there’s a strange and rather juvenile sense surrounding seungwoo this evening. he’s possessed by an awkwardness unbecoming of a leader figure, sitting with his legs crossed and hands fidgeting on his knees. he’ll put it down to the fact that he can’t really remember the last time he had someone over at his place who wasn’t a member of impulse. mostly, seungwoo prefers to go out. in his own apartment, he finds he ends up stuck in his head, anxious to play host with the most. perhaps it’s because he’s not used to sharing the space with anyone else.
that anxiety isn’t too bad tonight, even if it has been replaced with something arguably worse, and that’s due to @fmdjynx, sitting across from him on his big, cushiony couch. everything in seungwoo’s apartment is big, much too big for a man living alone, but he admittedly likes his comforts more than what would be considered sensible.
the shot of soju he tips back is calming, helps seungwoo forget his nerves as he laughs along with jiyoo. it’s good, he thinks, to be friendly with her like this. tonight, relaxing with her, and having a drink without his conscience weighing too heavily on him, marks something special. a new chapter for seungwoo, where guilt potentially won’t feature quite so heavily.
“ - what did you do with all those days off anyways?” he asks. “see some friends, or a ... non-friend?” a pause. seungwoo clears his throat. “if you know what i mean. tonight’s fun, but i’m gonna spend my next time off alone, dead to the world as i sleep.” a dreamy look comes over his eyes just thinking about it.
Note: This month, idols in all six songs will be either preparing for their song’s release or promoting their song. All idols will also be participating in recording a special physical-only bonus track.
Those involved in this month’s schedule may earn up to 5 points total for writing, by the end of June 15 KST (for each song schedule they are a part of):
A solo para of 400+ words based on their May schedule for the COLLA3ORATE project this month (3 points).
A thread of six posts (three per participant, including the starter) based on their May schedule for the COLLA3ORATE project this month (2 points).
These do not count toward monthly limits or toward normal schedule points.
LOVE & LIVE:
For the beginning of the month, the members of the song (@fmdyoohyeon, @fmdhaseo, @fmdsiyeon, @fmdxsuwei) will continue to have sparse rehearsals together up until the release of their song on May 11.
On May 12, the members will attend The Show for their first special promotional stage. The four members will all go to the salon together early in the day before arriving at the SBS studio. They will be granted a waiting room of their own up until they pre-record their stage a few hours before broadcast time. They will not stay around for the live broadcast of the show (unless they have other schedule reasons to do so).
The members will repeat this schedule for all music shows on the 13-18 as well.
During their promotions, each idol will also be guided to take a number of selfies that will be chosen from by staff as photo cards for the physical mini-album for the COLLA3ORATE project.
During their promotion period, the four idols will be informed that they have one more song to record — a special bonus track that will only be available on the physical version of the mini-album all of the singles will be released on. All that is required of them is to record their assigned parts, as there will be no promotions or other activities for these “secret” b-side tracks. The idols will be given the demo beforehand and will be scheduled to record one day out of May 20, May 25, or May 31 depending on schedules (the day is up to the mun as long as the muse is in Seoul on the chosen date!). Line distribution for this track can be found here.
End note: This month, no part of their schedule (other than music show stage filming) will have cameras present.
GO:
For the beginning of the month, the members of the song (@fmdyuanjun, @fmdjaeyeol, @fmddaisuke, @dawonfmd, @fmdxiwon) will continue to have sparse rehearsals together up until the release of their song on May 20.
On May 13, all idols performing in the song will fly out very early morning KST to California to shoot the music video for “Go” in Los Angeles. Members are encouraged to sleep on the plane ride, as they will begin shooting as soon as they arrive. The music video shoot will be a two day shoot over May 13 and May 14, before the members fly out back to South Korea late May 14/early May 15 for a late May 15 arrival in Seoul.
