MEAWW.COM / ENTERTAINMENT / K-POP NEWS

'iKON's Type: One Summer Night’: Band talks solo debuts and Junhoe overcomes his fear

iKON gets honest about wanting solo activities while Junhoe overcomes his fear of water and heights in the latest episodes of their reality show

iKONICs don’t have to wait anymore as iKON is back. While iKON is one of the leading third-gen boy groups of K-pop, they have been pretty inactive in the past few years. Fans have eagerly been requesting their agency, YG to give the boys more comebacks and gigs. And it looks like 2021 might be their year. We got our first single of the year with ‘Why Why Why’ after which they participated in the fierce survival show ‘Kingdom’. And now they have their very own reality show ‘iKON’s Type: One Summer Night’.

Anyone who is a fan of iKON knows that whenever the boys are on reality or a variety show, there is always chaos. However, the last time we saw the whole group together on such a show was for their reality show ‘I LOG U’ more than a year ago. To make up for lost time, the boys are going all out with ‘iKON’s Type: One Summer Night’, as well as group comeback and solo debuts.

READ MORE
Jinhwan confirms iKON comeback and hints at solo album, fans call him the 'perfect human'

‘iKON's Type: One Summer Night’: Air time, how to stream K-pop group's new reality travel show

iKON's reality show

While Bobby has already had a solo debut, the rest of the members do not. And iKONICs have been waiting forever. They went into a frenzy when the boys teased Jay aka Jinhwan for a Weverse post that fans thought was a spoiler for his solo debut. He then ended up confirming that something was indeed in the works during an interview with Marie Claire. And the boys also spoke about solo ventures during the latest episodes of ‘iKON’s Type: One Summer Night’.

Junhoe overcomes his fear

Ju-ne aka Junhoe first ended up trending as proud iKONICs saw him overcoming his fear of heights and water. For the reality show, the boys went on a trip and played in a pool at a resort. iKON, as well as the fans, cheered Junhoe as he went on a water slide in the episode. Later on, he and DK aka Donghyuk also spoke about the group’s activities. The latter stated that he wanted iKON to have a comeback soon since their fans were waiting for them. Junhoe added that, along with it, he wanted each of the members to have solo activities whether it is in music or acting.

Solo ventures for the members

As hinted in the press release for the reality show, the boys got honest and frank as they also spoke about haters and trolls. Jinhwan confessed that supportive comments gave him strength as it is easy to tear down an idol’s confidence with hate comments. He added that even if he has one supporter, it will give him strength and build his confidence. He also said that since the new fans they gained through ‘Kingdom’ he felt the added pressure to come back soon and so he can’t really enjoy his break.

Song aka Yunhyeong also spoke about the time they were on survival shows to debut. iKON is one of the few groups to have been on numerous survival shows. After losing the survival show ‘Win’ which formed the group Winner, he stated that he gave his all in ‘Mix & Match’ that formed iKON. He didn’t want to be a burden to his members and so has continued to do his best since then.

'So precious'

iKONICs were touched by how honest the boys were being and sent supportive messages on Twitter. One fan tweeted, “Junhoe is both afraid of water and height so seeing him conquer that fear and doing this water activity makes me so proud and happy for him. and look how proud his hyungs and maknae on him so precious.” They also brought back hilarious moments from the episodes, “Junhoe: What is your favourite colour and why? Donghyuk: (thinking so hard then starts rapping),” and “For me, the sexiest part of Junhoe’s body is his mind I love it so much I want how he views things.”

They also found it hilarious that Chan and Yunhyeong, who look alike got scared when they realized they were roommates, “Twin monsters become new kingmate and look at the way they both got surprised of each other hahahahahahaha and even the way they react is totally the same hahahahaha.” “Chanwoo is a babie, and bobby is chanwoo’s babie,” pointed out one fan. iKONICs also found it funny that the teaser where Jinhwan is crying was actually fake, “Teaser: oh my god jinhwan cried for real  in reality with jinhwan and chanwoo:.”