RULES: must be 'active' in the k-pop industry by releasing music (anything later than january 2018). there's too many ex-idols who now have youtube careers that i'm a fan of + i wanna give some of my current favs a chance to shine. one idol per group.

(honourary mentions: every other member of rainbow!)

• 1. yoonhye - rainbow

instagram last year marked rainbow's 10th anniversary. to celebrate they not only went on vacation, but documented the experience in a fan photobook + merch, held a fanmeet, went on variety shows and RELEASED NEW MUSIC! this allows me to once again have yoonhye on my bias list, in which she naturally snatches 1st place. aside from this, yoonhye has become a youtuber, and interacts with her comments section quite often (including my own occasional comments!!). she's also become super active on instagram again after being relatively missing from the platform for a while. thank you for your work my lovely purple -bows- here's a video of rainbow performing aurora and here's one of my personal favourite yoonhye fancams

• 2. sana - twice

twicetagram sana continues to keep me wanting more more more more more & more from her and i don't think it'll change. she's had amazing styling thru the year (looking at you @ that one photoshoot where she was giving us miss honey from matilda vibes). i've been a sana bias since sixteen and at this point she's as much of a mainstay as yoonhye. here's a fancam of her performing more & more

• 3. hyoseong - soloist (ex-secret)

instagram it's been a good time to be a seti. hyoseong has established her own agency and released a super cute song called starlight. she's been active on variety, went on idol radio with jieun...i'm so happy to see her thriving after so many years in the tshit dungeon, and i can't wait to see what's in store for her music wise now that she has control over her musical output and is truly walking her own path. here's a video from her youtube channel

• 4. soyee - gugudan

instagram i love gugudan. they're my favourite "3rd gen" girl group. but with how it's looking right now, this may be the last year i can include soyee on my bias list. it's upsetting because she's totally my type, i love her voice and her presence in the group. stuck by her thru her hiatus and was SO thankful when she returned, though i'm still bitter we never got a re-recording of chococo with ot9. anyways i hope that by the end of this year we'll finally have new gugudan music and new soyee fancams! here's one of her performing not that type

• 5. boa - soloist

instagram boa's 20th anniversary was a couple weeks ago. i don't think i really have to say much about how much i love her; she's still doing the most all these years later, and it's so fulfilling to be her fan. unfortunately boa hasn't released new music in 2020 - but rest assured it's coming. would have been nice if it was ready in time for her anniversary, but oh well! here's a fancam of her performing starry night

• 6. sunmi - soloist (ex-wonder girls)

instagram while we're waiting for sunmi's next big musical project (only singles since last year), it's not like we've been starved. each single has provided AMPLE miya content and i am beyond satisfied. can't wait for the mini or full album or whatever all these singles are leading to, i hope borderline is included! here's a video of her performing borderline

• 7. minah - soloist (girl's day)

instagram girl's day's 10th anniversary was this year and oh man was it great. group photos. music from sojin and variety appearances by all the members etc. and minah is still being minah, having one of the most aesthetic instagrams ever and releasing the occasional lovely song. here's her most recent track, butterfly

• 8. luda - wjsn

instagram everyone knows that i stan black haired luda and SHE IS BACK!! makes up for how disappointing butterfly was for me; the clothes were also trash, but luda makes it work. here's a fancam of her performing butterfly

• 9. huihyeon - dia

instagram honestly, it's always been difficult for me to choose a bias in dia. every member has a certain 'energy' to them that makes me go fucking nutso in a way i don't often act for other groups. but whenever i'm in doubt, huihyeon will show up out of nowhere to remind me that yes i am gay and yes i am whipped for her in the most disorienting way possible. here's a fancam of her performing hug u

• 10. chorong - apink

instagram as most people who know me are aware, my apink bias was yukyung before she left the group in 2013. since then i've usually called myself bomi biased. however in recent years (at least since five era) chorong has been consistently biaswrecking me and i've decided now is the time to call rongleader my #1! here's a fancam of her performing dumhdurum