On May 21, the members will attend MCountdown for their first special promotional stage. The members will all go to the salon together early in the day before arriving at the Mnet/CJ E&M studio. They will be granted a waiting room of their own up until they pre-record their stage a few hours before broadcast time. They will not stay around for the live broadcast of the show (unless they have other schedule reasons to do so).
The members will repeat this schedule for all music shows on the 21-27 as well. During their promotions, each idol will also be guided to take a number of selfies that will be chosen from by staff as photo cards for the physical mini-album for the COLLA3ORATE project.
The week before their promotion period, the seven idols will be informed that they have one more song to record — a special bonus track that will only be available on the physical version of the mini-album all of the singles will be released on. All that is required of them is to record their assigned parts, as there will be no promotions or other activities for these “secret” b-side tracks. The idols will be given the demo beforehand and will be scheduled to record one day out of May 20, May 25, or May 31 depending on schedules (the day is up to the mun as long as the muse is in Seoul on the chosen date!). Line distribution for this track can be found here.
End note: This month, behind the scenes content at the music video shoots will be filmed for an M/V filming video. No other part of their schedule (other than music show stage filming) will have cameras present.
DRIP:
On May 3, all idols (@fmdhyejun, @fmdchaesoo, @fmdjynx, @fmdxlux, @fmdxyoungjoo) chosen will be scheduled to be picked up in a Dimensions Entertainment van from their dorm or private residence to be driven to the Dimensions Entertainment building. Once there, they will begin to learn the choreography for the song they recorded last month. They will learn from one of Dimensions Entertainment’s dance instructors and one of the choreographers (@fmdjoohwan) will be present for roughly a half an hour to give pointers on the parts of the dance they helped with. The five idols will meet a few times throughout the month to practice together under the same circumstances of being chauffeured to the Dimensions Entertainment building together, but are expected to also practice on their personal time.
On the same day, they will be introduced to a woman named Jo Jiwon who will serve as their project group manager for this month and the next as they approach promotions. She will be with them for all schedules from this point onward unless specified otherwise.
On May 16, the project group members will be escorted to a shop in Gangnam where they will undergo fittings for the outfits they will wear in the music video and during stage performances of the song.
On May 21, the members will arrive at an indoor set to film the music video for the song.
Before they attend fittings mid-month, the idols will be informed that they have one more song to record — a special bonus track that will only be available on the physical version of the mini-album all of the singles will be released on. All that is required of them is to record their assigned parts, as there will be no promotions or other activities for these “secret” b-side tracks. The idols will be given the demo beforehand and will be scheduled to record one day out of May 20, May 25, or May 31 depending on schedules (the day is up to the mun as long as the muse is in Seoul on the chosen date!). Line distribution for this track can be found here.
End note: This month, behind the scenes content at the music video shoots will be filmed for an M/V filming video. No other part of their schedule will have cameras present.
QUIT PLAYING:
On May 1 all idols (@fmdsamsoo, @fmdtaeyong, @fmdhoon, @fmdhyunsoo, @fmdsan, @fmdjoosung) chosen will be scheduled to be picked up in a Dimensions Entertainment van from their dorm or private residence to be driven to the Dimensions Entertainment building. Once there, they will begin to learn the full original choreography for the song they recorded last month. They will learn from one of Dimensions Entertainment’s dance instructors. They will meet a few times throughout the month to practice together under the same circumstances of being chauffeured to the Dimensions Entertainment building together, but are expected to also practice on their personal time. The female backup dancers will be integrated in a later practice session in the month.
On the same day, they will be introduced to a man named Park Kyuwon who will serve as their project group manager for this month and the next as they approach promotions. He will be with them for all schedules from this point onward unless specified otherwise.
On May 20, the project group members will be escorted to a shop in Gangnam where they will undergo fittings for the outfits they will wear in the music video and during stage performances of the song.
