KickFlip KYEHOON Confesses His Sewing Hobby and Fans Are Not Okay

The title asked about the truth behind a kiss — and while that moment does arrive, what surprised KickFlip fans most about the latest Tingle Interview was everything else. In a nearly 40-minute ASMR-format sit-down on M2's YouTube channel, KickFlip members KYEHOON and DONGHWA answered ten questions with total, sworn honesty, delivering the kind of unguarded self-portraits that have become some of the most rewatchable K-pop content online.

The result is an interview that feels less like a scheduled promotional appearance and more like an extended conversation between two people who are genuinely comfortable with who they are — a quality that, at 20 years old, is rarer than it sounds.

KYEHOON: The Group's Grandpa Who Sews His Own Clothes

From the very first facts he shared, KYEHOON made clear that KickFlip's self-described grandpa is not your typical 20-year-old idol. Born on September 16, 2004, and currently weighing 56 kilograms — with an ongoing bulking effort aimed at hitting 57 — KYEHOON grew up on Jeju Island before settling in Nowon-gu, Seoul, where he has lived long enough to jokingly reframe his hometown as somewhere inside your heart.

The detail that sent fans into a collective spiral of affection, however, was his hobby: sewing. KYEHOON revealed that he regularly visits a sewing workshop after schedules end, drawn in by the rhythmic sound of the machine. He has already completed two eco-bags for his parents and is currently working on a jacket — specifically a family jacket, with the back panel and lining already finished. Just wait a little longer, he told fans, and there will be a perfect piece of work.

It is the kind of hobby that cuts entirely against his stage presence — KYEHOON tends to come across as self-possessed and a little intense — but that contrast is exactly what makes it so endearing. His mother, KYEHOON noted, describes him as warm and deeply affectionate, and the sewing detail makes that characterization feel entirely credible.

His MBTI journey has also become a conversation piece among fans. KYEHOON started as ISF, passed through a playful intermediate phase, and has now landed on INTJ — settling into the type after reading its description and finding it, in his words, not bad at all. He has fully committed. His personality is widely known within the group for his humor and ability to reset the energy in any room — a skill that apparently involves surprising bursts of dancing and well-timed pranks whenever things get too quiet.

As for the nicknames, KYEHOON has accumulated several: Frog, Peter Pan, and the fan-given KickFlip Grandpa. He is particularly attached to the last one, framing it as a character that not every idol can have and one he intends to claim as entirely his own. The Peter Pan attribution came with a description that matched his energy precisely: energetic, mischievous, a little devilish at first glance, but ultimately someone who spreads laughter and joy to those around him.

DONGHWA: The ASMR Enthusiast Who Came Fully Prepared

DONGHWA's contribution to the interview was equal parts charming and thoughtful. Born on March 11, weighing 55 kilograms — one kilogram less than KYEHOON, a distinction both members tracked with precision — DONGHWA describes himself with a playful nickname that speaks to both his warmth and his dramatic flair.

Within KickFlip, DONGHWA's roles span mood-making and keeping the group's dynamic light when schedules grow heavy. He has also accumulated, by his own account, a reflex from years of training: saying sorry out loud to himself when alone and tired — the kind of small, revealing detail that only surfaces in an interview designed for exactly this kind of honesty.

But DONGHWA's most notable contribution to the session was his relationship with ASMR. He told viewers he had spent time specifically practicing and preparing for the Tingle Interview format, because he genuinely loves the medium and wanted to deliver something real. His ASMR segment became one of the most-discussed moments from the upload, with fans praising both his technical execution and his evident enthusiasm for the format.

The Anecdotes That Sent Fans Into Freefall

Two stories from the interview have circulated most widely since the upload, and they share a common thread: KYEHOON's capacity for creating unforgettable moments in completely mundane situations.

The first involves a PC cafe and a soccer game. KYEHOON, an avid enthusiast of TikTok cheering songs, reportedly celebrated a goal by launching into a full-volume performance of his current favorite — in the middle of a crowded internet cafe, repeatedly, for an extended period. DONGHWA's recounting of the incident — the embarrassment, the internal calculation of whether to stay or simply leave — landed as one of the funniest moments in the entire interview. I really wanted to walk out of that cafe, DONGHWA admitted.

The second story involves KYEHOON's sleep behavior. During a summer night when DONGHWA accidentally rolled off his bed and hit the floor, KYEHOON — from deep within sleep — apparently murmured a tender reassurance with complete sincerity and what DONGHWA described as an entirely blank expression. The following morning, KYEHOON had no memory of it. A separate incident involved KYEHOON suddenly yelling in the middle of the night after a frightening dream — once again startling DONGHWA, and once again leaving no trace in KYEHOON's waking recollection.

The combination of these stories — the sewing hobby, the cafe incident, the sleep-talking — has made KYEHOON one of the most actively discussed K-pop figures online this week, with fan communities cataloguing every revelation with obvious delight.

The Moment the Title Was Referring To

As for the truth behind the kiss that the interview title teased: it arrived during a segment where DONGHWA asked KYEHOON to demonstrate his ability to deliver classic K-drama confession lines. KYEHOON obliged, performing the same line in multiple emotional registers — from heartfelt to deliberately theatrical to what he described as world-star mode. He also referenced his appreciation for a famous dramatic kissing-scene line from a drama he admired, which he delivered with a level of commitment that clearly amused DONGHWA and the production team.

It is, in the context of a Tingle Interview, exactly the kind of playful fan service the format is designed to produce — while also revealing something genuine about KYEHOON's comfort with performance and his self-deprecating humor about how naturally theatrical he can be. His approach to the drama line exercise — trying it multiple ways, critiquing his own results, and ultimately deciding he had a natural talent for it — captured both sides of his personality in one extended moment.

Why This Interview Lands Right Now

KickFlip's fourth mini album, My First Kick, released on April 6, 2026, is built around the concept of being 20 for the very first time — the uncertainty, the excitement, the feeling of being slightly clumsy in the middle of something that still feels enormous. All members are turning 20 this year, and the album's title track, Want to Stand Out in Your Eyes, channels that energy directly: the desire to be noticed, to matter, to leave an impression on someone who has not yet looked up.

The album debuted at the top of multiple charts, with first-week physical sales surpassing 456,000 copies on the Hanteo Chart — a new career high for a group that has broken its own sales record with every single release since debut. That commercial momentum gives the Tingle Interview an additional layer of context: this is a group at peak visibility, choosing to use that visibility to show their fans who they actually are.

KYEHOON's sewing workshop trips and DONGHWA's deliberate ASMR preparation are not the details of carefully managed image-building. They are the details of two people who are genuinely interesting, and who are comfortable enough to say so without performance anxiety. For a group asking fans to notice them, the argument made in the Tingle Interview is perhaps the most effective one possible: spend 40 minutes with us, unedited, and see what you think.

Based on fan response since the upload, the answer has been emphatic. The Tingle Interview has become one of KickFlip's most-viewed non-music pieces of content in recent memory, and KYEHOON's sewing reveal in particular shows no signs of stopping its circuit through K-pop fan communities online.