Babymonster is starting to become Ahyeon & friends..

It's pretty clear what YG is trying to do. Without Ahyeon, they flopped, now they're trying hard and want to see if they can succeed with Ahyeon. Also, she's the face of the group. I honestly don't like this, because this is dividing the fandom, and like you said, they ignore the other members whom are actually more talented than Ahyeon. Not much, but still. They don't look like friends, and honestly, every time I see Ahyeon she looks so sad. I don't think she likes to be the face of the group. YG did this with Jennie, too, so it's not really surprising.

You dont seem to know what you're talking about.

YG doesn't control who these different companies put on the thumbnail. And yes, YG can handle groups over 4. They've had many.

Considering they started to chart with her. I guess her fans didn’t overhype her impact

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Shut the fuck up David.

Everyone pretty much laughs at you. Your opinions are awful, uneducated and uninformed.

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all of them are equally talented but somehow only ahyeon get the spotlight, and some for the thais member.. almost none for the other 4.. atleast during Batter Up no one is getting pushed this hard and everyone is treated equally

you got into baemon like a week ago and you think you know them

She is not even my bias but she has the most fansites and Korean fans I see this on twitter, she trends more so obviously they are gonna highlight her more but her being in many thumbnail of videos is up to them not her company she is just more popular .

because batter up didn't get promo duh now they are going to variety shows, music shows, radio shows etc

Isn't this more of a case where Babymonster fans are overhyping her compared to the other members? Sure YG is pushing her as the face of the group but more than half of Baemon fans seem to bias her, so is it really completely YG's fault?

also imo there is always gonna be a main attractor and she is one of them. It happened with may ggs and imo if she ever become very popular the popularity will work for the whole group

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i still think that the only reason why BM is charting decently is due to promotion on variety show, radio show and music show

Baby Monster predebut show is a big flop its not even aired on cable tv shows like RU NEXT, no one except YG stan are paying attention (and YG stan itself is the smallest among Big 4 fandom). so why suddenly Ahyeon is the reason BM start to catch gp attention ? i believe only YG stan know her

if Batter Up got proper promotion like Sheesh it will enter TOP 100 Melon too, im very sure.

Yes, it's because of promotions, that's how it works, but their talent is a factor, too. When they released Batter Up, it didn't happen, because they didn't do any promotion and the song was a mess and didn't showcase their talents like Stuck in The Middle or even this lazy Sheesh song. I hate the sheesh part and the rap lyrics, but there are some good vocal parts.

I don't think it's about Ahyeon, she's just one factor, probably the smallest factor. The biggest push was probably their performance on Knowing Bro's and "It's Live".

Only clueless YG stans say Ahyeon is the reason, and it's actually sad they say that, because they're literally shitting on the other members.

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cause i feel like in batter up, there wasnt one member that was pushed into the spotlight, i feel like everyone was excited to see ahyeon bc she wasnt with them in the debut

because batter up wasn't promoted YG didn't send them anywhere and her being " pushed" in the shows they go to it's more because she is the most popular she gets more attention but I feel rami is getting attention for her vocals.

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this is not the usual way of big company handling their group tho.. like SM with SNSD for example Yoona is the main attractor back then but the management know how to push Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany etc.. also TWICE, Nayeon is the main attractor but you dont see JYP rubbing Nayeon face on each of us every single time, even during their early day (Cheer Up era)

what part you don't understand that is up to them ( music shows, radio shows ) if they want to put her on a thumbnail if you every watch the shows they go to......many members are getting attention like rami and to some extent asa it's not only ahyeon.

