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✰ || ALBUM CONTENT

one disc + photobook (72 pages) + two random photocards out of eight + one out of six random member folded poster + one unfolder poster with tube + one out six random circle card + one out of six random recipes by yuri + one out of six random receipts with a message by a member 

✰ || SALES + ACHIEVEMENTS

this album was such a fun and fresh start to spring

critics and the public ate up the concept and overall presentation of the album

some people had strong opinions on the title track and thought it shouldn’t been switched with one of the b-sides

but overall it was a hit

Apple Pie” debuted at number 1 on korean music charts, it stayed in the top 3 until the end of their promotion cycle

“Cherry on top” debuted at number 5 on korean music charts, it stayed in the top 10 until the end of their promotion cycle

“Stupid Cupid” peaked at number 9 on melon

“Girls like us” peaked at number 12 on melon

“Blue ” peaked at number 27 on melon

“Creme’ peaked at number 43 on melon

the “Apple Pie” mv got 19.5 million views in the first 24 hours

"Apple Pie” received 6 music show wins 

✰ || PRODUCTION

"Apple Pie” was written and produced by sm’s in house production team, with only the smallest bit on input from mika

“Stupid Cupid”, “Cherry on top”, and “Girls like us” were all produced and heavily written by mika under the pseudonym m.ka

"Blue” was completely written and produced by piper. it was originally going to be released on her soundcloud but she decided to lend it to the mini

“Creme” was produced by m.ka and partially written by yuki

✰ || APPLE PIE STYLING

the outfits were so quirky and cute, very different from their previous concepts

not a single outfit ever feature pants, they were always in dresses or skirts

the addition of aprons were the most popular accessory options and were featured in over half of the outfits

if they weren’t in apron based dresses, they had sweets covering their body or looked like they worked in a candy shop 

aprons, big bows, fluffy tutu/skirts, bright pastel colors, stockings, etc were the most prominent accessories 

the girls were usually wearing their designated color in some way

all the girls had different shades and styles of blonde hair for both the mv and most of their first week of promotions

yuki bleached her hair for the first time ever in her life and got rid of her signature thick bangs, rocking a ashy blonde to pink ombre

mika and josie cut their hair short for the first time in their careers, as well as cutting cute whispy bangs

yuki was the first member to dye their hair, going a pretty shade of pink and debuting it on the 3rd

mika was next, showing off a vibrant orange bang look on the 5th

yuri went a mint green on the 7th and josie went a heavy blue on the 9th

piper dyed her hair a dark vibrant purple that featured magenta thick highlights on the 12th

soyee was the last one to dye her hair, going ashy blonde that faded into a multitude of rainbow colors on the 14th

✰ || ERA HIGHLIGHTS

first mini under sm!!

fans had a lot of anticipation for this mini considering it had to be pushed back due to piper’s injuries

she was good to go physically by their comeback stage but that didn’t stop sugar babies from showering her in love and concern

the concept and styling for this comeback had similar vibes to red velvet’s red side, orange caramel, and wjsn chocome, which a lot of fans from each group enjoyed

the comeback stage was decorated to look like a huge cupcake factory, it was so extravagant for no reason we love it

the merch for this omg!!!

they release cute little aprons that were color coordinated with each girls and featured their signature along the ribbon tie 

they also dropped baking starter kits that were designed around the girls and the mv :( it was so cute :(

sm gave them their first solo online concert!!

the girls had so much fun performing and interacting with fans, even if it was through a screen

they can’t wait to go on a world tour once the pandemic is settled and over :(

mika kept up her youtube channel show called ‘sugar plum slumber party!’. this time featuring members of wayv, exo, suju, and snsd

their vlive channel was heavily active, each girl was live basically everday they had so much fun

yuri got her own vlive+ show called “yuri! let’s bake!” and it was the cutest weekly baking show known to man. a sns member guest starred each week and they all had so much fun :(

yuki and piper once again had major tension which caused a lot of concerns with fans

piper avoided the topic at all cost when it was brought up and yuki just shrugged it off by blaming it on “roommate drama”

sm created a pop up “bakery truck” outside of the sm building that sold sweets and treats that the girls love

every once and a while, the girls would work a short shift within the food truck and meet with fans :(

— TRACKLIST

Feel Good ( inspo )

Friday Night ( inspo )

Girls ( inspo )

Maze ( inspo )

Sequence ( inspo )

Full Moon ( inspo )

What Ya Do ( inspo )

Only One ( inspo )

Universe ( inspo )

— ACHIEVEMENTS

“Feel Good” did averagely good on the charts, peaking at number 5 and maintaining its position in the top 20 for the rest of promotions.

The album itself sold around 89k copies and the music video for “Feel Good” currently has 20 million views.

The song received two music show wins.

Was nominated for album of the year at several award shows but didn’t win anything.

— ERA HIGHLIGHTS

Nothing too exciting actually happened this era, it was just good vibes.

Everything was party themed for this concept and it was all about having fun.

