(pretty u) band info
just an excuse to yap about the pretty u band :3 this is lowk gonna be longish cuz yapyapyap
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how it started: y/n was a studio comp major but also extremely introverted, when it came to asking other people to help her with recording/to play for her songs she just physically couldn't do it. sucked that she wanted to start a band because the first thing you need to have a band is people.
dokyeom: cut to a few months in when she submitted a song for her seminar class, someone suggested a electric guitar riff and when she said she didn't know how to play, cue the loudest guy in her class seokmin offering to play for her. they went to the studio attempting to be in and out in an hour or two since it was getting late and y/n had an 8am the next day, but the two hadn't really planned anything out and seokmin being a yapper and y/n becoming a yapper when she was comfortable, they yapped for the first 2 hours, started recording 4 hours in, many malfunctions later (since they're both comp majors and knew little to nothing about how to actually work the studio). they pulled an all nighter to record but from there they got super close. when y/n on a whim mentioned her dream of a band, seokmin was locked in, already having a stage name (dk/dokyeom).
hoshi: it was kind of funny how y/n and dk found soonyoung. they booked out a practice room to just jam on their guitars when the room they booked has a guy (soonyoung) sitting on the floor plucking at his bass. they politely told him they had the room booked to which he said no they hadn't and it was first come first serve. (he looked at the wrong date and thought he was free to use the room). he apologized when he realized his mistake but when he saw their guitar cases he practically begged them to let him stay and listen. they reluctantly agree and when they finish setting up and start to jam, soonyoung quietly plucked along to their playing. y/n's eyes lit up. "you play bass?" she exclaimed so loud the soundproofed walls probably didn't do much for them. when soonyoung nodded yes, it was y/n's turn to beg soonyoung to join her band. he said yes just as fast as she asked. he was a self taught bass who was really a classical major so this was exiting for him. #lockedinabassplayer
mingyu: finding drums was the hardest, seokmin only talked to so many people, y/n was an introvert, and hoshi had more ops than friends (purely cuz he comes off too strong sometimes, love u hoshi). y/n's roommate was dating this guy who she had heard through the grapevine had played drums. that person was mingyu. y/n's roommate and mingyu were inseparable he was over at their dorm basically every night. not that y/n had minded she was either in a practice room, the studio, or in seokmin's room since he lived in a single and they bothered less people. the days she wasn't in one of those three places, she got to know mingyu a bit. he was practically a second roommate so she may as well have done so. the two got pretty close. the day y/n wanted to ask mingyu about him playing drums for her band, him and her roommate had broken up, genuinely horrific timing. she had his instagram and decided to ask just for the hell of it. it took him almost a week to get back to her but when he did he declined. turns out he only learned drums to play them with his ex who asked him to learn for her and now drums basically reminded him of her. y/n still tried asking again and again till she lowkey almost got blocked (she was desperate). when she thought all hope was lost, she learned her roommate was actually really shitty, she had cheated on mingyu with some guy and also started bringing him around to the dorm. she tried to stay out as much as possibly because it felt so shit seeing her roommate with someone else knowing she cheated on one of her friends. (luckily y/n found a new room to switch into). she and mingyu talked when they could, was more y/n would check on mingyu to make sure he was okay and him always saying yes a bit too quick but when he called her on a whim at 2am while she was recording absolutely sobbing his eyes out she dropped what she was doing and ran to his dorm. after she helped him calm down, mingyu feeling bad and like he owed y/n for helping him so much said he'd play drums for her, which was the least of her concern but she was beyond happy.
seonghwa: was not supposed to be with the band for so long. he was a arts managment major and needed to pretend to manager a artist/band. he had only been in the music building once, most of his classes being in other buildings. he was kind of scared, every room was either someone crazily practicing or bands going haywire in a practice room. he happened to see y/n leave the practice room door open for a second and he decided to approach them thinking they were normal enough (loud incorrect buzzer). he finished his assignment and was just going to move on but little did he know he was getting himself into something he didn’t know the depths to. after graduation when the band started getting bigger shows with bigger audiences they were put under the pressure and when y/n reached out asking if he’d manage them again he agreed reluctantly now knowing how crazy they were but after helping them with their first show he was locked in. turns out managing them full time was more fun then he thought it would be
first practice: was a shit show im ngl. y/n only knew how to songwrite and write for guitar so the lead sheets she had for bass and drums was sloppy at best practically chicken scratch at worst. soonyoung and mingyu tried to read as best as they could.. but it was rough. it took an hour to actually set up and another hour just to read y/n’s notes since she scribbled everything at 5am the morning of. but with seokmin’s yaps and jokes they all pulled through and had a semi successful practice.
uhh i think thats it!! ty for readingg
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