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17 reasons to stan Seventeen

Chapter 13: BOO SEUNGKWAN

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(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

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Boo Seungkwan

  • ’98 and the oldest of maknae line. His invincibly bright personality is a national treasure and I would fight to protect him except he fights everyone anyway
  • He is so wonderful ;_____; Just let me copy-paste all my comments about DK’s voice right here because WOW, pledis struck gold with these two hitting notes like these the month after debut. (Mono Drama)

 

 

[Seungkwan’s] control, range and projection is out of the world. … He's got an excellent earthy, rich tone that conveys emotional depth despite the language barrier. His voice is definitely suited to powerful songs or sentimental ballads, and you can tell by the songs he chooses to cover.

Reddit user The-Blue-Zephyr

  • If anyone is interested in technicality, Kpop Vocal Analysis has done SK (need to ctrl-F Seungkwan but its super specific and comes with videos. They put his range at G2~G#4)
  • A REALLY GOOD DANCER except he only pulls out his most serious moves when memeing? I guess the day he decides to be serious and when we all Die
  • Speaking of freestyle his rap battles are brutal like vs DK: “I’m not a coward, how about you? How long will you clap like a seal?”; then the subsequent vs. Dino that ended in a fist fight: “We became trainees at the same time but I’m way better than you” >> “Don’t forget I taught you how to dance."

 

    • someone on reddit did a dedicated analysis of hip hop in kpop and (og tweet) NAMED BOO SEUNGKWAN AS THE INDUSTRY’S BEST FREESTYLER: “he's trying out a couple of different rhythms and actually keeping up the rhymes. Overall you can tell that this probably wasn't prepared at all and it showed a level of on the spot thinking and musicality that makes an actual freestyle good” (tbh my personal choice would be Tablo but that's kind of like putting a greyhound in the 2020 ISAC Dog Race.
  • I vote him #1 the member most likely to start a fight because this 1.74m man is permanently in a state of indignity like???

 

  • no one cares about Seungcheol beating Jeon Jungkook everyone is here for Seungkwan’s Level 99 cheerleading
  • have you heard of Moo Seungkwan
  • HE’S A FAN OF VOLLEYBALL <3333 this is something personal to ME. His favourite team is Daejeon KGC (the Korean Ginseng Corporation joke Soonyoung made in the 5th Anniversary GoSe). It’s a WOMEN’S VB TEAM and he can name all the members!! (we stan a man who supports women)
    • Back on OFD Castaway Boys no one believed he was a fan of volleyball but then slowly… slowly… Seungkwan became a successful fan
    • 2017: served the first ball in a professional VB match.
    • 2018: got to meet and play against them in SVT Club!! (13:22 start, DK, JH, MG learns to play volleyball and looks hot while doing so. One of the players waves a carabong, everyone admires JH’s beauty while playing, and Seungkwan is so, so happy)
    • Daejon KGC are also a fan of Seventeen and plays their songs during practices. ;____; we love it when feelings are requited
    • When SVT were in Jakarta Seungkwan was sooo excited seeing locals play he joined them. And then in LA he wholeass bought a ball and a NET in hopes of finding strangers to play with him
    • now he can do jump serves!!! so cool *__*
  • Vernon: my favourite part of Seungkwan is … *spins him around* *slaps his ass* … his butt
  • King of Variety like. He’s just so hilarious to watch, he’s good at generating content and providing dramatic-ass reactions to everything and when Seventeen plays Mafia he treats every accusation like a personal insult and argues like he’s at the World Debating Championships. (half of my reactions folder is queen boo)

 

