The Nutube app was already open. The "Cloud-9" sportswear brand shoot results had been uploaded as a "Special Preview" at 4:00 AM.
Kang Joon swiped through the official gallery. The group shots were a masterclass in visual hierarchy. Min-soo sat in the center, bathed in a warm, bright filter that made his skin glow and his smile look like a summer afternoon. Around him, the other popular trainees—Jae-hyun and Gun-woo—were positioned as the energetic "best friends."
Kang Joon was relegated to the far left, partially obscured by the shadow of a prop basketball hoop. In the edited "Behind-the-Scenes" reel, they had kept a three-second clip of him adjusting his sleeve with a neutral expression. They had slowed it down, added a dark vignette, and paired it with a comment from the stylist: "Some people are just hard to work with when they aren't the center of attention."