SM pretty much let them just relax and do what they wanted with this comeback, they were more focused on communicating with the fandom this time.

Yewon started a little miniseries on the group youtube channel where she just posts three minute videos of her cats.

Bitna started doing gaming nights on their vlive every week.

Each member opened up their own personal instagram account and some even made twitter accounts.

The girls were allowed to talk more liberally with Rosettes and it wasn’t uncommon for them to reply to comments and tweets.

Someone started a rumour that one version of the album had PCs of the former members which made Rosettes buy out that version completely until they realised they had been played.

A lot of interactions with Jinx, who were promoting at the same time as them.

Rosettes adopted the girls and started calling them Black Rose’s little sisters.

They had so many special stages this comeback!

A lot of them were just the album b-sides but they also covered f(x)’s Four Walls, SNSD’s Mr. Mr. and Red Velvet’s Peek-A-Boo during their last week of promotions.

When the girls teased a repack coming by the end of the year the fandom went crazy.

It would be the first time they had three comebacks in a year and Rosettes could not have been more excited for what was to come!

— STYLING HIGHLIGHTS

Hime had black hair with a lilac ombre.

Hyebin had black hair.

Sera had dyed her hair a bright blue and cut it short.

Aejung’s hair was blonde, having grown a lot from the last era.

Yewon’s hair also stayed blonde, often coloured with different highlights for performances.

Yuna had a deep red hair colour.

Juliet’s hair had faded from its red and was now a strawberry blonde.

The styling for this era was definitely... something.

It was either joutfits or hideous patterns, no in between. On one stage it was both and let’s say that neither the girls or the fans were particularly happy with the outfits.

“Hyung, you need to take it easy!” A voice spoke up which startled Majesty. He spun around to see Siwoo standing in the doorway, a look of concern on his face. 

“I don’t want to.” Majesty huffed, getting even more annoyed as their comeback song droned on. It reminded him of Bom. He helped write the lyrics for it and he had her in mind, of course.

"You're going to pass out of you don't take a rest. Have you eaten anything today?" Siwoo was normally the jokester and him and majesty were known as "dumb and dumber" because of their foolish antics when together. But seeing his member and best friend like this worried him.

Majesty shrugged, groaning as he stalked over to the stereo and turned the song off. Siwoo pouts as he watches him. "I'll treat you to dinner. Please, Hyung? She'd want you to take care of yourself."

Majesty didn't answer at first, only staring down at the ground as his chest heaved, his hands pushing back his sweat-soaked hair. "Fine." He sighs, turning to grab his things.

"Good Hyung!" Siwoo chirps happily. "But first, you take a shower. You smell like crap." He says with a chuckle as he playfully punched Majesty's arm. That got a laugh out of his Hyung to which Majesty then put the younger boy in a headlock. The two laughed before Siwoo wriggled free, groaning as he smiled. "Now you got armpit sweat all over me!" He whines as wiped the side of his face.

"That's what you get for making me smile. I'm supposed to be in badass brood mode right now." Majesty mumbles as he wipes himself with a towel before whipping Siwoo on the thigh with it.

— TRACKLIST

Psycho ( inspo )

Cantabile ( inspo )

Impulse ( inspo )

Kingdom Come ( inspo )

Midnight Walking ( inspo )

Rainbow ( inspo )

— ACHIEVEMENTS

“Psycho” was Jinx’s first big hit! The people loved this song and it even reached number 3 on music charts.

The album sold around 118k copies and the “Psycho” music video currently has about 75 million views.

Jinx’s first win!! They received three in total from M Countdown and Music Core.

The girls won best new female artist at the MAMA Awards!

— ERA HIGHLIGHTS

Jinx breakthrough era!

Charms found it to be the right mix of both their dark and light concepts whilst still intertwining their storyline into it.

“Psycho” put Jinx on the map vocally, a lot came to praise them on how well they sung on the track and on the album.

They did an online concert for their comeback showcase performing all their songs so far.

So much content for their b-sides, dance practice videos for “Cantabile”, “Impulse” and “Midnight Walking”.

Live singing videos for “Kingdom Come” and “Rainbow”.

The video for “Rainbow” was fun and featured the girls giggling and playing around as they sung and the video for “Kingdom Come” was so gorgeous with them in crowns, dressed as royalty.

The album sales this era increased significantly after someone found out that there was a hidden track on the physical album’s cd.

The hidden track was “Day & Night” and was later released onto streaming platforms for those who couldn’t purchase the album.

They started up a little vlog segment on their youtube channel where they posted five to ten minute videos of their daily life!

During a fansign a Charm asked Blue if “Rainbow” had any meaning behind it and she said it was written for their LGBT fans!

A lot of people were super happy upon hearing that and many came to praise and stan the girls for their support.

Overall, this era has been the peak of the group so far with lasting praise from the public and a rookie of the year award to top it off.

— STYLING HIGHLIGHTS

Jinx’s iconic hair era okay

Blue’s hair was black.

