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K-pop Glossary

K-pop: Korean Pop (music)

Idols: The term for a Korean pop star or K-pop star

Visual: The idol in the group with the best features and is also a ood looks Think Jin from BTS or more recently in 2021 V, after 13 fancams reached over ten million views

Trainee: So to be an idol with others in an atteroup This can include as little as a fewwith coaches from the label as they invest their money into you, or it can take years Some people train for years and never debut Think of it as a record label boot camp

Maknae: Youngest of group

Sasaeng: The fans who don’t respect the idols’ privacy—stalk theerous situations, and feel ownership over their idols’ lives Another one of the reasons idols don’t date or are encouraged to hide dating is because of these “fans”

Netizens: Online commenters, keyboard warriors

Bias: Your crush

Comeback: When an idol or musician releases new music and makes their “comeback” into the public eye with a new look, music video, tracks, mini album, or full album (collabs included)

Variety Show: Shows that idols perfor, skits, an intro to them, competition, etc

MV: Music Video

Showcase: Typically set for debut groups who don’t have enough songs to do an entire concert, groups will pick up to five songs to perforht also do this if they’ve only been releasing ood exaroups like Enyphen, Aespa, Treasure

Meet SWT

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Part One

The Beginning

Prologue

Naive: Having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; Credulous See Also: Grace Lee

Grace

August 2020

I stared down the exact sao

Of course, it would be the saate

With exactly seventy-two uncomfortable blue chairs that I’d had the chance to count since I’d gotten to the airport three hours early

I’d run away

After the yelling

After the fight

After the tears, though so the eyes down onto my blotchy skin