I still can't wrap my head around the fact that NCT's Lee Jeno and Na Jaemin are of the same height and build. To me, Jeno is a tall, imposing, muscular youth; and Jaemin is an impish little wood sprite.
Jeno and Jaemin.
Actually Jeno and Jaemin.
Jaemin in particular fascinates me. His fans call him Nana and associate him with pink and ballet shoe emojis. He is wide-mouthed and pink-lipped and his eyes are large and bright. His mien is emphatic but inscrutable, and he insists on bringing a strange chewy sound to every NCT Dream song. His official plushy is this rabbit.
Kkyuping.
The earlier model Jaeminbun is perhaps a more accurate representation of him.
Jaeminbun.
Jaemin and Jeno share the role of Guy Who Raps in NCT Dream - in fact it is often difficult to tell their voices apart. Slowly they will begin to distinguish themselves in a listener's mind once it becomes clear that Jaemin is the one who is always being weird, while Jeno in comparison keeps on the straight and narrow. Here is a famous (infamous?) excerpt of Jaemin's line in NCT U's best song, "Birthday Party".
A favorite tweet of mine.
So Jeno and Jaemin have done a little album together as the unit NCT JNJM. The title track of the mini album is called "Both Sides". I don't have very much to say about it - it is, surprisingly, okay, with an interesting beat and a pretty fun concept: Jeno and Jaemin do not have a "good side" because both sides of their faces are their good sides. Jaemin himself tells us this in the English intro to the song.
Like okay man.
To say that I didn't expect the song to be good is not wholly an insult to Jeno and Jaemin's talents - I just meant that the general shirtlessness and queerbaiting of the teasers made me think there was some overcompensation going on. I guess they were just taking advantage of the marvelous looks of these young men.
Another, longer teaser, with a plot and everything, has Jaemin as a malevolent trickster and Jeno as his Bond-like saboteur. This is, of course, extremely sexually charged. I believe in the wonderful queerbaiting abilities of these two men. They show a lot of promise. I'm not so sure about the acting because I don't speak Korean.
