FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. Reblog and help new fans 💖
A special post for new fans here. If you’re new to GOT7 you should read GOT7′s Wikipedia page. Wikipedia pages of other members: JB, Jinyoung, Bambam, Jackson.
We do not answer questions such as ‘Which member is the worst at something’ ‘Do you think members X and Y fought, and do you know why?’ and questions about members’ sexuality.
Remember that you can find the answers to many questions by using search engines such as Google.
1. What are GOT7 members’ social media accounts?
INSTAGRAM: Bambam / Jackson / Mark / Yugyeom / Jinyoung / Youngjae / Jb / Group
TWITTER: Mark / Bambam / Youngjae
WEIBO: Jackson (what is weibo?)
SOUNDCLOUD: JB / Youngjae / Yugyeom
2. Is it true that Monsta X’s Shownu, BAP’s Youngjae, actor Paul Ahn (Ahn Hye Sop) and BTOB’s Peniel were going to debut with GOT7?
JYPE have been preparing a new boygroup with no name and with an unknown number of trainees since 2009. They didn’t know when would the group debut. Finally JYP chose JB and Jinyoung to debut as a duo. After they debuted, other trainees’ future became unknown. They didn’t know when they would have a chance to debut, especially if JJ Project became very successful. Some trainees decided to leave during that time. Peniel appeared with Wonpil, JB and Jinyoung on San E’s debut M/V under JYPE.
Monsta X’s Shownu meets GOT7 members few years later and says why he didn’t debut under JYPE / Ahn Hye Seop talks about his past with JYP / Ahn Hye Seop reveals why he gave up music / Jackson and Ahn Hye Seop’s close friendship
3. What do these numbers mean?
626 - California’s area code (San Gabriel Valley) 852 - Hong Kong’s area code
4. Where can I stream music shows?
Google “Mnet/SBS/KBS/MBC stream” or Google music shows’ names
5. When did GOT7 members become JYPE trainees?
JB & Jinyoung - 2009
Bambam - 2010
Mark - August 2010
Yugyeom - late 2010/early 2011
Jackson - July 3 2011
Youngjae - summer 2013
6. Where can I find GOT7’s schedule?
http://got7.jype.com/schedule.asp
It’s also shown on the left side on our blog and under #schedule tag on our blog.
7. How can I sign up and level-up in their fancafe?
GOT7 don’t have an official fancafe anymore, they use JYPE fans which works like a fancafe: fans.jype.com
They open official fanclub once a year and announce it on GOT7Official’s Twitter.
8. How can I find latest GOT7 videos?
Check ‘videos’ tag on our blog.
A list of shows from 7 for 7 Comeback + some old shows
A list of shows with Jackson
9. Where can I find subbed GOT7 videos? Has *name of the show* been subbed already?
Check ‘subbed’ tag on our blog.
10. Where can I find IGOT7 episodes hardsubbed?
On kissdatbam and http://kshow123.net/show/i-got7/
11. What are the members allergic to?
Youngjae is allergic to cucumbers, cat fur and dog fur. That’s why he bought Coco, a dog with a special fur that is good for people with allergy to dog fur (Maltese breed dog). Yugyeom is allergic to cat fur.
12. Where can I watch REALGOT7 with subs?
HERE - turn on CC to see the subs
13. Does GOT7 have an official instagram / twitter / facebook account?
YES / YES / YES
14. Can you show me the list of GOT7 members’ current endorsements?
GOT7: It’s Skin, Thailand Tao Kae Noi, Thailand Bausch and Lomb, Thailand Est Cola, Thailand Celucasn, China Adidas, Korea Shinsegae Duty Free, Korea FWD Insurance, Thailand
Jackson: Midea Fridge, China Pepsi, China Snow Beer, China VIVO, China Adidas, China T-Mall, China Douyin App, China Tourism Envoy, Hong Kong Hogan Shoes, Hong Kong Lenovo Laptop, China
Bambam: VIVO, Thailand Yamaha, Thailand CP Sausages, Thailand Restier, Thailand
15. Some GOT7 members appeared on YG’s WIN. Which episode was it and which members?
EP4 Members who appeared on it: jackson, mark, yugyeom & bambam
Bambam revealed that he wasn’t supposed to debut with GOT7, but YG’s praise on YG’s WIN made JYP change his mind.
