Golden Child Magazine Haul! Feat. Infinite L and Lovelyz Kei

Golden Child has been featured in quite a few Korean and Japanese magazines throughout 2018, and I've collected a few that I'll share in this post.

1st Look - Vol. 157 | June 21, 2018

1st Look is a biweekly entertainment and lifestyle magazine. This magazine is made of slightly nicer quality than a nice newspaper, and is quite large, with dimensions 10.25" by 15.25". I had ordered the Vol. 157 edition of 1st Look from Ktown4u.com back in mid-August for $2.03 USD (and joint shipping with a CD). Ktown4u had packaged the magazine very well; this magazine is quite large, however they kept it unfolded and wrapped several layers of bubblewrap around it. However, they had sent me the Vol. 84 (pictured left) by mistake. I used Ktown4u's 1:1 service and at first they had offered a refund, but I replied that I still wanted the correct magazine, so they sent me the correct copy. The magazine was packaged the same, but because it was only the magazine in a cardboard box that can fit CDs, the box was dented when it arrived. Luckily the magazine still arrived in great condition.

The concept of this photoshoot is "Golden Days", or fresh flower boys in summer. Golden Child had several magazine shoots that came out right before their "Let Me" comeback from July 4, and these photoshoots revealed their new hair colors!

Magazine photoshoots always have weird concepts, and this one is no different.

Here is one of the first released photos of blond Jaehyun!

Golden Child's entire segment is 8 pages long, with the last spread being 2 group photos. I absolutely love these larger, newspaper-like magazines because the photos are so big but still in such high quality.

CeCi - July 2018

The July 2018 issue of Korean fashion magazine CeCi was released in late June. My brother bought me a copy at Sejong Bookstore kn LA's Koreatown for $17 in the first week of July.

To my pleasant surprise, one of the first few pages revealed L's  LabNo ad!

As for Golden Child, Bomin and Jaehyun are featured on one page. This is another sneak peek of Jaehyun's blond hair! And Bomin said since it's a magazine photoshoot, he wanted to try something different so he revealed his shoulder for the first time...!

This issue is perfect for Woollim stans, with L, Bomin and Jaehyun, and now Kei! Kei is featured in a 10-page segment entitled "Ready for Summer".

Four of the pages are about the beauty products used, but the remaining pages are enlarged photos of Kei.

I really like how much effort and variety they put into this photoshoot, with various outdoor locations, outfits, and hairstyles, which does make sense to give a sense of when to use the various beauty products.

Kei is such a natural beauty, I'm so glad she was given this casual summer concept.

Here are the last two pages of Kei's segment.

NYLON - August 2018

While my brother's girlfriend was in LA's Koreatown in early September, she found the August 2018 issue of NYLON. The issue cost $19 and came with a free moisture cushion.

L is also featured in this issue, in his section titled "Mr. Wonder Boy".

This segment has L modelling MCM's Autumn/Winter 2018 line.

L looks so comfy in his usual all-black attire!

Here are the last two pages of L's segment.

All 10 members of Golden Child are in a section titled "Sparkling Moment".

Jibeom's back at it with another striped crop top >.<

Here are the last two pages of Golden Child's six-page segment.

K-Boy - Vol. 21

The Vol. 21 edition of Japanese magazine K-Boy was released on August 31. I bought a copy from Kinokuniya Bookstore in Seattle's Chinatown in the first week of September for $20. I've always liked this magazine because it includes a double-sided folded A2 poster of the cover models.

Golden Child's wore their Miracle promotion outfits for this photoshoot.

The members are split up into subgroups spread over 3 pages.

Here is the last page of Golden Child's 5-page segment.

The very back of the magazine shows autographed individual Polaroids of the featured artists, and a cutout form for a chance to win one.

Here is a closeup of Golden Child's signed Polaroids.

Overall, I'm so happy that Golden Child is gaining more exposure through these magazine shoots and that L and Kei had their appearances in some of these magazines as well. I'm looking forward to seeing Golden Child's growth as they gain future magazine shoots!