JEON YOUNGKI “YOUNG-J”
age: 95 liner company: new age media position: distich’s leader traits: (+) loyal, optimistic, charismatic (-) stubborn, self-critical, obsessive played by: nu
Youngki never thought he’d end up being an idol. Hell, he even kind of despised the music industry, seeing everyone as sell outs and phonies– people lipsynching for their 15 minutes of fame and a pile of cash. He was openly opposed to it, so much so that whenever the topic came up, his friends would all groan– they knew they were in for a lecture. That they’d have to listen to him rant about how bogus it all was.
He was dared to audition when he was fifteen, and between not wanting to back down from the dare and wanting to shut his friends up, Donghyun auditioned for Radioactive Entertanment. To his, and everyone else’s, surprise, he got in. His friends begged and plead for him to go through with it, all of them pointing out how funny it would be and how he could get the inside scoop, so he did it. He wasn’t going to half ass it either. He was going to show how far a little effort could go, wanting to show off all the attention whores parading as idols.
Once he started training, he realized just how hard it really was. He’d never admit it to his friends back home, but he kind of found a love for performing, and put his entire heart and soul into getting better. He really fell in love with is craft with rap specifically, and when there were rumors of Radioactive folding, he started auditioning elsewhere. This time, it wasn’t for a dare. He genuinely wanted to follow this through. And finally, New Age took him in. And as he matured, he became one of the lead trainees at New Age, bursting with potential, but a friendly figure that other trainees knew they could come to for help.
He still thinks there are ton of idols who don’t know how good they have it. Tons of whiners who don’t work hard enough and aren’t as good as their companies make them out to be, but he’s determined to prove to all kids who were like him that not all are bad. And that the world isn’t so black and white. He has a lot of pride in what he does, and a lot of love for his groupmates. He’s kind of embarrassed of who he was in high school, too-- he didn’t do anything genuinely harmful, but he’s glad he followed through with the dare, and found what would end up being a lifelong passion
