All Members Of This K-Pop Boy Group Are Starring In A BL Drama

The new South Korean BL drama series “Bump Up Business” featuring all six members of the fourth-generation K-Pop boy group OnlyOneOf finally started airing on Oct. 20.

“Bump Up Business” follows the release of BL K-dramas “Semantic Error” and “Kissable Lips,” which only featured a member of a K-Pop group. In this new BL series, OnlyOneOf members Nine and Mill will be the main characters, while Junji, Yoojung, Rie and KB will portray supporting and other minor roles.

Since “Bump Up Business” is about the story of a trainee named Eden and an industry veteran Jihoon, BL fans found it fitting at the time that K-Pop idols were the perfect people to cast in this BL drama.

On Thursday, screenshots of some intimate scenes from the trailer of “Bump Up Business” were shared on theqoo, an online forum in South Korea, leading to a discussion among netizens, who were mostly not pleased with the snippet.

“Ugh. What in the world?” commented one user, while another said, “This is kinda not it. I’m embarrassed.”

“The members are suffering. F—,” said another one. A fourth user added, “Do you think that’s why they wanted to debut as male idols?”

“I bet the international fans who have delusions over K-male idols will eat this up. I don’t even know what to say. Fighting, I guess?” commented another one.

On YouTube, when the “Bump Up Business” trailer was released last Oct. 20, it received mostly positive comments.

“I am so excited for this! K-Pop stans who are BL stans are winning,” one commented, while another said, “Mill and Nine’s chemistry is off the charts. I can’t wait for this.”

“[I] just finished watching the series. I watched the entire series in one day. It was soooooo good… and, there was a kiss scene [by the way],” another user commented.

“This is one of the best BL [drama series] I have ever watched. [I’m] hoping for season 2 or even more projects for them,” said another viewer.

“Let’s help this series get more recognition. Fighting OnlyOneOf! Fighting lyOn! We lyOns are proud of you loves,” commented a different fan.

“Bump Up Business” will be available on GagaOOLala– the world’s largest LGBTQ+ OTT platform – starting Friday after officially premiering on Oct. 20.

New episodes will be uploaded on the online platform every Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m. GMT+8.

OnlyOneOf, which stands for “Someone’s Only One,” debuted in May 2019 under 8D Entertainment with its first mini-album, “Dot Point Jump,” with the title tracks “Savanna” and “Time Leap.”

The fourth-generation K-Pop group originally consisted of seven members: KB, Rie, Yoojung, Junji, Mill, Nine and Love. However, in August 2021, 8D Entertainment announced the departure of member Love from the group and said that the idol’s exit “is the member’s personal business.”