Mid-month, the idols will be contacted either by phone or email by management to be informed that they have one more song to record — a special bonus track that will only be available on the physical version of the mini-album all of the singles will be released on. All that is required of them is to record their assigned parts, as there will be no promotions or other activities for these “secret” b-side tracks. The idols will be given the demo beforehand and will be scheduled to record one day out of May 20, May 25, or May 31 depending on schedules (the day is up to the mun as long as the muse is in Seoul on the chosen date!). Line distribution for this track can be found here.
End note: This month, no part of their schedule will have cameras present.
OH! MY MISTAKE:
All idols (@fmdsophie, @fmdsooah, @eunahfmd, @fmdyujin, @fmdyena) chosen for this song will have been informed and sent the full demo of the song on March 15.
On May 10, they will arrive separately at the Gold Star Media building to record the track. As the song will be released with Gold Star Media’s resources, most of the preparations for the song will occur at the building. This is their first time working together and the recording session will be filmed, so before they go into the studio, they will get some time to get introduced to each other. Following this short time to mingle, they will be introduced to one of the lyricists, composers, and producers of the song (@fmdjoosung) who will take some time to explain the overall concept of the song. He will then be joined by another producer and a recording engineer to help guide the recording process. The members will then go into the recording booth in the following order: main or lead vocal (chaewon), vocal (naeun), vocal (chaekyung), vocal (jinsol), vocal (rachel), and rapper (yena). All vocalists will record all vocal parts, but the producers present will focus in on parts for each idol that they determine matches their voice well to record more takes of (these parts will reflect the line distribution). The project group members will be treated to dinner by a manager all together following the wrap on recording.
On May 25, the idols will once again return to the Gold Star Media building for a concept meeting. During the concept meeting, they will be given an overview for the anticipated wardrobe and the MV storyboard in addition to more details on the overall concept of the release.
Mid-month, the idols will be informed that they have one more song to record — a special bonus track that will only be available on the physical version of the mini-album all of the singles will be released on. All that is required of them is to record their assigned parts, as there will be no promotions or other activities for these “secret” b-side tracks. The idols will be given the demo beforehand and will be scheduled to record one day out of May 20, May 25, or May 31 depending on schedules (the day is up to the mun as long as the muse is in Seoul on the chosen date!). Line distribution for this track can be found here.
End note: This month, the studio recording for the single will be filmed. No other part of their schedule will have cameras present.
SOSO:
All idols (@durifmd, @fmdyunseo, @fmdhanjae, @fmdmaverick) chosen for this song will have been informed and sent the full demo of the song on March 15.
On May 22, they will arrive separately at the Gold Star Media building to record the track. As the song will be released with Gold Star Media’s resources, most of the preparations for the song will occur at the building. This is their first time working together and the recording session will be filmed, so before they go into the studio, they will get some time to get introduced to each other. Following this short time to mingle, they will be joined by one of the composers/producers (@fmdxyoungjoo) and another producer and a recording engineer to help guide the recording process. The members will then go into the recording booth in the following order: main or lead vocal (yoon), vocal (jinu), rapper (mino), and rapper (hoony). All vocalists will record all vocal parts and all rappers will record all rap parts, but the producers present will focus in on parts for each idol that they determine matches their voice well to record more takes of (these parts will reflect the line distribution). The four idols will be treated to dinner by a manager all together following the wrap on recording.
On May 30, the idols will once again return to the Gold Star Media building for a concept meeting. During the concept meeting, they will be given an overview for the anticipated wardrobe and the MV storyboard in addition to more details on the overall concept of the release.
Mid-month, the idols will be informed that they have one more song to record — a special bonus track that will only be available on the physical version of the mini-album all of the singles will be released on. All that is required of them is to record their assigned parts, as there will be no promotions or other activities for these “secret” b-side tracks. The idols will be given the demo beforehand and will be scheduled to record one day out of May 20, May 25, or May 31 depending on schedules (the day is up to the mun as long as the muse is in Seoul on the chosen date!). Line distribution for this track can be found here.
End note: This month, the studio recording for the single will be filmed. No other part of their schedule will have cameras present.