• 11. EJ - elris

elris instagram 2020 has been the year of elris for me. i've always been interested in them since pow pow, but jackpot iturned me into a hardcore blris. elris' comeback was long awaited & also gave us two new members: chaejeong and EJ, the latter of which totally stole my heart and is now one of my favourite idols. she's a 97 liner like myself which already endears me to her, she's got a REALLY CUTE SMILE and just gives me a boost of serotonin everytime i see her. i love her voice (rap + vocals) and her dancing is amazing. she's funny, she's passionate, and she rounds out ot7 perfectly. i am so happy that she joined the group and can't wait to see more from her. couldn't find a fancam, so here's her posing for fact in star

• 12. sunny - snsd

instagram what do i even say? sunshiner4eva etc etc, hopefully sunny will release new music soon because i barely watch kvariety and that's most of her activities nowadays. here's a video of her at some press conference thing in 2018

• 13. vivi - loona

loona instagram ohhhhhh vivi. she slays so much with minimal opportunity to do so. AT LEAST WE CAN SEE HER FORHEAD RIGHT NOW! here's a fancam of her performing so what - don't blink or you'll miss her 0.5 second lines but who cares when she looks THIS HOT

• 14. bitna - sunny hill

instagram sunny hill was an unpredictable comeback last year. they are giving me the milf vibes i so crave in k-pop and bitna is the milf empress. i am not worthy. here's a 19 MINUTE fancam of her performing a bunch of their songs

• 15. jisoo - blackpink

instagram jisoo has always been my favourite member of blackpink, and i'm in the minority. everyone always says that she's the least popular because she just doesn't 'stand out' as much as her members, which is definitely done on purpose because she's meant to be the "actress disease" member or w/e. but it's precisely her normalcy that makes me so into her; that image is a facade. she's actually insane and weider than you'd think. her voice is my fav in the group and i just adore her whole 'not trying whatsoever but still making me pay attention' thing. here's her performing how you like that

• 16. yua mikami - honey popcorn

instagram on principle i have to stan yua. she's a very successful jav actress in control of her career who doesn't give a fuck. i love stanning honey popcorn because it makes people mad but moreso because i genuinely think that have good songs & i'm happy to see yua doing things she's passionate about. also she's insanely hot and i lose my mind whenever i open twitter because she posts way more shit on there but anyways here's a video of her covering twice's candy pop. i KNOW this is kind of an old video but it's one of my favs from her channel

• 17. suyeon - weki meki

instagram when weki meki was set to debut i immediately decided i would stan suyeon only because she looks like yoonhye. fortunately for me i ended up loving her for more genuine reasons when they actually became an active girl group - i love her voice, her attitude, everything. she's also a really good leader. and she can stand on her own looks wise, i barely compare her to yoonhye nowadays. here's a fancam of her performing dazzle dazzle

• 18. sori - soloist (ex-cocosori)

instagram MY LATEX QUEEN IS BACK WITH ANOTHER SONG THAT I ACTUALLY LOVE. STREAM INITIAL S PLEASE GOD PLEASE SHE'S BIKING AND WEARING SWIMSUITS SHE'S BIKING AND WEARING SWIMSUITS!!!!!! HERE'S THE MUSIC VIDEO WATCH INITIAL S RIGHT NOW

• 19. jisoo - lovelyz

instagram the best ever come in my life who has snatched the coveted lovelyz bias position away from mijoo after years of attempts. i think it was their sixth sense cover that really made my brain decide that jisoo was taking over. here's a fancam of her performing obliviate

• 20. umji - gfriend

instagram it took me a while to fully commit to being a gfriend fan, but i'm happy i'm finally here. i have never had a concrete bias in this group (usually switch between sowon and umji and yerin) but holy shit, umji has really grown up and flourished. she's really doing amazing with their current concept, though i also totally adored crossroads. here's a fancam of her performing apple