if you encounter weizhan, the first thought that'll probably cross your mind is whether or not weizhan is on drugs. he is chaotic energy in capital letters, always making a mess wherever he goes. he's all over the place, literally and figuratively. he sees life through a looking glass, making him look like someone who's high all the time. he sees what others don't see, feels what others don't feel. his out-of-the-box approach to life often ends up in fans categorizing him as a 4d individual. he has a sense of humour that no one understands. he's the type of person that will say random things and suddenly do weird actions that makes you think whether he's lost his sanity or not.

 

weizhan is a rather spontaneous individual who leaps before he looks, resulting in a person who can be rather impulsive and careless. his actions are hard to predict, as his attention span is short. with weizhan, you never know what's coming next. his interests jump from one to another in a short period of time. he can become utterly obsessed with one thing, and completely uninterested a few minutes later.

 

other members turns to weizhan for comic relief and awkward situations when doing vlives, as he's able to turn the situation around and liven up the mood. weizhan has a strong need in pleasing people. he feels a sense of accomplishment whenever he succeeds in making someone laugh, or smile. it makes him feel that he's not useless, that he's needed and his existence does create impact in other people's lives. it makes him content to think that he's the reason of someone's smile, or someone's hope.

deep down weizhan is a mess of unfinished thoughts and a collection of what ifs. he sees the best in people, becoming disappointed when they don't meet his expectations, having the need to remind himself daily to not get his hopes up too high. weizhan is always trying to make good, everlasting impressions on people. he has this strong urge of wanting to please people, wanting to be liked by them, wanting to reach their expectations. he becomes sad when he doesn't. to weizhan, it's the end of the world when he fails or does one tiny mistake. he tends to overthink a lot, having lots of doubts about himself. he wants to be needed by people, wants his existence to be acknowledged. weizhan constantly seeks out acceptance from other people. thus he molds himself to match other people's ideals of him. he hides his low self-esteem beneath artificial confidence.

 

tl;dr : weizhan tries hard to fit in, but now he's slowly understanding that he was born to stand out.

 

JUST WEIZHAN THINGS aka sheets weizhan says

2000. fan weizhan was born to a couple that goes by the name fan zhangying and fan xiufei. weizhan's father is the ceo of an oil company, while his mother is an ex-flight attendant who now works as the chief editor of a well-known magazine. he was raised in a rather wealthy household, considering his parents' job and incomes.

2005. growing up, the maids were the one who raised him up, as his parents were busy with their work. he was rather close with his maids, as they were the ones who taught valuable lessons such as being independent, and the importance of being humble. he was a rather shy wallflower, and spends most of his childhood by himself. little weizhan's interest gravitates towards music at an early age. his grandmother was a respected and well-beloved singer back in the 80s, while his grandfather was skilled in several chinese musical instruments. he was often dropped off in his grandparents' house whenever his parents couldn't take care of him and the maids were on temporary leave / break. this was the start of his love for music. his grandfather taught him how to play the instruments, while little weizhan sings along to some of his grandmother's greatest hits. among the instruments that his grandfather taught him, weizhan found his skill in playing the pipa and guzheng. he grew up forming a close bond with his grandparents rather than with his own parents. when weizhan's mother and father found out about his growing passion in music, they were surprised but nonetheless supported him. it's the least they could do, to make up for the absence of their presence in weizhan's life.

2008. weizhan starts participating in local singing competitions, battling against other kids. he won some, and he lost some too. though his parents were absent for most of his competitions, he had his grandparents by his side. they cheered for him, holding his hand when he came up to the stage to sing in front of everyone. but that's okay, for his grandparents mean the world to him. but even so, weizhan wished his parents could hear his hidden desire of wanting his parents to see him sing, even if it's just for once. despite the bright smiles he puts on whenever his grandparents treated him food when he won, weizhan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that his parents weren't there to see him proudly waving his trophy in the air. he wanted his parents to be the one treating him instead, but that was selfish of him to ask so. his grandparents always told him that his parents were away because they needed to work to ensure weizhan has a good future. so weizhan tries his best to it up and be content with his grandparents by his side.

2012. by now weizhan has made a name for himself. throughout the years he aimed bigger and joined tougher singing competitions who's participants are not only kids his age. weizhan even joined reality shows, a small part of him hoping for his parents to see him on tv. one of reality shows weizhan joined is sing my song (the first season). weizhan built his passion for singing through the years, enjoying the feeling of serenading people with his voice. this is also the year he started to show interest in kpop. the first kpop mv weizhan watched was miss a's hush.