16. Where can I send a gift/letter to GOT7?
JYPE don’t allow sending letters to GOT7 anymore, gifts and letters are banned. You can only send a letter or short message to your favorite member when one of his fansites organizes a birthday project with letters.
17. How many siblings do GOT7 members have? What are their names?
Yugyeom - 1 brother (older)
Jackson - 1 brother (older)
Youngjae - 1 older brother and 1 older sister
Jinyoung - 2 older sisters
JB - doesn’t have any
Bambam - 2 older brothers and 1 younger sister
Mark - 2 older sisters and 1 younger brother
Bambam (Baby, Bank, Beer), Mark (Joey, Tammy, Grace), Jinyoung (Boyoung & Soyoung). Jackson (Winston), Yugyeom and Youngjae brothers’ names aren’t known.
18. What does pepi in Jinyoung’s username on instagram mean? And why he wasn’t updating his instagram for so long?
Pepi is the romanization of 패피 which means fashion people; 패션 pesheon=fashion. He said he was going to update his instagram when GOT7 win #1 on music show and he kept his promise.
19. What is GOT7 members religion?
Mark / Jackson / Jinyoung / JB - Christian Bambam - Buddhist Youngjae / Yugyeom - Not Known
20. Bambam took part in the lottery. Does it mean he’ll have to take part in it again in the future? What about the other members?
No, there’s only one lotterly in your life if you live in Thailand. He won’t have to take part it in again or serve in the army.
JB, Jinyoung, Youngjae and Yugyeom will have to enlist before they reach 30 years old. Idols and their companies tend to postpone enlistment as long as they can because idols make the most money when they’re still young.
Mark and Jackson will never have to enlist.
21. How do GOT7 members split their earnings?
Members have to share their earnings from solo activities with other members except for acting. The same rules apply to every group under JYPE. 2PM and miss A revealed that they stopped sharing income from solo activities with each other in their 5th year. GOT7 didn’t say if anything changed on their 5th year.
22. Can GOT7 members date?
According to JYP himself hey have a dating ban for at least three years. It’s not written in their contract but JYPE artists treat this promise seriously. Dating when you’re a rookie can damage your image and make you lose your fans. You can’t date openly for at least 3 years, or until you become famous - as JYP says - it can last longer than 3 years. Jackson said in a Chinese interview that there’s no dating ban but artists like him choose not to date to focus on work and career.
Recently Jackson repeated that he won’t date because he feels he can’t date when he can’t take care of himself yet
One of the members said at the beginning of 2017 that their dating ban isn’t over while Jackson said it was over.
23. Why wasn’t Jinyoung updating his instagram for so long?
He said he would update his instagram after GOT7 win #1 on a music show for the first time (it already happened)
24. How much money does JYPE receive from Team Wang (Jackson’s studio)? Who is the ownder of Team Wang?
It was never revealed. The rumors say JYPE take 50% of their earnings, but nothing is confirmed. It’s also not known how much control JYPE have over his studio. Team Wang is registered under Jackson’s father. Before it was created, all offers Jackson received in China went to JYPE, now it’s Jackson’s studio who manage his activities and plan schedules. They have a separate email to contact them.
25. Is JJ Project over? No, JJ Project made a comeback in the summer of 2017.
26. Where did JB’s nickname ‘defjeffb’ come from?
He used it as his instagram username. Def is a hip hop slang meaning cool and jeff means peace. Defjayb is his fansite’s name.
27. How did the foreign line join JYPE?
Bambam wanted to be an idol, he auditioned in Thailand but didn’t win #1 place, he auditioned again and was accepted. Mark was scouted in his school in LA. Jackson had plans to become an idol in Korea and he thought of auditioning for YG or JYP while he was still a fencer. A JYPE representative visited his school and told him to take part in the audition. Jackson’s dad said he’s going to let him go to Korea if he wins a gold medal. He won two, auditioned, and won HK auditions along with another girl who is no longer a JYPE trainee.