Final note: No one is required to write about or acknowledge the bonus tracks and their recording but if, for some reason, you would like your muse(s) removed from said track(s), please let the admin know. Lines were divided as equally as possible while still maintaining a realistic flow within song sections.
Note: This month, only those involved in “Drip”, “Quit Playing”, “Oh! My Mistake”, and “SOSO” will be working on their songs in preparation for their June and July releases.
Those involved in this month’s schedule may earn up to 5 points total for writing, by the end of July 15 KST (for each song schedule they are a part of):
A solo para of 400+ words based on their June schedule for the COLLA3ORATE project this month (3 points).
A thread of six posts (three per participant, including the starter) based on their June schedule for the COLLA3ORATE project this month (2 points).
These do not count toward monthly limits or toward normal schedule points.
DRIP:
For the beginning of the month, the members of the song (@fmdchaesoo, @fmdjynx, @fmdxlux, @fmdxyoungjoo) will continue to have sparse rehearsals together up until the release of their song on June 7.
On June 9, the members will attend The Show for their first special promotional stage. The members will all go to the salon together early in the day before arriving at the SBS studio. They will be granted a waiting room of their own up until they pre-record their stage a few hours before broadcast time. They will not stay around for the live broadcast of the show (unless they have other schedule reasons to do so).
The members will repeat this schedule for all music shows on the 10-14 as well.
During their promotions, each idol will also be guided to take a number of selfies that will be chosen from by staff as photo cards for the physical mini-album for the COLLA3ORATE project.
End note: This month, no part of their schedule (other than music show stage filming) will have cameras present
QUIT PLAYING:
For the beginning of the month, the members of the song (@fmdsamsoo, @fmdtaeyong, @fmdhyunsoo, @fmdsan, @fmdjoosung) will continue to have sparse rehearsals together up until the release of their song on June 29.
On June 13, all idols performing in the song will arrive on the first set (the warehouse set) to shoot the music video for “Quit Playing”. All dance scenes (partner and group) and close up solo shots will be done this day before everyone is sent home. On June 14, members with individual acting scenes will shoot their club scenes at a club in Gangnam the morning (@fmdjoosung, @fmdtaeyong) before going to shoot further scenes on-location that afternoon.
On June 30, the members will attend The Show for their first special promotional stage. The members will all go to the salon together early in the day before arriving at the MBC studio. They will be granted a waiting room of their own up until they pre-record their stage a few hours before broadcast time. They will not stay around for the live broadcast of the show (unless they have other schedule reasons to do so).
The members will repeat this schedule for all music shows on July 1-6 as well. During their promotions, each idol will also be guided to take a number of selfies that will be chosen from by staff as photo cards for the physical mini-album for the COLLA3ORATE project.
End note: This month, behind the scenes content at the music video shoots will be filmed for an M/V filming video. No other part of their schedule (other than music show stage filming) will have cameras present.
OH! MY MISTAKE:
On June 7, all idols (@fmdsophie, @fmdsooah, @fmdyena, @eunahfmd, @fmdyujin) chosen will be scheduled to be picked up in a Gold Star Media van from their dorm or private residence to be driven to the Gold Star Media building. Once there, they will begin to learn the choreography for the song they recorded last month. They will learn from one of Gold Star Media’s dance instructors. The idols will meet a few times throughout the month to practice together under the same circumstances of being chauffeured to the Gold Star Media building together, but are expected to also practice on their personal time.
On the same day, they will be introduced to a woman named Lee Miran who will serve as their project group manager for this month and the next as they approach promotions. She will be with them for all schedules from this point onward unless specified otherwise.
On June 15, the project group members will be escorted to a shop in Gangnam where they will undergo fittings for the outfits they will wear in the music video and during stage performances of the song.
On June 28, the members will arrive at an indoor set to film the music video for the song.
End note: This month, behind the scenes content at the music video shoots will be filmed for an M/V filming video. No other part of their schedule will have cameras present.
