Display MoreLooking at it as someone who never was invested one way or another, the ITZY hate-train is so forced and seemed to just one day pop up.. Not much about the group changed, just suddenly many don't like them.
I swear if you switched Not Shy and Cake's release dates, Cake would've been the bigger hit people would years later say ITZY need to go back to, and "everyone" would trash Not Shy instead. They are both typical ITZY-like.. So people saying they want "old ITZY back" or something make absolutely 0 sense to me. I am convinced that if they released ICY now instead it wouldn't do as well as back then, just because..
They are trying different types of songs often, what do people want from them? Do people just want to move on to "shinier" newer GGs and therefore want to write them off or what?
I am not even someone who likes the vast majority of ITZY's music, but the hate-train is weird and unfair.
I agree exactly with what you said. If they released Wannabe right now, they'd be shit again. Itzy is a group that stands out with their performances and although I like their quirky bright songs, I think they are a bit similar to Red Velvet, in fact, they cannot please both parties because they go back and forth between two concepts. I hope they continue doing what they do best. There is no girl group in the industry right now that can surpass Itzy in terms of performance-oriented songs. They are trying, but I think Itzy is still number 1 in this regard. Because Ryujin, Yeji, Chaeryeong and Yuna are very talented dancers and they learn even the most difficult choreographies very quickly. Definitely not every girl group can do this. They learn difficult choreographies months later. Some kpop fans are incapable of even seeing the effort Itzy puts in their difficult choreographies. Or they just jelous.
toxic MYs might've fainted watching that though.
