.れレ: WEAKNESS:
«Sensitive » Entertainers (especially Turbulent ones) are strongly emotional, and very vulnerable to criticism – they can feel like they've been backed into a corner, sometimes reacting badly. This is probably Entertainers' greatest weakness, because it makes it so hard to address any other weaknesses brought to light.
«Easily bored » Without constant excitement, Entertainers find ways to create it themselves. Risky behavior, self-indulgence, and the pleasures of the moment over long-term plans are all things Entertainers get into a little too often.
«Conflict-Averse» Entertainers sometimes ignore and avoid conflict entirely. They tend to say and do what's needed to get out of such situations, then move on to something more fun.
___.れレ: RELATIONSHIP STATUS: taken (unknown to the public) since 2022
___.れレ: SEXUALITY: straight
___.れレ: CONFIDENCE: Eden is a very confident person, especially with her look (you can tell that whenever she is on stage).
___.れレ: FLEXIBILITY: Eden is a very flexible person as she does yoga with her best friend Bella. She can concentrate on many things at once, you disturb her, she goes into flames.
___.れレ: ADAPTABILITY: Eden can adapt to many things.
___.れレ: HOBBIES + SKILLS: learning new languages, baking, drawing or painting, free style dancing, playing multiple instruments, modeling, voice acting, makeup, reading, and making everyone hot and bothered, giving massages to the members when they feeling down.
___.れレ: HABITS: Eating and laughing too much, saying "ah" and "yah"a lot, spacing out when thinking about things, clapping, bouncing, or randomly dancing when she feels excited, sitting in a many ways, pouting when she's sad, getting scared easily, tendency to say what comes to her mind, sarcastic comments, impulsive shopping, tapping her feet when nervous, when uncomfortable she touches her collarbone a lot, working out to relieve her stress, playing with the ends of her hair, sleeping with a large number of blankets, pillows, and plushies.
___.れレ: DISLIKES: Mean people,invasion of privacy, rude/ sasaengs fans, fat shaming, diets, entitled people, fireworks or loud sounds,antis, racism, homophobia, being yelled at, overworking herself, rumors, stalkers, people talking about her family, judging people without hearing their side of the story, Seafood, sleeping without more than two blankets and pillows.
___.れレ: LIKES: makeup,choreographing, photography, painting, playing video games, fashion, snowboarding, watching murder investigations, playing video games, cuddling with special person, feeling powerful/sexy while performing, blinks, Pilates, fairs, flirting with her boyfriend, raping, singing, horror movies, comedy, massages, butts, trying new things, watching anime (mostly seven deadly sins), and Polaroids.
___.れレ: FAVORITE COLOR(s): Baby pink 'cream' purple and teal.
___.れレ: FAVORITE FOOD(s): Tangerines, apples, chimaek, samgyeopsal, instant noodles, avocados, smoothies, Pizza, chicken, blueberry muffins, French fries, mangoes, watermelon, avocados, jjampong, bibimbap, kimchi fried-rice, sushi, any type of cakes.
___.れレ: PHOBIA(s): phonophobia (fear of loud noises), Coulrophobia (fear of clowns), Monophobia (fear of being alone), Entomophobia (fear of bugs), fear of losing her loved ones.
___.れレ: STRUGGLE(s): her fear of bugs, being away from family, not eating enough, dealing with anxiety, feeling insecure about herself, finding hard to control her rest bitch face.
___.れレ: BAD HABIT(s): staying up late, cracking her bones.
___.れレ: FAMOUS CLOSE FRIEND(s): all of ( ITZY ) all of ( Aespa ), all of (G)I-DLE ) Jay & Jake ( ENHYPEN ), Minji & Danielle ( New Jeans ), Jaehyun ( BOYNEXTDOOR ), Yiren ( EVERGLOW ) Gaeul, Yujin, & Wonyoung ( IVE ), Haewon & Lily ( NMIXX ), Hyunjin, seungmin, & Bangchan ( Stray kids ), Shin Eunsoo, Lee Yeon, Jung Dabin, Seol In-ah, & Park Jihu ( Actresses ), Chaeyeon, Eunbi, Yena, Yuri, BiBi ( soloists ), Minhee, Wonjin, Hyeongjun ( GRAVITY ), Hanbin & Jeonghyeon ( Evnne ), Nako, Minju, Haewon ( actresses ), Hitomi ( AKB48 ), Seungkwan & Dino ( Seventeen ), Matthew & Gunwook ( ZEROBASEONE ), Isa & Sieun ( STAYC ), Xiaoting, Hikaru, & Huening Bahiyyih ( Kep1er ), all of ( NCT DREAM ), Choi Hyun-Wook, Park Jihoon, Ryeoun ( Actors )
___.れレ: IDEAL TYPE: Someone who can match her energy, Someone who treats her like the only girl in the world. Someone that she can easily be herself around him. Someone who makes her laugh. Someone who is at least 178cm tall. Someone who seems cold on the outside, but super soft on the inside. Someone she is visually attracted to.
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The shit that goes down when you venture out on the Northern line keeps you on your toes.
Pairing: Yoongi x f! reader, Hoseok 'Jay' x f! reader
Rating: 18+, minors dni
Warnings: Explicit sex, swearing
Word count: 3k
Author note: The Northern line on the London underground's notorious for being fucking long, and I used to take this route every day. There was never a cutie like Yoongi sitting across from me, ever!
The boy sat opposite you on the tube’s checking you out, he’s subtle about it but you know he’s noticed you.
You don’t mind, you didn’t put this dress on not to be seen.
You cross and uncross your legs, and catch his eyes flick to your thighs. 
You act like you haven’t noticed, scroll your phone. 
Next stop’s yours, you step out, minding the gap.
Walk down the platform to the way out, skipping past the signs for the other lines.
No Jubilee no the fuck Picadilly, tonight you have business to conduct.
You glance over your shoulder as you get on the escalator, notice that he’s behind you, one escalator over. 
Catch him staring at your ass, he doesn’t even look sorry about it.
You raise your brow at him and turn back.
He’s cute, all earrings and hair so fluffy you want to run your fingers through it. Even the hoodie he’s wearing is cute, oversized and emblazoned with initials on the front. Black on black on black.
You shake him off, tap your way out, turn right coming out the station.
It’s Jay you’re meeting tonight, and you don’t want to keep him waiting because out of all the guys you do business with, he’s the nicest and you actually do like him.
It’s barely nine and it’s dark because here you’re practically in fucking suburbia, the outer tendrils of the fucking Northern line of all places.
Jay’s waiting by the caf, outside even though it’s chilly for September.
Like you, dressed to be seen, a patchwork jumper in a riot of colours, hair ice blond, chains around his neck. Stomper boots that give him more height on you when he was taller than you to begin with.
He greets you with a bright smile you can’t help but return. 
You give him your latest, a stack of cards advertising a club night he’s hosting as J-hope.
He likes your work, you can tell by the way his eyes light up, making him look even brighter.
He shuffles through the stack, like you wouldn’t be consistent, or maybe his hands just need something to do. 
Jay seems like he’s always in motion. 
You wonder what he’s like in bed. 
Jay’s talking to you, smiling forgivingly when you apologise for tuning out, and then you realise someone else has joined you. 
The guy from the tube. The one who checked out your ass and legs and that was only what you caught him doing. 
When he speaks, introduces himself as Yoongi, you’re surprised by how deep and smooth his voice is. Is he a rapper like Jay? You want to hear more. 
You realise he’s waiting for you to say something, so you say your name. 
‘Want to get Korean food?’ Jay’s offering. ‘There’s a place down this road.’ 
You’re keen, you’re hungry, the boys are cute and you cannot face another trek down the Northern line when you’ve only just got here. 
You slip into a little hole in the wall with club flyers in the windows and a menu that’s all in Hangul with pictures. Jay and Yoongi discuss what they want in a mix of Korean and South London, and you check out your new friend to pass the time. 
He’s prettier up close, they both are. 
‘Our friend’s coming too, he’s running late,’ Jay tells you, once he’s ordered. 
‘Yeah?’
You don’t really know Jay that well but he seems cool, you’re sure his friends are cool. 
Yoongi’s leant back in the chair across from you. His knee brushes yours under the table, he didn’t seem that tall but maybe it’s the way he sits, spread out like his balls need their own fucking seat. 
God, this guy. 
‘Do you rap?’ you ask Yoongi. 
He curls his lip at you, makes your heart skip two beats. Fuck, this guy. 
‘Yeah. Jay and I perform together sometimes,’ he says. ‘What about you, do you rap?’ 
You laugh. ‘Nah, I just advertise,’ you tell him. 
‘Shame, I’d like to see you on a stage,’ he says, tucking his tongue into his cheek.
‘You being rude?’ you ask, sharp, and he straightens up, abrupt. 
Your eyes lock. 
Jay says, easy, ‘yeah, Yoongi, apologise, Y/N’s designs are too fucking good for me to lose her over you being a dickhead.’ 
