Watched Mark, Haechan, and Jaemin on Ddeun ddeun ddeun office with Yoo Jaesuk
You can see people working on their computers outside the door. I guess it's meant to give the show a more casual feel. And it does feel casual. The table is tiny lol.
Not that I am super well-versed in k-entertainment, but I get the sense that Yoo Jaesuk isn't doing as much stuff these days, and he was one of those guys that I felt like I saw everywhere. So I guess it's not unfathomable that he and NCT Dream haven't really interacted.
Lol asking about MBTIs and horoscopes as an icebreaker. This is so cheesy.
Haechan being left out as a Gemini but Yoo Jaesuk knows how to loop him back in lol
LOL Mark feels discriminated against for being INFJ so he just tells people he's ISTJ. Is this some kind of catfishing?
The way Jaemin got quieter and quieter like he was revealing a big secret lol
I didn't know Donghyuck liked taking photos too
Oh Jaemin is going to put on an exhibition :o He's releasing his pictures from the vault! We know he probably has hundreds of them. He mentioned in one of the US trips that only like 10-15% of pictures are usable? (I don't remember the exact %, but it was not high)
The Dreamies are so impressed that Yoo Jaesuk understood the NCT universe. On one hand, I get why it's confusing and if you ask the Neos to explain it, that can fill up more airtime. On the other hand, it is an interviewer's job to research their interviewees. Plus, NCT has been around for so long that NCT being confusing as a gimmick is kind of old. While this show has seemed a little humorous, I don't think it's meant to be over-the-top kind of comedy. So the "NCT is confusing" narrative isn't really necessary for comedy here.
Yoo Jaesuk is really nice to the guys by the way. Mark and Haechan were really nervous so I think it's nice that Yoo Jaesuk is trying to make them more comfortable.
Mark and Jaemin are both the kinds of guys who have to fill up their free time ^^;;
Accidental drooling lmao
I am the same, I prefer meeting people on a 1 on 1 basis. Anything more is too intimidating.
On the flip side, Haechan as the resident E of the group prefers staying at home in his time off lol
This is his explanation
Lol Donghyuck and Mark are both against coffeeshop culture
Mark and his brother got in trouble with their mom for looking at their phones during dinner lol
Donghyuck doesn't like when everyone's on their phones because he likes a boisterous atmosphere but Jaemin explains that being on phones is recharging for introverts
Jaemin prefers phone calls to texts because he likes listening to people's voices :3
Yoo Jaesuk thinks Jaemin is romantic eh >3
Big same
No words lol
What a change of topic
Big oof but he has a good explanation. He knows it's not easy.
New Jaemin lore. He didn't really get into the details (at least not in the English subs), just having said that he left and then came back.
Lol Jaemin and Haechan both confirming that it was because they'd ordered hamburgers
Mark got caught buying Tank Boy at the convenience store and then turned into Mark Boy ^^;;
LOL it was Haechan and a staff who caught Mark buying Tank Boy
Mark's full of questions about parenting eh
LOL Yoo Jaesuk was explaining how as a girldad, he ends up not really scolding his daughter that much while his wife will scold the daughter. But as a boydad, he will scold his son while his wife will be more lenient with him.
Mark: Later in life...if...maybe...later...(I have kids)
LOL Girldad Mark confirmed (but only in the next life)
Lol Yoo Jaesuk and Jaemin are getting DEEP into parenting. Yoo Jaesuk was saying he sees himself in his son so that's why he's more strict with him, not wanting him to repeat his own mistakes. And Jaemin was saying how everything his parents told him ended up being right X'D
Mark: The sky is so pretty~
Haechan: What does that have to do with us?
XD
Doesn't surprise me
All the others feel touched that Mark knows that Haechan likes Crayon Shin-chan and Haechan is still figuring out why it's touching ^^;;
Gym talk again X'D
Mark is really excited for Dream () Scape!
All of a sudden? But basically I think Jaemin is a little embarrassed that Mark is so hyped for Dream () Scape and he errs on the side of caution by staying humble.
I think Mark is just really proud of how much work they put into this mini-album :3
Jaemin mentioned how people don't watch TV now so they have to do promos for Youtube shows and do dance challenges XD He's such an old person.
Mark said once you make eye contact, you have to do a dance challenge together ToT so don't make eye contact
Looks like their challenge is similar to Hot Sauce
Aw, we can definitely tell that Mark is really passionate about his work, and I think that comes with age and perspective. Now that he's older, he has more opinions about the direction he wants to take with his work. So his goals are more defined now that he just knows more. And now that he's older and is more skilled, those goals are also more within reach.
Haechan has brought up the graduation system on his own a few times, which is interesting. I love that they're not forced to hide that part of their history because the fact of the matter is that that affected how they grew as a group. And Haechan explains here that there were restrictions on what they could or couldn't do. In this case, Haechan was saying that they didn't release their first album until their fifth year, presumably because Dream was supposed to be a temporary group so it didn't make sense to drop as much investment in anything more than singles or mini-albums. And once Dream was turned into a permanent group and had restrictions lifted, certain goals also became more within reach for Haechan.
LOL Haechan and Jaemin were giggling when Mark said that they had a meeting to talk about how to improve. And apparently it was because it's normally just a meeting to get scolded by Mark or Jisung, which makes total sense because Mark and Jisung are the absolute perfectionists of the group!
Oh interesting, Haechan said that they've been having theese meetings for 11 years, since they were trainees. So it looks like they're like...general meetups for performance review? But now they have more substance and definition since they're actually working on stuff, and also have more opinions.
Aw Haechan sang his audition song :3
Jaemin and Yoo Jaesuk agreeing that you gotta admire yourself sometimes XD
Haechan and Mark say that they admire Jaemin's confidence sometimes :P You gotta know how to hype yourself up! It's probably especially weirdy in the entertainment industry where you simultaneously have people praising you and trashing on you. You have to learn to be confident in yourself through that noise.
So Mark's brother was auditioning for all the groups and Mark tagged along
Mark trying to shoehorn Smoothie into his answer about his concerns XD
I love this though, Mark is so confident that they're going to make a dent with Smoothie
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