ASTRO's Rocky: an idol that modifies original choreography #라키 #ROCKY

at first glance, it just looks like Rocky is one beat behind everyone else

when you look at just ASTRO, the three of them are doing the move with the same timing, so it seems like this is what they practiced

in the PD phone version, they also do this same move with the same timing

when seeing them all together, it does still look like he's a beat behind

however I think rocky purposefully changed the choreography so the emphasis lands on the fourth beat rather than the third beat

in the original choreography, it goes:

beat one - right hand
beat two - left hand
beat three - right hand
beat four - nothing

in rocky's version, it goes:

beat one - nothing
beat two - right hand
beat three - left hand
beat four - right hand

I think rocky chooses to emphasize the fourth beat rather than the third beat.

I don't think the love shot example is enough , so here's another example of rocky modifying choreography

this is the original choreography for Seventeen's don't wanna cry.

rocky crosses his legs before sliding them apart. listen to the beat of the music and watch him kick his back leg before sliding his legs apart. it's not in the original but Rocky felt like it would emphasize the best nicely so he modified it

Another example from Infinite's Be Mine choreography:

the move is to kick their left foot forward and step out with their right foot. but rocky slides his right foot behind his left foot before stepping out. it's such a small detail but he put it there for a reason. it's not an accident

https://twitter.com/LilRockyPebble/status/1162504533626544128?s=19

Rocky tweeted their dance practice version! https://twitter.com/offclASTRO/status/1162670717151825920?s=19

here is the part I talk about initially! all 3 of them are in sync and doing the same timing as the other videos. this is the timing they practiced

here is the slowed down version. if you listen to the beats, the timing they choose for the move hits to emphasize the last beat. if you didn't know the original choreography, watching this video wouldn't seem like they are doing it wrong

a change I believe that he made in predebut was to shinee's view. The original version looks like this:

but when ASTRO performed this song they used hand held mics so they didn't have two hands to execute the original move

this is what they did instead, which still captures the same essence as the original choreography but can be done while holding a mic

this is from a previous video of rocky (left) and moonbin (right) performing a self choreography in a video promoting fantagio winter auditions in 2015

the hand motion rocly does is the same here as in their view cover, so I think he was the one to make the change to the choreo