‘I’m sorry,’ Yoongi says, no hesitation, just simple. ‘Also I’m sorry for checking you out hard on the tube.’
‘You weren’t that disrespectful,’ you say, shrugging. ‘I know how I look.’ 
‘That dress,’ Jay says, shaking his head. ‘You look good, Y/N.’ 
Behind you the door opens with a gust of cold. 
Jay and Yoongi are up, greeting their friend with affectionate hugs, the bro kind where their chests bump hard and make your own tits ache in phantom sympathy. 
The new guy turns to you, you can barely see his face under his beanie and over his face mask, but his eyes are bright, round, and he’s cute in a non-intimidating way. 
‘Jungkook,’ he says, eyes crinkling. 
You say your own name, he squeezes himself in next to you at the table.
The food starts coming, the conversation’s easy, and the fruity soju eases any awkward silences.
You’re having a good time with these cuties.
Jay’s as charming as he ever was, Jungkook’s a sweetheart but it’s Yoongi you find your eyes wandering to. 
You catch him looking back at you more often than not. 
Is it that you catch him or that he wants you to know he’s looking? 
Annoyingly he’s exactly your type. 
Aloof compared to Jay and Jungkook’s warmth, smiling a little like he’s amused by your jokes. 
Flicking his eyes to yours ever so often. 
Jolts of electric contact when he shifts in his seat, when he puts morsels on your plate. 
Jay calls for the bill, you’ve already made plans to stop by his friend’s place after. 
Jay seems to have a lot of friends but honestly, it doesn’t surprise you, not with the way he is. He smiles at the waitresses, making them giggle in unison. He acts like he enjoys all of Jungkook’s jokes, and the kid’s cute but he’s not as cute as the big deal Jay keeps making out of him. You remember the way he told Yoongi to behave himself on your behalf. 
The way Jay puts a hand on your back as you step out of the restaurant makes you look over at him curiously. 
He smiles at you, kind. ‘It’s a longish walk to my friend’s - will you be warm enough?’ 
‘Jungkook’s got enough layers to keep all of us warm,’ Yoongi says, on your other side. 
Jungkook obligingly offers his scarf. 
The walk’s shorter than you expected, or maybe you just wanted to walk more, with Jay next to you, chattering excitedly. His train of thought is difficult to follow, more of a series of unrelated stops than a linear path, but he’s so sweetly enthusiastic you like listening to him anyway. 
Behind you, you can hear Jungkook whinging to Yoongi, talking in pout so thick you can’t make out any individual words. Yoongi’s indulgent, his low voice soothing. 
Jay’s friend lives in a basement apartment off the high street, down a set of slippy concrete steps, purple filtering out the tiny window you can see from the front. 
The music’s banging, some sort of moody rock, heavy on the synth. 
Yoongi passes you a drink, something that looks like fucking Vimto but is enough to put hairs on your chest, if you were in the habit of speaking like your grandad. God rest his soul.
Yoongi takes the cup from you, chugs it down, says, ‘I’ll get you a better drink.’
He clasps your hand, tugs you gently behind him like he’s used to leading pretty girls to their own destruction.
His grip is firm, fingers knitting between yours in a way that seems intimate, bordering on erotic with the way his rings press against your skin.
‘Wait,’ you say, stopping.
Your face is already tilted to his when he turns around. 
His mouth tastes like sweet, his tongue cold from the drink. He grunts. Slides his arm around your waist like he was just waiting for an excuse to pull you up against him.
His rings are cold against the back of your neck as his mouth devours yours.
His thigh finds its way between yours, and you’re a short step away from grinding against it when Jay’s voice manages somehow to penetrate your haze.
‘Can I join?’ he asks, the cheeky bastard, like you’re talking fairground rides or the fucking queue to the loos or some shit.
You tilt your head at him.
‘Is that a yes?’ he asks.
Yoongi just waits, arm around your waist.
‘Yeah,’ you say. 
Jay walks around Jimin’s place like he knows it well, takes you out into his yard.
You’re warm from the soju and the new drink Yoongi had got you passing through the kitchen.
Jay reaches up above the doorframe, plucks out a key and a shed opens up into what looks like a bougie wet dream of a garden den.
‘Fuck,’ Yoongi says, admiring the sound equipment set up. 
Jay turns the lights down low, pats the seat of the couch next to him.
‘Come sit,’ he invites. 
You park your ass next to his. 
He still hasn’t touched you at all.
‘We can just chill if you want,’ he says, smiling, easy.
In response, you turn into him, put your hand on his chest and kiss him.
He lets out a slow breath, warm on your cheek. His lips are soft. He teases you, tugging on your bottom lip with his teeth, plunging his tongue into your mouth in a suggestive rhythm that makes your cunt clench and your panties stick to you.
Yoongi’s kneeling by your feet, between your legs, big hands on each of your thighs.
‘Can I taste you too?’ he asks.
‘Tell me how wet she is, Yoongi,’ Jay says, pulling away from you just enough for his words to travel.
You let Yoongi part your thighs. His dark eyes travel up your bare legs, to the apex of your thighs.
‘Take em off,’ Yoongi says. His voice has dropped low, the gravel in it making you shiver.
You lift your hips, tug your panties down. 
Jay’s still kissing you, one hand over the curve of your waist. He grips your flesh, fingertips pressed into your skin, under your dress.
Yoongi hooks a finger over your curled up panties, tugs. His knuckle brushes against your cunt, and you whimper. He hums, curls his hands around your ass, pulls you forward on the couch.
He looks up at you from between your legs, has the audacity to smirk.
‘Can I taste?’
‘I already said you could,’ you remind him.
Yoongi laughs, pushes your thighs further apart to make room for his face. 
‘Careful what you wish for, pretty girl,’ he says, and there’s just enough time for the thrill of anticipation to snap you upright like a bow before his mouth is on you.
The rudeboy from the tube’s got his warm mouth on your cunt, and his tongue on your clit, and you were already wet and wanting from Jay’s kisses but now you want to move.
Shit, you need to move. You hear a breathy keening noise, a quiet moan, and you realise it’s you. You’ve got your hand carded through Yoongi’s hair, you’re rocking against his face, and fuck, fuck, this fucking guy’s forcing your hand. 
He laps the tip of his tongue against you, licking your clit swollen, making your thighs tremble with need.
‘Ngh,’ you gasp, an intake of breath you’ve sucked straight out of Jay’s warm mouth. 
Jay runs a hand over your waist, squeezing. He brushes his lips over your neck, shifts a little, throwing the outline of his hard cock into stark relief against his jeans. 
He utters a slow, raspy, ‘fuh—uck’ as you reach down for him. He grabs your hand, presses it down on himself, hard, grinds into your palm. 
Shit, you hadn’t realised how whiny Jay could sound, and how much you’d like it. 
He’s unbuttoning his jeans, drawing himself out. 
Fuck, he’s pretty. His cock’s smooth, warm and makes your mouth water just thinking about how good it’d feel if he put it inside you. 
Yoongi’s watching, open mouthed over your cunt, as Jay helps you lay back. He squeezes your thigh. 
‘Hobi cries sometimes when he comes hard,’ he tells you. ‘Bet you can make him cry.’ 
You let out a hum that morphs into a moan as Yoongi buries his face between your legs again. 
‘Who the fuck’s Hobi?’ 
‘Right here,’ Jay says, cock poised over your mouth. He smiles at you, still pretty, and his hand comes up to tilt your chin. ‘Ready?’ 
You nod a yes, and Jay slides his cock past your lips, slow, hissing as you take him in. He leans forward, hands over your breasts.
‘Shit, she’s pretty, isn’t she?’ he asks. 
Yoongi’s murmured response, against your core, makes you tremble. ‘Bet she looks pretty when she comes.’ 
Jay fucks in and out of your mouth, slow, letting you get used to his rhythm, as Yoongi licks you out. 
‘You gonna come?’ Yoongi asks, taunting. 
You have no idea if he’s speaking to you or Jay, but the image of him smirking cockily at you ramps the pleasure up even more. He slides a hand up your thigh, slides a single finger into you, curling it as he sucks at your clit, and you’re coming helplessly, crying out around Jay’s cock. 
‘That’s it,’ Yoongi says, approving. You can feel him laying feather-light kisses on you as you come down, hands on your thighs anchoring you. 
Jay rocks his hips against you as he thrusts. He pulls out, cock gleaming with your spit, hand coming up to stroke himself over your face. 
You watch breathlessly as he groans, hand tightening over his cock. 
‘Come in my mouth,’ you tell him. 
‘Yeah?’ he asks, but he’s already slipping inside, whining as you swallow around him. 
He comes with a gasp, ropes of cum filling your mouth, dribbling out the sides. 
He stills completely, working to catch his breath. 
When he pulls out of your mouth he pulls his shirt off, uses it to wipe at your lips. 
‘Shit’s designer,’ you protest. 
‘Baby, you’re the work of art,’ Jay returns. He smiles at you, tosses the shirt across the couch, helps you sit up. ‘Let me get you a drink.’ 
