Awesome / Astro

• Jinjin telling off a fan for trying to speak ill of Eunwoo's visuals and defending Eunwoo by calling him "the pride of their team" in this comment conversation. You just don't mess with an Astro member in their leader's presence.
• There's something really heartwarming and amazing about the fact that Jinjin, while being the youngest in his own family, is the leader of Astro, taking care of five members, who all have quite vibrant personalities themselves.
• This performance on "Hit the Stage" by Rocky. It earned him praises from fans and professionals alike, especially from the judges, who complimented him for his excellent ability to portray Jim Carrey so accurately, be it the moves or the facial expressions. Mind you, Rocky was only 17 when he performed this.
• Kwon Jaesung, choreographer of many iconic songs and one of the mentors in the famous Produce 101 Season 2 once praised ASTRO's ability to memorize choreography, calling them 'Star Class idols', because they mastered the choreography of "Moonwalk" in one day.
• Astro's "Immortal Stage" performances definitely count. From their extremely stable live vocals and dance prowess, to their stage presence and ability to connect with the audience while performing. (and they were still rookies during the first two performances):
  • "Don't Look Back"
  • "With You"
  • "Beautiful Lady"
• Their acts for the ISAC (Idol Star Athletics Championship) Aerobics ; they won 1st place in both the years they participated, going against groups like Seventeen, who are known for their crazy synchronisation. One of the judges even said they'd like to scout them if it was ever possible. Here are the performances:
  • ISAC Aerobics-2017 (inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean)
  • ISAC Aerobics-2018 (inspired by Elvis Presley)
• Winning on Sugarman 2 against Red Velvet. Astro's stage was so fun and captivating, they had everyone, even their supposed opponents cheering them on and just vibing to the performance.
• Till date, half of Astro (Sanha, MJ, Rocky) has made an appearance on King of the Masked Singer; while that is a pretty awesome feat in itself, MJ and Rocky even proceeded to the second round, with some spectacular performances:
  • MJ ('Thorn' by Buzz)
  • Rocky ('Hold my Hand' by IU)
• Rocky getting the highest score from the judges on "Dance War", and winning second place as contestant 'Purple 23' on the same. What makes it even more impressive are his extremely high scores from the judges themselves.

• This "My Style" performance from 'Starlight', the second Astroad.
• The fact that even professional dancers and trainers consider Rocky to be one of the best dancers in the k-pop industry.
• The choreography for "Always You" was created by the dance-line^note Consisting of members Rocky, Moon Bin and Jinjin within a span of two to three hours, and everything about it was finalised just a day before the day of MV-filming.
• Jinjin and Rocky's solo stages, and Moon Bin's cover of "24 Hours" by Sunmi from the second Astroad definitely deserve a mention:
  • Jinjin- "Mad Max"
  • Rocky- "Have a Good Day"
  • Moon Bin- "24 Hours" (Cover)
• Their first win for "All Night", which was also their first ever music show win- overlaps with tearjerker and heartwarming. Not only was it Astro's first regular album, but also the first proper comeback they'd had after a year of being on hiatus, making it even more special for the members.
• Astro's ballad stages generally tend to be really beautiful and pretty, "Bloom" and "gemini" in particular.
  • Given that "Bloom" is an orchestral ballad, there was an orchestra in each stage of the song, and boy did it add to the beauty of the performance as a whole.
  • MJ and Moon Bin's harmonies after the bridge and at the end of "gemini". Feels like honey to the ears.
  • Speaking of which, the "Waterfall" stages from the 'Switch On' era, particularly the ones from Inkigayo and Show! Music Core.

• The "Blue Flame" stages from year-end performances at 2019's Gayo Daejun. From their looks and styling, to the stage sets, effects, and the performance itself- everything was top-notch, and were considered some of the best stages for that year. Here are the performances:
  • 25-12-2019- Blue Flame
  • 31-12-2019- Intro + Blue Flame
• Moon Bin and Sanha's first win as a sub-unit on SBS The Show, which also solidified them as the fastest sub-unit to get a win since debut (within just 8 days!).

• Sweeping 4 music show wins (2 of them being national ones) for "Switch On", an EP that all the members participated in.
  • For that matter, getting their first public broadcast win, which was on Music Bank, on their 1999th day since debut.
  • And winning their first Show! Music Core trophy on the very next day, i.e. 2000th day since debut, against 'digital monsters' like BTS and AKMU. To add to this, Eunwoo, who used to be the MC of Mucore, won on the show with a song that he himself wrote, making it even more memorable.
• Dancing to "After Midnight" with and without music on 'Back To Idol 2', with flawless synchronisation even with the barrier between them. The hosts even mentioned that they were the first group on the show to complete the challenge successfully without any slip-ups till the end.
• "Ice Flower", Rocky's self-produced and directed performance of 'Face My Fears' by Hikaru Utada. The choreography is compact with unending details and beautiful symbolism, from his dance moves and facial expressions, to the designing of the outfits, and even the back-up dancers play a very significant role. The lighting changes of the sets throughout the performance, his little accessories like earrings and the necklace, all of them have hidden meanings. Here is just one of the many fan-interpretations of the MV.
• As of November 2021, MJ has made five debuts in total- twice in a group (Astro and Superfive), as a musical actor (in "Everybody's Talking About Jamie"), as a solo trot artist and as an actor.
• Rocky singing Blackpink's 'As if it's Your Last' in its original key, which is known to be ridiculously high for the male voice, and doing so flawlessly, without a single voice-crack throughout.
• MJ winning on SBS's The Trot Show with 'Get Set Yo (계세요)', making him the first ever K-Pop idol to win on said show. Not to mention, he achieved this feat with his debut song.
• MJ blowing people away with his acting and portrayal of Daniel's anguish and conflict in the 'Jack the Ripper' Musical, so much so that even non-fans were impressed by his performance.
  • To add to that, there is a scene in Act 2 where Daniel puts the knife to his throat, emphasising the psychopath he has ended up becoming, because of all the horrific things he did while trying to save Gloria. It makes Daniel's character appear a tad bit creepier in that scene where he completely loses himself, and had the fans praising the brilliance of adding that extra detail to said scene. According to a Korean Aroha (who went to watch the shows of other Daniels), putting the knife around his neck was actually an ad-lib by MJ himself, as none of the other shows had it.

• Astro's 'ONE' performance at SBS Gayo Daejeon 2021; the dance break in particular left both fans and non-fans speechless.

• The 2021 MBC Gayo Daejejeon had quite a few amazing moments:
  • Eunwoo playing the piano in a collab-stage with Yang Hee-un. There is literally nothing this man can't do.
  • Moon Bin covering Baekhyun's lines and high notes in the 'Tiger Inside' cover. It goes well over 2-3 octaves, and he pulled it off flawlessly despite not being in his best condition. And this only makes one wonder how powerful it would have been if he had been at his best that day.
  • MJ has more than often mentioned trot singer Kim Yeon-ja as his role model. Come 2021 (or 2022, to be precise) MJ and Jinjin performed Kim Yeon-ja's 'Amor Fati' with her for a year end stage, along with the girl group IVE. Special mention also goes to Jinjin, a rapper, singing trot, which is considered to be a difficult genre to sing as it requires impressive control over one's voice and its modulation and projection.

• Moon Bin going up against Na Taejoo (who is known for being a black belt in taekwondo) in a ssireum^note Korean wrestling match and winning. Not only did he win the match, but he also did it within a record time frame of just four seconds.