MIRAE Junhyuk shed tears during his appearance on "Idol Radio 3," and the reason concerns another K-pop idol. Keep on reading to know what happened.
MIRAE Junhyuk Cries During 'Idol Radio 3' Appearance Because of THIS ATEEZ Member
On the Oct. 3 broadcast of "Idol Radio 3," MIRAE was the latest guest. The rookie boy group just made their comeback on Sept. 28 with their fourth EP "Ourturn," and they're on the radio show to promote their new release.
"Idol Radio 3" is a radio program where K-pop idols are typically the hosts and where other artists appear as guests. The show features discussions on various topics, Q&A sessions, games, and other activities that let the listeners know more about the featured artists.
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The current hosts of "Idol Radio 3" are ATEEZ members Yunho and Hongjoong, and one MIRAE member took the opportunity to get close to Yunho. That member is Junhyuk, who has been looking up to ATEEZ Yunho since he was a trainee.
During the broadcast "of Idol Radio 3," MIRAE Junhyuk had multiple adorable interactions with ATEEZ Yunho, such as him touching the senior idol's hand during a blindfolded game and standing next to him for photographs.
The two main dancers even got the chance to dance to MIRAE's "Drip N' Drop" together.
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Later on, Junhyuk had the chance to take a photo together with Yunho. But before posing for the camera, the two gave messages to each other. Yunho told Junhyuk that his letter meant a lot to him as it gave him so much energy. After hearing this, the MIRAE member couldn't help but burst into tears.
Following the broadcast of "Idol Radio 3," MIRAE Junhyuk took to Bubble to talk to the fans about his interaction with ATEEZ Yunho.
MIRAE Junhyuk has been open about Yunho being his role model since before. He once shared on a different radio show that he wants to meet Yunho. He even wrote a letter for the senior idol after learning that ATEEZ will guest on the same radio program the following week after their appearance. He then handed the letter to the hosts to give it to Yunho.
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This letter was the one Yunho was referring to when he was talking to Junhyuk on "Idol Radio 3." Junhyuk's letter reads:
"To Yunho sunbaenim,
Hello, sunbaenim! It's MIRAE's Junhyuk! I was sad that we didn't get to personally give you our 1st album, but I realized you made a comeback when we ended promotions for our 2nd album too. Congratulations so so much on your comeback~!! If we have the chance to meet, I'd really like to give you our album
Please stay healthy as always, and I love you so, so much.
I really hope to see you. I really love you ~~ MIRAE Junhyuk."
MIRAE Sets New 2nd Highest First-Week Sales Record With 'Ourturn'
In other news, MIRAE has wrapped up the first-week sales of their fourth mini-album "Ourturn."
On Oct. 5, Hanteo Chart announced that MIRAE's "Ourturn" sold a total of 46,528 copies from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4. This figure is now the group's new second-highest first-week sales to date. Their previous record was 46,274 copies set by their second mini-album "Splash."
Meanwhile, one day after its release, MIRAE's "Ourturn" entered on iTunes K-pop Album charts in different regions, such as Germany (No. 1), United States (No. 2), United Kingdom (No. 2), Japan (No. 5), Belgium (No. 19), Netherlands (No. 22), Italy and Spain (No. 34).
Watch MIRAE's "Drip N' Drop" music video below:
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Written by Maria Scott