‘Get me one too,’ Yoongi says. He’s climbed up onto the couch to sit next to you, leaning his head back. 
Jay laughs softly, lets himself out of the cabin, closing the door behind him. 
Yoongi looks at you in the low light, eyes dark. His lips are pink, slick and shiny. As you look at him, he bites his lower lip. 
You reach over, hand on his chest, and kiss him. 
He murmurs something you can’t quite catch, lost in the rush of blood to your head as you kiss. He’s good at it, lips soft, tilting his head so he can kiss you more deeply. 
‘Fuck, Yoongi,’ you whimper. 
‘Yeah?’ he asks. ‘Want more?’ 
He pulls you into his lap, thighs either side of him. 
You’re half-undressed, your dress never really made it off you but your tits are out and straddling Yoongi’s made the skirt ride up. You wonder what Yoongi did to your panties. 
‘Take em off,’ you say, tugging at his jeans. 
‘Yeah,’ he agrees. He’s unbuckling his belt, lifting his hips up into you to slide his jeans and briefs off. 
He curls a hand around his cock, looks up at you, smirks, this fucking guy. 
‘How do you want me?’ he asks. 
‘I saw you looking at me on the tube,’ you tell him. ‘What did you want to do to me?’ 
He doesn’t falter, this fucking guy. 
‘Was thinking about you riding me,’ he tells you, mouth close to your ear. ‘Just like this.’ 
He grips your hips, grunts as you take him in. 
‘You don’t need my help, do you?’ he asks, taunting. ‘Didn’t think you would.’ 
He slaps your ass, the rings on his fingers stinging your skin. He kicks his head back, eyes closed, humming low in his chest as you ride him. 
‘Stay nice and tight for me, ok?’ he says, the gravel in his voice making your toes curl. ‘That’s my girl, fuck.’ 
He reaches up, pinches your nipple, and you whimper. 
You’re moving faster now, rocking against him, pleasure unfurling with every movement of your hips. 
‘Good girl,’ Yoongi urges. ‘Doing so well.’ 
He pulls you down, bites the side of your neck, and you come with a cry, so loud your ears ring. 
Yoongi doesn’t seem to mind. ‘Oh my fucking days,’ he groans. ‘Fuck.’ 
He grabs your hips, fucks up into you, shudders as he spills inside you, teeth still buried in your neck. 
He knits his fingers into your hair, pulls you down, seals his lips to yours until his breathing slows. 
You pull away, lazy, still more connected to him than not. 
‘Shit, that was fucking hot,’ Jay says, from the door. 
He wanders in, hands you a cup of water, cups your chin like he’s going to catch any spillage as you drink. 
‘You boys are f’kin crazy,’ you say, still breathless. 
Yoongi’s still got an arm around you. 
The door to the cabin opens again, and Yoongi groans. ‘Shit, didn’t you lock the door, Hobi.’ 
‘It’s only JK,’ Jay says, casual. ‘You know how he likes to watch.’ 
You turn around and catch Jungkook, wide-eyed, staring at your bare ass. 
Yoongi laughs. ‘Here, put this on before you make the baby cum in his pants.’ 
He tosses your panties at you, tongue pocketed in his cheek. 
‘I don’t think he’s a baby,’ you say, but you put your panties on anyway. 
Jungkook’s flushed beet red, turned around, facing the door. ‘Can I turn around now?’ 
Jay helps you straighten out your dress as Yoongi pulls his jeans back up. 
‘So,’ Jay asks, face bright, beaming so hard he’s blinding. 
‘Where should we go next?’ 
©hamsterclaw 2023
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Hirata Hanan (in japanese: 平田花南), known professionally as Hannah (hangul: 한나), is a japanese-american rapper, model, songwriter, actress and dancer born in San Francisco, California on October 4, 2000. She debuted with South Korean co-ed group NCT in 2017, mainly active as a member of the korean-based unit NCT 127 and NCT DREAM since 2017, she’s also a member of the South Korean supergroup SuperM. 
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— WHO IS ROULETTE?
ROULETTE is a fictional five-member girl group under BE:Ond Media. Their label was originally created for the purpose of music, but has had more success in the areas of television and film, producing some of the most critically acclaimed films of the past fifteen years. As for their music department, the lineup was extremely lackluster. There have been two groups that debuted since BE:Ond's launch in 2008; VYBE, a boy group that lasted from 2009-2013 and LUMIN8, a girl group that lasted from 2012-2019. VYBE was lauded as a flop group and LUMIN8 had a few popular songs, but it was never enough to gain them real traction.
It wasn't until ROULETTE debuted with their digital single "UNFORGIVEN" that BE:Ond's music branch would be put on the map. The song was a moderate success. It didn't get them any wins, but it attracted a lot of eyes to the group. Netizens were particularly interested in how this group from a company with such bad luck and mismanagement of their previous groups managed to not only produce extremely talented trainees but also trainees who were somewhat popular on their own in the case of members like CHERRY and JIHYE. Their major break would come after their third release and first mini album, "BEAT OF MY DRUM". The song went viral for its strange sound and its complete deviation from their debut release. The song earned them their first two wins.
They're now known as 4th generation trendsetters and are one of the most recognizable groups of the time. Their success has shown no signs of slowing down, but fans and antis alike wonder how long the group can hold up before it comes crumbling like their sister and brother groups.
— MEET THE MEMBERS!
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YASMIN BROOKS was born in London to two musical theatre actors. The couple met on the West End production of The Lion King, with her mother playing Nala and her father a dance captain and ensemble member. Music and dance was always a part of her life. From a young age, she was heavily involved in musical theatre classes and projects. At age 10, her family relocated back to New York, where her father was originally from. In New York, she attended performing arts schools through high school. After school, she joined a dance crew and performed as a background dancer. BE:Ond held an international audition in New York and Yasmin auditioned and signed with the company.
Yasmin only trained for a year and a half since she already had a lifetime of vocal and dance training. Although she had over 15 years of experience, she states that this year of her life was the hardest she'd ever had to endure. Being placed in a new country with basic knowledge of the language, thousands of miles from family, and being judged every day by superiors and peers was an extreme shock for Yasmin. Fans noticed that during the group's first year, Yasmin was notably the quietest and most reserved. It wasn't until the group started to get their footing that Yasmin began to show her personality more. Now, she's one of the most popular members internationally and is known for her stage presence.
BIRTH NAME: yasmin brooks DATE OF BIRTH: september 2, 2000 ZODIAC: virgo BIRTHPLACE: london, england HOMETOWN: london, england ETHNICITY: black NATIONALITY: british-american GROUP: rouletteSTAGE NAME: yasmin YEARS TRAINED: one year POSITION: rapper and vocal HEIGHT: 5’4 FACECLAIM: indiyah pollack
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NAM CHAE-RI was born in Sokcho, South Korea to a schoolteacher mother and a chef father. Her father owned a restaurant near the beach that was fairly popular with locals. One day, a BE:Ond scout came to her family's restaurant and Chae-ri happened to sing a song for one of the regulars. The scout gave her parents his card afterward and she was soon signed as a trainee at the company.
Though she had no prior training, her secret weapon was her ability to memorize. She could learn a full choreography and execute it with ease in a few hours. Her dance ability and hard-working mentality quickly made her a favorite trainee around the BE:Ond building. Her hard work started to pay off when she went on PRODUCE48. She made it up to rank 18 before being eliminated. Her time as a Produce 48 contestant brought a lot of initial eyes to the group's debut, as Chae-ri was a fan favorite who seemingly disappeared after the show. Cherry is known most in the group for her dance skills and visuals.
BIRTH NAME: nam chae-ri DATE OF BIRTH: april 17th, 2000 ZODIAC: aries BIRTHPLACE: sokcho, south korea HOMETOWN: sokcho, south korea ETHNICITY: korean NATIONALITY: korean GROUP: roulette STAGE NAME: cherry YEARS TRAINED: five years POSITION: dancer and rapper HEIGHT: 5’6 FACECLAIM: hwang yeji
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WU MEI-HUA was born in Shanghai, China to a mother who was a former model and entertainer and a father who works in finance. The details of her father's occupation are vague, even to Mei herself, but the one thing that can't be contested is that her family is loaded. Beautiful beach getaways and trips to Milan were commonplace for her family.
With their stacks of money, Mei had access to amazing vocal coaches who trained her already sweet tone into one that sounded like honey. She auditioned for BE:Ond when she was sixteen and quickly joined the company. From the group's debut, there have been rumors that Mei's father bought her way into the company and/or into ROULETTE's lineup. Both Mei and BE:Ond have vehemently denied any sort of foul play in the selection process.
