I now do think that if there had been no rigging scandal in the Produce series, the Produce groups would have struck a significantly bigger mark than today

I only learned that Kim Wooseok defeated the person in my sig on Music Bank yesterday, although the person in my sig paid him back the next day on Music Core.

X1 sold more than 700,000 albums, although it might have been boosted by the fact that it might be its last album.

Kim Wooseok did sell about 86,000 copies in the first week.

He is not part of the 4th generation since he had debuted as up10tion before, but he is one of the younger singers who defeated the person in my sig.

I have said a few times that if IZOne and X1 were fully operational, IZOne would have silenced the person in my sig, and X1 would have given a huge run of money on txt. (In this parallel universe Enhypen would probably not have existed.)

As a result of the implosion of X1, NCT revived and SM gained a new lease on life.

But, X1 is no more, and IZOne has now settled for appealing only to its diehard fans. So the person in my sig is still running around, second only to BTS.

If the rigging scandal had been buried, the pecking order would have been like BTS - SVT - X1 - IZOne - ...... - the person in my sig, but because some people who had too much time on their hands had overturned the apple cart, it is now BTS - the person in my sig - SVT ... - IZOne.

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Why can't you just say IU?

Also I feel like everyone know that X1 would have been just as big and possibly bigger than Wanna One.

X1 was going places. It would have significantly made life hard for txt and NCT and would probably have hit a million sales last year

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You would have saved a lot of letters if you just used her two letter name.

I sometimes refer her with a lot of adjectives, like "Kpop's most reactionary singer".

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bro i miss x1 and i'm dreading the day iz*one disbands

Yes I am not talking about it but quite a lot of people are in denial about Izone's disbandment

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I'm happy for Wooseok he deserved it

Yes he did, although he did lose to the person in my sig in the next two shows. At least he got a win which is the most important

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If the produce scandal never happened then 4th bgs wouldn't even have a chance. Produce hype is scary. Its like when wannaone overshadowed and set back all the 2017 bgs. X1 would be everywhere and snatching up all 4th gen related awards. I'm kinda glad they disbanded so my 4th gen faves actually have a chance

I feel like if the scandal never happened we would've gotten a co-ed group for season 5. I wonder how successful that season would be considering co-ed groups typically get paid dust.

Because of the various scandals, co-ed groups do not really work. The only one I can think about is KARD which rarely promotes in Korea

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why is yohan flop ?

He should being soloist...

It appears Yohan will seek to become an actor. A drama called School 2021, postponed because of covid, will be filmed with he as the lead later this year