#rkjune20eval

Break time was especially nice, even if she was ambitious to the point that she was always practising whatever needed to be practised right now, no matter how much time she'd already put into it. “Here”, she said, sitting down near the wall of the practise room, so she could lean onto it, and held a spare bottle of water out to Taeyang. “I think we're progressing quite well,” she added, her mind was still in practise-mode and would probably need a few minutes before it was really able to relax and take a brain from practise-related thoughts. “What do you think?”

hi!! for evaluations, daniel wants to do sour candy by blackpink and lady gaga. no dancing, just singing and whatever lady gaga does in the song. since jisoo gets few lines and lady gaga has a lot, lines are totally subject to change to be more balanced, so don’t feel completely tied to whoever you choose for your muse! both boys and girls are welcome. as always, if there’s not any interest in this i’ll probably toss daniel into another group no problem! without further ado:

june eval starter for @rktaeyang​

at first, jibeom had been worried about being able to find an evaluation group for this month. compared to having the trainers shoving them into a group, june’s eval forced them to form their own groups in collaborations. he’s lucky that taeyang had an open spot for him as a vocalist. not that he minded being either a vocalist or rapper since he was able to do both. he just preferred singing. 

the other unfortunate part to joining eval groups is not knowing a single trainee. it’s been months since jibeom’s joined trc as a trainee but it wasn’t as if he branched out and met other trainees. all the more reason why he was incredibly thankful to the nova trainee for accepting him even if he was a little shy. 

@rkmason

another month, another new evaluation, another chance to showcase what he’s learned and what he’s improved upon. it’s all a part of the routine he’s had for three years and counting, and while he’ll always be grateful for the opportunity he’d been given, for the company taking a chance on him when they did (considering the abysmal showing he’d had in trying to pass off his attempt at dancing as krumping), he can’t help but feel a bit anxious every time a year passes by and he’s yet to hear even just a tiny inkling of even a rumor of a debut. but that sort of thing is out of his hands, so he tries not to dwell on it too much, choosing to keep his focus on the things in front of him, things he can handle.

“ once again she signed up for two projects, not knowing she would be working on a third. ”

@rksungmin

picking lo siento as his eval song for the month had been a rather spur of the moment decision and not one he really put any thought into. which was more or less a given, given the fact he couldn’t speak spanish and had decided to take the spanish singing parts all the same. not the best idea he had ever had, but he supposed it was going to be fun. and he’d managed to find some other guys as well to do the song with him. which was great as this was supposed to be group evaluation and he couldn’t just do the whole thing by himself. 

@rklisa

the song they were set to perform at the end of the month had this charismatic quality to it; something that she is endeared to. upon listening to it the first time, jisoo quite frankly and to put it in simpler terms, fell in love with it. the chorus was catchy and it was fun in a completely subtle way. they did not have to wear bright colors or jump around on stage to capture the audience. the song was upbeat yet classy enough to do it all.

they were in the seocho building, practicing relentlessly. as she puts down her lyric sheet on the table, she turns towards her friend. “this song is quite nice, i don’t understand how i never heard of it before this.” she comments, a curious crease on her forehead. perhaps her ignorance had a lot to do with the fact that she is not the most avid listener of idol music, especially ones that seem to be somewhat unpopular. “actually, i think i know why.” she brushes off her earlier statement with a shrug.

@rktaeyang​

He hadn’t expected to take up a rapping position in this month’s evaluation. But when his own evaluation plan had gone down like a lead balloon (Not even his own brother had wanted to help him. Such treachery!), Dowoon had floundered around trying to find a new group until Yuzu put him out of his misery and recruited him to one of her group. But with all the vocalist positions claimed, Dowoon found himself in the position he’s in now, playing the part of a rapper when he’d lost switched his focus into becoming a vocalist.

Oh, well. It could be far worse.

Sitting in one of the practice rooms, Dowoon is plugged into his phone as he listens to the song the group is covering. As ‘his’ part comes on, he mouths along silently, making a face when he can’t quite keep up with Moonbyul’s rapping. Letting out a discontent hum, he moves his phone out of the way and lays his hands on the table.

Dowoon begins to drum out the rhythm of his particular part on the table, albeit at a slower pace. It’s better to start slow and work your way up, after all. After a few renditions of the beat alone, he then starts to rap alongside the beat, slowly gaining confidence and speed with each round. He’s almost worked his way up to the correct speed when the door to the room suddenly opens and he’s cut off mid-word as Taeyang enters. Ears turning red, he hastily stands up and bows to the older boy in greeting.