BIRTH NAME: wu mei-hua DATE OF BIRTH: july 23, 2002 ZODIAC: leo BIRTHPLACE: shanghai, china HOMETOWN: shanghai, china ETHNICITY: han chinese NATIONALITY: chinese GROUP: roulette STAGE NAME: mei YEARS TRAINED: three years POSITION: vocal and visual HEIGHT: 5’3 FACECLAIM: ning yi zhuo (ningning)
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MALI SUPARAT was born in Hat Yai, Thailand as the second youngest of seven children. Her childhood wasn't the best; she was raised more by her older brother than her parents because they were busy trying to provide for their family. When Mali turned six, her aunt who lived in L.A. offered to take in Mali and her younger sister to help alleviate some of her parent's stress. A few months later, she was in the States.
While living in L.A., she got extremely interested in dance and K-pop. One of her favorite groups in middle school was LUMIN8. Mali decided to send an online audition to BE:Ond, performing one of LUMIN8's most popular songs, Catch Me If You Can. This audition tape went viral after ROULETTE's debut and Mali was asked to perform it at nearly every variety show during their debut run. Out of all the girls, Mali has had the most scandals regarding her attitude and comments towards antis, obsessed fans, and even other idols. She's explained that things are taken out of context because of her blunt nature and sarcastic jokes, but it has made Mali somewhat of a polarizing ember in the lineup.
BIRTH NAME: mali suparat DATE OF BIRTH: may 30, 2001 ZODIAC: gemini BIRTHPLACE: hat yai, thailand HOMETOWN: los angeles, california ETHNICITY: thai NATIONALITY: thai-american GROUP: roulette STAGE NAME: maliYEARS TRAINED: three years POSITION: vocal and dancer HEIGHT: 5’5 FACECLAIM: anatchaya suputhipong (natty)
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KWON JIHYE was born in Ulsan, South Korea as the only child of a former model and a talent agent. Her father wasn't in the picture a lot outside of birthdays or Christmas. Maybe a visit once else throughout the year, but nothing substantial. Jihye's time was consumed most by beauty pageants, dance classes, and private lessons. Her mother pushed for her to be the best in all areas. If she couldn't achieve all the milestones she wanted in her modeling career, she would make sure that her child had the opportunity to.
At the young age of 14, her mom applied for her to audition for SM Entertainment. She was rejected on her first try but was accepted as a trainee on her second try a few months later. Jihye became a part of SM Rookies and was a well-known trainee around the company. In 2020, she left SM to join BE:Ond for better chances at a debut. Jihye has always been one of the more popular members due to her experience and calm, alluring personality that draws fans in.
A year after their debut, Jihye went on hiatus. Fans were shocked and upset, especially since it was extremely sudden; the night before Jihye was on live, seemingly in good spirits and there was no mention of a hiatus at all. The next morning, BE:Ond announced that the group's following comeback would only be as four. The exact reason why she was leaving was never revealed. The most the company or Jihye gave was an "unexpected health emergency". When Jihye returned, some select fans turned into OT4 supporters and believed that the group was better without her in it.
BIRTH NAME: kwon jihye DATE OF BIRTH: october 30, 2000 ZODIAC: scorpio BIRTHPLACE: ulsan, sk HOMETOWN: ulsan, sk ETHNICITY: korean NATIONALITY: korean GROUP: roulette STAGE NAME: jihye YEARS TRAINED: six years POSITION: vocal and dancer HEIGHT: 5’7 FACECLAIM: ha sooyoung (yves)
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"Who killed Chris Kaba?"
Graffiti in Barry, Wales, referring to the police murder of Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old unarmed black man and local drill rapper who was shot dead by Met Police in South London last month.
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Allume, the first idol group under Flowerbank, made their debut in 2000 with a five-member lineup, introducing a unique concept in the Kpop scene. They implemented a practice of changing their lineup every five years, marking the emergence of a new Allume generation in a week-long ceremony. Over the years, the number of members varied, typically ranging from four to seven girls.
The current lineup belongs to the fourth generation of Allume, which is the second most popular generation. They started their journey in 2020 with seven members, making it the largest Allume lineup ever. The original members were Misun, Rubi, Daeun, Yebin, Yui, Jaehwa, and Fame. Misun left the group in early 2022 due to personal reasons.
Now, the fifth generation of Allume consists of six members, and they have consistently maintained their position at the top of the music charts.
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Growing up in Senegal, Rubi knew she wanted to pursue music. Inspired by the country's diverse sounds and those of London— where she moved at 12 — and a love of K-pop that began in her teen years. Becoming a fan of Shinee, Girls Generation, and Sistar Rubi began to seek out auditions to become an idol herself at just seventeen. Originally being accepted into JYP Entertainment in 2012, she trained there for three years before leaving the company and continuing her training at Flowerbank Entertainment. During her training years, Rubi often wrote songs for other groups for some extra cash. She picked up various side jobs to pay for her own training as her parents cut contact with her after she left JYP due to them wanting her to come back to London and get a college education. Rubi hasn't spoken to her parents since then and has no desire to be in contact with them. After training for another three years, Rubi made her joyous debut in the fourth generation of Allume as their main rapper and lead vocalist.
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STAGE NAME :: Rubi
BIRTH NAME :: Ruby Mbaye
Birthday :: March 20th 1995
Zodiac :: Pisces
Birthplace :: Senegal, West Africs
Hometown :: London, England
Ethnicity :: Senegalese
Nationality :: British
Faceclaim :: Fatou Samba
Height :: 173 cm || 5′8
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Before her trainee days, Yebin was a classically trained ballerina, saying it was what made her fell in love with dance in the first place. She was supposed to become a professional before she was scouted by BigHit Entertainment and gave it up to be a full time trainee.
Yebin began her training under BigHit, participating in their two infamous survival shows: CHERRY LUV! and THE HONEY POT! both in which she ranked well in and was popular amongst viewers. Though she didn’t make it into the group that resulted from CHERRY LUV! she did rank fourth in THE HONEY POT! landing her a spot in the infamous girl group, HONEYBUNCH. Honeybunch was a mess from their debut in 2017. Plagued by mismanagement and bullying scandals, Yebin could see the ship was sinking and was one of the first to leave the group, terminating her contract along with Myoi Yui in 2019. Shortly after her departure, it was revealed she was rigged into the final lineup of Honeybunch but to being the cousin of Min Yoongi. However, this did little damage to her career due to her vanishing for the remainder of 2019. To the shock of many, Yebin and Yui were introduced as fourth-generation Allume members, hand in hand. Yebin is the group's leader, main vocal, lead dancer, and lead rapper.
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STAGE NAME :: Yebin
BIRTH NAME :: Min Yebin
BIRTHDAY :: May 6th 1998
ZODIAC :: Taurus
BIRTHPLACE :: Seoul, South Korea
HOMETOWN :: Seoul, South Korea
ETHNICITY :: Korean
NATIONALITY :: Korean
FACECLAIM :: Ha Sooyoung
HEIGHT :: 167 cm || 5′4
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Yui's journey began when she joined BigHit and took part in three well-known survival shows: PRODUCE 101, CHERRY LUV! and THE HONEY POT! When Yui competed in Produce 101, she achieved an overall ranking of 13th. Her performance in these shows placed her in the middle tier and left her somewhat inconsistent in the eyes of fans, often suffering from unfavorable editing on every survival program she participated in. Despite not making it into the final group formed after CHERRY LUV!, she managed to secure the seventh spot in THE HONEY POT!, earning her a place in the renowned girl group, HONEYBUNCH. Prior to her appearance on CHERRY LUV! Reflecting on her experiences, she admitted that coming so close to victory but ultimately falling short nearly led her to give up on her dream of becoming an idol. Honeybunch was a mess from their debut in 2017. Plagued by mismanagement and bullying scandals, Yui could see the ship was sinking and was one of the first to leave the group, terminating her contract along with Min Yebin in 2019. Many cite their departure, along with another member Genji, as the final nail in the coffin for HONEYBUNCH. To the shock of many, Yebin and Yui were introduced as fourth-generation Allume members, hand in hand. Yui is the group's lead dancer and lead rapper.
