there’s two times that come to mind, there might be more i missed tbh!

1) i believe this was filmed for their season’s greetings 2024 “nuance” (link: https://x.com/125s814/status/1912192744891773251?s=46&t=1F9_Enyo4H8c3L3OfBcrEA) soobin also agrees that he wouldn’t have been able to debut without kai either

2) this is from when they filmed “the return of superman” in 2023 during CTF era! (link: https://x.com/125s814/status/1745759186183700574?s=46) after soobin says “hmm…no”, kai begins to say something along the lines of “tbh, if it weren’t for hyung (i wouldn’t have been able to debut”)”…he doesn’t directly say the part in parentheses but that’s the implication! he stops himself because soobin gets smug and starts teasing him about it - you can see the full clip transcribed in korean here (link: https://x.com/sn__archive/status/1745891155710198113?s=46&t=1F9_Enyo4H8c3L3OfBcrEA)

all translation credits to my dear sab (@125s814) <3