#rytminjoon

OOC INFORMATION

Preferred name: Mel

Pronouns: She / Her

Timezone: GMT-6

Other muses: n/a

IC INFORMATION

Faceclaim: Kim Minseok (Xiumin of EXO)

Name: Gwon Min Joon

Stage name (if applicable): J-Bom

Idol concept: Blonde, Hip-hop / Bad-boy.  The image he portrays is definitely tougher and more outgoing than he is naturally.  He tends to be much softer in his private life, fully fitting the image of being the baby of the family. He completely understands the reasoning behind that concept though. He’s the rapper. He’s supposed to be the tough, bad-boy type of the group. Having that very different persona he takes on when performing allows him to easily separate public life from private life and he likes that. So he’s okay with this concept. For now. Check back in a few years. It might change.

Birth date and age:  September 10, 1991  /  25

Company name:  Prime Records

Group Name (if applicable): AEON

Group Position (if applicable): Orion  /  main rapper, lead dancer, vocalist

Strengths: He will work his ass off for this. He’s put so much into this career path already that he’s determined to do anything it takes to make it.   He can play guitar and piano, though he’s better at piano.  He’s a decent songwriter, favoring a blend of korean and english in his lyrics.   He’s a very easy-going person and it’s very rare that he doesn’t get along with someone.   Bilingual.

Weaknesses: Dance isn’t something he ever gave much thought to before becoming a trainee at BKB. He’s better at it than he thinks he is, but it’s still something that he has to put more work into than the others.   He tends to switch back and forth between english and korean without always noticing that he’s doing that… which can lead to some confusing conversations.   He definitely has to put on a persona when he’s performing, promoting, etc which doesn’t always come easily. He has to work at it.

Positive traits: focused, warm, organized, dedicated, prudent, diligent

Negative traits: ritualistic, a little phlegmatic, impatient, predictable, somewhat sarcastic, fairly stubborn

PERSONAL HISTORY

Please describe in detail your muse’s past and present.

Gwon Min Joon grew up in Boulder, Colorado with his parents and older brother.  His family had moved there shortly after his older brother was born and Min Joon had been born 3 years later. Adamant that they knew exactly where he came from, his mother made both children attend Korean school after their normal school day— something which earned quiet a bit of fussing both boys. Min was already interested in music from an early age and took as many choir and music classes as he could throughout his schooling.  His mother was thrilled when he asked if he could take piano lessons. Then came guitar lessons. Then came his ever-practical father saying two instruments was enough. After all “how is the boy going to make a living with these things?”.

In high school, Min was that kid that was always posting songs and covers on youtube. They got a moderate amount of attention, but nothing crazy. No big break. After graduation, and against his father’s wishes,  Min packed up what little he owned and moved out to California to pursue a music career. He took odd jobs to make ends meet and took music gigs, attended open mic nights, and auditioned as often as he could. Yet after two years he’d gotten absolutely nowhere. Again, no big break. He almost moved back home. He almost closed the curtain on music as a career. Then a friend in the industry suggested that he try his luck in Seoul. “You’re Korean, right? so why not? The music industry is huge over there.”

It took a month before Min Joon could fully commit to moving across the world, but he did it. That ended up being the best advice he’s ever gotten.  Audition after audition, he got in as a trainee at BKB. He worked his ass off, did everything they asked. Just shy of two years as a trainee at BKB, he still had no idea if they were ever going to debut him. No one would tell him anything. It was beyond frustrating. Still, no big break! He didn’t leave everything behind and move across the world for nothing! Getting Min Joon to sign to Prime was easy. They offered better prospects. They offered AEON. This was his big break.

It’s been a struggle to catch up to the progress the other members have already made, but he’s willing to put in as much work as it takes. There have been many a late night and early morning since joining, but he honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. He’s on a mission to prove that he’s an asset to the group. Though no one actually knows it yet, he even has a few song ideas in the works. Nothing that’s even close to done yet, but who knows? maybe one will make it onto their first album.

What is their family like?  

Min is the baby of his family and the only one that has any musical inclinations. Nobody has a clue where he gets it. His father is an architect, mother works at a bank and his older brother is an engineer.  He kind of sticks out as the weird one in his family, but his mother is very happy that he’s not as analytical and logical as his father and brother. While definitely skeptical of Min’s chosen path in the past, his father is slowly learning to warm up to the idea of his son being a professional musician. His ever-supportive mother is thrilled that others are finally seeing the talent she’s always known was there. His brother likes to tease him about all the girls that will be fawning over him. It never ceases to make Min Joon blush.  His brother thinks that’s hilarious. Min a little less so.

their friends?  

 A large number of Min’s friends are Americans that he hasn’t seen in years: people he grew up with in Boulder or met in California.  As a result, he does get kind of lonely and homesick sometimes. He texts and calls as often as possible— just as much, if not more, than he does with his family. When starts letting himself wallow in self pity and loneliness though, friends he’s made in Seoul snap him out of it and remind him how good he has it here. It usually doesn’t take much.  

Why are they in the career they are in?

Honestly, he can’t think of another thing in the world he would rather do.  There is nothing else. Music is who he is. End of story.

What do they hope to accomplish?