THE FUTURE OF KPOP IS HERE!

YES, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU. WHO ELSE SHOULD I BE TALKING ABOUT, IF NOT OUR BEST MAKNAE OF SEVENTEEN EVER!!!

LEE JUNG CHAN<3

I SHOULD BE TELLING YOU TO RELAX, TO KEEP YOURSELF CALM AND COLLECTED ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY, AND READ THE PLETHORA OF BIRTHDAY GREETINGS YOU RECEIVE FROM FANS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY ALIKE.

INSTEAD, I WANT YOU TO GO ALL OUT, REACH THE SKIES, SEE THE WORLD, SCREAM LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW, AND LIVE YOUR LIFE TO ITS FULLEST!

IT'S IRONIC THAT I'M WRITING THIS DOWN FOR YOU AS I SKIM ALL MY THOUGHTS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WON'T EVEN READ THIS. BUT THAT WON'T STOP ME FROM GIVING YOU THE APPRECIATION YOU DESERVE LEE CHAN!!

YOUR LOVE AND DEDICATION TO DANCE, YOUR ICONIC PI CHEOLIN CHARACTER, AND YOUR FUNNY DAD JOKES ARE ONLY THE FEW OF MANY QUALITIES THAT I LOVE ABOUT YOU. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, BUT YOU WON'T READ THIS ANYWAY TT.

I AM PROUD OF YOU, AS A SELF-PROCLAIMED DINONARA, AS A CARAT, AS A 7-YEAR GOING STRONG SUPPORTER, AS SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THAT YOU WERE DESTINED FOR GREATNESS, AND AS MANY TIMES OVER.

YOU ARE THE BEST MAKNAE OF SEVENTEEN. YOU ARE ONE OF THE THIRTEEN REASONS WHY THE GROUP SHINES AS BRIGHT AS DAY. YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT ONCE YOU FINALLY DROP YOUR SOLO ALBUM. DINO LAST ORDER I'M WAITING FOR YOU BRUH.

I REALLY HOPE THAT YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR SEVENTEEN FAMILY ALL GAVE YOU LOVE AND PRESENTS TODAY.

LIFE FLIES BY SO QUICKLY THAT SOMETIMES I FORGET, YEAH, WE REALLY WENT THROUGH ALL OUR HARDSHIPS THAT WE FACED. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO HAVE YOUR VLIVE NAMES AS DINO'S DANCEOLOGIES. LOOK HOW FAR WE CAME, WE'RE HERE AT OUR PEAK YET WE'LL STILL KEEP ON MOVING UPWARDS.

THAT'S THE LEE CHAN I KNOW, THE MOST TALENTED, HARDWORKING, VERY APPEALING, HYPE-WORTHY, FUTURE OF KPOP.

EVEN IF WE'RE BOTH BORN IN '99, I FEEL LIKE YOUR GROWTH IN THIS JOURNEY IN MUSIC LET YOU EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS EVEN MORE.

MY TIME WITH YOU IN CARATLAND FEELS LIKE I'M WITH A LONG-TIME FRIEND WHO'S ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER. AND THAT SAYS A LOT SINCE IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE YOU LAST DID A VIDEO SOLO VLIVE, SORRY I COUNTED IT. I LOVE WAITING ON YOUR VLIVES BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE A STORY TO TELL. YEAH, EVEN THE TIME YOU ACCIDENTALLY SLEPT ON VLIVE-RADIO. I REMEMBER THAT AS CLEAR AS DAY. OR EVEN THE TIME YOU ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ON THE VIDEO AND YOUR BUNNY HEADBAND SHOWED. OH BRO I LOVE YOU.

I REALLY CAN'T SAY ANY INSIGHTFUL WORDS FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU WON'T EVEN HAVE THE CHANCE TO READ THIS LMAOOO.

BUT REALLY, IN YOUR DARKEST OF TIMES, I HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE A VERY SOLID SUPPORT SYSTEM ON YOUR BACK. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU.

YOUR BROTHERS LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS US CARATS LOVE YOU DEARLY AS WELL.

YOU'RE ONLY 23 YEARS OLD. YOU'RE STILL SO YOUNG, YET EXPERIENCED THE SAME LIFE AS YOUR BROTHERS HAVE FACED. TRAINING, TEARS, SWEAT, FRIENDSHIP, VOCALIZING, DANCING, PERFORMING, AND MANY MORE.

I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOUR AMAZING TALENT AS THE YEARS PASS BY. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL ROCK THE STAGE LIKE YOU ROCKED MY BIAS LIST CRAZILY.

NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME. YOU'RE REALLY A ONE-IN-A-MILLION KIND OF GUY, AND I WON'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

I REALLY HOPE TO SEE YOU ONCE THE PANDEMIC IS OVER. A CONCERT IN THE PHILIPPINES PLEASE? I WANT TO SEE OUR SVT MAKNAE ALL GROWN UP COOL AND DANCING LIKE YOU OWN THE PLACE.