2015. after years of singing countless kpop and cpop songs (and annoying his poor parents' rest every night), weizhan's parents suggested him to try and audition for kpop entertainments. weizhan was shocked to say, for the idea of becoming a trainee and pursuing a singing career in a foreign country never occured to him. what shocks him even more than that is the very fact that his own parents suggested it. in the eyes of weizhan's mama and baba, they want weizhan to purse his passion, to dream bigger. through the watchful eyes of weizhan's grandparents (who reported weizhan's growth daily to his parents), they feel guilty of not being able to personally see how singing brings so much joy to their son. they knew they were absent for most of weizhan's life. weizhan's parents weren't the type to force their life plan on their kid and expect them to follow through. weizhan's very own father got to where he is through years of hard work, while his mother changed occupation after realizing where her passion truly lies at. wanting to make up for lost time, weizhan's parents started to support weizhan's dreams. after several heart-to-heart conversations with his parents about what he wants to do in life, weizhan finally realized that he wanted to be a singer after all. but he wanted to aim higher. being a singer in his hometown did appeal to him, but becoming a singer in a foreign country and having them enjoy his singing despite the language barrier, that sold him. why not try, for he doesn't have anything to lose, right? kpop already became a part of his life one way or another, as not only does it heal him but it genuinely brought a smile to his lips whenever he listens to his favourite kpop singers. that's how powerful kpop was. weizhan was somehow able to connect with kpop music, despite not understanding the language. with his firm decision in his path of becoming a kpop singer, weizhan, together with his parents, flew all the way to korea to audition. weizhan first auditioned at jyp (it was home to his all time favourite girgroup, miss a and he also enjoys wonder girls' music) and cube (home to his second favourite girlgroup, apink), but he wasn't accepted. weizhan being the stubborn weizhan he is, tried to audition to other entertainments. he auditioned at pledis (home of his third favourite girlgroup, hello venus) and was miraculously accepted.

2016. weizhan's parents allowed him to move to korea completely to train once he finishes middle school. and so he does. weizhan clearly remembers how his parents were holding their tears back, wanting to be around their son more but having to let go to support his dreams. his parents even joked that they couldn't wait for him to go so he could stop bothering them at 3am with his off-key singing, to lift up the mood. his parents only request was for weizhan to continue to pursue his education, which weizhan promised. weizhan did well in school and generally has no problem with it, so it wasn't a hard request for him to fulfill. with that, his parents "shipped him off" to korea. he attended a korean high school and started his training, staying true to his words. it was rough to live by himself in a foreign country, but weizhan doesn't have any plans of giving up. this was his choice, and he has his family counting on him to chase his dreams. when things do get too difficult, he comes back home to china on holidays. his parents also visited him on their free limited time. 

PRESENT. weizhan couldn't stop crying when he announced to his parents that he made it to me+u, his arms shaking so bad that it took him a few tries to speak clearly. mother, father, my beloved grandparents, i made it! weizhan shouts aloud in his mind, the most brightest smile etched in his mouth. finally.

 

01. likes chinese ballads (his favourite, the one he listens to when he's feeling down or emotionally tired, is eric chou's what's wrong), girl groups (*coughsjiacoughschorongcoughslime*), when people laugh at his jokes, the combination of yogurt with cereal as topping, detox drinks, acceptance, acknowledgement, bulgogi, sunsets etc

02. dislikes being singled out, mean people, spicy food, dieting, chow mein, not being able to hit a certain note, the dark, butterflies, having his love / affections rejected, getting flu shots, etc

03. fears of being disregarded as nothing / tossed aside as if he doesn't matter at all, disappointing the ones he treasures close to his heart

04. hopes for me+u to be succesful, to grow as a better singer and better person, becoming more closer to his parents

05. he dreams of becoming a singer that's well respected and looked up to, both on national and international scale

06. he's inspired to pursue music due to his grandparents. aspirations, so on and so forth. he also looks up to several chinese singers and kpop artists, such as eric chou, shinee's jonghyun, han donggeun etc

07. he has problems with his weight and look in the past, as he was rather chubby. this greatly affects his self esteem, as he constantly puts himself down for it (think of bts' jimin)

08. can imitate the sound of a kettle boiling

09. he has several compilation videos of "haden being extra for xx minutes", courtesy of fans

10. likes girlgroups more than boygroups, but one boygroup he admires a lot is bts. he feels inspired by their struggles and overall growth as, not only an idol, but human beings too

11. he's what the fans would say rich in predebut pics (there's a bunch of his pictures out in the open aka the internet, courtesy of weizhan's own reckless young self). there's also a bunch of videos of him singing in youtube, long ago uploaded by his grandmother. weizhan is now regretting his dark past, it haunts him (in a comical way, since his predebut pictures and videos all scream meme material)

12. his name in chinese is 范威湛

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