Dear YG’s tiny princess Suhyun,

From the first time I heard you sing, I wondered,“whoa! How can such a powerful voice come out of such a tiny body?” WhenI heard you and your brother were going to be debuting under the YG label, Iknew I was going to have to train harder to be in the company you both. YG hasso many talented artists and then there was me… someone who wanted to be anactor and somehow was convinced to take vocal lessons.

And then you were going to sing with my group in Mix andMatch! (even if you denied me of that high five, no big deal, that wasn’tembarrassing or anything on a public broadcast… hahah) Wow, I knew I had todo well! I was very, very, very nervous…. not gonna lie to you. You are sotalented and so young and did I mention how talented you were? And that wasvery intimidating to me!

I’m glad that we’ve gotten closer over the years and I cannow call you a very talented artist and a dear friend of mine. You’re acomplete sweetheart and you know that your iKON oppas will always look out foryou! (This includes putting Chanwoo in line if he ever treats you badly. Youcome to oppa if that happens)

Your favorite iKON oppa (besides Chanwoo because I can’ttake that throne),

Yunhyeong oppa

P.S. I really want to make a duet someday, okay? Soooo…when you get your solo album, remember your oppa Yunhyeong is always good toyou!

P.P.S. No, you may not ever paint Chanwoo and my room pink.Or cover it from floor to ceiling in Rilakkuma dolls. No matter how much youpout. >.>

Dear Hanbin,

Somehow I think this is going to be more of a thank youletter than anything, just as a heads up. I still remember the first day thatwe met (and you politely laughed at my jokes, I appreciate that), and it waskind of hard to believe that someone younger than me was the 'leader.' I knewthat Jinhwan hyung was older than me, and Bobby the same age as me, and youwere the youngest out of us four... and the leader.

And you HAD been the leader. I was kind of thrown into yourtrio and that made me extremely nervous. I wanted to be an actor and I knewabsolutely nothing about dancing and singing... and the first... few months ofbeing in training with you three, I wondered why YG wanted me to be a singer.It didn't make sense. I watched the way you guys were able to do thechoreography so flawlessly and I would constantly step over my own two feet.Jinhwan would be able to sing perfectly and I my pitch was all over the placeand I couldn't keep up.

It was scary. I kept on wondering what I was doing. Maybe Ishould've gone home and thought about my life choices again. But then we hadthat really good heart to heart... remember that? It had been a long and verytrying day, i couldn't get anything right, and I asked you if I should continuethis or not. I will never forget the words you said to me and I have to thankyou. You easily could've told me to give up and I would've listened to you, butyou didn't.

That's when I truly knew how wonderful of a leader you weregoing to be. Or rather, how wonderful of a leader you already were. Sometimesyou are oh so very scary in the practice room and studio or first thing in themorning, but I know that your intentions are always to bring the best out ofus. Sometimes.

Ha ha, no, I'm kidding.

You can be pretty scary though, bro. hahaha

Beyond being the best leader to me and 5 other crazy kids,you're a wonderful friend. There aren't a lot of people that I tell my deepestdarkest secrets to, and I consider you one of those people. I know I canconfide in you with anything and you always have my back. And I also trust youto smack me upside the head if I need it too. You know I'll listen, haha.

Anyway, this is getting long and rambly now, so I shouldcome to some kind of a conclusion. Thank you for being a great leader and agreat friend... no matter what life brings for us and iKON, we will always makeit through together. I love you, Hanbin!

Your hyung,

Yunhyeong

Dear Emma Watson noona, 

I never thought I would be writing you a letter, but Icannot deny a request! However, I'm going to keep it short and sweet becauseI'm sure you get a lot of them and my English isn't the best. -clears throat-So hi, nice to meet you! I am a fan of yours and I already have preorderedtickets to the opening day of Beauty and the Beast! You are a great actress...and I want to be an actor one day, so maybe we can act in something in thefuture!