Yue had half black half blonde hair.

Miran’s hair was pink.

Jiyoon had her infamous bright ginger hair.

Rosie bleached her hair blonde for like two minutes and then spent most of promotions with dark hair again.

Styling was very classy, almost entirely black and white in colour scheme with lots of textures.

Lace, fishnet, feathers, you name it.

Sungho was talking to him, he knew this, but he wasn’t listening. Instead his gaze was trained on the painting behind Sungho, those stupid eyes glaring at him. “What is that?” Myungsoo says, almost abruptly.

“What?” Sungho turns his head to see where Myungsoo’s eyes were lingering, “the painting?”

“Yeah, it’s creepy.” Myungsoo is often hyper aware of his lack of filter, but it rarely does much to stop him. “I don’t like it.” Sungho looks slightly baffled, like he’s unsure what to say to that. Myungsoo realizes that maybe insulting your new manager’s decor wasn’t exactly --- polite. “Sorry,” he mumbles.

Sungho shakes his head, “it’s fine,” he says lightly. “Not everyone has the same tastes.”

“Do you really like it?” Myungsoo questions, glancing at the painting again and grimacing. He then looks back at Sungho, “it doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable?”

“There’s more meaning to it than you might think,” Sungho says simply. “And in any case it’s just a painting, it’s not like they’re real eyes.”

“A deeper meaning doesn’t make it any less unsettling,” Myungsoo retorts. “Or any less ugly.” Sungho looks surprised at his words and now Myungsoo wonders if he’s put his foot in his mouth. “No offense,” he forces out an awkward laugh.

Sungho chuckles, “you’re quite the art critic.” He shifts a little in his seat, “maybe sometime I can show you some other pieces, see what you do like.”

Myungsoo shrugs, “that could be cool. Hopefully your taste extends past --- that.”

“It definitely does,” says Sungho. “For now though, maybe we should discuss what you actually came here for.”

“That might be a good idea.” Myungsoo says.

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Myungsoo liked Sungho, a lot. Sungho took an interest in him, made him feel cared about. He made him feel good about himself, special. Sungho was mature, handsome, and well put together. Myungsoo admired him.

Myungsoo knows this isn't ideal, crushing on someone older than him, and especially his manager of all people. But he couldn't help it, he liked Sungho. He just did.

He'd jump at any excuse just to have a moment alone with him, he almost felt childish. But being around Sungho made him feel different and he liked that feeling. There were moments too, fleeting moments where he believed that maybe Sungho just might like him too. He doesn't know if it's truly something he should hope for, and yet, he can't help but to.

Right now, he's standing in Sungho's office. It was a rare occasion for him to be in here, especially alone. He still liked it, the tidiness of it all, even in spite of his grievances towards the rug and the painting. And he liked being near Sungho.

Myungsoo was standing there waiting, waiting for Sungho to look back up at him. For his attention to no longer be on the screen of his laptop. "Did you need something, Myungsoo?" He still doesn't look up quite yet.

Myungsoo doesn't really know why he's here, he thinks maybe he should have at least come up with a decent excuse. "I wanted to ask you something," he says. And it's not entirely untrue, Myungsoo has a lot of questions, he always did. But especially about Sungho.

"Must be important if you came by my office just to ask," says Sungho. He still wasn't really giving him his full attention and it only served to make Myungsoo feel even more embarrassed. "What is it?"

Myungsoo realizes he doesn't have a good question to ask, nothing to warrant a visit at least. But he doesn't want to just stand there silently, doesn't want the quiet to simply linger. And so he just asks what comes to mind: "Will you tell me more about yourself?"

Sungho looks up finally, “what is it that you want to know?”

Myungsoo shrugs, “I don’t know, what’s your life like?” Sometimes he was just curious about what Sungho was like outside of being their manager, the kind of people he knew and kept company with.

Sungho laughs, “my life is mostly working and just keeping busy otherwise.”

Myungsoo frowns, “you don’t have any hobbies? Or friends...no dates?” He was always just a little too inquisitive for his own good. Sungho’s eyes fall on Myungsoo’s face, there’s an intensity behind them. Myungsoo doesn’t know if he likes it or if it made him more nervous than anything else.

“Why are you so curious?” Sungho asks, brow quirking.

“I don’t know, why can’t I be? I just want to know more about you.” says Myungsoo.

Sungho looks at him, almost like he’s looking him over, assessing. There’s a curiosity in his own gaze. “I’ll tell you whatever you want,” he says. “But --- only if I get to ask you some questions of my own.”

Myungsoo honestly feels a bit strange under Sungho’s gaze sometimes, under his watchful eye. But he still couldn't ever bring himself to look away. It almost reminded him of the first time he’d ever been alone with Sungho, here in his office. The painting, still hanging on the wall. The eyes he couldn’t look away from no matter how they made him feel, no matter what they might’ve meant. Except he wants this, he wants Sungho’s eyes on him.