![]() The barefaced and slightly unshaven twentysomethings are running through the setlist they picked out for Homecoming, the two reunion concerts they’ll put on for fans over the weekend. Two days earlier, the same seven musicians - leader Jay B, Mark, Jackson, Jinyoung, Youngjae, BamBam, and Yugyeom - stand on that same stage within the SK Handball Gymnasium, albeit looking a bit less camera-ready. Because after today, it may be a long time before the seven members of GOT7 all embrace each other again. It’s a happy moment, marking the beginning of GOT7’s journey now that they’ve left their longtime label behind - but it’s also an ending of sorts. ![]() ![]() It feels like one big reunion, with members embracing each other’s parents, friends, or nieces, the room filled with laughter. And one needs only to look towards the excited chatter in the back of the cavernous greenroom to recognize Thai rapper BamBam’s family - siblings, parents, cousins, aunts, you name it - boasting chic getups and sky-high stilettos, buzzing with hellos and congratulations. Much like their soft-spoken middle child, the parents of rapper Mark, here from all the way across the world in L.A., quietly radiate warmth and pride. You can spot actor-handsome vocalist Jinyoung’s father a mile away - not so much by his face, but rather by his striking full eyebrows, which arch down in mirth as he hugs his 27-year-old son. After exiting a Seoul arena full of 5,000 screaming fans, the members of GOT7 walk straight into the arms of their biggest fans of all - their families.
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