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Keep in mind this episode/video/chapter was filmed back on Jan 01 2022 and released on 18 Jan 2022. I would've written this earlier but Uhm... college LMAO. It's late but at least my gpa is sexi

The video starts off with clips of performing at a broadcasting company's New Years countdown festival, with their latest release, .

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Our boys started off into the New Year meeting up with , as they reconnected with them by showing them who's the star of the moment.

As the show wraps up, the boys are finally rewarded for their hard work all year: a feast.

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. . . ➴𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆

Inside a room in the building, laid a large round table with all sorts of raw food inclusive of meat and vegetables. In its centre, a grill and hotpot which was a (secret) promise to by the staff members to as a reward for giving their all for their latest performance at the countdown festival.

Walking down the hallways, we catch a glimpse of the five boys, , , , and walking down the hallway, thanking the staff members for their hard work for the night.

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(to the staff) Thank you, have a good night!

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(to the staff) Happy New Year! Sleep well!!

Opening the door to the said room, peeks his head inside and turns to look at how bright the room is and the table of food that is perfectly centred by cameras that captured every angle of the room.

Despite being greeted by the staff inside, is still shocked by the set-up.

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Oh- I'm sorry!

,he says before panicky closing the door back on him.

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Hyung, we've got the wrong room

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huh?

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They're recording something inside.

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This room was booked for us to rest though.

After reassurance from the staff members, the boys were finally pushed back into the room as the staff tried to convince them the grill and hotpot was for them, much to their surprise, excitement and confusion for half of the boys. Eventually the boys settle down on the table and are ready to dig in.

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3, 2, 1

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Light it Up!

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Happy New Years s!

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It's been an eventful year and...

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... s!! It's been so long and I haven't seen you guys since last year!!

Spokesperson shoots , an annoyed glare while everyone else sighs at at his poor attempt at a joke, to which he immediately tries to redeem himself by putting the raw meat on the grill.

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As I was saying it has been an eventful yet fruitful year and we can't wait to see what the year 2022 has to offer us!

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And what better way to start off 2022 with a much-needed healing meal!

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At 3am... OH WAIT I'M TECHNICALLY 23 NOW.

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No matter your age, you will forever be our baby maknae.

sarcastically pouts as he rolls his eyes before helping himself to the grilled meat.

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Wow look at that meat grilling.

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Since -ssi and I are a year older, can we finally drink?

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Okay, fine. But has to be the one to pour as he's the youngest drinking member!

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FINALLY.

Standing up from his seat, pours soju into his hyung's glasses and upon counting down, prepare to all take a shot each.

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CHEERS!!

All the attention turns to , who's trying the Korean alcohol for the first time and burst into laughs and giggles as he makes an "Aeugh" from the rubbing alcohol taste running surfacing back onto his throat.

Eventually, the laughs and giggles die down and the boys are back to feasting again, though this time, seems to start spacing out while the others eat.

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(sighs) Our leader -hyung isn't with us for this

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Aishh, he's probably working hard on his drama right now.

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We'll just eat more FOR him then! (shoves piece of meat into his mouth)

looks up in confusion and look at the cameraman who moves out of his position. Removing his face from the camera which kept it perfectly hidden from the members this whole time, revealing himself to be disguising as one of the cameramen this whole time.

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YAH I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF WHY WAS THAT CAMERAMAN FOCUSING ON THE FOOD

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I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF "Maybe after we wrap up I'll share some food with him."

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They spent so much on this feast for you and you never planned to share a little bit with them?

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Wah I see how it is.

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Cut the camera.

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WAIT NO I'M SORRY

With somber sad music playing over a video of and a fellow crew member bonding over curry cheese ramen in one of their past VLives, the caption following appears:

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Be careful who you choose to be your friend

— One Who Had Just Saw His Ex-Friend's True Colours

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The camera cuts back to now seated on the table with enjoying the grill and hotpot with them.

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(mouth full with meat) Ok, anyway, I'm supposed to (inaudible)

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Wait, speak slower my Korean skills isn't good enough for this.

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(chuckles) I don't think it's your Korean skills.

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No, okay. So I'm your MC/Host for tonight's Q&A session.

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Oh, we're finally gonna answer those questions PD-Nim has been hinting to us about for the past week.

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(slams a thick stack of flashcards) Yeah.

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WHY DO S HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS FOR US?

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Are we supposed to answer all of them?

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I'll go through the questions and pick out the good ones.

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Can we choose?

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No, I'm the MC.

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You're mean!

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And you're gonna want to stop drinking before you start spewing nonsense.

Reading the first card, frowns and sweeps it onto the floor, followed by the second, and then the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth.

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THAT'S SO DISRESPECTFUL

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Well, they should ask better questions then!

Picking up one of the Flashcards on the floor, reads the question printed on it out loud.

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"What are your astrology signs?"

