[RANT-ish] I hate Kep1er's concept

I absolutely hate it. I don't mind teen crush concepts in general but it doesn't suit Kep1er. At all. The members (except maybe Dayeon) all suit other concepts better (elegant, hiphop, girl crush, cute). None of them are shining in the teen crush concept or their debut. Plus they're honestly too old. Teen crush implies that they're teenagers but four out of nine members will be adults this year. Yujin is already 25. Xiaoting and Mashiro are 22. Chaehyun will be turning 20 in 3 months. Compare that to Weki Meki who invented the teen crush concept and Itzy who is the most popular group with it. Weki Meki's members were 14-20 years old when they debuted with an average age of 16.8. Itzy were 15-18 and their average age was 17. In comparison Kep1er's age interval is 16-25 and their average age is 19.2 years old. Significantly older. And the fact that Chaehyun and Xiaoting are the main centers of the group doesn't make anything better. I don't know who the genius was that thought it was a good idea to debut a group with two adult centers with a teen crush concept. Like come on. Pick something that actually suits them.

The whole execution also looks messy, half assed and cheap. It's like they had zero budget and the whole debut is just poorly put together.

I don't know if it's too niche but I think they would have slayed a nightmare/horror concept. Similar to Dreamcatcher put softer and more upbeat. Like Dreamcatcher, Izone and Loona mixed together. The members good at elegant concepts (Xiaoting, Yeseo, Chaehyun, Yujin, Hiyyih) would pull it off perfectly and the members more suited for girl crush (Hikaru, Youngeun, Dayeon) would still have opportunity to go hard. Mashiro I'm a little unsure about but she did a good job in both Fiesta and MITM so she should be fine (plus imagine her gaze in a horror concept. she would be terrifying). It's age neutral (neither Yujin or Yeseo would look weird performing it) and Chaehyun and Xiaoting both suit the concept and would bring the group together. Xiaoting would be so powerful I'm dead just thinking about it.

Stop ignoring me

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I miss when cute concepts were the norm and people were complaining about the lack of fIeRcE ggs

how times change

I don't really miss that.

I just want more fairy tale/fantasy concepts in whatever shape or form. (...Plus suits. Girl groups in suits are always the best)

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Better but too sleek and futuristic. I want something pretty

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can't relate

I'm all about that pastel tennis school uniform oppa jeongmal wae irae life

Oh I had forgotten about all those bloody tennis courts. I swear they were included in every girl group mv in 2016

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Good suggestion. Let's see how this evolves though. I always give groups debut and first comeback to establish their sound. Till then I don't make a firm opinion on.

True. They could improve their concept/sound to the next comeback but their debut was so much worse than what I was hoping for. :sadface:

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No need to overthink sometimes we forgot that despite coming from a mnet survival show they are in a nugu company not surprised they gave us a cheap music video with an overused concept.

Even if I expected something different,

I think their first comeback will determine the type of sound and concept they will follow in the future.

That's a good point. I wish mnet could have put someone better at the job. And too be fair none of the Produce groups debuts stood out in production. Energetic and La Vie Rose are good songs and have nice choreographies but the mvs are meh.

That's what I'm thinking too. Even if they make it more polished it's not like they're gonna completely switch so we'll be stuck with this concept.

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I kinda agree about the execution of it. I don't know how to explain it, but they don't seem like a group when they perform? Some members seem part of the group, and the rest just feel like backup dancers. This might change with experience though

Understand what you mean. Some of them have completely faded into the background. Even some of the strong performers on GP999 like Yeseo and Youngeun who to boot has lines somehow disappeared.

I think it's both that the concept is wrong for the group but also that everything just looks so messy.

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wow that would actually suit them well

I hope their comebacks will have smth like that

It would! We already saw multiple members pull off similar concepts on GP999 and it would make them stand out compared to other popular groups