SOSO:
On June 10, all idols (@durifmd, @fmdhanjae, @fmdmaverick) chosen will be scheduled to be picked up in a Gold Star media van from their dorm or private residence to be driven to the Gold Star Media building. Once there, they will begin to learn the full original choreography for the song they recorded last month. They will learn from one of Gold Star Media’s dance instructors and one of the choreographers (@fmdkami) will be present for roughly a half an hour to give pointers on the parts of the dance they helped with. They will meet a few times throughout the month to practice together under the same circumstances of being chauffeured to the Gold Star Media building together, but are expected to also practice on their personal time.
On the same day, they will be introduced to a man named Min Hoyoung who will serve as their project group manager for this month and the next as they approach promotions. He will be with them for all schedules from this point onward unless specified otherwise.
On June 24, the project group members will be escorted to a shop in Gangnam where they will undergo fittings for the outfits they will wear in the music video and during stage performances of the song.
End note: This month, no part of their schedule will have cameras present.
Note: This month, only those involved in “Love&Live”, “Go”, “Drip”, and “Quit Playing” will be working on their songs in preparation for their May and June releases.
Those involved in this month’s schedule may earn up to 5 points total for writing, by the end of May 15 KST (for each song schedule they are a part of):
A solo para of 400+ words based on their April schedule for the COLLA3ORATE project this month (3 points).
A thread of six posts (three per participant, including the starter) based on their April schedule for the COLLA3ORATE project this month (2 points).
These do not count toward monthly limits or toward normal schedule points.
LOVE & LIVE:
On April 6, all idols (@fmdhaseo, @fmdsiyeon, @fmdsooji) chosen will be scheduled to be picked up in a BC Entertainment van from their dorm or private residence to be driven to the BC Entertainment building. Once there, they will begin to learn the choreography for the song they recorded last month. They will learn from one of BC Entertainment’s dance instructors. They will meet a few times throughout the month to practice together under the same circumstances of being chauffeured to the BC Entertainment building together, but are expected to also practice on their personal time.
On the same day, they will be introduced to a woman named Nam Chunhee who will serve as their project group manager for this month and the next as they approach promotions. She will be with them for all schedules from this point onward unless specified otherwise.
On April 15, the project group members will be escorted to a shop in Gangnam where they will undergo fittings for the outfits they will wear in the music video and during stage performances of the song.
On April 19 (after Inkigayo filming), the members will board a flight to New Zealand, where they will spend the night in a large, shared hotel room before filming for their music video the next day. On April 20, they will film the relay scenes, a group dance scene in a field (that does not end up used in the film video), and @fmdsooji’s ending solo running scene. They will return to Seoul early morning on April 21.
On April 26 (after Inkigayo filming), the members will board a flight to Hong Kong, where they will once again spend the night in a shared hotel room between all four of them. The following day, they will film the remaining scenes of the music video including solo scenes (such as this and this), group storyline scenes (such as this), and group dance scenes on a soccer field and a basketball field. The members will stay one more night in Hong Kong in order to finish filming early the next morning before departing for return to Seoul (and all members will arrive before The Show if they need to film for promotions with their group).
End note: This month, behind the scenes content at the music video shoots will be filmed for an M/V filming video. No other part of their schedule will have cameras present.
GO:
On April 6, all idols (@fmdyuanjun, @fmdjaeyeol, @fmddaisuke, @dawonfmd, @fmdxiwon, @jaehyunfmd) chosen will be scheduled to be picked up in a BC Entertainment van from their dorm or private residence to be driven to the BC Entertainment building. Once there, they will begin to learn the choreography for the song they recorded last month. They will learn from one of BC Entertainment’s dance instructors. They will meet a few times throughout the month to practice together under the same circumstances of being chauffeured to the BC Entertainment building together, but are expected to also practice on their personal time.
On the same day, they will be introduced to a man named Choi Bumsoo who will serve as their project group manager for this month and the next as they approach promotions. He will be with them for all schedules from this point onward unless specified otherwise.
