OMONA Exclusive: BTOB x Female Idol Friendships

[shinychopstick.livejournal.com]

Compared to other agencies, CUBE is relatively lax about their artists hanging out with the opposite sex (ex: Hyuna/L/Zico & more recently PENTAGON's Hongseok/P101 Soohyun). Though management used to caution against these interactions, that hasn't stopped BTOB members from being open about their friendships with female idols. For the most part, fans on all sides have been pretty chill and there haven't been any major scandals since BTOB are known to be a friendly bunch.

✨ f(x) ✨

As a native English speaker, Peniel's circle of friends include fellow Americans/Canadians in the K-Pop industry. He hangs out with Amber often outside of work.

Fun fact: Peniel also hangs out with Amber's sister, Jackie & Amber hosted 'A Song For You' with Sungjae.

✨ exid ✨

Peniel's close friends with EXID's Junghwa since they were trainees together under JYP. He considers her the female celebrity that he is closest to.

[PIC] 140326 Peniel, Sungjae and EXID's Junghwa pic.twitter.com/dNWSEanU9l

— WithBTOB ❤ (@withBTOB_) March 25, 2014

(photo taken by Peniel on his instagram)

Bonus Hani/Changsub

✨ girl's day ✨

Boy's Day member, Minhyuk has talked about his long-running friendship with Minah and Yura, whom he's worked with in 'Sweet Savage Family' and 'After the Play Ends'.  Minhyuk and Yura usually comment on each other's IG posts and tag each other in their pet posts. Yura is also friendly with Ilhoon, whom she partnered with in 'Tasty Road'.

✨ aoa ✨

Peniel's been spotted hanging out with AOA members, Seolhyun, Mina, and Hyejeong, who rolled out to his photography exhibition and left behind supportive messages. Peniel and Seolhyun also follow each other's dogs' instagrams.

✨ mamamoo ✨

This sunbae-hoobae relationship was forged partially due to their comparable vocals and the fact that Minhyuk and Moonbyul share the same face.

Fun fact: Changsub recently introduced APink's Chorong to Solar.

✨ melody day ✨

peniel and chahee areClose Friends why did i not know this TTHHHEEEEBbbb!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/3l5tSOMI4G

— j💛B² (@baekhyunsgf) January 25, 2017

Peniel's also close with Chahee from Melody Day. He usually promotes their new releases and even trusts her enough to babysit his doggo, Pennie.

Fun fact: Ilhoon also featured in their song, 'You Seem Busy'.

✨ hyuna ✨

since the only 92 liner in cube before was just hyuna, hyunsik rlly had to rely on her pic.twitter.com/g46aLvn5Bg

— Y00ㅋ (@andoriax) July 2, 2017

HyunA and Hyunsik are both '92 liners, but since they're both low-key, there isn't too much shared about their friendship. HyunA and Ilhoon also gifted us with the eternal bop, 'Roll Deep'.

Fun fact: Eunkwang is still awkward as hell around HyunA

✨ ladies code ✨

Ashley from ladies' code commented "Yassssssss🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼" on Peniel's post, I love other idols hyping him pic.twitter.com/Wzrmk66x2v

— tan (@ilhoonatic) June 23, 2017

Peniel and Ashley interact on Instagram and he often hypes their releases.

✨ red velvet ✨

Technically a work relationship but whatever. Sungjae and Joy's WGM stint gave us some hilarious "meeting the in-laws" moments that deserve mention (I recommend watching the full episode of their amusement park special). BTOB's admiration for Red Velvet runs deep as they've covered 'Dumb Dumb' more than once.

Fun fact: Eunkwang has mentioned Seulgi as his ideal type.

✨ stellar ✨

stellar's hyoeun & peniel wow i love more friendships pic.twitter.com/kRlDLbtq5s

— cami / pinned ! (@btobidols) July 7, 2017

 Hyoeun from Stellar gave Peniel a shout-out on his solo release. He's also promoted their singles on social media.

✨ ailee ✨

170530 Kevin's Instagram Update with Amber (with Ailee, Tia and Peniel) pic.twitter.com/6wdgefWvSM

— 헨버거 / #teamhenber (@fyeahhenber) May 30, 2017

No surprise, Peniel's also friends with Ailee. They've had some fun interactions and Ailee recently hyped his solo.

✨ apink ✨

List would be incomplete without BTOPink. They trained together under Cube and are known for their sibling-like relationship, so much so that their fandoms overlap. They always mention each other on variety shows and social media and share a Kakao Talk group chat.

