K-POP Free Board
Are Gowon’s kneecaps detachable?
He’s using his joints like disposable parts today.
Baby, I know you’re young and full of energy, but please take care of your bodyㅠ
Gowon’s K-Dom parachute-hire controversy has officially been settled.
Look at him slam his knee down during the dance break, then jump right back up againㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The way he dances like he’s trying to destroy his own body while flirting with his expressions is insane.
You used to be so fucking terrible at using your face. What the hell got into you today!!!!!
The way he improves with every stage is legendary. Sweet Little Kitty.
That heavenly part is so addictive. It’s going to show up in my dreams.
Baek Hanzel’s K-pop instincts are still alive and well.
But, Senior, could you please make a comeback yourself too?ㅠㅠ
God, I want to watch the full season of <Debut Chart! 100> too.
You piece-of-shit rigging producer.
Give me survival-show baby Gowon.
Why did I become a fan so late that I have to piece together scattered clips just to watch him?ㅜㅜ
But Gowon was a dance member, right?
Yeah, dance was his main strength, but he was known as a perfectly balanced all-round idol.
And his looks are definitely one of his main strengths too.
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ My sibling saw him on TV and said,
“What kind of man looks that delicate?”
Then walked away.
But this bastard is a man too.
A once-in-a-thousand-years idol transcends gender, after all.
Damn, the grit of a young breadwinner is incredible.
He completely devoured the stage.
What are you talking aboutㅋㅋ He joined K-Dom. Why are you calling him a young breadwinner? K-Dom is practically a major agency. It’s not some rookie company riding on his back.
↳No, not like that... Gowon is literally a young breadwinner. He was raised by his grandparents and has two younger siblings...
↳↳Oh, I’m sorry. Thank you for telling me^ㅠ;;;;;
↳↳↳(Original commenter) Huh...? That’s not what I meant. I meant he’s carrying the image of the completely ruined <Debut Chart! 100> on his back... Please don’t misunderstandㅜㅜ!!! Anyway, I learned something too, so I’ll be careful mentioning it;;;...... Deleting this post in three minutes!!
Ah.
I shouldn’t have looked.
His stage had been pretty good, so I had only meant to search for positive reactions. Instead, I had learned something unnecessary.
The waiting-room monitor showed Gowon after he finished performing. It was the second week of promotions, so he had performed the entire song live without a prerecording. His hair was drenched, and he was breathing heavily. Then, when the ending camera approached him, he smiled.
“Ha.”
Because he rarely smiled, the awkwardness showed.
But it was also obvious that he was genuinely trying.
“......”
After searching through a few more sites, I found that the only information fans knew was that Gowon had been raised by his grandparents. It seemed to be based loosely on statements from people around him.
That made it possible to make an even more far-reaching deduction.
Gowon’s family must be in serious financial trouble, beyond merely being a grandparent-headed household.
Maybe...
Maybe “serious” wasn’t even enough.
The infamous Rnet chose not to air the tragic backstory of a leading contender?
Poverty, hardship, success, and a life transformed overnight.
A moving story about a child raised by his grandparents.
If even that had been edited out, it meant the reality was too difficult to exploit on television.
They said stars shone brightest against the night sky.
But what people liked was a beautiful night sky that would undoubtedly turn bright blue by morning.
No one looked toward a pitch-black place where sunlight had never once reached.
Television might capture the night sky, but it never captured the shadows.
They must have realized it too.
If they dug too deeply into the family history of someone whose star quality they needed to sell, more of his light would fade into darkness than they could afford.
Perhaps Gowon climbing into contention for first place through his own strength had been the decisive reason he managed to protect his secret.
Had his ranking been mediocre, his life might have been reduced to a sob story filling part of a single episode.
But Gowon had no agency and was already a contender for first place—a valuable unpolished gem Rnet could manipulate however it wanted.
There was no chance they would deliberately ruin him.
Or perhaps, though the possibility was minuscule, they had felt a shred of conscience.
Gowon was quiet, but the way he clawed forward until his fingernails nearly tore off was undeniably striking.
#Hari’s #Paradox #Challenge with Junior #Gowon♥ #Dearune #OurYoungest_IsNowASenior
Sunny side up, just the way you like it~ 🐶
#BrunchTime #Challenge #Gowon #WolhwaEntertainment #K-DomEntertainment
Vocals level increased.
Dance level increased.
Apparently, he practiced himself half to death and never rejected a challenge request that came his way.