28. Which members are left handed? JB is.
29. Youngjae is allergic to cats so JB had to remove his cat Nora from the dorm; JB brought Nora back when Youngjae moved out. Youngjae is allergic that’s why he often touches his nose.
Jackson has astigmatism and hates spicy food (he sweats a lot when he eats spicy food).
30. Why Jackson never mentions his brother’s full name or takes photos with him?
He wanted to hide his identity, some people like privacy. It doesn’t mean they were on bad terms like people thought. In April 2017 officially revealed his brother and his name - Winston - when he visited Australia. His brother’s daughter is called Aimee.
31. Why does Jackson have 3 names?
His real name is Wang Ka Yee (in Cantonese because he’s from HK), most Chinese people have a separate name in English, his is Jackson Wang. His name in Chinese is read as Wang Jia Er. Also, his nickname is Gaga (which comes from ‘Ka’ in ‘Kayee’) sometimes you can hear Mark calling him like that.
32. Where did Youngjae say that he won’t be going to the uni? Here
33. How old is Jackson’s brother? Where does he live? What’s his name?
His name is Winston. He lives in Australia and was born in 1986.
34. Did Mark and Jackson finish high school? No they didn’t.
35. Why do GOT7 hide their tattoos instead of showing them off?
Having tattoos is still not widely accepted in Korea and it has a bad connotation. Idol companies don’t support idols getting tattoos, but in companies where it’s allowed the idols with tattoos are still encouraged not to show off their tattoos in music videos or during official appearances. It’s common for companies who hire idols for endorsements to ask idols to cover their tattoos.
36. What languages do GOT7 members speak? You can find the answer here.
37. Is Youngjae studying at the university since he took entrance exams?
He got in, but he said he won’t study for now.
38. Can you tell me how many songs members have composed so far? (This list will be updated in the upcoming days!)
Click here.
39. What’s the meaning behind Youngjae’s IG name? What does the date in his bio mean?
333cyj333: Letters CYJ (Choi Young Jae) form number 3: see this post
It’s the date of Coco’s birthday
40. How was GOT7’s leader JB chosen?
Members decided who will be their leader
41. Where can I buy GOT7’s albums online?
Japanese: CDJapan, Yesiasia.
Korean: Yesasia, Kpopmart, Kpoptown, Ktown4U.
42. Why is Mark not referring to himself as Taiwanese?
He wasn’t born or grew up in Taiwan so he feels he’s American.
43. It says Mark came to Korea in 2010 and finished 10th grade, why?
Mark was born in September meaning he started school late. This applies to anyone born between September-December because of how the American school system is structured. Those born in ‘93 of the Spring and Summer are one year higher than those born in the Fall and December of ‘93. Mark was in grade 10th while some people born in 93 were already in 11th.
44. Why did Jinyoung changed his name from Junior to Jinyoung, and why was he Junior in the first place?
When he debuted he revealed that he started using Junior because there was another Park Jin Young in the company (JYP). After he changed it to Jinyoung again he revealed that he did it because he wanted to use his real name his parents gave him.
45. I often see the word Jacky in Jackson’s instagram comments, what does it mean?
Jacky is the name of Jackson’s fans. Jackson created this name himself back in 2015 and his Chinese fans decide to use it. Jackson said that all of his fans around the world can call themselves Jacky.
46. What do snake and ant mean in Bambam’s sns updates?
Baem in ‘BaemBaem’ means snake in Korean and the “겸” from Yugyeom’s name 유겸 sounds similar to the word ant in korean which is 개미 = gaemi.
47. Videos showing GOT7’s dorm? Old dorm: 1 , 2
They have a new dorm now but it hasn’t been revealed yet. GOT7 have had a problem with sasaengs staying close to their dorm and stalking them since debut so they probably don’t want to reveal too much these days.
48. How do fansites make money?
They sell photobooks, calendars and other goods they make. They’re not paid for taking photos and filming fancams.
