Did HYBE save all their good trainees for New Jeans?

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I think it's insanely creepy to judge young teenagers on their looks and potential sex appeal.

Why do you guys always think visuals equal to sex appeal? The weird ones are you guys.

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How come every member of New Jeans can not only speak English fluently but is also more eye-catching than Lessafim? Their faces even look more natural and every single one of them looks like they have future it-girl potential. By that I mean like, you know nmixx are all good looking but only Jinni and Sullyoon are standout visuals? It feels like instead of having only one or two stand-out members the whole group is full of Jinni and Sullyoon.

eye-catching is a strong word here. eye-catching means something "striking" that immediately catches your attention. yes, they're pretty but their visuals are too similar to have anyone stand out enough. lsrfm on the other hand are all different and imo that's a good thing. there's something for every taste.

also, it-girl potential is not all about being pretty, it's also about giving off that specific aura that makes people want to be like you.

these girls are still very young to judge them like this. just support them, enjoy their music and stop trying to pin them against much older and experienced idols like sakura, chaewon and yunjin. it's not a fair competition and it's definetly not in favour of the newjeans girls.

I like hype boy a lot, but I don't think the member's visual is interesting.

Even if they get hyped for their visual, it just another netizen hyping everything that coming big 4 companies moment.

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Honestly no shade to any group but I always used to wonder why hybe kinda fell off in terms of getting charming and talented idols after bts. Like all their current idols are fine but it feels like their company brand name is carrying them rather than their own charm and potential but this group is really charming, although I've seen barely 2-3 videos of them but even traniee A guys also look like they have potential too. The new scouting team in hybe is on a roll

Because Bang Sihyuk and casting team poured their all with BTS. BTS is one of the few groups with 7+ members where I can recognize each member after 1 MV, and I can tell each member's individuality after 1 show. Absolutely no group in HYBE after that have this charm. And no matter how much HYBE is pushing other individuals, no one can have the scale of BTS maknae line stan attracting ability. Look at rookie BTS in MV and shows, they looked natural maybe because BH was small and not much restriction.

You guys are setting these girls up before they’ve even debuted.