Atm no. Kazuha mixed well with this group. Korea and international fans seem to like her. She is a important part of the group.
But sometimes especially before the debut I did wonder how minju would look and do in this concept. I think she would do well. Also sure they would smash. Maybe even higher sales because minju had a fanbase.
Kazuha was a great addition nevertheless!
honestly if minju had taken hybe's offer, the group likely would have been 4 members or 5 including kazuha. it seems like the source employee who recruited her had their eye on her for a while before picking her up from the netherlands so she likely would havestill been sought after, minju or not. im under the impression that it was really eunchae that was the last minute member. the concept seemed to have bee catered for members that were all of age and if it had been the 3 izone members, yujin and kazuha, that would have been achieved.
honestly if minju had taken hybe's offer, the group likely would have been 4 members or 5 including kazuha. it seems like the source employee who recruited her had their eye on her for a while before picking her up from the netherlands so she likely would havestill been sought after, minju or not. im under the impression that it was really eunchae that was the last minute member. the concept seemed to have bee catered for members that were all of age and if it had been the 3 izone members, yujin and kazuha, that would have been achieved.
The reports always claimed it would be a six membered group with 2 unknown source traniees iirc
That kazuha was the last minute addition most probably. Also I think everything was almost prepared and hybe was certain minju would join but didn't.
ok. im not rlly understanding how your speculation is more valid than mine based on the info we had. i don't recall seeing anything about how many known/unknow members there were until after minju was exposed to have declined the offer. after that we got info that yunjin was also in the group. we were aware of yunjin, chaewon, and sakura being in the group for like 6 months from what i remember. the news that minju rejected hybe's offer also had no timeline. for all we know she rejected it immediately after they attempted to buy her out, which would have been literally at the same time sakura and chaewon were bought out.and also the articles that came out at the time said hybe had tried to sway her over a period of time. so they knew soon into the groups creation that she wasn't that interested.
hybe obviously already had this concept and stuff planned before the members were confirmed, again that much is obvious by the concept mixed with minor members who were likely an afterthought addition. kazuha could have been the last member actually added to the group. but my original point was that she was probably being sought after before garam and especially eunchae were added. thats just what i think. we also werent given a timeline of when kazuha was scouted, though they did say she was the "last member" but that doesnt really mean "last minute member"
sorry for the essay. i have too many thought lol
Could be hybe approached her multiple times?
It's possible. We don't know. I guess most of us considered last member as the last minute addition default. Many I guess think Source and hybe went out to scout new traniees because minju didn't join. It's all assumption unless someone confirms.
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