YOUR LONG TALKS, AND SINCERITY TO LOVE US AND THE MEMBERS WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A SOFT SPOT IN MY HEART.

PLEASE ALWAYS BE HEALTHY, AND PARDON ME BECAUSE THIS LETTER IS SHORT. BUT MY LOVE FOR YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE GROWING.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEE CHAN
OUR FUTURE OF KPOP
MY DANCING PRINCE
& OUR ADORABLE OTTER BOY

10FEBRUARY2022

@HORANGKWAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIGER!

TODAY MUST BE A HAPPY DAY FOR YOU. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW NOT MANY WOULD READ THIS SIMPLE CARRD OF MINE, AND THAT WHO WOULD ACTUALLY OPEN THIS JUST TO READ MY LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR YOU IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE RIGHT? BUT HERE I AM ENDLESSLY GIVING YOU ALL MY WORDS I COULD EVER THINK OF WHEN I THINK OF YOU.

FOR YOU ARE A RIGHTEOUS, SELF-PROCLAIMED TIGER THAT YOU SAY YOU ARE. YOU ARE ONE OF THE 13'S HARD WORKING AND PERSERVERING TEAM LEADER WHOM I HAVE SEEN TO GROW INTO A CONFIDENT AND AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING.

YES, I'M BEING BIASED TO MY OWN BIAS ON HIS OWN BIRTHDAY BY DOING EXTRA AND MAKING A WHOLE CARRD FOR HIM. BUT, I AM DOING THIS FOR HIM BECAUSE I APPRECIATE AND LOVE HIM AS HE IS AS WHO HE PORTRAYS HIMSELF AND HOW HE GIVES BACK TO THE PEOPLE THAT MADE HIM HAPPY A LONG THE WAY.

KWON SOONYOUNG, HOSHI, 10:10. AND ALL THE NAMES THAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED FOR YOURSELF, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU NEVER STOP REACHING UP FOR YOUR DREAMS. I KNOW FOR MYSELF THAT YOU AND YOUR SEVENTEEN FAMILY WILL BE TOGETHER EVEN AS GROOMSMEN TO EACH OTHER'S WEDDING.

I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IN THESE TIMES, YOU MISS SEEING CARATS AND CARATS DO MISS SEEING YOU AS WELL.

THE FACT THAT I STILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY IN THIS LETTER MIGHT NOT EVEN COMPARE TO ALL THE WORDS THAT I SHOULD BE SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING TO YOU RIGHT NOW SINCE MY MIND IS A MESS AT THE MOMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SHOWCASING MY LOVE AS A HORANGDAN MORE OFTEN, BECAUSE IF YOU MUST KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO FLEX YOU IN ANY WAY I CAN.

HOSHI, THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE VERY FEW PEOPLE I LOOK UP TO. IT'S REALLY NOT A LOT, BUT I ADMIRE YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS YOU PUT IN EVERY CHOREOGRAPHY YOU MADE OR SONG YOU PITCH IN. MAY IT BE ONLY BEING BESIDE YOUR PRODUCER FRIEND SO THAT YOU GET SONG CREDITS AS WELL OR FOR ALL THOSE SONGS YOU HELPED IN WRITING OR PRODUCING IN.

HOSHI, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIGHTHEARTEDLY JOKE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE NOT THAT GOOD WITH TECHNOLOGY AND ALL. HECK, YOU MAY EVEN NOT BE ABLE TO READ THIS SHORT DRABBLE I'M WRITING FOR YOU AS OF 6 PM PHST OF 14TH JUNE 2021. THIS IS HOW LESS OF TIME I'M PREPARING MY BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR YOU EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE MIGHT NOT READ IT AT ALL.

I WOULD SPEND ALL MY MONEY FOR YOU EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT BOUGHT ANY OF YOUR SPIDER MERCH. AND THAT IS OKAY. THE PANDEMIC HAS RUINED US ALL. IT HAS RUINED YOUR MOMENTS TO MEET CARATS OVERSEAS AND US OVERSEAS CARATS FROM MEETING YOU. MAYBE EVEN NOW, WHEN YOU HAVE TO SEE CARATS FACE TO FACE AGAIN AFTER A LONG TIME IN KOREA. I HOPE YOU'LL BE HAPPY.

I HOPE YOU GET TO LIVE OUT YOUR DREAM FOR HOWEVER LONG IT WILL TAKE YOU BECAUSE I WILL SUPPORT IT UNTIL I CAN.

FOR NOW, I WISH YOU ARE TOGETHER WITH YOUR CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. I WISH FOR YOU TO ALWAYS BE HAPPY AND HEALTHY. FOR YOU TO PURSUE HAPPINESS AND CONQUER SADNESS WITH PEOPLE WHOM YOU CARE ABOUT.