If I get permission, that is. ;D

Sincerely,

Song Yunhyeong

My Sana Banana, 

How to start this letter?How do you write a letter to someone who is so entwined with your entire beingthat you wouldn’t know what to do without them? Your best friend who hasalways been there since you were 8 years old, constantly by your side throughevery step of life? From primary school to middle school to the rare instancesof seeing each other in high school due to my trainee days?

Youcould’ve given up on me then since our meetings were few and far between. Evenwhen we did see each other, I felt like I didn’t know how to handle it and weoften fought. Everything seems to make more sense now that I look back on it,why we had our stupid immature arguments that lasted all of five minutes. I wasafraid of losing you or you finding someone else to replace me. (I’m stillreally sorry about that one time you did that huge final project with that guyfrom your class. I know it was strictly academically related and I blew it outof proportion when you didn’t call me back right away) I knew that I wouldnever be able to find someone like you ever again and I wanted you all tomyself.

….notlike much has changed in that aspect of our lives, but at least now I canopenly admit to that. m(｡_｡；))m

However,even though we only saw each other every few months or so, my day was notcomplete until I was able to talk to you, whether it be on the phone or a quickface time before bed. There were even the few (dozen) times where I’ll call youup, talk for a whole thirty seconds and then pass out while you were telling meabout your day. I’m sorry about those times, but know that your voice was themost soothing to talk to after hours upon hours of practice.

I’dbe lost without you, Minatozaki Sana, and I mean that with my whole heart andsoul. Through your wise words during our deep, heartfelt conversations to thetimes were you’d call me an idiot to keep me in line (most of the time it wasdeserved, haha)… I need you. I always have and I always will. No matter whatlife throws at me, I know that as long as I have you, I’ll be able to face thetrials and tribulations of life and Yang sunbaenim.

So…

Thankyou. Thank you for being my best friend, my cheerleader, my rock, my absolutefavorite part of the Yuniverse~ I look back on all the times we’ve had and Ithink about all the billions of memories that we still have time to make, andI’m excited for the future.

Lovealways,

SongYunhyeong

(Yourfavorite song~

NiveaFruity Shine kiss mark —>

Dear Past Me, 

Wow, you sure were pretty nervous and scared now that I’m looking back. I guess it makes sense, never truly knowing what was going to happen with your career - and thus, your entire life - since you were always guessing. ‘What i don’t make WINNER? What if I don’t make iKON? What would I do then… would I just give up the idol/acting life all together?’ It was something you’ve wanted ever since you were a little kid, so to give it all up would’ve been horrible, right? 

Then again, going to school and having a ‘normal’ career wouldn’t have been so bad. No matter what, you had your friends and your family supporting you 100%. With that, you were richer than you ever could ask for. 

But… don’t give up. Always work hard. Always listen to your leader (even when he frustrates you more than anything after making you do the same routine 209358309 times in a row). Always listen to your parents and your friends. Most importantly, always listen to your heart. It won’t steer you wrong. 

Oh. And spoiler? You do debut and your life kind of comes together in the first half of 2016. Funny how it happened so quickly, but… you will love your life and all that hard work and perseverance pays off. 

Life is good. 

~Yunhyeong 

Travel. Honestly. 

I would pick a place to go (Osaka or Paris, I think), hop a plane, and spend the entire day on a true vacation. I know I’ve said it before, but when we tour and stuff, we don’t actually get to enjoy where we are at. It’s a whirlwind of a trip and, it is what it is; work. That’s all it is. I enjoy my career so it’s not a chore, but in the time that we have traveled around a few places, I have been making a list of places where I’d like to return and if something I see (a landmark or something) piques my interest, I write it down. Literally. I have an actual notebook with this stuff. 

This is not something that I would be able to do on a whim, though. I wish that I was someone who could just ‘see what happens’ and ‘see where the wind takes me;’ I would have to fully plan it and pick where I wanted to go and what I would want to see... probably even pick the places I’d want to go eat. I would need that structure in this vacation, but I would want it to be extremely memorable. 

...and I wouldn’t go alone.