OH ABSOLUTELY!!!! IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR SO LONG... the vocals kings of their generations . truly monsters I love these guys.
I like monsta x still but I haven't been caught up since I left K-pop some years ago (to be more precise, when wonho left the group - that was my last straw low-key) but they were my ults back in the day...
changkyun was my actual ult but monsta x were pretty much like zerobaseone to me, in the sense that I had difficulties picking a bias line LOL. it was changkyun, kihyun, wonho . and minhyuk and hyungwon and yeah I was a bit crazy (I also loved shownu and joohoney of course)
the whole taerae-kihyun thing came to my mind during good so bad when taerae showed up in pink hair and black clothes and I was like oh lord.... kihyun fighter / stuck era sort of. anyways it made me realize wooow I do always bias the main vocalists with pink hair in a group apparently uh.... then I came across this video again (jesus I remember watching that live...) and remembered how kihyun has a tendency to touch his ears... exactly like taerae!! they also both get red quite fast, get snarky and have a tom & jerry type of relationship with someone equally as short (lol) while still relying on each other and caring a lot (can you tell i used to read rpf of them?)
last bit is more affectionate similar behaviour but of course the main thing remains the vocals.... taerae's truly kihyun's child and if that isn't a fucking compliment