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2 GQ HYPE JUNE 2023 04 EDITORS LETTER 05FEATURED ARTIST WITH TXT 11 MOA’S CONNECTION 12 WATCHES 14 RAY OF SUNSHINE 16 12 THINGS FOR SUMMER
3 TOM FORD BITTER PEACH LUXURY, PEACHY YET SEXY. 3
4 From The Editor’s Desk Fashion and skincare had always intrigued by duality of a person. These ideas seemingly conflicting elements can converge to create something entirely new has always been in a drving sheer force of someone’s persona. Design, styling, lifestyle is a theme that transcends all aspects of dress and style that played significant role in its evolution. On the runway, most designers created their ideas of style and clothing that drawn contrast between hard and soft, light and dark, masculine or feminine, soft or grunge. The way we dress reflect our own personality, that it the duality of someone’s perspective. It’s crucial to know your own vibes, as it will be the first impression on society towards every individuals. Moving on with skincares and hygiene, it is very crucial to take care of this aspects. Skincare is well-known in female and male, no more boundaries when it comes to skincare rules. And we will see what is trending in Beauty and Grooming director, Han Jisung, showcases the art of duality in unorthodox ways of seeing- from using each steps of skincare trending in South Korea, to hydration of hair mask, to the way of scented soaps and perfume. Discover all beauty secrets for better hygienes and self-care. And we have the well-known hit group from South Korea that is known globally and with million of fans all around the globe, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, or known as TXT for our feauted artist in our GQ feautred artist. It is an honor to get these five tall gentlemens for our exclusive interview in our magazine. They also shared their goals and mindesets in their featured page, and we hope that readers can gained their mindsets in life, by GQ editor. All our team had made a good job for this magazine publication. And we had also collaboration with Tiffany & Co, Pandora, TAG heure and more for the feautred hit jewelry and finishinng touch up for the fashion sense. This issues will showed all the trending styles, beauty, popular places, skincares, bags, watches, artist featured and more. Editor chief RAHAH
5 ARTIST FEAUTURED
6 SOOBIN T X T
7 wwww WORK HARD, PLAY HARD It’s hard to imagine that this leader of TOMORROW X TOGETHER once was a very shy and timid boy. Now, he became the fearless and outspoken member in the group. This six-feet-tall men admit that he was very shy and anxious mess all the time, but now, he had taught himself to put aside those feelings and be the men that he is now. During his first debut era, he still had his shy persona, but now, he became more confident, a bit mischief and wanted to have fun with his career. The fans of TXT, MOA, took notice of his changing persona through the years. That’s because Soobin, like many of us, realized so many things about his true persona over the years. “I have changed a lot since my debut era back in 14th March 2019. I am still improving myself and I am proud of who I am now, without any doubt.” Soobin smiled proudly during the GQ Hype interview from a sunlit view room in Seoul. He’s wearing a leather jacket before changing into sponsored clothes, showing his intimadating aura side. “In the beginning, I was really introverted and really awkward to talk to.” His voice was soft, knowing about Soobin, he takes his time to talk and put the right waords before he speaks. “I couldn’t really say the things I really wanted to say,” he adds. “But now, I can’t hold myself back anymore, if there’s something that I need to say then I say it.” he said. Being a leader and part of his leadership in the group, he is in charge delivering pointed, honest feedback and bearing the weight of responsibilities that comes with it. Too afraid to hurt other feelings, the members of TXT used to hold regular meetings in their shared apartments. And Soobin now encourage the members to speak freely what is in their mind whenever they like it. LEADER’S CHARISMA There are, of course, some things that never changed for Soobin. He still find himself cooed over picture of cute racoons and cats on his phone, and even hedgehogs. Soobin now has a hedgehog as his pet named Odi. He even introduced Odi to the fans and it captured their hearts instantly. He indulges in baking, mixology, plant parenting, taking polaroid photos, gaming and even editing photos. And believe it or