#rkaug19eval

[rkseongmin]

try two

@rkdongmin​

“how long has it been since you’ve been my tutor?” hyunjoon questioned after a long moment of just reading over the lyrics to his part again. he knows the basics of japanese ( and by that, he means he nows anime popular phrases ) and had studied a bit to be able to read a bit. but his overall knowledge was lacking, especially when considering rapping in the language. “how long have you known me...?” his brows furrow as he ponders the new question. often it feels as if dongmin has been in his life for well all of it. he often can’t recall a time that dongmin hadn’t been around and perhaps that was due to the fact his mother adores the older boy and is always wanting him around. it’s felt like dongmin was a part of the family, and just another older brother for him for a long while now. 

[yutark]

( august evals )

for evaluations this month, yuta is doing eoeo by uniq, the chinese version. since he wants to improve his mandarin!~ there’s a lyric to the lyric dist. in video form here, and there’s a dance version here. ( for ref. we’ll be using the coloured lyric dist, as in the beginning it goes seungyoun >  yibo > yixuan. not the dance ver. where it goes seungyoun > yibo. it’s about the only discrepancy between the videos. ). if you would like to join, let me know~!

seungyoun (main rapper/vocalist): @rkmxrk 

yixuan (lead rapper/vocalist): @rksungho 

sungjoo (main vocalist): @rkkhg

wenhan (vocalist): open !!

yibo (main dancer/rapper/vocal): @yutark

[yujinrk]

— reunion;

@rkheejin

saying yujin’s missed heejin would’ve been a vast understatement. what with she herself becoming a trainee, and then heejin’s participation on the mgas, it’s safe to say they haven’t met in months. sure, the occasional text conversation happened, but it’s as good as not talking compared to the daily meetings at school they used to have. 

man, it’s lonely now.

but even with the little time yujin’s had, she’s seen the results of the mga finale. heejin had been offered a contract to trc, the exact goddamn company yujin’s in, and the younger couldn’t have been more excited. the tidal wave of texts she had sent heejin had been nothing compared to the absolute tackle of a hug shared between them upon their first meeting in the company building. sorry not sorry for the scream of excitement, yujin would say.

and that brings us to now, after she’s dragged heejin off into a room to catch up (away from prying eyes). her hands are linked with the older girl’s, swinging their arms gleefully. 

“this is so weird, being here with you,” she grins widely, eyes forming crescents. “i didn’t think we’d end up in the same company after...” a moment of hesitation crosses her upon remembering the results of the triple threat challenge. “well, everything that’s happened. i missed you so much,” it’s not the first time she’s said that today, and she’s sure it’s not about to be the last. “what are your first plans? have you met everyone? oh! have you heard about evals and stuff yet?”

[ncbodyknows]

➟「英語を話す」talking english。

@rkxsnn​

This evaluation was a pain in the ass in multiple ways. The whole learning a language reminded him too much of the time he had spent on the high school bench (heck, even afterwards when he came to Korea with only the bare minimum of knowledge on the language) and it was annoying that he couldn’t just sing a song in Japanese because it wouldn’t be ‘challenging enough’ or some shit like that. But even despite that Youngjae was happy. For one particular reason.

He didn’t have to dance this time.

He could shine through properly as a vocalist without having to ruin his image with his mediocre dancing skills. And that alone was enough to not completely ruin his mood for this whole month.

English was the language he had decided upon as that seemed most simple (and considering how he wasn’t exactly a language genius it seemed far too troublesome to pick up a fourth one when he still fucked up in his second and third) and most profitable when the intention was to branch out abroad. As far as Youngjae was aware, the places people most visited were English speaking countries and of course Japan, so as long as he got those two down he’d be ready for whatever they could think of throwing at him. 

Sitting at his table in the class, trying to wrap his head around the foreign sounding vowels and consonants, he glanced over at his side mate who seemed equally confused. “They really hit us where it hurts this time, didn’t they?” he asked with a sly smile and a small laughter that seemed almost uncharacteristic to both himself and anyone who might know him. Choi Youngjae engaging in smalltalk out of his own free will? Surely the world was about to end. He gave a sigh. “I mean the singing is no problem but doing it in English? I hope they don’t expect us to be professional at the end of this thing.”

[rkevent]

Being popular in South Korea is the number one goal of rookie groups, but as K-pop grows around the world and becomes established as a global phenom, the companies have their eyes set on other countries to expand their popularity to the Asian and Western markets. Other than world tours, it’s not rare to see idols actively promoting in a foreign country, as well as releasing original songs or versions of their title tracks in those languages to attract more fans and attention. The number of groups booking international activities continues to increase and idols will be often exposed to different idioms during interviews and special performances around the world, so it is important to have some familiarity with languages other than their native one.