  • I’m so appreciative because Seungkwan throws himself out there to make sure Seventeen does their best on variety shows. He’s loud, he’s dramatic, he’s funny but he’s also very very aware of how Seventeen is perceived as a group through the camera and you can tell that a lot of the things he says/do are deliberate. If a member does something for show, he will react well and hold that reaction for the camera. He can read the mood well and smoothly move things on if its getting too serious
    • more than anyone, he understands that they need to be entertaining to stay relevant. As a new fan, I was surprised to find he was the 3rd youngest because on the camera he reminds me of the 2nd gen idols like Suju or SNSD or 2PM, super confident and not afraid of doing body gags or being embarrassing to make others laugh.
    • if Hoshi is their performance leader I see Seungkwan as their variety leader. In shows, you’ll see him shifting the attention to different members to give them airtime (“Dokyeom has prepared a new talent” or “Woozi wrote this song and he has some thoughts…“), and making sure there’s always a next conversation when one finishes. He also approaches PDs directly and asks them invite SVT to their shows :’) ALSO SUPER POLITE!! They all do this but Seungkwan especially is known for thanking all the staff after schedule and telling them they’ve worked hard. Once brought a basket of tangerines for reporters waiting outside in the cold early morning but he got stressed when he realised there wasn’t enough for everyone.
    • He really is suited to the television life. He knows the trendy songs, knows the girl group dances, knows the famous scenes from the top shows, and he utilises that knowledge in variety shows.
    • It’s astonishing how well he knows Kpop. Like for SNSD’s Mr Mr, not only did he know the choreo, but also the effects on the live stages, the fanchant, and the order of the members.
    • ^^^ That was adlibbed, but the chemistry with the host Jaejae (who is a producer at SBS) reminds me of when I was younger and the thrill when you fangirled with a friend.
    • And then later aggressively teaching SVT how to dance Nobody
    • (I love the whole show the rapport with the host is SO GOOD, ’noona I thought you only had eyes for NCT’)

Tangent, the real reason I love this show is because of this segment:

 

(Jaejae asks Hoshi if he can freestyle to an anime OST)

Hoshi: Oh I’ll have a go.

JJ: Really? You’re the man, but if you don’t want to, you don’t have to.

Hoshi: Right here?

JJ: It’s okay to say no.

Hoshi: (shrugs) Okay then I won’t do it~

SVT: (thinking: Hoshi you fool)

JJ: Okay that’s fine. We don’t push people to do something they’re not comfortable with

(And Seventeen was so impressed. Like thumbs up and open mouths and easy laughter. This kind of respect towards artists' boundaries are so rare. You can tell how relaxed they were and how much they enjoyed being there compared to other variety shows)

  • Sometimes I wonder if being so entertaining comes easily to Seungkwan or if it’s work he does consciously, if he needs to bury a part of himself to have such a bright and enigmatic personality.
    • I love Gose bc it shows us how often all of them try to say something funny and how sometimes it just doesn’t hit. Whereas with broadcast TV those failed gags would just get cut out. And you see the other sebongs going, ‘it’s ok SK you don’t need to be funny all the time’
      • Every time SK fails he goes: “I am not a comedian! I’m a singer!” and now every time he fails at ANYTHING (jokes, sports, questions) the GoSe editors put the caption “He is a singer”
    • On MMTG they were talking and then then there was a moment of silence —
      SK: Sorry for making things serious (when it was lighthearted)
      JJ: ?? It’s okay if things are serious? Why are you putting so much pressure on yourself? You don’t have to.
    • AND SEUNGKWAN WAS ABOUT TO CRY!!!
    • The members are always jokingly nagging him to not worry about being funny but it’s because he puts so much pressure on himself to keep everything fun, even when they’re just practising. You can tell he’s always thinking, watching, predicting what should happen next.
    • That moment was brief but I really felt it. When you’re stressed but you’re trying so hard not to show it but all it takes is one person to acknowledge it (“are you okay?”) and then all the walls tumble down.
    • I love Jaejae because she redirects the mood so quickly once Seungkwan really has trouble holding back, but it just reminded me of how much control is required for broadcast. Not just Seungkwan, but everyone’s minds are racing despite calm and happy faces. You really don’t know how much burden someone is carrying until they break down.

I want to finish this by reaffirming how much of a good egg this boy is. He’s almost always smiling, but he also incredibly sentimental and sensitive. He cries a lot in ending ments because he gets emotional seeing how far they’ve come and keeps worrying about how long they last. Even if he seems easy going, he's watching out for other members and thinking about how to make their lives easier. He’s always saying stuff like “What if I end up having to do all this alone?” // “I want all 13 of us to last a really long time”.

 

Stan Boo Seungkwan.

 

Notes:

u___u could not fit in: the Remember kpop VLives that went viral amongst non-carats, OFD Sausage Incident, his fishing trip with Mingyu + the time in TTT when they shared a bed and SK had to physically remove himself from Mingyu's presence bc they couldn't stop laughing, telling predebut Samuel (A CHILD) that there was a ghost in the elevator, his peanut gallery moments during Don't Lie, getting -10 years off his life due to 5-time gemini Kwon Soonyoung, the ongoing visual ranking vendetta against Hoshi and Dino, "your english is low quality" // "Low Quality? LOW QUALITY? I AM TH BEST QUALITY."