#onlyoneof because | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

andrhomeda · 8 months

Text

Lyon Pride Flag! based on the colors of OnlyOneOf undergrOund idOl 'be' series

[listen here]

61 notes · View notes

peppertaemint · 1 year

Note

Hi, Peppertaemint! I was wondering if you wanted to talk more in depth about OnlyOneOf's Begin and Be Free music videos. It would be interesting to read your perspective on how both music videos follow a storyline, the stylistic means through which they portray the beginning of a potential relationship, but most importantly, the impact they must have on current K-Pop and its audience.

Hi Anon. Sorry it's taken me so long to answer this one. I wanted to wait until I could do it justice.

OnlyOneOf has released five music videos in the "be" series: YooJung's Begin, KB's Be Free, JunJi's Be Mine, Rie's Because, and Mill's Beat. Nine, the sixth member of OOO, has dropped the teaser for the final video in the "be" series, Bey0nd.

youtube

These videos tell stories of LGBT+ romance. The first two, Begin and Be Free, follow a couple's hookup and more than allude to the physical side of that, while Be Mine and Because take things further with a couple's ups and downs, including attraction and desire. Beat focuses on school bullying, with a student crushing on a young man who then battles the bullies with him. The teaser for Bey0nd carries on from the last, showing the new couple playing music and celebrating together.

These works are undoubtedly LGBT+, not only in the narrative portrayal but in the messages posted with the videos themselves. Begin states this clearly with the beautiful passage posted under the MV on YouTube:

Among the countless lovers in the world, there are also lovers that couldn’t be blessed. For whatever reasons. Religious reasons, things like parents’ disapproval. I dedicate this song to all those lovers that couldn’t be blessed.

Each set of MVs focuses on a couple (the members "chop and change" to create different couples) and a stage in their relationship. Flirting, getting acquainted, intimacy, conflict, reunion, etc. Begin and Be Free focus on desire and a sense of the erotic in romance. I particularly like the fish tank scene that is reminiscent of the intoxicating party scene in Baz Lurhmann's Romeo+Juliet. Be Mine and Because are bolder, if less stylistically interesting, as they depict kisses and other physical encounters between their couple, including an underwater kiss. If we compare these to Holland's MVs, which were marked as "adult only" because of same-sex romantic content, OOO's videos are less raw and gritty and much more wholesome, constituting a kind of K-drama-esque homo-romance.

If I squint, I'm reminded of Jungkook and Jimin in the Dynamite Holiday Remix video, acting as the "Christmas couple" away from the other members. But there's one glaring difference here—homo-romance is not subtext for OnlyOneOf. It's the whole of the text and the message of the work.

When OOO released homoerotic/romantic work previously, many cried "queerbaiting" despite many of us pointing out how these videos weren't queerbaiting—they were LGBT+ stories being told with elements of eroticism and romance. What I notice now is how much warmer the response is. I think this has something to do with the theme being consistent so people understand it's not a stunt for views, but I also think it's because the erotic elements are lessened. Sadly, people still have strong, negative reactions to eroticism, especially if it's LGBT+. The history of fan service is partly a reason for this, though I still think fan service needs to be revisited and recontextualized (that's an opinion for a different day).

Nonetheless, I think these videos show how the young SK generation's attitude toward LGBT+ contrasts with older generations' attitudes. Polls show there is quite a difference in support for LGBT+ rights between generations, and I think the fact we're seeing more openly positive LGBT+ content coming out in SK is a product of this.

youtube

It will be interesting to watch their trajectory over the coming years. K-pop is less popular in SK right now than it used to be, judging by comments from the general public, and the music industry in general is seeing the "silo-ing" of artists, meaning it's much harder for artists to become known and followed by many because styles and genres have become niche by default. Audiences have almost infinite choices in terms of who they follow and listen to, so much like we see on social media, fandoms are becoming their own complete subcultures where values and ideas are reinforced instead of challenged. And I mention this to say that although I'm sure OOO are having a positive impact on LGBT+ youth and artists in SK, the East, and beyond, I'm not sure just how wide the impact is given that we can now easily ignore what is outside of our sphere, culturally speaking.

Countering this, I'm reminded how important music shows like Inkigayo and Mnet are because they put this content in the living rooms of a diverse set of people. And that is one way older generations can be reached.

#OnlyOneOf #lgbt+ kpop #OOO #onlyoneof begin #onlyoneof be free #onlyoneof be mine #onlyoneof because #onlyoneof beat #onlyoneof beyOnd #yoojung begin

10 notes · View notes

mahealinskis · 5 months

Text

Just dudes being bros and kissing each other on the lips

#onlyoneof #onlyoneof nine #onlyoneof kb #onlyoneof junji #onlyoneof yoojung #yoojung #kyubin #kb #wookjin #nine #junji #kpop #kpop bg #ngl im this close to start tagging their stuff as bl because what in the korean bl in this??#also they are just amazing for talking about kissing their group members without any drop of shame #they look like they are having a lot of fun #kpop's official boy kisser group #btw i want to fight the light director for this one content

381 notes · View notes

dongjunz · 1 year

Text

356 notes · View notes

cyanidecravings · 5 months

Text

mill + 🐱

#onlyoneof #온리원오브 #mill #lee yongsoo #junji #kim junhyung #yes the title is a double entendre #because junji = 🐱#mill was so cute here i just had to gif him #junmill and their tom & jerry behaviour #gif

134 notes · View notes

anotherdescentintomadness · 2 months

Text

Happy JunJi Day! 💜

So proud of Kim JunHyung and all his hard work! Can’t to see what his 26th year brings to the world. Happy Birthday, honey, we love you.

