What's your first impression of LIGHTSUM (new Cube group)

vanilla is bland

not a bad song, but i can barely remember it

more worryingly, cube management is trash tier

pray for chowon

They have too many members, debuted with a horrible song and tbh they didn't leave a great impression on me at all. I don't think they are, or will be, anywhere close to gidle level, but hopefully they won't suffer like poor CLC.

Also the styling for some of the girls is a crime. Whoever did Chowon's makeup should be fired

The girl themselves are talented! I’m not giving with the song though but the girls look amazing and so comfortable on stage already!

bland would be a understatement.

Cube thought with how fast growing kpop is and how much competition there is, they should reuse a bubblegum pop concept from 2008.....

I guess they rather play it safe than bomb their debut, but i think it’ll hurt them in the long run. My guess is they played it safe for their debut and will try standing out more for their comeback. Better play safe and gain a few fans, then do something TOO different and alienate fans you’ll never get back

i think this is the first time i've ever agreed with you about something lmao

i really wanted to like them, i love cute concepts! but their debut was......honestly boring. i didn't even finish the mv bc i was completely disinterested after like a minute. i haven't done that since everglow's debut song

i like the members and have soft spot for Chowon. They are mostly a very talented group and have very cute visuals but...

I found the song very basic, in the same aspect as cherry bullet or Rocket punch songs which mostly bore me... The MV was nothing new and they didn't really display the girls talent in this. I also think there's way too many members. With only 5/6 they could have a more balanced unit (she's cute but the maknae doesn't look ready imo) and they don't need to style Chowon like that for her to "fit in".

So it's basically a normal debut (like CLC) versus the iconic Idle debut...

I thought Juhyeon was amazing in her stage presence. Her dance lines just caused your eye to gravetate toward her. Vocals and Rap were also quite good. MV quality was also quite nice. Good use of lighting medium budget. The song though absolutely did not cut it for me. I've watched it maybe 3 or 4 times and I can't remember any of it. I would watch the same of StayC, Weeekly, ITZY, Aespa and I remember if not the whole thing several parts of it. But not this one. CLC, (G)I-dle to me had more impact song wise. So impact for me was about the same overall.

to be honest it was a bit boring

but i still love chowon lmao

i surprise nayoung has improve so much. Wish they the best

The song is ok, the group is just more of the same teen crush/cute we see everywhere, I wish those rookies had more varied concepts (girls crush, technologic, sexy, etc)

underwhelming. their debut seems to be reminiscent of CLC's debut, too many members and a concept/song that's a bit out-dated

It feels like a song designed by a committee -- trying its very best to play it safe and ending up unmemorable.

They just don't stand out to me at all even with other "cute" GGs like weeekly and stayc they stand out with something but the song was bland it's giving me 2.5 gen cutesy GGs tbh I feel like this group will just fade into the background for me with the likes of so many debuts the past few years cube lost their touch No way this group can compete with the likes of Stayc Weeekly purple kiss and secret number let alone bigger names like LOONA and EVERGLOW or 4rth gen monsters like ITZY and now Aespa.

Their debut song and concept didn't do justice to the members' huge potential.

Which is a shame because the stuff that was shown before their debut was actually pretty good and promising (and better than their debut song)

Also, Cube stylists haven't been going all in as I've seen being done with several other new groups (i.e. Aespa).

A good example is Chowon, she can look absolutely stunning, she has a unique look and aura that when highlighted immediately dominates the stage. However, her debut styling wasn't able to breach that potential.

I sure hope they are successful, especially Chowon she deserves success and it is already bad enough what has happened to her

IZ*ONE will be in a sort of Kpop Hall of Fame, remembered basically forever, when people talk in years to come about the most influential Artists of this Generation they will almost certainly me mentioned and praised for their talents and achievements

And when they are talked about say 10 years from now, Chowon and Gaeun probably won't even be mentioned, the rigging will be nothing more than a footnote in history unless Chowon or Gaeun go onto huge personal success

And if they are talked about, I can sadly so easily see arguments like "Time kind of proved those Girls didn't have the IT factor, otherwise they would have succeeded in spite of that" with everyone nodding their heads in agreement

they have a pottential, all the members but the debut didn't show how amazing they are. I even remember their song after repeat their mv 3 times, after g(idle) have amazing debut I have expectation to cube new gg. but

I'm gonna be brutally honest. I've watched the mv and was not impressed. I went to watch their performances to maybe have a different perspective of the song and while the members have potential, the song is just bland. It's not memorable and kind of boring. Such a shame really considering the stuff they released prior to the actual debut is a lot more promising.

It's definitely far below the tier of the iconic debut of idle. Everything about the debut song and mv kinds of fall in line to CLC's debut song. But, despite of that similarities, CLC's debut actually managed to have a little more impact to me. CLC's Pepe have more of a memorable hook and a standout member ( seungyeon) that left a lasting impression.

The members of Lightsum however doesn't have that kind of impression yet, at least to me. They're talented definitely but I guess because of the bland song, some of the member's potentials are obscured. There are some members who just doesn't fit that kind of cheesy bubblegum concept and it's sticking out.

Add the fact that CLC's debut song managed to be a refreshing release in the midst of sexy trend of the ggs around those years. Vanilla is not that.

it was pretty generic

I wasn't expecting a teen crush concept from them