On April 11, the project group members will be escorted to a shop in Gangnam where they will undergo fittings for the outfits they will wear in the music video and during stage performances of the song.
End note: This month, no part of their schedule will have cameras present.
DRIP:
All idols (@fmdhyejung, @fmdxhaeun, @fmdjynx, @fmdxlux, @fmdxyoungjoo) chosen for this song will have been informed and sent the full demo of the song on March 15.
On April 7, they will arrive separately at the Dimensions Entertainment building to record the track. As the song will be released with Dimensions Entertainment’s resources, most of the preparations for the song will occur at the building. This is their first time working together and the recording session will be filmed, so before they go into the studio, they will get some time to get introduced to each other. Following this short time to mingle, they will be introduced to one of the lyricists, composers, and producers of the song (@fmdtaeyong) who will take some time to explain the overall concept of the song. He will then be joined by another producer and a recording engineer to help guide the recording process. The members will then go into the recording booth in the following order: main or lead vocal (eunwoo), vocal (minkyeung), vocal (bada), vocal or rapper (gyeongwon), and rapper (yaebin). All vocalists will record all vocal parts and all rappers will record all rap parts, but the producers present will focus in on parts for each idol that they determine matches their voice well to record more takes of (these parts will reflect the line distribution). The project group members will be treated to dinner by a manager all together following the wrap on recording.
On April 29, the idols will once again return to the Dimensions Entertainment building for a concept meeting. During the concept meeting, they will be given an overview for the anticipated wardrobe and the MV storyboard in addition to more details on the overall concept of the release.
End note: This month, the studio recording will be filmed. No other part of their schedule will have cameras present.
QUIT PLAYING:
All idols (@fmdsamsoo, @fmdtaeyong, @seungwoofmd, @fmdhyunsoo, @fmdsan, @fmdjoosung) chosen for this song will have been informed and sent the full demo of the song on March 15.
On April 27, they will arrive separately at the Dimensions Entertainment building to record the track. As the song will be released with Dimensions Entertainment’s resources, most of the preparations for the song will occur at the building. This is their first time working together and the recording session will be filmed, so before they go into the studio, they will get some time to get introduced to each other. The members will then go into the recording booth in the following order: main or lead vocal (kevin), main or lead vocal (soohyun), vocal (hoon), vocal (kiseop), rapper (jun), and rapper (eli). All vocalists will record all vocal parts and all rappers will record all rap parts, but the producers present will focus in on parts for each idol that they determine matches their voice well to record more takes of (these parts will reflect the line distribution). The six idols will be treated to dinner by a manager all together following the wrap on recording.
On April 30, the idols will once again return to the Dimensions Entertainment building for a concept meeting. During the concept meeting, they will be given an overview for the anticipated wardrobe and the MV storyboard in addition to more details on the overall concept of the release.
End note: This month, the studio recording will be filmed. No other part of their schedule will have cameras present.
it had been a weird feeling, being in a studio without her members. even when she’d been alone in the past, she’d known they were coming. she’d known they were preparing for each other. there was no such promise here, and while she was sure dimensions wouldn’t totally fuck her over, she felt uncertain in her apparent vocal role. she was a good fit for subvocalist in lieu of rap lines, but she wondered if she could really keep up with this group, feeling a little out of her element as it was. for that matter, what was dimensions’ angle, as far as putting her in the song to begin with? she had her fans, certainly, but did her vibe really lend to this?
with studio time done, though, it was nice to get to relax and eat. others had been more outgoing during their brief intro, but she was quiet by nature without the inclusion of pressure. she was sitting awkwardly in her chair, not quite comfortable but infinitely more than if she’d been sitting up straight. it was nothing more than a need to feel the manager’s attention shift from her that prompted her to turn to the woman next to her.
“you sounded really nice today. is this a concept you’ve been wanting to try, or are you just that versatile?” she knew, after all, that aria had taken a turn toward the more adult, albeit in more of an elegant way.