#kim junhyung #OnlyOneOf #onlyoneof junji #happy JunJi day #fanart #JunJi was my first OOO bias #he’s my wrecker now #because how can I possibly let go of him #I adore this boy #happy 25th birthday!#I can’t believe I get to share the planet with all of these beautiful souls #their art gives me life #literally #people say: _________ saved my life #but that’s legit how I feel about every artist on my list #so grateful for all the color and joy and sweetness they bring into my life #yes there are the horrors… and then there is wang YiBo and Xiao Zhan and OOO and SKZ and TXT and BTS and ATEEZ and SHINee and TaeMin #and it’ll be okay

44 notes · View notes

lukaherehelp · 5 months

Text

onlyoneof (ooo) - things I can't say lOve

#onlyoneof #ooo #kpop #so we are confirming this is libido 2.0?!#because this looks oddly familiar ✨👀

59 notes · View notes

sillyabtmusic · 5 months

Text

"things i can't say lOve"

#flashing tw #onlyoneof #yoojung #lee taeyeob #lyonet #kflops #nugudom #malegroupsnet #* my gifs #nkd.gif #ooo.gif #ooo.yj #this is for me i wanted to see them purple. because why not #anywaysss this will be my first ooo comeback actually :•] i am excited!!

62 notes · View notes

strayingtogether · 4 months

Text

240202 © sapphire. (1, 2)

#junji #kim junhyung #onlyoneof #fansign #oooposting #sorry for posting him all the time it is because i am his fan.

42 notes · View notes

andrhomeda · 1 year

Photo

instagram | twitter | ko-fi

#onlyoneof #onlyoneof fanart #onlyoneof because #rie because #sketchbook tour #sketchbook #doodle #drawing #onlyoneof rie #onlyoneof yoojung #onlyoneof junji #kpop #kpop fanart #fanart #because mv #andrhomeda #artists on tumblr #artist on tumblr

28 notes · View notes

mahealinskis · 7 months

Text

SINCE IT'S JUST BUSINESS

#onlyoneof #bump up business #bl series #bl drama #korean bl #korean drama #kdrama #onlyoneof nine #onlyoneof mill #jung wookjin #lee yongsoo #remember when everyone thought we wouldn't get a kiss scene because they are members of the same group? 🤡#wookjin #yongsoo #nine #mill

358 notes · View notes

bununuu · 9 months

Text

onlyoneof | seoul collection collages, part 2

#nine and mill's is one of my favorites #mostly because there were actual colors to work with in the background lol #also when i was doing these i moved towards not wanting the main images to go off the page and instead be kind of focused in the middle #onlyoneof #collage #mine

60 notes · View notes

cyanidecravings · 4 months

Text

the return of gong jihoon & kang eden

#onlyoneof #온리원오브 #bump up business #mill #nine #onlyoneof mill #onlyoneof nine #lee yongsoo #jung wookjin #kang eden #gong jihoon #i'm very predictable #of course i had to gif this short #the translation is probably not 100 % accurate but i tried my best #also used the same emojis as the korean subtitles because i thought it was cute #gif

46 notes · View notes

onlyoneofyouu · 4 months

Text

Since i haven't had the chance sooner, we need to take a moment to comment on the following teaser pictures as well...

this is about to be very unhinged. get ready.

First of all, this was my live slug reaction to caramel (?) blonde wookjin:

LIKE?!?!? ARE SEE SEEING HIM!!!! ARE WE!!!! he looks way too good with this shade 👹👹👹

I NEED MORE

Second of all

what in the gender envy is this

he is ETHEREAL. SHOW STOPPING. SPECTACULAR. his beauty is so incredibly delicately androgynous and every damn time he never fails to make me gasp and stare in awe and sigh and punch the air 😭🤌

yoojung, sir, please share some of this delicious gender, i beg of youuuuuuuuuuuuuu 🙏🧎‍♀️😭🤲

but also we are kind of matching with the jewellery and the bangs eheh, love this for me

Next, OMW TO HIDE ALL THE SCISSORS ✂️ 🏃🏻‍♀️💨 because i need my boy mill to have this haircut for the rest of eternity please and thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

everything about him is gorgeous, i am in. love. 💘💯💥💢💯💘💯💥💯💢💘💯💥💢💯💘💯💥

another day another do i wanna be him or be with him.

also i want that necklace.

Following we have a literal manhua prince. you know... one of those that look really ~ innocent and pure ~ 🥰 on the outside, but then BAM 😦 underneath that facade, they are the an evil deep-sexy demon 😈 yeah. that's him. 🫵🏻

also, gender envy part 3.