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It's pretty clear what YG is trying to do. Without Ahyeon, they flopped, now they're trying hard and want to see if they can succeed with Ahyeon. Also, she's the face of the group. I honestly don't like this, because this is dividing the fandom, and like you said, they ignore the other members whom are actually more talented than Ahyeon. Not much, but still. They don't look like friends, and honestly, every time I see Ahyeon she looks so sad. I don't think she likes to be the face of the group. YG did this with Jennie, too, so it's not really surprising.

its not without ahyeon. Its batter up. They also flopped before They started with the promos with sheesh. Its the promos that count

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then if shes already the most popular member, YG should give chance for other member.. how about the other 4 underrated member ? for example, with IVE starship is giving spotlight to Leeseo, Gaeul and Liz knowing that WY and Yujin already popular and have established fanbase..

the way YG handling BM is like some nugu company handling their girl group that have IOI member in it (GUGUDAN, DIA)

Chill, it hasn't been that long since they debuted. Even Blackpink was called Jennie and girls in their early days.

Seeing how IVE ended up I don't think necessarily a bad thing at all. It might even be a good thing for Babymonster to have an "it girl" that the even the general public is interested in.

In the end, the other members will also reap the benefits in some form. Hypothetically, IVE without Wonyoung would never have have become anywhere near as popular. It's probably the same with BP and Jennie/Lisa.

I might go as far as saying having Ahyeon is their advantage and what sets them apart from other 5th gen groups.

Well it’s not my girl Ahyeon’s fault blame the Pds or the visual director in charge of the music shows.

Ahyeon and who?

She is the IT girl of the group though I might beg to differ. I'll take the banana girl.

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It's pretty clear what YG is trying to do. Without Ahyeon, they flopped, now they're trying hard and want to see if they can succeed with Ahyeon. Also, she's the face of the group. I honestly don't like this, because this is dividing the fandom, and like you said, they ignore the other members whom are actually more talented than Ahyeon. Not much, but still. They don't look like friends, and honestly, every time I see Ahyeon she looks so sad. I don't think she likes to be the face of the group. YG did this with Jennie, too, so it's not really surprising.

I dont think they are doing better now due to her though? BM started promoting and their talents got praised.

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I dont think they are doing better now due to her though? BM started promoting and their talents got praised.

Yes, that's what I said in my other comment as well. It's multiple things.

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This is why gg stans are superior

Its not bc chiquita has the most viewed on the recent fancam and most comments were korean

Objectively, the members who gather fans on Babymonster with their talents; I think it's Ahyeon and Chiquita. Ruka and Asa are among the members that attract fans in the second place. Ahyeon is extremely talented for her young age. She's ace is definitely good at rapping, vocals and dancing. So it makes sense that Baemon is the most famous and star member is Ahyeon.

idk this seems like a pretty uninformed take. Like yea of course this gonna be ahyeons era, she was already 1 of the most popular pre-debut and obviously YG wanted to generate hype around her debut....

I dont have any numbers to support this but just based off fan engagement the members popularity seems to be pretty evenly distributed, especially for a 7 member group. There are no noticably weak members which you see in big groups and even smaller ones.

Well yg it's not strange to that

iKon was that way, kforums trends a week ago show they only care for her but as of now they don't have many topics about them in general

Blame the fans, it's often the fans that create the hype for one or two members of the group and the companies just play along. And they just debuted, stop drawing too big conslusions so soon.

So now thumbnails decide popularity

Incoming:

X Member had the most thumbnails in 24hr XD

It's always like this at the beginning

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It's pretty clear what YG is trying to do. Without Ahyeon, they flopped, now they're trying hard and want to see if they can succeed with Ahyeon. Also, she's the face of the group. I honestly don't like this, because this is dividing the fandom, and like you said, they ignore the other members whom are actually more talented than Ahyeon. Not much, but still. They don't look like friends, and honestly, every time I see Ahyeon she looks so sad. I don't think she likes to be the face of the group. YG did this with Jennie, too, so it's not really surprising.

here with your negativity again. get out!

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Well bg stans went almost extinct from this forum while gg stans are thriving for a reason

YG have to promote someone from the group because it's important to have a stand out member especially within girl groups, but I think they are kind of overdoing it with Ahyeon being the Jennie 2.0, it came of as forced.