49. Why do they wear masks when they travel? Is it so they won’t be recognized or so people won’t recognize them?
Idols wear masks because it’s fashionable, they want to cover their faces if they’re tired/don’t look well, to protect themselves from infections and dust (if they don’t want to get sick or because they feel weak)
50. Which members have tattoos?
Yugyeom has a big tattoo of his dandelion logo on the right side of his torso. Yugyeom has a tattoo on the left side of his body that reads “I’m not like that.” - you can see them here. Mark has a cross on his left leg. Youngjae has three tattoos.
51. Unit songs GOT7 members sang during their first tour (1:31AM, WOLO, Higher) were never released. Members never mentioned if they were going to be released on GOT7 albums. Jackson said last year that WOLO would be released as a digital single ‘soon’ but it didn’t happen.
52. GOT7 are on Itunes and Spotify.
53. JB now has 3 cats in the dorm, two stray cats: Kunta and Odd and his old cat Nora. His room is locked and he doesn’t like when other people enter it.
54. How do GOT7 members necklaces look like? Who made them? Whose idea was it? What is their meaning?
It was Mark’s idea and he was the one who tweeted about it first. Here you can see how they look, what is the meaning of the symbols on them and who made them.
56. When composing JB uses name ‘Defsoul’ and Youngjae ‘ARS’ which he took from ‘Ars longa vita brevis’ (Art is long, life is short)
57. What are social media accounts of GOT7 members’ parents?
Jackson’s mum - Instagram / Mark’s dad - Instagram & Twitter / Mark’s mum - Instagram
58. Which GOT7 members deleted their social media accounts?
JB and Jinyoung deleted their Twitter accounts. Youngjae deleted his Instagram account few times. He also confessed he likes deleting his posts without a reason. JB deleted his Instagram account in 2015 and made a new one recently.
59. Which members are living at the dorm and which aren’t?
Youngjae, Jackson and Bambam moved out of the dorm, the rest is still living together at the dorm (but in separate rooms). Jackson moved out of the dorm and lives in an apartment with producer Boytoy, who’s nearly 40 years old. He mentioned having 5 rooms in his apartment, he also has a studio there. Youngjae lives with his brother and a dog Coco. Bambam is raising 2 cats in his new place.
GOT7 had two dorms so far. They lived in the first dorm until 2017. It was small, some rooms didn’t have air conditioning, and members complained about it many times. Jinyoung had his own room, Yugyeom shared a room with Bambam, Mark with Jackson (Mark left the room later because there was no enough space), JB with Youngjae.
In their new dorm each member except Yugyeom and Bambam had his own room. Bambam said he wanted to share a room with Yugyeom because he was afraid of ghosts. On the same year (2017) three members decided to move out.
60. Who in GOT7 has driving license? Mark, JB, Jinyoung and Jackson.
61. Why Jackson isn’t participating in GOT7’s Japanese activites?
It’s been announced by JYPE Japan that Jackson won’t participate in all Japanese activities from now on. The matter has been discussed with the company, Jackson and GOT7 members. Jackson’s health and his schedules in China were one of the reasons why he was removed from Japanese activities. He was sick many times during Japanese schedules because he worked in Korea, Japan and China at the same time. He expressed the need to work in China since he opened a studio there. The official statement mentioned that Jackson would be joining GOT7 in Japan for ‘special occassions.’ We don’t know what these special occassions are, but fans assumed it could mean JYP Nation concerts. From now on Jackson won’t participate in Japanese singles, albums, tours, shows (such as One Point Korean). His parts in old songs are covered by other members and choreographies are changed. He’s not mentioned as a member on GOT7′s Japanese site and in their Japanese fanclub.
62. Does Jackson owns a private jet?
He’s never mentioned that he owned it but he uses a special jet to fly between China and Korea to keep up with schedules sometimes, and used it to get to Hawaii recently.
63. How are Bambam’s cats called? Pudding and Latte.
64. Why do fans call Jackson ‘sseunie’?
Korean fans read Jackson’s name as ‘Jekseun’. They take ‘Seun’ and add -ie to create a cute name for Jackson.