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STAGE NAME :: Yui
BIRTH NAME :: Myoi Yui
ENGLISH NAME :: Mary Myoi
BIRTHDAY :: November 18, 1997
ZODIAC :: Scorpio
BIRTHPLACE :: Houston, Texas
HOMETOWN :: Houston, Texas
ETHNICITY :: Japanese
NATIONALITY :: American
FACECLAIM :: Hirai Momo
HEIGHT :: 167 cm || 5′6
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Born to be a star, Jamie began her career at just 6 years old as a child actress in her homeland of New Zealand. She continued to act in various commercials, short films, and even having small roles in bigger films before going to train in Korea at the age of fourteen. She began training at the company “Duble Kick Company” now known as “MLD Entertainment” where she trained for 5 years before staring on the survival show “Finding Momoland” in which she made it to the final round but was eliminated.  She shortly left the company afterward, fearing she would never debut, and was even in talks with her mother on coming back to New Zealand but was approached by ANGELICO Entertainment. She signed under the label and was put in SE4SONS as their Summer just two weeks later. There's still a lot of debate on what happened between Jamie Yeun and Angelico Entertainment but she was abruptly graduated from SE4SONS and sued by the label for "breaching her contract". Flowebank represented Jamie during this trial and freed her from the Angelico contract, signing her and securing her a spot in Allume's fourth generation. Jamie is widely beloved by fans for her sweet attitude and pure spirit. She's the group's main vocalist and lead rapper,
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STAGE NAME :: Jaehwa
BIRTH NAME :: Jamie Yeun
KOREN NAME :: Yeun Jaehwa
BIRTHDAY :: August 14th 1999
ZODIAC :: Leo
BIRTHPLACE :: Wellington, New Zealand
HOMETOWN :: Wellington, New Zealand
ETHNICITY :: Korean
NATIONALITY :: Kiwi
FACECLAIM :: Park Chaeyoung
HEIGHT :: 157 cm || 5′2
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Daeun began her idol journey with her older brother, Johnny, at SM Entertainment in 2008. The pair would only train for summers, finishing their educations in America. Once she graduated high school, Daeun began training full-time in Korea but would not stay at SM much longer due to not making the Red Velvet lineup despite being promised a spot. She would get picked up by Angelico Entertainment and would debut just a few months later in the experimental girl group iStay. iStay was very successful due to their interesting lore, marketing, and music. Their storyline was the girls going through various phases of the future to find one another so they could defeat “The Machine” who was the faceless villain of their story. Though the girls were well liked, they were horrifically mismanaged and overlooked by their company due to their sister group, SE4SONS, booming success. iStay was often pushed to the side and ignored by their company, leaving their fans with long periods of inactivity. The group has spent more time inactive than they have active. Their last comeback was in mid-2019. Daeun silently left the group after their presumed final comeback, disappearing from the scene for a while before reappearing at the Allume fourth-generation introduction ceremony. She has not brought up iStay since joining Allume and often says Allume is the only group she's been a part of. Daeun is the face of the group, main vocalist, and center.
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STAGE NAME :: Daeun
KOREAN NAME :: Daeun Suh
ENGLISH NAME: Delphine Suh
BIRTHDAY :: November 17, 1996
ZODIAC :: Scorpio
BIRTHPLACE :: Chicago, Illinois
HOMETOWN :: Chicago, Illinois
ETHNICITY :: Korean
NATIONALITY :: American
FACECLAIM :: Im Nayeon
HEIGHT :: 175 cm|| 5′9
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Being born in Chiang Mai, Thailand Fame has always been a performer. Her mother jokes she was born in the dance studio as she's been dancing since she was just 3 years old. At just 5 years old, she got her first acting gig in a soda commercial and quickly became one of the most booked child actresses in Thailand up until 10 years old when she began her audition journey. Any audition she could apply for, she did. At 12 years old she got accepted by YG Entertainment, causing a mass celebration by all her family and fanbase. She was one of the most anticipated YG rookies at the time, being featured in multiple YG projects including FUTURE 2NE1, YG's Future Strategy Office, and even performed on an episode of Stray Kids with YG Trainees. However, all of this resulted in nothing and Fame would go on to leave YG in 2018 after six years of training. She would publicly go on sign to Flowerbank Entertainment to continue her training. After two years of being one of the most anticipated rookies under the label, Fame would finally debut in the fourth generation of Allume. She is the group's main dancer, main rapper, and lead vocalist.
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STAGE NAME :: Fame
THAI NAME :: Rachaya "Fame" Shinnawatsuwan
BIRTHDAY :: February 28, 2000
ZODIAC :: Pisces
BIRTHPLACE :: Chiang Mai, Thailand
HOMETOWN :: Chiang Mai, Thailand
ETHNICITY :: Thai
NATIONALITY :: Thai
FACECLAIM :: Taaom 
HEIGHT :: 156 cm || 5′1
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✶ ׅ ࣪ ᧔♡᧓ ࣪ 📎  …  BLACKPINK Members Profile
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Blackpink (Korean: 블랙핑크; RR: Beullaekpingkeu, stylized in all caps or as BLɅϽKPIИK) is a South Korean girl group formed by YG Entertainment, consisting of seven members Jisoo, Jennie, Aria, Hana, Rosé, Sol, & Lisa. They debuted on August 8, 2016 with their digital single album "SQUARE ONE" and immediately rose to be one of the most well-known and loved artists of their generation.
The name BLACKPINK symbolizes the multi-dimensional nature of the members, not only beauty but also talent. The official fandom name of BLACKPINK is BLINK. The name is a combination of the words BLACK and PINK. A blink is someone who will always love and protect BLACKPINK.
✶ ׅ ࣪ ᧔♡᧓ ࣪ 📎  … BLACKPINK Members Profile:
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˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Stage Name: Jisoo (지수)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birth Name: Kim Jisoo (김지수)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ English Name: Veronica Kim
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nicknames: Chi Choo, Jichu
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Position(s): Lead Vocalist, Visual
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthday: January 3, 1995
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthplace: Gunpo, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nationality: South Korean
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Height: 162 cm (5 ft 3 )
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Blood Type: A
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI Type: ISTP
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Instagram: sooyaaa__
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weibo: sooyaaa__
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Youtube: 행복지수 103%
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Spotify: JISOO’s Playlist
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˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Stage Name: Jennie (제니)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birth Name: Kim Jennie (김제니)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ English Name: Jennie Ruby Jane
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nicknames: NiNi, Jendeukie
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Position: Main Rapper, Lead Vocalist
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthday: January 16, 1996
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthplace: Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, South Korea
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nationality: South Korean
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Height: 163 cm (5’4″)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weight: 45 kg (99 lbs)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Blood Type: B
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI Type: INFP
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Instagram: jennierubyjane / lesyeuxdenini
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weibo: jennierubyjane
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Youtube: Jennierubyjane Official
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Spotify: JENNIE’s Playlist
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˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Stage Name: Aria (아리아)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birth Name: Aria Yi (아리아 이)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Korean Name: Yi Jiah
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ English Name: Aria Yi
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nicknames: Riri, Crown Princess of Korea, UK’s Sweetheart, Nation’s White Swan, YG’s princess, CEO of YG
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Position(s): Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthday: July 31, 1996
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Zodiac Sign: Leo
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthplace: London, Uk
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nationality: South Korean-British
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Height: 168 cm (5'5)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weight: 45 kg (99 lbs)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Blood Type: AB
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI Type: ENTJ-A
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Instagram: ariayi
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weibo: ARIA YI
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Youtube: ariayi
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Spotify: ARIA’s Playlist
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˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Stage Name: Hana (하나)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birth Name: Hana Seiren Muira (하나 세이렌 미우라)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Iranian name: Elaheh Davani (إلاه دواني)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nicknames: Elegant beauty, human Versace, Hanabear, rich girl Hana, Japan’s Pride, Nation’s Brain, Hit marker
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Position(s): Lead rapper, vocalist, dancer
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthday: August 1, 1996
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Zodiac Sign: Leo
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthplace: Paris, France
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nationality: Iranian-Japanese/French
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Height: 168.7 cm (5’6”)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Blood Type: A
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI Type: ESTP
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Instagram: Hana_Muira
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weibo: Hana Muira
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Youtube: Hanabear
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Spotify: HANA’s Playlist
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˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Stage Name: Rosé (로제)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birth Name: Roseanne Park
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Korean Name: Park Chaeyoung (박채영)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nicknames: Rose, Rosie, “Pasta”
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Position(s): Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthday: February 11, 1997
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nationality: South Korean-New Zealander
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Height: 168.7 cm (5’6”)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Blood Type: B
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI Type: ENFP
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Instagram: roses_are_rosie
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weibo: roses_are_ rosie
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ TikTok: roses_are_rosie
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Youtube: ROSÉ
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Spotify: ROSÉ’s Playlist
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˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Stage Name: Sol
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birth Name: Solaire Ivanov (Солер Иванов)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Korean Name: Jung Sol
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ ׄNicknames: Asia’s Ideal type, 3rd gen princess, Hollywood’s It Girl, Aphrodite’s greatest creation
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Position(s): Main rapper, vocalist, main dancer
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthday: February 25, 1997
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Zodiac Sign: Pisces
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthplace: Novosibirsk, Russia
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nationality: South Korean-Russian
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Height: 172 cm (5’7”)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weight: 46 kg (101 lbs)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Blood Type: O
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI Type: INFJ
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Instagram: Solflower
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weibo: Solflower
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ TikTok: Solflower
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Youtube: Solflower
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Spotify: SOL’s playlist
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˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Stage Name: Lisa
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birth Name: Lalisa Manobal (ลลิสา มโนบาล) / Pranpriya Manobal (ปราณปริยา มโนบาล)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ ׄNicknames: Lili, Lalice, Laliz, Pokpak
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Position(s): Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, Sub-Vocalist, Maknae
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthday: March 27, 1997
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Zodiac Sign: Aries
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Birthplace: Buriram, Thailand
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Nationality: Thai
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Height: 166.5 cm (5’5.6″)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weight: 44.7 kg (98.5 lbs)
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ MBTI Type: ISFP
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Instagram: lalalalisa_m
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Weibo: lalalalisa_m
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Youtube: Lilifilm
˳ ׄ ཐིiཋྀ ⟡ Spotify: LISA’s Playlist
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I first saw Bamboozled as a 15-year-old, in April 2001, at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, south-west London, and it threw me for a loop. Written and directed by Spike Lee, the film is an intense satire about a frustrated African American TV executive, Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans), who creates a contemporary version of a minstrel show in order to purposefully get himself fired, and expose the commissioning network as a racist and retrograde outfit. However, the show, which features its black stars wearing blackface, becomes a huge hit, prompting Delacroix’s mental collapse, and an explosion of catastrophic violence, the effects of which are felt far and wide.
