I need to know... What do the other group's costumes look like? Or what's their aesthetic/theme? Oh and maybe add in what their music is like too...
*prepares for long ass post* I shall deliver ✨idol lore✨
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As it's already been established, NRC Corp is basically the idol equivalent of night raven college. The seven divisions act as the equivalent to the dorms.
Each dorm has their own aesthetic and music style, as well as differing in costumes. Which is thanks to the wardrobe department helping each group stand out on their own.
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[ Hearts & Roses ]
Division: [ Heartslabyul ]
Leader: Riddle Rosehearts
Manager: Frisk De La Rose
I'd describe the group's aesthetic to be a mix of cutesy with a grunge inspired side to their general aesthetic. An example would be like wearing wearing grunge clothing but with more prominent red and/or pink accents.
For reference, most of Freyah's outfits are similar to this. She's typically wearing red or pink with a lot of chains, and she's usually wearing shorts or skirts. But they aren't short enough to oversexualize her.
Though I don't know if this is actually grunge ;-;
Their accessories are similar in the sense that they're also grunge inspired, but they're much more 'cutesy'. The stylists wanted them to be eye-catching and somewhat incoherent because the members are given outfits that aren't all that cohesive but somehow work well together.
For music style, the grunge aesthetic is still there with instrumentation as well as the visuals and concepts for their songs. Most of their songs discuss rebellion and going against the norm and going by your own rules. But Freyah's music style specifically is inspired by [ (G)-idle ] and [ Red Velvet ].
Cater and Frisk are more involved in marketing and promoting the group while Freyah and Riddle handle the music production for most of their songs.
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[ King's Roar ]
Division: [ Savanaclaw ]
Leader: Leona Kingscholar
Manager: Grey Nephrite
The group's aesthetic is slightly based punk rock, especially with their accessories. Much more chains compared to [ H & R ] and the colors are much darker in comparison.
This is what their outfits usually look like, the fishnet sleeves and boots are the most prominent in all of their looks.
Their venues for performances always have air-conditioning since the amount of layers they wear for their stage outfits is astonishing.
For music style, they lean more into traditional rock and heavy metal with a mix of [ TxT ]'s music style.
Grey's most involved in the budgeting for music videos and occasionally involves herself with music production.
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[ Ocean M4fia ]
Division: [ Octavinelle ]
Leader & Manager: Azul Ashengrotto
Much like the name of their group name, their aesthetics and costuming leans heavily into the 'Mafia' aesthetic that's popular on platforms like TikTok and Wattpad.
They have a very monochromatic color scheme. Mostly consisting of black, white, and purple with silver or gold accents.
The stylists for the group were also heavily inspired by the 1920's mob boss aesthetic. Or at least the mainstream media version of it
The group's music style is also reminiscent of the 1920's while also mixing it with what most Kpop boy groups use with instrumentation.
They're also inspired by the silent film era of the 20's, giving their music videos a unique aesthetic that helps the group stand on their own.
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[ Serpentime ]
Division: [ Scarabia ]
Leader: Kalim Al-Asim
Manager: Lumina Glow
Their aesthetics are similar to popular Kpop boy groups and have a 'casual' feel to it. Most would describe their aesthetic to be along the lines of 'boy best friend' or 'boy next door'.
Their outfits are more simplistic compared to the other groups since it allows them to have more mobility and freedom of movement while dancing.
In general their aesthetic is 'basic' for their similarities to Kpop groups like [ BTS ], but there's nothing wrong with being heavily inspired by a popular style of music.
Due to Kalim's familial wealth, they usually provide a hysterically large budget for music videos. Which is one of the reasons why the music videos are full of aesthetically pleasing sets and incredible camera work.
In terms of instrumentation, they're heavily inspired by the 90's and 80's music style for popular boybands while mixing in the classic Kpop boyband formula in a unique way.
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[ Poisoner ]
Division: [ Pomefiore ]
Leader: Vil Schoenheit
Manager(s): Koral Larrane(Eventual), Erik Venué(former), Divus Crewel(former)
This group in particular focuses on the classic K-pop girl-crush look(but for both genders), but in the sense that the looks are more eye-catching and, unfortunately, happen to be one of the problems for objectification towards members.
This reference happens to be one of Victoria's outfits when she was still in the group, and one she still uses.
Many find it disgusting that the members who happened to be women were much more sexualized by the costume department. Their outfits were stylish, but at the cost of showing certain amounts of skin that they might not be comfortable with.
Which is likely one of the reasons Victoria and Jiyoon left
The boys also have more revealing clothing compared to most Kpop boybands, but they aren't as sexualized compared to the girls.
Seeing as [ Poisoner ] happens to be one of NRC Corp's oldest groups, they definitely had the most controversy when it came to their clothing.
For instrumentation and music style, the girl-crush aesthetic were inspired by [ BlackPink ] & [ Mamamoo ] and the sexualization of the girls wouldn't be as excessive. But there were certain moments in songs Victoria and Jiyoon were in that felt like the voice directors wanted them to sound more sensual.
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[ Tartarus ]
Division: [ Ignihyde ]
Leader: Idia Shroud
Manager: Azrail Despoina
Given the futuristic aesthetic the division has, it's natural for their group to have a very sci-fi and/or cyberpunk feel to their look. And that means their outfits are mostly techwear.
The outfits mostly cover the whole body aside from the hands(unless they wear gloves) and the amount of layers [ King's Roar ] has for their outfits are nothing compared to [ Tartarus ].
The colors are also stereotypical 'sci-fi'. Lots of black with white, turquoise or bright blue aesthetics. In the case of the manager, the blues are replaced with bright pink.
Compared to [ Poisoner ], [ Tartarus ] is less likely to have their members be objectified since the looks don't appeal to the male nor female gaze. They're pleasing to the eye, but the members don't look like sexual objects.
Music style is also heavily inspired by a futuristic aesthetic and leans into cyberpunk territory. The vocals for the members are auto tuned to sound more robotic with enough humanity in their voices to sound good.
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[ (!)nsomniac ]
Division: [ Diasomnia ]
Leader: Malleus Draconia
Manager: Mozus Trein(former)
The aesthetic for this group is the only one that's 'traditional punk' + goth inspired aesthetics.
Rings, chained belts and earrings are basically trademarked by the group by the amount of times they wear those accessories.
Not to mention there's a large emphasis of black mixed with bright greens to help give the outfits look eye-catching and 'pop'.
The members often wear facemasks with patterns reminiscent of street art such as spray painting. It also helps the members hide their faces and look more mysterious.
For music style and production, they often mix a similar music style from [ Enhypen ] with heavy metal and gothic instrumentation. It helps make their music more unique alongside their vocals.
