Making friends is extremely important for human beings. Having someone with whom to share happy and sad moments, share advice and exchange secrets, can help us with emotional maturity, in addition to personal development.
Within K-pop, it is common for many idols to create friendships beyond their groups — or, in some cases, even meet friends from childhood or school, who also decided to follow the same career.
With that in mind, RECREIO separated 5 iconic friendships between K-pop idols that you might not have known about.
1. Thai Line
Formed by Thai idols who debuted in k-pop, Thai Line is a message group currently made up of Bamboomby GOT7, Lisaby BLACKPINK, Sornfrom CLC, Minnie(G)I-DLE and tenfrom NCT, where everyone is very good friends and often arranges to meet up, in addition to always supporting each other on and off social media.
Second Bamboom, Nickhunfrom 2PM, was also part of the group, but decided to leave the chat because it was too chaotic — but of course he maintained his friendship with everyone.
2. 97 Line
Being one of the most popular groups of friends in K-pop, the 97 line is made up only of idols who were born in 1997. Among the members is Jungkookby BTS, Cha Eunwoofrom ASTRO, Jaehyunfrom NCT, Yugyeom It is Bamboom, from GOT7 and Mingyu,The8 It is D.K.by SEVENTEEN.
Recently, Bang Chan, from Stray Kids, was also seen with some of these idols, sparking speculation that he would be one of the group’s new members. Furthermore, the 97 line also has its female version, made up of Mine It is Jihyoby TWICE, Lisaby BLACKPINK, and Minniefrom (G)I-DLE.
3. Moonbin, SinB, Chanwoo and Chani
Moonbinfrom ASTRO, SinBfrom GFRIEND/VIVIZ, Chanwoofrom iKON and Chani, from SF9, are childhood friends! They began their careers together in 2004, when they carried out some campaigns as models for children’s clothing brands, and since then they have never been apart.
ASTRO’s Moonbin, iKON’s Chanwoo, SF9’s Chani, and VIVIZ/Gfriend’s Sinb have been friends since they were actors/models during their childhood. Moonbin already mentioned that he thinks that if something happened to him, Chanwoo and Sinb would help him. pic.twitter.com/e5YIvSANc8
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Furthermore, Moonbin It is SinB they were practically neighbors, and attended the same dance academy. In 2006, Bin starred in the video for “Ballons”, by the group TVXQ!, alongside Chanwoo It is Chaniwhere they were known as “Mini TVXQ!”, and played younger versions of the boy group members.
4. PINKVELVET
As two of the biggest groups of the third generation, the members of Red Velvet and BLACKPINK are also very good friends, and have already given us countless cute interactions. Second Ireneshe approached Jennie when the two went to the same hairdressing salon. Furthermore, Joy has already revealed that he was very emotional alongside Rosé at a dinner with members of both groups while talking about their mothers.
Seulgi It is Jisoo are also very close. The duo can always be seen commenting on each other’s photos, or being present on their Instagram lives. Outside the networks, all members also frequently show support, drawing sighs from fans.
5. Somi and TWICE
Somi and the TWICE members have been friends since their trainee days, and even participated in the same reality show, “SIXTEEN”, responsible for forming the JYP Entertainment girl group. Second Somithis friendship since the time of training is what makes them all extremely close.
In fact, it is not difficult to see interactions between the soloist and the group. In addition to always supporting each other in their releases, they are also often seen together in their free time.
EXTRA: Yujin and Bona
During the reality show “Queendom 2”, many fans were surprised to discover that Yujinleader of Kep1er and member of CLC, is a long-time friend of Bona, by Cosmic Girls (WJSN). In one of the episodes, when the two meet again, Yujin ended up getting emotional when telling Bona who was leader now, being comforted by her friend.
Soon after, she explained to her members that she couldn’t hold back her tears, as the two have known each other since elementary school and trained together. This is because the WJSN member, before going to Starship Entertainment, was a Cube Entertainment trainee for six years, the same period in which Yujin trained before debuting at CLC.
Source: Recreio