Throughout the month, all the five companies will be offering special classes combining idioms and vocals with their best coaches to help trainees improve their pronunciation. Teachers of the most widely spoken languages will be available, but if the trainee desires to learn something specific and rarer, those should be solicited through the staff beforehand so the company can arrange the lessons. If they fluently speak a second or third language that is not Korean, they are allowed to use it, but will be encouraged to challenge themselves and learn a new one from scratch (as well as may give them a few extra points with the coaches).

On the last Saturday of August, the 31st, a performance will be expected of each trainee using the foreign language of their choosing. This performance may be in the form of solos or in groups, as long as each member gets the chance to sing a few lines and showcase their growth. For this performance, they are allowed to team up with other companies. Dancing will not be necessary but may be added onto the performance in case the song has a choreography or if the person would personally want to, but at least 80% of all vocals must be done live.

In order to collect +2 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WISH and +2 DEBUT POINTS, write one 250+ words solo or a four-post thread with another trainee involving the preparations for this month’s evaluation. For +3 POINTS IN A RELEVANT SKILL, +2 DEBUT POINTS and +1WK LANGUAGE ACHIEVEMENT, write one 300+ words solo regarding their performance at the end of the month. Please tag all your posts with #rkaug19eval and have them up by midnight EST at the end of Saturday, August 31st. Threads may be continued after the deadline, but points can only be collected if the requirements are met before it.

AUGUST EVALUATION (for the SEPTEMBER 4 verification form)

[link to thread or solo about preparation]

+2 ___ POINTS +2 DEBUT POINTS NEW DEBUT POINTS TOTAL:

[link to solo about evaluation]

+3 ___ (REVELANT) POINTS +2 DEBUT POINTS +1WK ___ (LANGUAGE) ACHIEVEMENT (number of times taken + current level) NEW DEBUT POINTS TOTAL:

[rkmb]

— 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗮𝗱𝗱𝘆 𝟭𝟬𝟭.

        “mack daddy,”  suwoong reads off of google translated urbandictionary definition,  “is a man of superior looks, a player of players, a romantic lady killer.  based on this . . .”  he peers up at his counterpart before pointing to himself.  “i’m definitely more mack daddy than you.”

        how did they get here?  an excellent question!  it all started with them agreeing to collaborate on this month’s evaluation.  ( truly, it’s a match made from heaven!  he and chanyeol simply get each other -- semi-thanks to kyungsoo for offering up his apartment where he’d met chanyeol by chance. )  and like every hardworking trainee, they’ve come together to practice.  buuut several minutes into practice, suwoong’s brilliant self asked wait, what does mack daddy actually mean?  thus began their googling adventure.  and now they’re here.

        “not that i’m a player, of course.  to play with a girl’s heart like that . . . that’s awful!”  he wonders briefly if he’s been too friendly with cheri and ella.  what if they thought---  “but i do fit the other two criteria.  romantic lady killer with superior looks, lee suwoong, that’s me ~”  he rests his chin on his palms to mimic a blossoming flower before peering at chanyeol expectantly.

                                                                                  ---  @rkpcy

[rksuas]

˟ ▀   foreign waters .

originally, she’d been considering doing a performance alone for this month, but ultimately in the end decided not to.  even sua is unsure of the reason, instead just sitting with dongmin as they search through potential songs that they could perform.  though sua doesn’t have much grip on the chinese language, she’s at the very least a beginner in it so she has some knowledge of the pronunciation  -  dongmin though, is another story.

though he seems to be fairly well versed in other languages, apparently chinese is not one of them.  which only heightens her concerns about performing at the end of the month, because she originally wanted to dance and sing but it’s becoming increasingly clear to her that this isn’t going to happen.  a little bit of a setback, but sua bites her tongue and sighs instead.

still, she can’t help but ask the question.  “ what made you decide to work with a chinese song?” she asks plainly, brow quirked upward.  “ you have to know that it’s difficult even speaking for a beginner, much less working with it in a song.”

˟ ▀  &. @rkdongmin

[rkmg]

phenomenal.

♦ august eval starter for @rkmyg !

this month’s evaluation actually excited mingyu. still, it was weird that he was going to have to be doing something without won once again. but, the younger was busy and doing other fun things, so mingyu was just going to have to power through it without his other half. luckily, in won’s absence, he found himself growing even closer to one of the other royal boys. being able to spend time with a single other person outside of won was strange, but also probably healthy for mingyu. he needed to form other bonds and relationships, so this was something he felt really happy about. the more time he spent with yoongi, the more he found himself hoping perhaps they would be able to debut together. he liked working with him.

“do you know any japanese at all?” mingyu asked with an unsure grin. “i feel like it’s going to be especially difficult for us since rapping is one thing, but... rapping in an unfamiliar language?” softly laughing, mingyu shook his head a little. “with enough practice, i guess we’ll be able to do anything, though. all the other idols do it, right? so what makes us any different?” despite his words, mingyu wasn’t entirely convinced. but, he had definitely surprised himself many times in the past. this probably would end up going the same way.