Recently, the members of ATEEZ debuted new in-ear monitor designs created by Soundcat. Each member’s in-ear is uniquely designed to represent their individuality, and the results are gorgeous!
Here are the designs for Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, and Yeosang…
[📷] ATEEZ Custom In Ear Monitors by Soundcat pic.twitter.com/bMwhSYRcgq
— za👩🏻⚕️ (@zhouang1024) March 19, 2024
And these belong to San, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho.
pic.twitter.com/ay51t6sJlD
— za👩🏻⚕️ (@zhouang1024) March 19, 2024
Each of the designs are beautiful and meaningful in their own ways, but one member’s in-ear stood out more than the rest: San’s. His design went with a black and dark blue theme, featuring the letter “S” on one ear and an umbrella design on the other.
Most ATINYs could tell you what the significance is of an umbrella to San and, respectively, Wooyoung. The two members are known for their incredibly close bond and friendship and go by the ship name “WooSan”, which translates to “umbrella” in Korean (우산). The two even have matching tattoos of the Latin phrase “Amicus ad aras”, which translates to “friends until death” or “a friend until the end”. It’s a saying that San has long shared with Wooyoung as evidence of just how close and important their relationship with each other is.
Because of this, fans immediately assumed that San had chosen the umbrella design specifically as homage to his friendship with Wooyoung.
san has an umbrella in his new in-ear design pic.twitter.com/ZapchHJ5aZ
— lau ✭ (@no1likewoo) March 20, 2024
no but like now every time san sings a romantic af line in their songs to wooyoung he’s gonna point to his pretty umbrella in-ears that he loves 😭 “if i can keep only one memory, it will be this moment” 😭 pic.twitter.com/6556qVCof1
— vikingateez ☔️ (@vikingateez) March 20, 2024
I cant with umbrella in San in-ear. #woosan forever
— Pik4_Pik4 (@pik4__p) March 20, 2024
However, San recently revealed that he actually wasn’t the one who chose the umbrella design! He shared that he asked the designers to choose something that represents him, and they ended up going with an umbrella because that’s what his name translates to in Hanja.
San about his new in-ear:
“Honestly I didn’t think much abt the design. I just asked them to pick something that represents me. I didn’t design it, I got them designed it for me.
Then they put my hanja “伞 – săn (umbrella)” & I said “Oh it’s pretty. I’ll use it well”.#산 #최산 pic.twitter.com/lBgnVvx1yV— for Choi San. (@allforsan710) March 20, 2024
Despite this revelation, though, fans can’t help but think that San agreed to the design in part because of his friendship with Wooyoung. The two of them never shy away from showing affection for each other in any way possible, so having an in-ear design with a dedication to their friendship would be far from abnormal for him!
i find it interesting that when they thought of san they thought of an umbrella instead of mountain😄😄😄 https://t.co/Iaz5mAt41s
— 🌌☂️ (@themilkisway) March 20, 2024
🏔: “i changed my name to umbrella bc woosan means umbrella”
🏔: “u know woosan’s bond right? u cant beat woosan”
🏔: “i’m woosan’s san”
🏔: who do u think of when it rains? “woosan”
🏔+🦊: *names their fandom Rain*atiny: umbrella?? what could it MEAN? idk it’s a mystery!! pic.twitter.com/2ayckv9vJV
— vikingateez ☔️ (@vikingateez) March 20, 2024
I honestly don’t know when woosan became a dirty word in the fandom. They have such a beautiful bond. But some people seem ready to fight anytime it is brought up. They use the term woosan themselves with San even running over to Wooyoung recently to cutely pose under an umbrella https://t.co/rKW9P9NDVU pic.twitter.com/lRjG3zxhdd
— Rash (@WooyoungSimp) March 19, 2024
OMFG 🤦
YES SAN MEANS UMBRELLA IN CHINESE
But it also means Woosan in Korean and he definitely is aware of that since they were the ones who made and actively used that ship name.
So… both can be true and the symbol very likely has a double meaning for him. STOP ARGUING https://t.co/L7GeeGXqra
— Megan (@megan_atz) March 19, 2024
Whatever the case may be, the in-ears turned out gorgeous, for San and the rest of ATEEZ’s members!