WHETHER IN ANY LIFETIME, WHERE YOU MAY BE KOREAN, JAPANESE, FILIPINO, OR ANY OTHER ETHNICITY, AND FOR CARATS TO BE NORMAL PEOPLE AS WELL IN THAT LIFE, I STILL HOPE THAT WE ALL STILL MEET EVENTUALLY.

MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU HAS SINCE GROWN TO AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT OF LOVE AND ADORATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEREVER YOU TAKE SEVENTEEN, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING AS SPECIAL AS THE PERFORMANCE LEADER CAN DO.

I HOPE YOU FLY HIGH WITH ALL THE PROJECTS AND FUTURE PLANS YOU HAVE IN STORE FOR YOURSELF AND FOR CARATS. FOR THE FORSEEABLE AND THE UNFORSEEABLE FUTURE, WE SHALL HOLD OUR HEADS HIGH AND MARCH TO THE WHEREVER OUR FEET TAKES US.

BEING A CARAT WHO'S ON THIS JOURNEY OF MUSIC WITH YOU HAS ONLY BROUGHT ME JOY AND PRIDE JUST FOR YOU. TO SEE YOU SMILE AND GROWL(?) OVER THE SIMPLIEST THINGS SURPRISINGLY MAKES ME HAPPY BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO.

YOUR 2021 SOLO "SPIDER" IS SOMETHING THAT MANY CARATS ENJOYED AS WELL. EVEN THOUGH WE HATE THE COMPANY IN EXTENSIVELY MAKING US PAY MORE FOR MERCH. SADLY I DIDN'T BUY, BUT I LOVED YOUR SONG SO MUCH. YOU HAVE EVOLVED AND IS CURRENTLY BREACHING THE SKIES THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SOARING IN RIGHT NOW.

ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF BSS! I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT IT, BUT REALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT TOGETHER WITH DK AND SEUNGKWAN. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE REALLY WELL IN 2018(?) WHEN YOU WERE PROMOTING FOR IT. AND I ENJOYED IT TO THE FULLEST AS WELL.

NEVER WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD STILL HAVE YOU AS MY BIAS 6 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT HERE WE ARE RIGHT? I'M HERE STILL LOVING YOU AS MY FAVOURITE SHAWOL, MY ONE AND ONLY TIGER, MY INSPIRATION, AND MY JOY. CHICKENJOY! HUHUHU TAWA KAYO PLS TT

MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT IT OR MAYBE THEY WON'T, BUT I REALLY LOVE YOUR VOCALS IN SONGS. FOR ME, I THINK YOUR VOICE IS BEST WHEN YOU SING SWEETLY AND FULLY. BUT AS A SINGER, I KNOW YOU SHOULD EXPLORE IN MORE SOUNDS FOR YOU TO GROW AND SEE THAT YOU CAN FIT TO AS MANY GENRES AS YOU CAN MUSTER. I KNOW THAT YOU USED TO HAVE AT LEAST A SMALL INSECURITY ABOUT YOUR VOICE BEING A SHARP HIGH TONE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU GREW OUT OF THAT MENTALITY AS WELL.

BECAUSE I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE YOU AS YOU ARE. I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE ALL YOUR TIGER PERSONAS AND PLAYFULNESS. YOUR PERSONALITY THAT MAKES YOU SIMPLE MINDED FOR NOT INVOLVING YOURSELF IN GAMES THAT REQUIRE YOU TO USE YOUR HEAD, I RESPECT THAT OF YOU.

I KNOW FOR EVERY PRAISE I GIVE YOU IN THIS LETTER, YOU WILL ALWAYS COME WITH A SET OF WEAKNESSES LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON ON THIS PLANET HAS.

NOBODY IS PERFECT, I KNOW YOU AREN'T AS WELL, AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT YOU. IT'S CHEESY, BUT YOUR IMPERFECTIONS MAKE YOU THE MOST PERFECT PERSON I HAVE LAID MY EYES ON SO FAR IN LIFE.

MAY IT BE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER MET YOU YET, OR I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ANY OF YOUR CONCERTS IN THE PHILIPPINES WHEN TOURING WAS STILL AVAILABLE, BUT TO SEE YOU JUST ONCE WOULD BE A DREAM FOR ME.

CALL IT WISHFULL THINKING. CALL IT A FARMER'S DREAM. I KNOW MY LIMITS AS I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WERE POURED INTO MY LIFE. BUT DO KNOW THAT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND KOREAN, I'M TRYING TO LEARN BY THE WAY.

I KNOW YOU WON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THIS LETTER EVEN IF IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO YOU ON WEVERSE OR SOMETHING. (I HOPE IT WILL, CREDIT ME @HORANGKWAN ON THE SITE IF EVER THAT HAPPENS.) SORRY I CAN'T SPEAK KOREAN FOR THE BEST OF IT, BUT I STILL LOVE YOU FOR BEING YOU.

I LOVE YOU

MAHAL KITA

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15JUNE2021

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