In a fraught contemporary climate where the mediation of the black image in American society is at a crucial juncture, Bamboozled’s trenchant commentary on the importance, complexity and lasting effects of media representation could hardly feel more urgent. Each time an unarmed black person is killed, then hurriedly repositioned in death as a thug, a brute, or a layabout by mainstream media outlets – as has happened recently to Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Samuel DuBose and countless others – we are seeing the perpetuation of old anti-black stereotypes, forged in the crucible of mass American art, reconfigured for our time.
Lee’s film traces a grim continuum between stereotypes old and new, connected by knotty skeins of institutional racism. Many critics at the time of the film’s release suggested that Lee had needlessly reopened old wounds; that the dark days of minstrelsy were comfortably behind us, and that we should move on. Yet Lee’s vision was not only necessary, it proved remarkably prescient. During the course of writing this book, I rewatched episodes of garish reality TV shows like Flavor of Love (2006-8), starring the clock-wearing rapper-cum-jester Flavor Flav, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta (2008-). I had to concede that Bamboozled’s nightmarish New Millennium Minstrel Show didn’t look so far-fetched after all. I sat gape-mouthed in front of Lee Daniels and Danny Strong’s musical soap opera Empire (2014-) – a wildly entertaining but exceedingly dubious carnival of black pathologies – and couldn’t help but wonder if it was the type of show that would get Bamboozled’s master-wigger network boss Dunwitty (Michael Rapaport) hot under the collar at proposal stage.
When, in October 2014, I saw footage of freshly signed rapper Bobby Shmurda literally dancing on a table in front of a group of executives, exactly like performer Manray (Savion Glover) does in Bamboozled, I began to wonder whether Lee was in fact a secret soothsayer. Not even he, however, could have predicted the transcendentally weird tale of Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP leader in Spokane, Washington, who was revealed to have been white, and posing as African American all along. At the time of the incident, many wags on social media suggested that Lee would be the ideal man to direct Bamboozled 2: The Rachel Dolezal Story.
Bamboozled’s shrewd commentary on the lack of behind-the-scenes diversity in mainstream entertainment is also especially relevant today. The presence of figures like Robin Thede – head writer on The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore, and the first black woman to hold that position on a late-night network comedy show – and Shonda Rhimes, the powerful showrunner behind Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder, is heartening. Yet a report released in March 2015 by the Writer’s Guild of America West revealed that minority writers accounted for just 13.7% of employment: a dismal statistic. Moreover, Rhimes’s success didn’t insulate her from being disrespectfully branded as an “Angry Black Woman” – that most pernicious of stereotypes – in a rancid, supposedly flattering article by Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times
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While most of us can cheer the incrementally increasing diversity on our film and television screens, Bamboozled forces us to question the quality and progressiveness of these roles. Ostensibly it’s great that talented actors such as Mo’Nique (Precious, 2009), Octavia Spencer (The Help, 2011) and Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave, 2013) are winning Oscars, but isn’t the shine taken off somewhat by the fact they were rewarded by the establishment for playing, respectively, a psychotic “welfare queen”, a neo-Mammy in a white savior period picture, and a chronically abused slave? Why don’t black women win Oscars for playing complex heroines or crotchety geniuses like their white male counterparts? Because old stereotypes die hard within an industry that prefers stasis over change. Perhaps even more disturbingly, there’s something inherently soothing about such stereotypes for mass audiences – a point particularly relevant to the wild popularity of Bamboozled’s own minstrel show.
And how far have we come, really? Ridley Scott cast a host of white actors (including a fake tan-enhanced Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton) in his Middle Eastern epic/flop Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), but his response to complaints was both flippant, and distressingly matter-of-fact: “I can’t mount a film of this budget, where I have to rely on tax rebates in Spain, and say that my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such. I’m just not going to get it financed. So the question doesn’t even come up.” The best riposte to Scott and his film came from independent black film-maker Terence Nance, who wrote that “[l]ike The Birth of a Nation before it, [Exodus] traffics in absurd cultural appropriation and brown-faced minstrel casting/makeup techniques to rewrite African history as European history, and in so doing propagates the idea that European cultural centrality is more important than historical fact and the ever-evolving self-image of African-descended people as it is influenced by popular representations of people of color in Western media distributed worldwide.”
Nance, however, is just one talented black film-maker among many (Dee Rees, Tina Mabry, Haile Gerima, Julie Dash, Barry Jenkins et al) who have struggled to attract funding to tell artistic and personal stories outside of the monolithic, corporate world of mainstream entertainment which Bamboozled so acidly depicts (even if it is set in the world of TV rather than film.) Lee has long been vocal about the struggles he’s faced in raising funds to tell black-focused stories, and even he had to go cap in hand to fans on Kickstarter to crowd-fund his idiosyncratic, low-budget vampire movie Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014). Da Sweet Blood is his most excessive, least easily readable work since Bamboozled, but it can’t match his earlier film for sheer visceral impact.
Bamboozled, then, is a genuine one-off, but I can detect traces of its relentless, irritable, questioning approach in a variety of contemporary art. I see it in Justin Simien’s excellent college-set satire Dear White People (2014), which was inspired by horrific, real-life blackface parties at universities across America. I see it in the antic situational comedy of Key & Peele, whose best sketch, musical spoof “Negrotown”, compresses the madness, pathos and insight of Lee’s film into four-and-a-half harrowingly hilarious minutes. I see it in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins thrillingly audacious play An Octoroon (2013), which reconfigures blackface tropes in daring ways. Most of all I see it coursing through the veins of Paul Beatty’s scabrous satirical novel The Sellout (2015), about a shiftless young black Angeleno who hatches a plot to reintroduce racial segregation, and takes an elderly slave – a disturbed former “pickaninny” star of Little Rascals films – while he’s at it. Like Lee’s film, it plays as a shotgun blast to the face of formal convention, it’s stubbornly resistant to a single concrete interpretation, and it has a lot of very painful things to say about America today.
ABC’s enjoyably gentle sitcom Black-ish (2014-), meanwhile, simultaneously echoes Delacroix’s crisis – with its premise of a middle-class black ad executive (Anthony Anderson) jockeying for position in a white corporate space – and feels like the kind of show Delacroix, free of Dunwitty’s pressure, might have concocted himself.
Lastly, I couldn’t help but think of Bamboozled while poring over Ta-Nehisi Coates’s epic essay in the Atlantic, The Case for Reparations, which uncovers, in forensic detail, the institutional plunder of black Americans from slavery to redlining to mass incarceration and its destructive impact on families. Coates’s fury is more controlled than Lee’s, but it’s equally sincere, and his essay shares with Bamboozled the central imperative to look directly into the heart of past racial sins in order to plot a productive way forward.
It is time, then, to take a close look at Bamboozled, which deserves to be respected as much more than a mid-career oddity in Lee’s filmography. It is a vital work that’s equal parts crystal ball and cannonball: glittering and prophetic, heavy and dangerous.