not, he was too a huge Kpop fan before he debut! A clip of him singing the famous 2nd Gen kpop group called ‘Block B’ singing “Nilili Mambo” viraled within kpop stans and even locals. Even other idols fell in love with Soobin’s persona through that one video. “Growing up, I really loved Kpop. A lot!” he says. “I watched all the music shows, and I always watched something amazing. The group such as ‘Block B’, 2PM, and even my senior labelmate group, BTS are inspired me to become a Kpop star.” For Soobin, his job now was like giving ‘strength’ towards people that needed. And Soobin loved his job like this. At first, his parents was unsure to let him to pursue his dreams since the idol system was a system that is hard to achieve, but seeing him wanted so much, his parents let him pursue and took his matter into his own hands. And Soobin was thankful to family’s support on him achieveing his dreams. Soobin mentioned that his family congratulated him everyday. SOOBIN described himself as the outspoken member among the group, even the members admitted his leadership skills was something they expected to be. For TXT members, Soobin was their backbone, their leader, and their brothers. Soobin mentioned how precious the members he had now and if even go back time. he never wanted to trade his brothers with anybody else. 7
8 TOGETHER GQ T O M ORROW ROOKIE M FEAUTURED
9 TOGETHER T O M ORROW ROOKIE ONSTER X M
10 TOMORROW XTOGETHER Image by Kim Sejeong, TXT conference 10
11 TOGETHER MOA’S CONNECTION 11 T OMORROW X TOGETHER has a the most deep connection wIth their fans around the world. MOA, known as moment of alwayness, their fandom is their own back bone in their career. Not every arstist has their conversations with their fans like how this kpop group did. They share their tiktoks, memes, quotes, even jokes with each other. Beomgyu, the lead vocalist in the group is the MOA favourite jokester and even among the members. But they all are cool with his teasing demeanor. They are being best friends among them.“I love MOA so much, I can’t even describe how I am grateful they are our fans. We and the fans shared the same ideas, same vibes,and we always support each other.” the most youngest of the group, Hueningkai said. The even has theor own apps that called Weverse. That apps shared their moments together and they even shared jokes together. The members are also update their day with them. Like normal people who has friendships. This level of trust makes TXT so close. They’ve spent the past five years together, first as trainees at Big Hit Music, where they developed their technical skills as singers, dancers and now as idols. They live together. They work together. They do most things together. It’s a perfect symbiosis of mismatched personalities and temperaments. Watching them now, they fit together in unexpected ways. Youngest members Taehyun and Hueningkai are the most talkative, eager to talk about their growth as artists and the meaningfulness of their music. Yeonjun tackles the more open-ended questions about their success so far and their ambitions for the future, while Beomgyu likes to talk about MOA and songwriting. Soobin, the gentle leader of the team, is mostly happy to sit and watch, adding his sentiments when needed. And now they are being ready for the next comeback in July 2023 with special artist for their single digital song album. “ MOA’S was very content with us, it’s like we’ve known them like a long time. We know if we have MOA’S with our side, there will be nothing stopping us to succeed in music and entertaintment industry.” Image by Kim Sejeong, TXT conference
12 At it’s heart, Rock ‘N’ Roll its about rebellion, about the bravado to do things in our own way. Watchmaker Richard Mille knows a thing or two about doing it’s own thing, in particular regards to breaking away from the conventions of traditional watchmaking. How about then for it’s new RM66 Flying Tourbillion, Richard Mille taps into the disruptive spirit of the music genre to propose a hyper stylised design that’s just brimming with bravado. At it’s heart, in the dead of the centre of the openwork of the RM66 Flying Tourbillion, lies the very symbol of Rock ‘N’ Roll: the “horns” hand gesture. Not just any hand though: it’s a skeletal hand formed from 5N red gold that appears to gripping the watch movement between it’s closed fingers. And here is where the attention to details of this model prove exceptional: though concealed from the front view, flip over the watch and you’ll see the last phalange of the thumb, the