65. JB rarely wears dress shoes to events lately. He wears sneakers, why?
He wears sneakers because he injured his back two years ago. How did JB hurt his back? Read here.
66. How many houses does Jackson have? Was he staying in HK when he was with his family last year in July?
He mentioned on Go Fridge that his family owns three houses: in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. He was staying in Beijing in July 2017. His mother’s family lives in Shanghai.
67. Why are GOT7 fans sometimes called IGOT7 and sometimes Ahgase?
GOT7 members changed IGOT7 (the official name) to Ahgase.
I - A (from Ai)
GOT - GA (GOT is read as GA in Korean)
7 - SE (from SEven)
GOT7 didn’t look too happy when the name of their fanclub was announced, it was chosen by JYPE. Now they use Ahgase more than IGOT7. Ahgase means Baby Bird.
68. What is GOT7′s longest charting and highest charting song? “Look”
69. GOT7 don’t promote on Show Champion and MTV The Show anymore, why?
No one knows for sure, but popular groups tend to skip these show and focus on major music shows, which are considered the most important in Korea (Mcountdown, Music Bank, Music Core, Inkigayo).
70. What do GOT7 members’ parents do for a living?
JB’s parents are farmers, Mark’s parents work in real estate. Other members parents’ occupation was never revealed. Some members prefer to keep information about their families secret. Jackson’s father is a fencing coach.
71. JYPE trainees (foreigners too) learn about Korean culture, learn languages, have singing, rapping and dancing classes. GOT7 rappers didn’t have singing classes predebut. JYPE trainees don’t have debt when they debut (unlike trainees from smaller companies). JYPE take 50% of their artist’s income, the rest goes to the artist. Having social media accounts is not allowed predebut. Foreign trainees can have them to communicate with friends and family, but they have to be set on private.
72. Bambam and Yugyeom are part of 97line, a group of celebrity friends born in 1997 which also includes BTS Jungkook and 17′s DK, Mingyu, The8.
73. The palm in JB’s Instagram bio and on his necklace means his producing him ‘Paradise’ (they changed their name recently to OFFSHORE). It consists of JB, Royaldive, Jomalone, Rose and 220Volt.
74. Mark doesn’t have a tongue piercing.
75. What is a comeback and goodbye stage? You can find explanation to these and other Korean words and terms here. Goodbye stage is the last stage on a music show with a currently promoted song.
76. Are you new to kpop? Follow Soompi for news about kpop and korean dramas and actors.
77. Before debut Youngjae had a dream to become a music therapist.
78. JB and Jinyoung are studying at cyber university. Youngjae and Yugyeom are studying at modelling department. Mark, Bambam and Jackson aren’t studying anywhere.
79. Mark likes playing games. Overwatch is his favorite. He confessed that he even played for 24 hours straight not long ago.
80. Why are GOT7′s clothes so expensive? Do they buy everything themselves?
They buy some clothes, others are sponsored. Famous brands want celebrities to wear their clothes so they can promote them. Outfits GOT7 wear during their performances don’t belong to them, they’re prepared by the company or bought by them.
81. What do these words mean? hi touch, photo op, fanmeeting, fansign event (click on the word). How to get to kpop events?
82. GOT7Official on Twitter announce the information regarding GOT7′s concerts, fanmeetings and ticketing.
83. Both Mark’s parents are from Taiwan. Mark was born in California but moved to Brazil and Paraguay when he was really young. After some time he came back to California.
84. Jackson was the captain of Hong Kong’s fencing team. His dad promised him he could become an idol only if he won a gold medal. He won two gold medals and ended his career as a fencer. His father, Wang Ruiji, was a member of China’s national fencing team and an Asian Games gold medalist. His mother, Sophia Chow, was an Olympic gymnast. His maternal grandfather, Zhou Yongchang, was the pioneer of ultrasound diagnostic medicine of mainland China. Jackson visited Singapore, the Philippines, Hungary, Thailand, Denmark, Russia, Italy, Spain, Azerbaijan, the UK, Korea as a fencer.