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Marvel Studios: Voices Rising - The Music Of Wakanda Forever [Series]
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Episode #1: "Nigeria: Past is Present" [available on Disney +] [w/ time stamps to follow along]
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▻ "Soundtrack's like this just don't happen anymore, with the high percentage of the songs that are embedded in the movie, and to this level of cultural specificity." - Ryan Coogler [Director] [0:00]
▻ "Here you have a story that intertwines people [Wakandans & Talokanil] of beautiful, rich ethnicities. What do you do with that as a composer? You use it!” - Letitia Wright [Princess Shuri] [0:14]
▻ We learn that Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson first started off as friends, meeting one another at a film school [USC]. They then hit it off from their joint love of Swedish music. "They make magic together, and they seem to just pick up where the other has left off. They just have this seamless way of getting in each other's heads and hearts, and it ends up creating such incredible music.” - Lupita Nyong'o [Nakia] [1:51]
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▻ The first Black Panther soundtrack is heavily inspired by Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther and his overall character. After his passing, they had to go back to square one. "I couldn't really imagine what the movie [soundtrack] would feel or look like without Chadwick in it. So, I'm basically going into this experience starting from scratch." - Ludwig Göransson [Composer] [2:42]
▻ They [Ryan and Ludwig] chose to go to Nigeria, Lagos to recruit artists and composers, it being a major hotspot for music in the world currently. "What Lagos is to music right now is what London was to music in its heyday. What New York was to hip-hop in the 90's. I genuinely believe the most exciting music in the world is being made in Lagos." - Seni Saraki [Music Consultant] [3:16]
▻ "Ludwig came to Lagos, because he, as a creative, understands the need to feed off of the energy of a particular place." - Fireboy DML [Artist] [4:04]
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▻ There were a huge mixture of both contemporary artists [ie. singers, rappers, etc] and traditional artists [ie. musicians, instrumentalists for the score such as, but not limited to: Jedalo Percussion Ensemble, Fusion Nigeria] coming together to create this soundtrack. Instruments such as, but not limited to, the: sato drum, sakara drum, iyaálù bata, omele bata, kakaki horn, ojà flute, goje were all used on the traditional side. "Everyday we had different sessions with musicians that would come from different tribes from the Igbo, from the Hausa, from Yoruba and they would have their own instruments and different types of set of drums." - Ludwig Göransson [Composer] [5:57] Ryan and Ludwig are seen workshopping ideas of scenes and where musical segments may exist in the movie during these musical sessions [7:28]
▻ "He [Ludwig] and Ryan had been talking about it for years. ‘Let's write songs just for this film.’ There's no licensed tracks." - Monica Sonand [Score Supervisor] [9:39]
▻ “The generation that I'm in right now is speaking Afrobeats. We are all doing our own things individually, but as a unit together, we are pushing the culture. This is Afrobeats. This is Niger. This is Lagos. We're taking that old culture with us to the world." - Fireboy DML [Artist] [10:48] His song “Coming back for you" was used towards the end of the movie in the scene where Shuri is shown planting the heart-shaped herb [12:15]
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▻ Ryan and Ludwig wanted to have artists who sang in Xhosa [the language of the Wakandans] so they did their research and flew out artists from South Africa to Nigeria to meet with them. The music style “Amapiano” had the sound that they were looking for, which plays on most South African radio. "It's so unique and it comes out of the club scene there [South Africa] and it makes you want to dance. What I love about that music [Amapiano] is that it feels futuristic to me." - Ludwig Göransson [Composer] [15:05]
▻ Ryan, Ludwig and artist Bloody Civilian are shown brainstorming Bloody’s beats pack she made for them, discussing where her track may exist. She showed them her song “How to kill a man. “I was very nervous, but the environment felt safe and everyone's creativity was just going. It didn't really feel like work at some point." - Bloody Civilian [Artist + Producer] [23:04] Her final track in the movie “Wake up" ft Rema is about "pushing yourself regardless of the things that try to pull you back." - Bloody Civilian [Artist + Producer] [24:33]
▻ Some of the African producers involved were ecstatic to have representation of a variety of African artists and sounds on this Marvel movie and it’s soundtrack. "I think the album sounds like Wakanda!" - Osarumen Osamuyi [Music Producer] [25:28]
▻ "I've been able to travel here [Nigeria] with Ryan, one of my closest friends. Doing something like this together where we can share this experience has been such a blessing." - Ludwig Göransson [Composer] [25:52] "It was really important for us [Ludwig and him] to come to West Africa. Myself being African-American, a lot of my heritage is from here like most African-Americans. The biggest take away for me is the personal connection that I have myself. I'm constantly looking at people saying ‘that person looks like my cousin, that person looks like my friend, that person looks like my brother.' That experience is one that's very different from being a black man that was born and raised in a predominantly white country. Folks born on the continent often take for granted to just walk down the street and everybody looks like them. That wasn't my truth. That wasn’t my reality. It's a very strange experience to fly for thousands of miles and land somewhere you've never been, but it feels like home. There's a beauty to that, but also a sadness that comes with it.” - Ryan Coogler [Director] [26:06]
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ʀɪʜᴀɴɴᴀ: ʟɪғᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ / ʙᴜʀɴᴀ ʙᴏʏ: ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ / ғᴏᴜᴅᴇᴏ̨ᴜsʜ + ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ᴄᴏɴ ʟᴀ ʙʀɪsᴀ / ᴛᴇᴍs: ɴᴏ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ɴᴏ ᴄʀʏ / ᴀᴅɴ ᴍᴀʏᴀ ᴄᴏʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴏ + ᴘᴀᴛ ʙᴏʏ: ʟᴀᴀʏʟɪ’ ᴋᴜxᴀ’ᴀɴᴏ’ᴏɴᴇ / ғɪʀᴇʙᴏʏ ᴅᴍʟ: ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ / ʙʟᴜᴇ ʀᴏᴊᴏ: ɪɴғʀᴀᴍᴜɴᴅᴏ / ʀɪʜᴀɴɴᴀ: ʙᴏʀɴ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ / ᴛᴏʙᴇ ɴᴡɪɢᴡᴇ + ғᴀᴛ ɴᴡɪɢᴡᴇ: ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏ / ᴅʙɴ ɢᴏɢᴏ + sɪɴᴏ ᴍsᴏʟᴏ: ʟᴏᴠᴇ & ʟᴏʏᴀʟᴛʏ [ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ] / sɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛ + ᴇ-40: ʟᴀ ᴠɪᴅᴀ / ᴀᴍᴀᴀʀᴀᴇ: ᴀ ʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴀ ᴄᴏғғɪɴ / ᴠɪᴠɪʀ ᴏ̨ᴜɪɴᴛᴀɴᴀ: ᴀ́ʀʙᴏʟᴇs ʙᴀᴊᴏ ᴇʟ ᴍᴀʀ / sᴛᴏʀᴍᴢʏ: ɪɴᴛᴇʀʟᴜᴅᴇ / ᴏɢ ᴅᴀʏᴠ + ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ: ʟɪᴍᴏɴᴄᴇʟʟᴏ / ᴄᴋᴀʏ + ᴘɪɴᴋᴘᴀɴᴛʜᴇʀᴇss: ᴀɴʏᴀ ᴍᴍɪʀɪ / ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʏ ᴄɪᴠɪʟɪᴀɴ + ʀᴇᴍᴀ: ᴡᴀᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ / ᴀʟᴇᴍᴀ́ɴ + ʀᴇᴍᴀ: ᴘᴀɴᴛᴇʀᴀ / ᴅʙɴ ɢᴏɢᴏ + sɪɴᴏ ᴍsᴏʟᴏ: ᴊᴇʟᴇ / ᴄᴀʟʟᴇ x ᴠɪᴅᴀ + ғᴏᴜᴅᴇᴏ̨ᴜsʜ: ɴᴏ ᴅɪɢᴀs ᴍɪ ɴᴏᴍʙʀᴇ / ɢᴜᴀᴅᴀʟᴜᴘᴇ ᴅᴇ ᴊᴇsᴜ́s ᴄʜᴀɴ ᴘᴏᴏᴛ: ᴍɪ ᴘᴜᴇʙʟᴏ
Score: [tracks referenced in this episode]
ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ᴡᴀᴋᴀɴᴅᴀ ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ᴛ’ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴀ / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ʏɪʙᴀᴍʙᴇ! / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ɴᴀᴍᴏʀ / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ + ʙᴀᴀʙᴀ ᴍᴀᴀʟ: ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴏᴍᴇ / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ + ʙᴜsɪsᴡᴀ: ᴡᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀ / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ + ᴊᴏʀᴊᴀ sᴍɪᴛʜ: ʜᴇ ᴡᴀsɴ’ᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ + ᴠɪᴠɪʀ ᴏ̨ᴜɪɴᴛᴀɴᴀ: sɪʀᴇɴs / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ɴᴀᴍᴏʀ’s ᴛʜʀᴏɴᴇ / ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ʏᴜᴄᴀᴛᴀ́ɴ / ᴠɪᴠɪʀ ᴏ̨ᴜɪɴᴛᴀɴᴀ: ᴀ́ʀʙᴏʟᴇs ʙᴀᴊᴏ ᴇʟ ᴍᴀʀ [ғɪʟᴍ ᴠᴇʀsɪᴏɴ] / ғᴏᴜᴅᴇᴏ̨ᴜsʜ + ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ᴄᴏɴ ʟᴀ ʙʀɪsᴀ [ғɪʟᴍ ᴠᴇʀsɪᴏɴ]
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ㅤㅤ。 𓈒 ꪆ୧ PROFILES. WHO ARE THEY ? ᨳິ 𓈒 ੭
meet the pinkalicious pinkettes !
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ㅤㅤᨳ᭬ ˚ 𝆹 ੭̠ CHANTANA KANAROT was born to an industrial designer father and a fashion model mother. another zephyr star who was born into riches, her parents already being stars passing that luxury down to her. though, she didn’t get to spend much time with her parents as a child. she found more of a bond with her maid than her actual mother or father. she was among the popular kids, her parents in close relations with trouvaille’s briar lee’s family. the two of them grew up together and  shared their power, obviously not without comparisons from their peers and everyone else watching. much like her best friend, tana was always naturally  the center of attention. with this eminence, shortly after briar was reached out to by zephyr entertainment, tana received an offer from jadore media, urging her to sign with them. she took the offer and eventually started training with them for a rather short period of time. she then went onto compete on the pink tape and place third overall in the end.