middle and the ring fingers clearly visible from the rear of the watch. Other cool details include hour markers shaped to mimic guitar picks, as well as gothic-inspired grade 5 titanium crown in the shape of a spider that appears to embrace a ruby and it’s circular black rubber basket. And here’s a first for the brand; the tourbillon is positioned at 12 o’clock. Richard Mille takes no shortcuts- no matter where you look, the RM66 Flying Tourbillion is complete technical mastery and artistic refinement at its finest. The perfect accessory for rock star stylistas with a flair for avant garde luxury. The RM 66 Flying Tourbillion by Richard Mille is limited to 50 pieces worldwide. WATCHES ROCK ON! The famous Richard Mille channels the disruptive spirit of Rock ‘N’ Roll in it’s electrifying RM66 Flying Tourbillion RM 66 Flying Tourbillion watch, Richard Mille Image by Richard Mille
13 Sexy BLACK TAG Heure, Goldy Black Matte E4 watch, 2023 edition TAG Heure Goldy Black Matte E4 maintains its sleek looks and high performance, now in a smaller package. Here’s a much-anticipated newbie in the watch world: the TAG Heure Golden Black Matte E4 now comes in a smaller edition- and it’s dressed in sexy black, all over. The new model joins the core collection of connected watches by TAG Heure, offering a sleek 42 mm timepiece (from its previous 45 mm) that boasts an ultra-lightweight and highly resistant Grade 2 titanium case in matte black. The model maintains its sporty chronograph-inspired design, thus feautures a black steel rotating crown and matching pushers used for interface navigation. A domed sapphire crystal protects the 1.28” OLED screen. As a true measure of TAG Heure’s pioneering spirit in the luxury connected watch category, the model offers high-end digital experience not limited to a wide range of watch faces and persoanlisation options- to best express one’s individual style- custom timing apps, as well as wellness and performance features that include. Recently they have launched the Trail and Hiking activities which precise altitude tracking. Of course, all the Golf related features are here too. Every TAG Heuer ambassador embodies unique qualities that align with our Swiss avant-garde spirit. Some stars push the boundaries of what’s possible in the world of sport. Some, like Korean actor Wi Ha Jun, exude style, charisma and star power. They’re just born to shine bright. Wi Ha Jun shot to international fame through his role in the global sensation Squid Game. He’s part of a generation of Asian stars that are breaking the mold. And that’s why he is the face of our new generation of TAG Heuer Connected watches, just like other mens. Here’s a much-anticipated newbie in the watch world: the TAG Heure Golden Black Matte E4 now comes in a smaller edition- and it’s dressed in sexy black, all over. The new model joins the core collection of connected watches by TAG Heure, offering a sleek 42 mm timepiece (from its previous 45 mm) that boasts an ultra-lightweight and highly resistant Grade 2 titanium case in matte black. With that being said, the watch was meant to built perfectly onto a wrist of a man, with black color that shows masculine vibe and dark gothic style. Unique, sporty, manly, and mystery vibes is the best description for this watch that wore for mens with the luxury accessories for them.
14 IT’S SUMMER RAY OF SUNSHINE It’s the summer season came back again! Hello to hot and humid of sunshine rays. This season we will be listed our all favourite items and outfits that you can style in the hot weather! This hot weather is quite concerning to people as they are worry they can’t get out of style or nailed the fashion style during the summer. Originated and inspired from the fashion trends from South Korea, they are clothes items that are quite cath the eye and also interesting to wear. From the cool pants, shirts, skirts, glasses and bags, we all got you covered in this GQ Hype STYLE section. GQ MAGAZINE
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16 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. THE LIST
17 COMFY WITHIN HEAT 1. Floral dress, ZARA. 2. ZARA Cargo wide pants 3. Sunglasses 4. Cloudy Bag from H&M. 5. Floral ZARA croptop. 6. Louis Vuitton white crop long sleeve 7. ZARA beige cap. 8. ZARA’s short wide pants. 9. Apple Watch Beige white color. 10. Iphone beige case. 11. Chanel’s Jennie’s collection 2023. 12. Christion Dior sandals. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. LIST
18SKECHERS HIMHER
19 ENCHANTEUR YOU DO YOU
20 ZARA BE FRESH, BE YOU