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Uhm... I'm a Capricorn... it's kinda easy to Google it actually.

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(nervous chuckles) I was expecting more interesting questions...

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Oh I've got one.

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What is your favourite track in and why?

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and I really loved and .

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Yeah! I think both songs felt very charismatic and had a cool melody. is also high on my list as well!

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For me, was my favourite. It wasn't too heavy sounding for me-

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So are you saying our other songs are heavy sounding?

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Wha- NO!! It just stood out to me and was rather groovy. I like the lyrics as well, and I think s may be able to relate to the song when they think of their crush!

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For me, I really liked . I liked the groove of it and was happy to have been a part of its production.

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I liked the most. Rapping consecutive bars was a lot of fun. -hyung - the composer for this song - also gave me many singing opportunities so uhh. I think he'll be watching this but thank you -hyung!

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For me, I personally liked the most. From a music standpoint, I liked how the song started off slow and sultry before stunning listeners with an intense pre-chorus. The drop was very satisfying to hear and was very captivating. I'd also like to highlight how 's rap at the bridge makes people think "Wow, that came out of nowhere" but in a pleasant way!

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In conclusion, this entire song is full of surprises and I'd actually like to reach out to the composers for this piece for tips on how I can improve.

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I also liked as its production was really fun! When I had decided I wanted to write a song about unpredictability, I had focused on trying to compose a piece that would even catch ME by surprise. Distributing the lines was also interesting as I didn't ask the usual vocalists to do the chorus and decided I wanted to let try it! And he surprised us on how well he could do.

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Actually, -ssi surprised us with this entire album! We never knew he would be able to pull off Choruses so well

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Yeah! 's 's production was finished first and the production team for this album, all agreed that we would be utilising 's vocals more.

looks at the older members with puppy eyes, too flustered to speak, he just smiles and continues eating his food as reads out the next question.

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If you could steal someone else's part in , who's would it be and why?

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's rap was pretty cool in my opinion. I can't rap but if I could I would probably beg for his part.

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Why don't you give it a shot?

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(botched mispronounced rap noises) 내게 다가 온 이-

pauses abruptly as he gets tongue tied, much to the amusement of his fellow members.

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Yeah, never mind then.

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I would've loved to try -hyung's pre-chorus part! It's a really powerful line and I think he pulled it off in terms of expressiveness.

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and I talked about how hitting the note itself was challenging in a way. But to be expressive ON stage singing that line is...

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-hyung dodged a bullet by not having to sing his line on stage.

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Why are you guys making it sound like I abandoned you guys on purpose?

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I went off to be a TV star so you guys could be movie stars!

rolls his eyes as he carelessly shoves a piece of smoking hot bacon into his mouth, only for him to regret everything and panicky breathe out smoke while trying to prevent his mouth from melting right off.

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's chorus lines look fun to do though. He looks really cool while performing it on stage! Though I do think everyone's lines suited them well.

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I think that, as unfair as the time distributions may be, each li seemed to be tailor made for each member. For example, got the chorus and the intro as he's more facially expressive to fit into this concept. And it's even boosted by his visuals!

blushes at the side at 's remarks.

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's lower tone has always been able to give off a form of "kick" when he raps so he was given the rap at the bridge, that gave it an overall "surprise" effect. All in all, everyone was able to stand out in the song with their given lines so I'd probably not want to take anyone's.

As finishes his sentence, he takes a piece of chopstick and shoves a mouthful of grilled pork belly into his mouth, and stares blankly at his other members as they await his next question.

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(mouth full) Why?

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THE MC GOT DISTRACTED BY FOOD ITS TIME FOR A REPLACEMENT.

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Any fun stories when filming the music video?

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I don't have to answer this question!

immediately springs up from his seat and begins picking out meat from the grill for his plate.

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Oh for the first time in my life, I had to eat food in the restroom.

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Usually, during our music video filming phase, we would be put on a diet so we can look the best on camera.

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I still don't think how that makes sense.

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(mouth full) You can't be eating ramen at 3am and then showing up on camera the following day with your face all swollen.

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— Our Overeater

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Ok, so I secretly fried chicken and had no where to eat without getting caught so... I resorted to the restroom.

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("The first time hearing about this") WAIT, REALLY? DID YOU GET AWAY WITH IT?

and start guiltily laughing to themselves.

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No, -hyung and both found me, and asked to share and that was how we got caught.

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For me, I was taken aback when I saw the white shirt I was told to wear for my individual shots.

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It had so many holes in them I felt...

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...naked?

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...Exposed. It felt like I wasn't really wearing anything. A few of the staffs were looking at me as well!

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I was too! You looked good!

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YES BUT IT FELT WEIRD

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Well now you know how I felt when we filmed !

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And you weren't even fully topless! But at least now you know how the shameless the staff can be with their eyes!

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Am I right, my dear crew members? Was the view nice?