An appreciation thread for the stars, VIXX, + Director Hyuk. (TW?/W: Ravi/Hongbin will be mentioned).

VIXX Appreciation Post/Thread, OCT 2024.

SNS: @vixx_stargram

Members:

N. (Completed his service on October 7th 2020).

IG. @achahakyeon

YouTube. achahakyeon

Leo. (Has completed his military service on September 9th 2021). (Musicial Actor, Model, BRand Model).

IG. @Leo_jungtw

Youtube. Official LEO 정택운

Jaehwan. (KEN). (*Has Completed his military service on January 5th 2022). (Musicial Actor, Model).

IG. @keken_0406

YouTube. 이재환 LEE JAE HWAN

Hyuk. (Also known as SangHyuk). (Enlisted in the training centre on April 18th 2024).

IG. @hsh0705

YouTube. HYUK 한상혁

SoundCloud. Hyuk.

VIXX debuted way back in 2012 and have been known for their numerous concepts, make up and hair colour choices. And are often referred to by the industry and fans as 'Concept Killers' or 'Concept-Dols' due to this. Even if you don't recognize the members a lot of people actually look up to them, and you might recognize a lot of their songs. When thinking about writing this I thought the fan perspectives on this were interesting: https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/…he_most_well_thought_out/ , http://vixxconceptdol.altervista.org/).

I came across VIXX in 2017 or so and even did a piano version of Fantasy for a photography project before I really knew what a k-pop fandom or k-pop really was, I just thought Leo was cool, and I loved Ravi's voice to be honest. Sometimes I wonder if because the members are older that new kpop fans don't want to take a second to check them out or try listen to their music due to possible issues with Hongbin or Ravi. Although I do agree that what they both did was wrong, I'm still uncertain about how I feel about Ravi trying to get out of military with mental illness but can recognize that he has apologized and will serve his time in the military like everyone else. I don't think its something he should be hated for like it is. Some people came to weverse just to hate and they had to close down one of my favourite communities which is sad! but I do recognize this, his music still brings me a lot of comfort but it was disheartening to hear.

Regarding Hongbin I won't really promote his SNS because he has certain rules and often bans/ comment bans anyone from commenting if you do happen to mention VIXX or the team, so please be respectful. If it happens to be a fishing stream, focus on the content instead of the past. There is ways going about it and searching it, but that's all starlights ask.

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I do appreciate all the members of VIXX don't get me wrong, but Leo, N and Hyuk (plus Ravi) do hold a special place in my heart for me. N just has these vlogs on his channel that are so calming and beautifully edited its so cool, Leo is a incredible actor, musical actor and model (not only that but is best friends with my bias Xiumin you might recognize the viral pick below), while my man Hyuk is an incredible video director and slowly growing his resume in that way.

Some of my latest favourites of the guys:

Leo.

N.

Ken.

Director Hyuk.

It wasn't very long ago to be honest that Hyuk has shown his interest in directing and wanting to expand his creative ideas in that way, I thought it was really cool and he would later set up SNS accounts to promote his work and reach a new audience of people through his films and 'MVS' with a focus on a creative storyline or general idea.

So far it only has 1.93K subs as he is in military and can't work on it at the moment, but he has released his first one:

He has also created an Instagram for it: instagram.com/ad.a_official

The name for the company/his works is [Ad Astra], according to a translation and search, it actually means or could translate to [to the stars] a latin phrase where the origins with virgil who wrote in his Aeneid: "sic itur ad astra" ("thus one journeys to the stars"), and it could be a reference to the fanbase as the name is 'starlights'.

My favourite clips, live performances + fancams and solo/content.

My Favourite Stage based on the sets and props.

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Songs I still love.

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The group still uses their youtube account as well, this screenshot is a little older, but they finally brought back VIXX TV's newest season, so its definitely a recommend to.