All the members had such strong and distinct personalities.
They could have been one of the leading groups if they let the members do a lot of subgroup and solo projects.
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I stand by "dorky goofball"
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Good song but it doesn't quite stand out enough.
MV is a miss for me though.
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evidence:
- Somi posts pic with IOI members as one of only 2 pics from earlier in the year for her new year insta post (the other was WYWF performance)
- Doyeon recently asking for P101 photos
- Chungha releasing Byulharang on IOI debut date
- Yoojung with I.O.I nails (not sure what this is referring to)
https://twitter.com/nachungcha…tatus/1349019118033371137
It would provide the only good promotion recently for the Produce series so it would make sense from MNet's perspective, but it would be very difficult to get all the girls together.
Totally not being a clown.
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a flawless discography with fewer songs is better than releasing a ton of songs and having some be "flops"
maybe not as few as blackpink though, they're a special case because any other group would've straight flopped with the long ass hiatuses they've had through the years
Somi has even less music than BP, but people are still following her.
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Yes, but being able to predict which songs the public will love is the most important skill for a producer.
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That is what Teddy seems to think.
Teddy revealed in the BP doc that he has not released (and probably will not release) most of the songs he made for BP. He clearly has very high standards for all songs he releases, which has annoyed fans because it means that we get less music than is normal from idols.
It also explains why he has so many hits and so few flops. He clearly thinks that a longer period of inactivity is better than a single flop. Perhaps because one flop would hurt the artist(s) much more than a long wait for content, especially for new artists who might not be given another chance by the public after one failure.
On the other hand, releasing more music probably increases the chance for a hit because one of the rejected songs might have done much better than expected.
Teddy's track record is hard to argue with, but maybe it would be better to lower standards a little and release more music.
So what's better:
- releasing more music: higher chance for a hit, but a much higher chance for a flop
- releasing less music: lower chance for a hit, but a much lower chance for a flop
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Honestly, Teddy standard's might be too high for her writing skill
I mean, he can just let some of her written songs as b-sides, but NO everything single thing must pass his standard and I found that quite meh
3 songs for 2 years, one EP with two songs and one single album
Playing devils advocate, if Somi gets just one hit she'll get all the fans she lost back plus many new fans. Teddy's strategy seems to be focused on only releasing songs that could be hits because of this. Realistically, Somi is losing fans slowly enough that she could not have a hit for 2-3 more years and still be fine, even at her current low activity levels, so Teddy is probably not too concerned yet.
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I understand your point but she’s under YG and that company is literally known for keeping their artists(esp. the female ones) in their dungeon for a long time
3 songs in 27 months is very low even for YG/Teddy.
yeah I still believe she would have done much better in a group.
Somi wouldn't be able to write much in a group. Maybe one song per album. I do think it's good for her to learn to write now, I just think a compromise is necessary for her to increase her output to a normal amount.
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I love Somi, but let's be real. She has released 3 songs over the 27 months since she joined The Black Label. It sounds like she'll release an album soon, but she is probably the least productive idol ever, literally.
I think the problem is that Somi wants to be involved in writing all her songs (Somi has writing credits on all of her songs), but she is a young amateur at writing, so it is taking a long time for her to make enough songs for an album that meet Teddy's high standards -- even with TBL producers' help (maybe it took so long for BP solos for a similar reason). Also, because Somi is spending more time on writing than a normal young idol she doesn't have as much time to produce other content. So we end up getting much less content from her.
It is probably good for her in the long run to gain writing experience now, but she is slowly losing fans due to her very low activity (it's actually impressive how large her fan base still is, considering her low activity). Maybe it would be better for her to write less songs at first (maybe 30-50%), and then slowly increase her writing contributions as she gains more experience.
Or maybe she'll release a full album (12 songs) within the next few months, making her song output about average for young solos (5-6 per year). More realistically, her upcoming album is probably a 6 song EP, counting WYWF.
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Love her but I agree.
I think the problem is that Somi wants to be involved in writing all her songs (Somi has writing credits on all of her songs), but she is a young amateur at writing, so it is taking a long time for her to make enough songs for an album that meet Teddy's high standards, even with TBL producers' help (maybe a similar reason it took so long for BP solos). Also, because Somi is spending more time on writing than a normal young idol she doesn't have as much time to produce other promotional content. So we end up getting much less content from her.
It is probably good for her in the long run to gain writing experience now, but maybe it would be better for her to write less songs at first (maybe 30-50%), and then slowly increase her writing contributions as she gains more experience.
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More new songs than I expected. Queen delivering content.
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