NCT WISH Member Stays Up Late to Finish Book Recommended by Fan, Touching Fans with Video Chat

The idol in question is NCT WISH’s Jinhak (real name: Kim Daeyong or Kim Daehyung)! A fan recommended the novel ‘Rapids’ to Jinhak, who then bought it himself to read. The night before the video meet-up event, he stayed up until dawn to finish the entire book and share his thoughts with the fan…

Jinhak: ‘I had a feeling I would see you today during the video call, so I didn’t finish the book yesterday. I read until dawn before finally going to sleep.’ When asked about his favorite and least favorite parts of the book (*contains spoilers), Jinhak responded: ‘I liked many parts, such as the language expressions in the book, overcoming pain, and the process of overcoming adversity. What I didn’t like was that they cried too often!’ The fan shared their feelings, mentioning that the ending felt a bit overly sentimental, to which Jinhak chuckled in agreement. As the video call time ended and the staff cut the screen to black, the two continued to passionately exchange thoughts. Jinhak even asked the fan to recommend more books to him next time.

대영이와 급류 토크..(스포) #재희 pic.twitter.com/ImIDquVq7q

— 삼치 (@3chichanS2) May 6, 2025

Korean netizens’ comments:
1. Oh my, so touching, really sincere
2. Not even receiving that book as a gift, but buying it himself…? Impressive
3. This is love, putting in effort and sincerity
4. Empathy, even books recommended by friends or loved ones may not always be read…
5. So the book mentioned on Bubble a few days ago was this one. He said he passed out reading it on the plane, but still read more than two-thirds, curious about what was going on at the time.
6. Jinhak only took 3 months to go from an ordinary person to an idol, unbelievable. Not only excellent in singing and dancing but also a ‘Bubble filial son,’ often online sending messages
7. No wonder he debuted in 3 months, such a person will surely succeed
8. I saw a video on X (Twitter) before, where other WISH members were idle in front of fans, only he was diligently hosting and reacting, really left a good impression.
9. Wow, this is the first time I’ve seen such a post-meeting note. Usually, it’s about spending a lot of money to go to the scene, only daring to ask ‘Do you remember me? Do you remember what we talked about last time?’ ᅲᅲ This is really touching…
10. This is the respect between people
11. Finishing the whole book to chat with you… What’s the difference between this and a proposal?
12. If I were that fan, even if I stopped following K-POP, I could never unfan for life
13. But that fan clearly didn’t like the book much, why recommend it? kkk
14. Is this friend the member who wrote the post-purchase note on MUSINSA (*Korean online shopping platform) before? kk I think I saw the name NCT WISH then kkk
15. It’s definitely the person who wrote the afternote on MUSINSA kk as a reference, a couple of days ago, he asked everyone to recommend a new Bubble nickname, and a fan jokingly suggested ‘Lv.3 Kim Daeyong’ (the nickname when the MUSINSA afternote was dug up), and he said he’s already Lv.5 now kkkk

Source: https://theqoo.net/hot/3725657533