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Flame on Yunho! Flame on! My gaydar goes off whenever he dances.

Nana has been entertaining on the show. It's nice to see her in a casual setting and see how normal and kooky she is. She's very straight forward too (looks at Kaang Joon).

i'm also with folks thinking N is gay. He just pings very loudly. I never got the vibe from Leo. He's obviously very shy and particular with who he interacts with. Ken seems like the type of person were any attention is good attention. I wouldn't be surprised if he fooled around with guys.

Thanks a lot Onetooth and Raved. Looks like all the guys are obsessed with Junho's ass lol.

I'd appreciate it if someone can tell who is grabbing who's butt to the right (and which performance)? thanks

Is this WooHyun of INFINITE?

Yeah. Sorry i meant voices. They have very similar tones but i'm finding out that GunWoo has a larger vocal range. Seyong is like the perfect pop star.

I'm just popping in to say I'm a new fan of these guys. I've slept on them for a couple of years but I've been listening to their Japanese albums non stop for the past weeks. A brilliant effort from them and it shows by how well they are doing on the charts. Tohoshinki and 2PM should be worried. PS. are people having trouble telling Gunwoo and Insoo apart?

^You speak the truth. And for a "graduation system" it makes sense for the older members or ones who are graduating to take less of a role. The ones who are left behind will be picking up the slack anyway. In that regard PLEDIS has that set up by having OC featured more in leads in singles/songs. It still doesn't make sense why E-Young is still left with nothing to do, being the ultimate "basement baby" in KPOP. I believe Kaeun is featured well for a newbie both on the First Love and Dressed to Kill albums.

It's nice that we are finally seeing some personality out of Nana. i like her even more now.

Voted! Any chance you can put the actual name of the groups too? I had to research half of them lol.

Thanks for this. Great Blog. Any chance you could do analysis on the members of VIXX?

They were on the right kpop trajectory for a new artist. To win a number 1 on those kpop shows you need to be consistently promoting. They released Ah, Diva, Amoled and Because Of You all within a year. With each single they gained more popularity and i'm sure sales increased. If they had a release schedule like that the following year they would have been a 2nd tier kpop group by now. Unfortunately it did not work that way with the longer training sessions for their special concepts and sub units. I'll be surprised If they win a number 1 again.

It's just very strange. One of the most religious people in Kpop happens to be the most homoerotic ones.

Out of the 3. Jooyeon would have less of an impact if she left. At the same time I think she would make a great leader If JungAh graduated. If JungAh does leave the group the dynamic would change considerably. My fear is that Orange Caramel would get all the leads and Raina would vie for the leadership role. I love all the girls but After School now is basically Orange Caramel (featuring After School).

Is it me? Or was he off key towards the end?

Thanks for the explanation. The description on the first page confused me.

Ok, I know now that Siwon's comments are alleged. And now i see why he's so religous.

Yes! i've noticed this too. Especially between actors or entertainers in the West. It's like if religion is a cover/security blanket or if it will help them pray the gay away. Siwon has made homophobic comments before and when "thou protest too much" , the more likely he is gay or bi.

Yowza at the AJ and Kevin video. I don't know anything about U-Kiss but you can tell AJ is/was into Kevin. I remember when people were saying that Key and Jonghyun coupling was more than friendship. I couldn't believe it but then all of a sudden the fan service between them stopped and they had avery awkward live performance of JOJO right after (Jonghyun and Key were not into it). I always wondered after that.

Hi i'm new to this thread so forgive if it's been answered already. Would Leo and Ken of VIXX be considered "vocalist" or "singers"? I've seen tons of video of Ken singing in different styles and genres which would lead me to conclude he is more of a vocalist. His voice seems to me more adaptable, especially compared to Leo. Leo to me has a nice purer tone but tends to have pitch problems. This happens a lot and i'm wondering what he's doing wrong technically.

Wow I'm surprised about all this Tayeon talk. Yuri I could understand. I find Jessica to be asexual.

In SHINee I think Taemin, Onew and Jonghyun are totally straight. I say Jonghyun is progressive for a straight guy because he seems to support gay rights and have no issues with gay people. I don't follow EXO that much but Kyungsoo display of affection that was posted earlier was interesting. Most of his band mates are roughly the same age, yet he is particular with who he has skinships with. Then we have the stylist who seems much older than him and he's all over the guy. Something rings peculiar about that. I think Jaejoong is straight. Typical "flower boy". Hongbin is another "flower boy", I think he's a very pretty straight guy. In VIXX i think all members are straight except for N and Ken.

Long time lurker and finally posting on this thread. I've skimped through some of the pages and understand some peoples frustration with so much EXO talk. I'm not really a fan but like a song or two of theirs. I do however understand why they are talked about so much. Their debut at the height of the social media age and the amount of members they have. It's all good. For people who I think are gay/bi/etc: (I'm a gay guy with bad gaydar but It works most of the time) For the not so obvious: I'm on the TOP bandwagon. Yes we have never seen anything blatant with him but he pings to me. Yunho ping ping ping. Ken I get a vibe from. The recent nose job doesn't help. Minho I get a vibe too. The Pretty Obvious: Ren, Key, Jokwon, Amber, AOORA, Woosang, Tao. Questioning: Heechul for some strange reason I don't think he's gay. I think he's very progressive for a Korean Man. I feel the same about Jonghyun.

I'm sort of glad they are moving to Japanese activities soon. They need a break from all the pole dancing. The bruised and blister pics make me sad for them. Sent from my LG-E980 using Tapatalk 4 Beta