#rkmar18eval

HA SOOYOUNG // EVE - MARCH EVALUATION !

       with inho, taeyeon, luna, hyungwon, jinyoung // la la latch !

acapella, it turns out, is much harder than it looks. however, with a whole month to practice and not much else to work on during training, this group that eve has found herself in manages to get a great performance going. though she’s never done an acapella performance like this before, by the time they walk into the performance room she’s mostly confident that she can pull this off. 

normally singing evaluations are automatically easy for her -- barely a challenge, because singing is like breathing. but acapella is different: she doesn’t always have the melody during this piece. for a lot of the song while the others have their lines, eve is actually just doing things like “da da da” or “ooooo,” which has been incredibly difficult for her to memorize. 

it was enough of a problem that she finally suggested that she and taeyeon just double up on parts when they’re not the main part -- each of them have their own lines, of course, but when they’re on harmony they can follow each other and sing the same thing. that helped eve get a lot more confident in herself, and after the last few days of running the song as a full group basically nonstop, she finally feels ready for this evaluation. 

before they start singing, she takes a deep breath in, sends up a quick, wordless prayer, and lets the breath out in a sigh that releases the lingering nervous tension from her shoulders. 

she and taeyeon open the song with their “la la la” melody, and as soon as the first note leaves her lips eve is in the zone. she sings automatically, letting her vocal cords do most of the work -- it’s almost like muscle memory, except vocal memory instead. it’s a familiar sensation, because that’s the reason they practice everything so much. 

⭐️NOVA ENTERTAINMENT EVALUATION performing la la latch by pentatonix ft. eve, hyungwon, inho, jinyoung, luna & taeyeon march 2018

he knew he joined an already formed group when inho accepted him and at first he did feel out of place. he was the least experienced of the bunch when it came to evaluations and training, plus he had no idea who 95% of these trainees were. he only ever met hyungwon before, and talked to inho when he wanted into the team. the rest, he met during practice. had he known it would be this intimidating, he probably would have gone with more familiar faces, but part of being a trainee meant taking risks, and not always stick to what was comfortable.

he was assigned fewer parts and he did not mind. he knew his skills were enough but they were all seniors and so he didn’t expect to be thrown under the spotlight, nor did he necessarily want to either. he decided to take it as an opportunity to learn and observe, not having extensive knowledge about harmonization. he did get the hang of it rather quickly, his tone mixing with theirs in a beautiful manner. going acapella meant the only instrument they could rely on was their voice, and they had to be in complete harmony in order for it to sound good.

to say he was nervous on the day of the evaluation was an understatement; jinyoung was an enormous, walking ball of stress when he found himself in front of the coaches. all he wanted was to perform exactly as practiced, or even better, and not let the team down. he thought about his peers’ advice, trying to remember all of his cues, all of the vocalizations he needed to do. they had to be able to rely on him fully, as he would rely on them. jinyoung took a deep breath, glancing at the others once they started humming in unison to accompany taeyeon’s “la la la”s.

Covering P.O.P.’s cover of Royals - Sejeong, Sooyoung, Sunyoung, & Tiffany

The evaluation was something that going in, Sejeong was not sure what to expect. She certainly had not expected to find herself with a group of girls from KT that had all been part of the nationwide MGA events and were obviously amazing talents. A lot of people would have felt intimidated, but Sejeong was always one to jump headfirst into a challenge, so she set herself a goal to one, not embarrass herself (too much) and two, to hopefully show them that she was deserving of her spot in TRC.  She knew for this evaluation they didn’t have to dance, so she considered herself getting a headstart in the not embarrassing herself category.

Practices had gone well and she could see why people said that KT training was some of the best out there. The three other members of her group were definitely some trainees she could look up to and to take the stage to do this song together was a great opportunity to show what she could do. 

⌠ MAR 2K18 EVALS ⌡ → growl originally by exo with @rkchaeyoung ; @yutark ; @rkdefsoul 

an acapella performance -- that was certainly not what suji had been expecting for this month’s evaluation prompt.  as she considered each of the evaluations she had taken part in over the months that she had been a trainee, she was really shocked that she had accomplished as much as she had. however, she had to admit that they continued to push her more and more out of her comfort zone. sure, she had sung without background music before, but to actually have to make the music? she had to admit that that wasn’t something she was familiar with, at all.

@sujirk

It was strange working with Suji for an evaluation. They’d been in-laws for years, bickered like siblings, slowly learnt to work together on a dance cover, and now, he was sitting with the paper for lyrics rested on his knees and biting over his lip. He’d had too much pride to admit he didn’t know she could sing. He knew she could dance. He knew she was good at comebacks and looking after their niece. But he’d never stopped to listen to her sing. So he was trying to hide it by asking her what parts of the song she thought she could handle. The only person he’d shown any of his work or efforts to was Jaebum, he trusted the younger male not to laugh at his efforts. Suji, on the other hand, was like shaking an future telling eight ball. 

His heart was anxious at the thought that she would notice he was learning how to do it. He didn’t want to hear her laughing at his efforts.

@rkbyunbaek

this eval was turning out to be fun so far. dongmin was working in two groups, which months before would have stressed him out because he doesn’t see himself someone talented enough for one group, nor does he really have the time management abilities to handle two eval groups AND his school. but things change, dongmin changed….. kind of. he feels more comfortable in his singing ability, and he has his morning period free so he can go in for morning training and leave for class. 

We Make Music With Our Mouths...

#rkmar18eval

performed by bro(ken) squad.

Time to be pitch perfect or very much watered down version with acapella virgins at hand especially Minhee. The young female stands with her group of her friends ( even though she was the oldest girl out of this bunch ) rubbing her lips together preparing herself to start the beat of the song along with Jiyoon. Minhee really just focus on not messing this up as this was the start of the performance if she did go offbeat Jiyoon would have to carry them both. 

                                   MARCH EVALUATION ;; acapella.                         performing jessie j’s price tag.    song  //  sound guidance.                                    ( w/ sohee, rose, meiqi, xiao, sungho, youngjae. )  

the entire month of march is a bunch of garbage. her attitude is awful, her entire mental state is awful; the medication barely helps and noel's not due back until april. the evaluation is also just as bad-- because while the entire concept of acapella isn't something jessica necessarily hates, it's the idea of having to work with a group of people so soon after her sns ban.