Other groups could divide the work among their members and trade challenge appearances with one another, but Gowon was a soloist.
He had to memorize the choreography for all those songs by himself.
Even so, he silently continued flooding his fans with endless updates about new content—and flooding my vision with endless skill-increase notifications.
Hadn’t he said he would do anything he could?
The way he was going about it was even more foolish than I had imagined back then.
What good is it to be desperate all by yourself, you idiot? You need to scream at the top of your lungs that you’re working hard too. Even then, maybe one person out of ten will notice.
Well, the fact that he still had enough pride left to protect probably meant life remained bearable.
“We’re back.”
Gowon entered the waiting room after finishing his stage and greeted everyone.
Between the intense choreography he performed alone and the hot stage lights, he was even more drenched in sweat than he had looked onscreen.
“Did something happen today, Gowon? You danced incredibly hard.”
“...No. I just... think it went better than usual.”
Look at him.
He couldn’t even accept a compliment meant to lift him up.
At least say you practiced hard.
The staff surrounded Gowon and repeatedly dabbed his face with tissues.
Then, through the gaps between them, his eyes met mine.
“......”
“......”
Senior, have you never watched one of my stages before?
Based on what he had said earlier, I had a pretty good idea what he wanted to ask me.
Then he should open his mouth first.
“Jonghyeok, what time does this finish?”
I completely ignored Gowon’s gaze and turned toward Chief Manager Park.
Watching the two artists who were both difficult to manage, Chief Manager Park let out an awkward chuckle and scratched his cheek.
“There are about two teams left. It’ll run a little longer today because it’s Dearune’s goodbye stage.”
“Ah. But the people sharing this waiting room left earlier and still haven’t come back. I was planning to leave when they returned so they wouldn’t feel uncomfortable.”
“Oh, I saw them while I was going back and forth. They were asking people in other rooms to do challenges too.”
“Looks like you gave them a lot of courage, Hanje.”
“Ahem. Gowon, let’s touch up your hair and makeup for a moment. Our Gowon will be one of the nominees for first place. The song some wonderful senior gave him has been putting up ridiculous numbers since his debut.”
Seriously.
“What’s the point? He’s up against Dearune. Why bother dressing him up?”
“You’ll still be standing side by side onscreen until the result is announced, you punk.”
For a rookie, Gowon had achieved remarkably strong results.
The fans he had gathered during the survival competition had shown considerable unity, and he himself had done everything he could throughout promotions.
But there was no way he could beat the song Dearune, a girl group at the absolute height of its popularity, had released with the ambition of devouring the yearly chart.
The fact that a debut song had even become a contender for first place was partly because no other major groups had made a comeback during Dearune’s promotional cycle.
It was essentially an empty-house victory.
“Still, this is Dearune’s final week, Gowon. There aren’t any major comebacks announced for next week either, so you’ll probably win once before your promotions end.”
“What? ...Ah... Yes.”
His somewhat dazed response made it obvious that he had never expected it and couldn’t quite accept it as something real.
Just then—or perhaps inevitably—it was Dearune’s turn to close the show.
The two hosts slumped their shoulders and began acting with exaggerated despair.
“Dearune caused the Para, Para, Paradox syndrome, and now it’s already their goodbye stage? I can’t let them go.”
“To comfort our disappointed hearts, we’ve prepared a special stage for the viewers of <Music Sea>.”
“That’s right. It’s a collaboration between Dearune’s lovable youngest member, Hari, and Kim Eumyul, whose signature move is his charm beam. Ah, just thinking of those two makes me feel like I’ve fallen in love for the first time.”
“Then let’s dive into the sea of music!”
A girl and a boy came onto the stage wearing school uniforms with pink accents.
They looked at each other as they walked toward the center, shy smiles on their faces.
There was no way I wouldn’t recognize the girl, since she was a member of Dearune.
But no matter how hard I searched my memory, I couldn’t place the boy.
Apparently Dearune had been ordered to take one junior by the hand and pull him upward.
I wish I could stop seeing all the politics behind it and simply enjoy it as a fresh first-love stage...
Curious about Gowon’s unjaded reaction, unlike mine, I looked over at him.
He was staring intently at the screen.
But what I saw in his eyes was less excitement and more the same obsessive intensity he had shown over and over in his music video.
Does this bastard actually like concepts like that?
Sorry, but there’s too much darkness in your looks for a rosy pink concept.
It wouldn’t work even at twenty. Getting older certainly wasn’t going to make you any fresher...
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