dont try to change me

“you know, sometimes my job is a real fucking pain in the ass,” taehyung grumbled, scrubbing his face with his hands. “with all the new vocal trends these days, i’m forced to add so many filters and shit when i’m mixing, and it sounds disgusting more times than not. but it’s my job to comply so i can’t even do anything about it.”

“just be lucky you didn’t have to work on delight’s solo stuff. you know, back when none of us could sing and we were literally only there for our asses. our takes needed so much autotune processing...”

“i think i’m ready to start working on solo work,” sookie admitted, scrubbing her face in her hands. she’d had a solo debut in rejectz’s early days, but nothing for about three years since. “i’ve put so much of my focus into my group, and i think i’ve gotten us to a really good place. is it selfish of me to want to start working on something for myself now?”

“do it. start it and run with it. you’ll regret it if you don’t,” minji said. “honestly, i’ve never gotten to go solo, and i want to so bad. so if you have the opportunity, fucking take it.”

“If I have another fan ask me to show my collarbones on camera one more time, i swear i’m gonna cut the Vlive off immediately, next time.” He says with a disgruntled huff. He understood that fanservice was big thing with idols but he hadn’t expected it when it came to the bands.   He wanted to be recognized for his music, not just the fact that he had a good body. “Like someone get thee girls outside to touch some grass….”

“what’s it matter? if you’re sexy, people are going to comment on it,” minji answered, rolling her eyes. “if i go live and i don’t get a comment like that, it’s a wasted live.”

“All you have to do is just…. try it.” Joohye had seen a bunch of people talking about vegemite and how you either loved or hated it. While the Dancer was way to scared to try it herself, she figured that if she got one of her friends to eat it and they liked it, it’d give her enough courage to actually try and eat it herself. “Just close your eyes and say ‘aH’ it’s gonna take five seconds… I pinky promise.”

“no,” minji replied stubbornly. “i’m not putting something that looks that nasty in my body. i refuse. it looks like something that comes out of an animal.”

“you know, i should dye my hair,” chunja announced thoughtfully. “i just think it’d be fun. and it would annoy my mom, which is a bonus. plus, if people saw me going in and out of the higher building with cool hair, someone would probably think i’m an idol or a trainee and i think that’s funny”

“ooh, you’d look so hot with bright colored hair! i think you should totally go for it. plus, you’re an adult-- who cares what your mom thinks?”

“some days i really regret having a business email,” jina admitted with a long-suffering sigh. “i just got three brand deal offers today, and one of them was for one of those stupid teas. i work for an athletics company– you really think i’m going to give the ok for one of those teas? it’s madness.”

“i did a brand deal for one of those before i joined siren. and before i knew what they really were. it so wasn’t worth it,” minji answered. “i tried to like.....use it while i was promoting it, and i’ve never felt sicker. like...just diet properly and do cardio if you want to be skinny?”

“do you think you could help me zip up the back of this shirt?” kyungmi asked sheepishly, a soft blush on her cheeks. “i think they ordered all these stage outfits in the same size and i uh…………don’t know how well i’ll fit into the top. i’m having a little trouble,” she giggled.

“aww... why can’t mine look like that?” minji pouted, adjusting kyungmi’s neckline with an envious sigh before going to zip it up. “you look so hot! i look like i’m trying too hard to be a quirky middle schooler.”

“i know my comeback probably would’ve done better if i’d done the traditional music show circuit, but i honestly don’t know that i can bring myself to care,” jenny mused. she was proud of her album, and the two singles she’d released, but while well received, both she and siren were aware it had under-performed win-wise. “i think i’m just too old to keep up with all of it any more. like, i love my music, but brave new world promotions provided more than enough rushing between programs for this quarter. i have no idea how people manage such crazy schedules.”

“man, if this is a song not doing well, delight must suck,” minji answered in a sing song voice. “we’ve never gotten a number one song. or even charted well. even with crazy schedules. unnie, don’t take this the wrong way, but this is a really good outcome. i think being disappointed because you charted high but didn’t get number one is kind of selfish and short-sighted. and that’s coming from me of all people.”