FULL NAME : CHANTANA KANAROT
ALIAS : PERFECT PINK
BIRTHDATE : JULY 2, 1997
ZODIAC : CANCER
BIRTHPLACE : NEW YORK, NEW YORK
ETHNICITY : THAI
HEIGHT : 5’7”
POSITION : MAIN DANCER, MAIN RAPPER
RANK : #3
FACECLAIM : LALISA MANOBAL
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ㅤㅤᨳ᭬ ˚ 𝆹 ੭̠ BAE YOONA was born to two older parents on a fateful day in may 1997, her toy company owner father and bakery owner mother. yoona lived a quiet life as a child, being homeschooled all her life with her only hobbies being playing with toys and reading fairytale’s. she didn’t have any friends aside from her parents and house cat, timmy. she never expected much from life, initially aspiring to be an author. however, when she was just fourteen years old attending her father’s business party for the launching of a new toy, she was noticed and scouted by an investor from zephyr entertainment’s fashion subsidiary, pink friday, for her astonishing visuals. there she was immediately given the opportunity to come model for the company. of course, she was hesitant to accept the offer, as were her parents, being scared for her to be out on her own in such a rough industry but eventually, after a lot of thinking, she took the offer and went to model for pink friday. she did have a plethora of shoots while under the agency, however, jung aeri saw bigger things for her. she just knew yoona had to be onstage with her charm and beauty, so she sought to transfer her from their modeling department to their training department, where she would train to become an idol, not knowing that she would be put on a competition show — aeri and jisoo figuring to not tell her until the show was being filmed.
FULL NAME : BAE “LONDON” YOONA
ALIAS : PRETTY PINK
BIRTHDATE : MAY 5, 1997
ZODIAC : TAURUS
BIRTHPLACE : BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA
ETHNICITY : KOREAN
HEIGHT : 5’5”
POSITION : LEAD VOCAL, VISUAL
RANK : #2
FACECLAIM : CHOI YEWON
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ㅤㅤᨳ᭬ ˚ 𝆹 ੭̠ KANG MIKYUNG was born on august 19, 1999 as the eldest daughter of four kids, one of her younger siblings being melliflous’ kang siwoo. she was raised in the heart of seoul by two cooks. many would describe mikyung as a menace growing up — leading up to the many scandals regarding her attitude she has now. she was a theater kid in high school, starring in a large majority of her school’s productions. she stuck her hand in just about everything making it her job to be at the forefront of anything ever: debate, student council, school newspaper, girl scouts, all of it. she loved being at the center and she loved beating people, which is why she jumped at the opportunity to be apart of a competition show. she knew she was destined to be a star and she walked into the pink tape with the idea that she was for sure getting a spot in that group; and nonetheless, she did.
FULL NAME : KANG MIKYUNG
ALIAS : PRISSY PINK
BIRTHDATE : AUGUST 19, 1999
ZODIAC : LEO
BIRTHPLACE : SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
ETHNICITY : KOREAN
HEIGHT : 5’6”
POSITION : MAIN DANCER, LEAD RAPPER
RANK : #4
FACECLAIM : YOO SHIAH
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ㅤㅤᨳ᭬ ˚ 𝆹 ੭̠ CAI ARNELA, better known as nelly, was born in baton rouge, louisiana on november 19, 2000 to a chauffeur father and maid mother. her mother and father worked for a rich family in louisiana and met while they were working. they ended up having a surprise child, her mother intending on keeping her a secret from her father and the family they worked for as long as possible — aka until she started showing. unfortunately, nelly’s parents split when she was twelve years old. growing up, nelly spent a lot of her time around the family her parents worked for and their children, not receiving the luxuries that they had. they were the same age but they were rich and they were popular, in the limelight all the time. she wanted that for herself. she followed them closely, studying them, craving to be in their world. one day, she went without her parents permission and auditioned for zephyr entertainment initially but ended up not making the cut. she then auditioned again but for the subsidiary jadore media and made it in. she was then set to compete on the competition show and ended up ranking fifth place, originally not making it into the lineup but being added in as the pinkette’s 5th member at the last minute.
FULL NAME : CAI ARNELA | NELLY
ALIAS : BABY PINK
BIRTHDATE : NOVEMBER 19, 2000
ZODIAC : SCORPIO
BIRTHPLACE : BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
ETHNICITY : TAIWANESE
HEIGHT : 5’4”
POSITION : VOCAL, RAPPER
RANK : #5
FACECLAIM : YEH SHUHUA
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ㅤㅤᨳ᭬ ˚ 𝆹 ੭̠ CHARMEINE YU was born on june 9, 2001 to a kindergarten teacher father and her late actress mother. charmeine was born in manhattan, new york but spent more of her childhood in staten island. she’d been born into the riches, being closely related to the lee’s — briar’s first cousin and her mother being the younger sister of briar’s mother. her parents were quite the opposites, her mother a free spirit, never scared to break rules and defy the odds while her father was a timid introvert, who never really got out much. she loved both of them, she and her mother always had a rocky relationship with the rest of the family. charmeine’s mother was never one to hold her tongue, which is why her, her mother and her sister regularly found themselves having conflict, disagreeing about the way she chose to live. aside from the regular family feud, charmeine spent most of her teenage years doing band and choir. she was a girl who was into what she was into and never got too into the mix with anything except her band and choir friends.
she’s always had a cool and mellow soul that got along with almost everyone, despite her opinionated personality. having this vibe, a notable family history, and more than exceptional vocal skills, she was quickly noticed by company scouts, however, one company stuck out the most to her. it was jadore media, subsidiary of the label that took her cousin, briar, in. it turns out that the label reached out to her multiple times before but she payed no mind initially, until she ended up taking the offer. she was then put on the competition show and becoming a fan favorite and ranking in first place, earning the crown of queen pink.
FULL NAME : CHARMEINE YU - LEE
ALIAS : QUEEN PINK
BIRTHDATE : JUNE 9, 2002
ZODIAC : GEMINI
BIRTHPLACE : NEW YORK, NEW YORK
ETHNICITY : KOREAN
HEIGHT : 5’7”
POSITION : MAIN VOCAL, LEAD DANCER, CENTER
RANK : #1
FACECLAIM : HUH YUNJIN
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Name: James Jackson Jr.
Not much is known about James before his life in Stilwater, however, he did grow up in London in a housing estate. He joined the Vice Kings shortly after moving to America, but later left due to him not joining the coupe against Ben King. He knew Axel prior to joining the Saints.
James was the least liked member of the 3rd Street Saints and was kept under close watch by Julius Little. Julius had a feeling that James was the most likely to betray the Saints, due to his suspicious behaviour while being with the Vice Kings. He joined the gang purely for monetary gain and clout, since being a failed drill rapper was all he had achieved thus far. Julius tries to have James killed in an police ambush during a drug deal, which Playa saves him from.
He joined the Saints as a form of protection against Tanya Winters and the rest of the Kings, who he believes are trying to kill him because he refuses to betray King.
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Name: Noah Meunier
Already introduced him. (Twice.)
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Name: Stephanie "Steph" Lauren
Steph was born and grew up in London, later immigrating to the United States in pursuit of fame and fortune. She joins the Kings as a way to gain access to money and Kingdom Come Records. Steph eventually becomes a lieutenant for the Kings and is undoubtedly loyal to Benjamin King before she is swayed by Tanya Winters and Warren Williams.
Steph joins Tanya in taking down Ben King, but when things go south she manages to escape from the clutches of Ben and the Saints by leaving the city. She returns home to London, where she hides until she hears of the Saints being basically destroyed.
Two years after SR1, Steph returns to America and begins her own gang called the 'Dukes'. She is an active threat to Playa, wanting them dead before they can kill her by act of revenge and get justice for Tanya, Anthony and Warren.
Steph agrees to work with Ultor, specifically Dane Vogel, as both intend on ending the Saints reign of terror, though Steph only has interest in taking the Saints territory for herself.
I wanted to make her a sort of mirror of Playa, since I refuse to suspend my disbelief about the fact that other gangs wouldn't rise up to threaten the Saints post SR2. So Steph is there to keep my narrative interesting, like a looming threat in the background.
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Name: Fabien
Eccentric and flamboyant, though very combat aware and deadly with a sniper, Fabien is one of the Morningstar's better assets. His only issue is the fact that he is a rather charming snake, with nobody quite sure about which side he is playing for.
Fabien is a rather minor character, with him being a Morningstar Specialist and friend of Axel. He helps out the Saints, but only because Axel is there. He holds no major attachments to any gang, and isn't too fussed about going against the Morningstar.
Phillip Loren knew Fabien's uncle, and that's why he was recruited for the gang. Otherwise, he probably would have become a real estate agent or something.
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