ChuuVes

**ChuuVes** (츄브; **Chuu** and Y**Ves**) is the friendship pairing between Yves and Chuu. This pairing was first introduced in the music video for Chuu's single Heart Attack.

## Other Names

* JiSoo (지수; **Ji**Woo and **Soo**Young) (respectively Chuu and Yves's first name)
* Yvuu (입유; **Yv**es and Ch**uu**)
* YvesChuu (입츄, *Ib-Chuu*; **Yves** and **Chuu**)
	+ YvesChu (입추, *Ib-Chu*) (alternate)
* Chves and Yuu
* Eevee and Pikachu

## Songs

* "Girl's Talk" (2017)
* Music Video for "Heart Attack" (2017)

## Trivia

### Similarities

* Both were born in South Korea.
* Both have brown eyes.
* Both have brown hair.
* Both were revealed as members in 2017.
* Both are part of LOONA's third sub-unit, yyxy.
* Both of their representative are aquatic birds: Swan (Yves) and Penguin (Chuu).
* Both of their representative colors are warm(ish) colors.
* They shared a room with the other two yyxy members.
* Both like spoonerism wordplay.
* Both have the same eyesight.

### Differences

* Chuu’s blood type is A, whereas Yves’ blood type is B.
* Yves is older.
	+ Yves is in the '97 line, while Chuu is in the '99 line.
* Yves is part of Up unit ("tall girl unit"), whereas Chuu is part of Line unit.
* When they were both in the dance academy, they were in separate buildings. Yves was in Urban Dance, Chuu was in hip hop.
* Both have low self confidence and have debut with little training time with the company, but Chuu is on the Positivity Line, Yves is a pessimist.
* Yves dislikes being affectionate and doing cute aegyo, but Chuu likes both and dislikes being called sexy.
* Yves is good at Yoga, Aerial Yoga and Pilates. Chuu isn't on any of them.
* On the other hand: Chuu was an anchor leg (Ace) on school relay teams, Yves wasn't. On Chuu Can Do It, Chuu managed to close the distance on Yves, but with the gap being too great from the beginning of the six-legged 6x200m relay, Chuu couldn't lead the comeback.
* Both received MVP votes for LOONA Athletics Day. Chuu got 3rd and Yves won. Chuu also voted for her.

### Facts

* They are in the group LOONA.
* They met before predebut at a dance academy.
* Because they're close, Yves teases Chuu a lot.
* From advanced MBTI standpoint, they are the most compatible pairing as best or compatible friends, while two of the same MBTI-types generally do not.
* Chuuves is often called "입추" (*Ibchu*) by Korean fans. 입추 also referred to a period of the year -- 立秋, the 13th solar term (out of 24) on the traditional East Asian calendars. 입추 signifies the beginning of autumn in East Asian cultures; it starts on the 7th-8th August. Thus, some fans decided the 8th August is "Chuuves Day"/"YvesChuu Day"
* Yves' strengths according to Chuu: "Yves unnie's strength is that while she might not seem like it, she is very witty and humorous. And she doesn't lack anything on the performance side. I keep a very close eye on her. (Laughing) My score for her is 100/100."
* Yves' weaknesses according to Chuu: "And her downside. She gets up late"
* Yves' compliment to Chuu:
	+ Yves: "Chuu, you always talk kindly, very energetic, and has a powerful voice. Whenever I feel down, you keep me busy."
	+ Chuu [laughing]:"Like, chaotic?"
	+ Yves: "Yes chaotic. But thank you for keeping me busy!"
	+ Chuu [being disturbed by a bug]: "Oh, a bug!"
	+ Yves: "Am I a bug to you?"
* Around midnight, on Yves' 22th birthday (in 2019), Chuu made her cry by imitating a cockroach. Then when midnight struck, the other members came to the practice room to sing her "Happy Birthday" with a cake.
* They did a dance challenge of the song Bicycle by Chungha on TikTok.
* What Yves finds amazing about Chuu: "You would think Chuu is just simply cute, but I think it’s cool that she adjusts well to various concepts, and that she can express her own colour."
* What Chuu finds amazing about Yves: " I think, even if you were to work hard, it would be quite difficult to match unnie’s proportions and passion."
* Chuu's habit, according to Yves: "Even though she’s doing very well, and always producing good results, she is still not confident in herself… You’re doing very well!!!"
* Yves' habit, according to Chuu: "Her habit of squatting when sitting. I’ve told her many times that it’s bad for her knees, but it hasn’t changed."
* Back in 2019, they went viral for supposedly marrying and becoming the wealthiest couple.

### First meeting & impressions

* Yves met her at a dance academy, before joining BlockBerryCreative. Chuu was sitting very quietly in a cap. Yves thought Chuu was a quiet and shy person, and that she could befriend her because of that. She stopped her in a elevator to ask for her number. They became friends and ended up starring in a web drama together (a cameo) as a part time job.
* Chuu's first impression of Yves
	+ Chuu: "[Yves] looked friendly but was somewhat cold. [Yves denied that statement] She was cold... [Addressing Yves] You were smiling brightly. So I wanted to get closer to her. And I talked to her and she was somewhat cold...So I thought "maybe I was wrong"...But she talked back to me. I could feel she was a very nice person."
		- Since Yves was the one who approached Chuu first, she denied this statement.

* Chuu picked Yves as the member whose image changed the most from the first time she met her:
	+ Chuu: "Yves unnie seemed very shy at first, but now she's the comedian and boss unnie :) "
* They had to part and pretend not to know each other since Yves was revealed before Chuu.
* During her time as a trainee, Yves had to go on a strict diet. However, Chuu made sure to give her extra food.

## Quotes

The new single lets the fans take a peek into what JiWoo, who has already been a popular trainee among fans, had to go through to become ‘Chuu’, **and her desire to be loved by Yves**, who also has said in her lyrics, “my heart that wants to be like you gets colored, filled with you.

–***Heart Attack official description***

Yves, the leader of yyxy, had “faith” in being born again with the song ‘new’. Chuu keeps her “hopes" up with **her yearning towards Yves**.

–***Butterfly official description***

I felt like dust in 0uter Space without you

–***Chuu's fight after Yves paid more attention to Go Won.***

## References

1. ↑ Frequency of the Moon 9
2. ↑  211126 Chuu VLIVE - Translation by Orrery/nim
3. ↑ Chuuves Day
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 eNews24 - Strengths and Weaknesses of LOONA (190313)
5. ↑ hello82 - Kpop Stars try In-N-Out - LOONA
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 (2SHOT TALK) - Translation by Team Subbits
7. ↑ Arnold, Amanda "Unfortunately, Korean Lesbians Did Not Just Become the Richest Couple on Earth" The Cut. 2019.02.26
8. ↑ Yves and Chuu's first meeting
9. ↑ Yves and Chuu's first meeting bis
10. ↑ VLIVE Hi High Debut
11. ↑ 180912 | Yves, Chuu & Olivia Hye Relationship Charts
12. ↑ Heart Attack official description
13. ↑ Butterfly official description
14. ↑ Frequency of The Moon #6