- [BM] Oh yo! I remember when…
So this is what a fan did. It was crazy.
It’s a fan from Brazil. What she did was…
So one… One clothing company I really like is Crooks & Castles.
- [Michael] Right. - [LXX] Yeah yeah.
- [BM] Man, it’s been one of my favorites since high school.
So she got me a Crooks & Castles…
- [Michael] Jacket? Crewneck. - [BM] Crewneck.
- [BM] That was from donations from other fans in Brazil right?
And then part of the money went to that but in honor of my birthday…
The rest of the money that they were able to raise…
They bought chairs and tables for a little school.
- [Michael] Ooo. - [Ashley] Aww.
- [BM] Where they had kids who learned... sitting on the floor.
- [Michael] Right right right.
- [BM] So that was a really really memorable… - [Ashley] Wow. That’s really meaningful.
- [LXX] That’s lit.
- [BM] She sent me like videos of the little kids saying “thank you”
in like Portueguese and stuff…
And it was just like… “Aww…”
- [LXX] Suck that in. Get back in there.
- [BM] Yeah yeah. That was really memorable.
- [Ashley] Yeah a lot of K-Pop fans do that.
Donating in their alts name?
- [BM] Yeah yeah.
- [Ashley] Do they do that in the States?
I don’t know if I’ve heard of that but…
- [Michael] I think… - [BM] I think they do.
- [LXX] I’m pretty sure they would be.
- [BM] Yeah.
- [Ashley] In Korea, I know they donate like rice and…
They donate a lot of money to different charities and organizations.
That’s really cool.
Maybe I should do that by my next birthday.
Just be like, “Don’t get me gifts.”
- [BM] Just donate?
- [Ashley] Just donate. ‘Cause yeah…
- [Michael] That would be cool. - [Ashley] Right?
- [LXX] That’s cool too.
- [Michael] I think that’s a good idea.
I remember getting a weird gift.
It was from a fan.
- [BM] Is it weirder than a bra?
- [Michael] Yeah…
I remember ‘cause it was a…
One of the anniversaries for 28LABORATORY.
I think it was like our second year.
And then… Oh no first year.
And then… One of the fans—
I don’t remember where they’re from.
But then… I got like a box…
Bunch of snacks from the States and everything.
I was like, “Oh cool. I’ve never tasted this.”
So I was like eating all that.
And at the bottom of the box, I had like a toilet paper roll thing.
It was like a plastic right? Like a customized—
I don’t know like a toilet paper holder?
I was like, “Cool.” So I put it in my bathroom.
I was using it so I did my, you know…
Number twos.
I was having a good time.
And… As I was about to wipe…
So I was like pulling the toilet paper right?
And then some weird *** noise started coming through.
I was like, “Where’s the sound coming from?”
I was like, “What was that?”
And it was like a girl’s voice right?
I was like, “What is this?” And the toilet paper roll…
- [Michael] The holder thing. - [LXX] Had a speaker.
- [Michael] Yeah. It actually had a recording of our fan’s voice in it I think.
I don’t remember the messages but…
As soon I heard that I was like, “Yo. That’s creeping me out.”
- [Ashley] Wait so every time you pulled, it played?
- [Michael] Yeah. It was like— I don’t remember what it was.
It was like, “Congratulations.”
- [BM] “Enjoy your number two, Michael.”
- [Michael] No no. I was like, “What is this.”
You know like… the number two that was about to drop, it went back in.
I was like, “Oh. What was that?”
It was like scary.
- [BM] "Save the trees. Don’t use too much Michael."
- [Michael] And then I hopped on an Instagram live after that.
I was like, “Thank you for the gift and everything but you have to warn me…”
- [LXX] You got to give me a heads up.
- [Michael] That was pretty weird… But yeah.
- [Ashley] But like more than gifts, I still love receiving letters and cards more.
- [LXX] Oh yeah.
- [Ashle] I feel like we don’t do that as much anymore.
Or it’s either through messenger or Kakao… Or like Instagram.
I was going to write him a birthday card but he like passionately refused.
He was like calling me names.
And he was like, “Don’t do that.”
And I was like… what.
- [Michael] Why? Why’d you say no to that?
- [Ashley] ‘Cause he’s shy.
- [BM] You said you were going to write me— Oh you did.
On Instagram. You were like,
“I was gonna write a letter but I just didn’t.”
- [Ashley] No. I didn’t say that.
- [BM] No? What’d you say?
I was gonna write a letter…
I’m gonna write a letter…
You said you’re—
Oh you did say you’re gonna write a letter.
- [Ashley] Yeah. - [Michael] Why’d you refuse?
- [BM] I don’t know… It’s just…
- [Ashley] It’s just ticklish? - [BM] It’s like…
- [Michael] I like getting letters though. - [Ashley] Excuse me.
- [LXX] Yeah. I like letters.
- [BM] What would you have said?
Let me hear it then.
Let me hear what you were going to say.
- [Ashley] Nooo. - [BM] See it’s like this.
- [Ashley] You can’t do that. - [BM] It’s like this.
- [Ashley] It’s weird—
You know I have to put more thought into writing it.
I can’t just say it out loud.
- [BM] “Hello Matthew…” - [Ashley] “Hello Matthew…”
- [BM] “It is your 28th birthday today.”