Changsub and Chorong, both '91-ers, prove time and time again that they're BFFs.

✨ joo ✨

Joo and Ilhoon are siblings, but that didn't stop Monsta X's Minhyuk from mistaking them as a couple (and coolly pretending that he didn't see anything).






Sources
Peniel's YT: POV 1/2, Peniel's IG: @btobpeniel 1/2/3/4/5, Amber's IG: @ajol_llama 1/2, Melody Wong, @withBTOB_, Peniel's IG: @penography310, MBCdrama, @akistargram, @Kent_explorer, Yura's IG: @yura_936, 사랑해비뚜비뚜비, MBCkpop 1/2, @baekhyunsgf, @andoriax, sungjaelly, @ilhoonatic, TV-People 1/2, Ana Beatriz, @btobidols, @fyeahhenber, SBS Entertainment, MBCentertainment, Instiz, line wong, APINK COMEDY, kpopkfans

Comments

[shinychopstick.livejournal.com]

I don't really remember hearing about any controversy but I wouldn't be surprised if fans got worked up over 2 minutes of physical contact on a friggin roller coaster

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

LOL that bits were really cute. Yeri was saying 'Im scared..' And Changsub replied 'Me too..' 8D

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Yes couldn't agree for more. Not only they are hilarious but they are very gentlemen at the same time. :)

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

man, that was so dumb. he was just being kind and brotherly. that moment perfectly complemented the hidden camera where he was all firm and manly and protective.

[nekokonneko.livejournal.com]

what i love about that moment was how polite he was. he wasn't getting into a self-aggrandising dick measuring contest, he was just firmly letting the actor guy know that he wasn't treating his girlfriend right.

hell, i was a already a fan of the group and i liked him well enough, but that segment changed the way i saw him too. he rocketed right up my bias list.

[a-suitcase.livejournal.com]

So I don't really care about boy groups but this was a super cute post! I love idol friendships.

[daceymormont.livejournal.com]

so cute! i love btob, they are such a funny bunch.
i wish male and female idols could openly hang out together

[shinychopstick.livejournal.com]

for all their flop business decisions, I'm at least glad that Cube groups seem to get a lot of leeway in their private lives compared to other idols. They generally get to talk to whoever they want, post whatever they want, go wherever they want, eat fast food late at night and control their own diet/workout regimen (at least the boy groups). Hopefully it helps with their mental health and well-being in the long run

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Its one of the reasons why I like CUBE groups...they're generally chill (& talented & gorgeous). I remember in one of The Beat episodes, Sungjae (with Eunkwang & Changsub) said that they got scolded by their manager coz they were talking about weird things while recording & will most likely get scolded again for that video but they'll upload it anyways. And on a solo interview, he said he used to get reprimanded for posting weird/ugly pictures but eventually they stopped coz he continues to post them anyways hahaha

[welljustguess.livejournal.com]

thanks for this cute post op! need more positive things in life

[figus204.livejournal.com]

A+ post! Thank you OP!

[adenar.livejournal.com]

Great post idea + flawless execution OP!

[lovebeat-down.livejournal.com]

Amber and Peniel were both terrible at that game lol

They went hard on the dumb dumb cover

The boys are likeable and talented , i never understood why they didn't blow up during "wow" era

[minho-lover.livejournal.com]

cutest post! love btob, love idol interactions!

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

what a lovely post :D i love these social butterflies and that the fandom is chill about it because they serve so many cute moments
there's also that phonecall between eunkwang and seulgi that was super cute and when they were talking at some concert, i wish they had more things together bc their family wgm episodes left me wanting more :(

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this sweet post OP! I honestly think that BTOB members are so nice so they got lots of friends in the industry.

Most adorable for me is Changsub and Chorong's friendship :)

[sanctuairee.livejournal.com]

this is so cute and just what i needed today, thanks op!

minhyuk's reaction to ilhoon and joo is killing mee

[itskimberlyjoy.livejournal.com]

This is a good break from scandals left and right! But come on, OP! Where's my Changsub/Chorong posts? I know they can be included in the BTOB/Apink one but those two are just so friendship goals! Those phone call pranks are the best ❤️👏🏼🤣

[shinychopstick.livejournal.com]

lmao I was gonna add more to their separate section but decided to keep it cool (and pretend I don't secretly ship them). I remember Changsub saying that there's no friendship without feeling between a man and woman. mmhmmm 👀