Ego can destroy a lot of things. It definitely didn't sit well with BSH (who prides himself as the hitmaker of kpop 🙃) that newjeans, a girlgroup without his direct involvement, became more successful than the one he produced himself.
Hybe employees on Blind: all female groups are experiment anyway since they don't profit that well.
Did this really happen?
The group has so much potential. It's the first girlgroup survival show line-up, and only the second overall (after Enhypen in 2020), to truly impress me in years. This may sound ridiculous, but I know a hit group when I see one.
All izna needs is consistent, high-quality musical and creative direction, which is up to TBL to provide. The marketing machinery will depend largely on how much CJ ENM is willing to push the group. If these two entities can work in sync, izna will be going to the moon y'all.
They started slow, and most mocked them, but now most probably are the group most likely to be the next BP.
There is no 'next Blackpink.' They, along with BTS, were a phenomenon that happened to be in the right place at the right time. I don't think there will be another girlgroup like them in the foreseeable future. YG needs to understand this—they are too obsessed with creating the 'next Blackpink' that they aren't giving Babymonster any unique identity at all. I had high hopes for them at first, but now they just feel like a desperate copycat of Blackpink to me.
We need to let these girls create their own path.
I'm totally rooting for Ran! I know her since I listen to Girls2 and it was quit surprising to see her back so soon. She just had left Girls2 in the end of May this year so yeah. IDK what lead to her going on PDJ, but she left Girls2 around the time when the PDJ-aplications happend so maybe she only left Girls2 to be able to participate on the show. It was just said back than that she had left her group and company on personal reasons but not why, so maybe its cause of that since it's known to join PDJ you need to be unemployed in case you work in the entertainment industry so yeah ...
Didn't she announce her intention to graduate back in February tho? (if my memory serves me right). The PD101JP Girls season was only announced in April. So maybe it was just perfect timing.
Damn she's got it all, rap, dance, vocal, visual, and even composing songs! I hope they release 'Diary' in the future bcs I see the potential (need to hear the full version).
Definitely Asa, she was like an underground rapper with her flow and enunciation. She also doesn't sound forced or trying too hard.
Something is telling me that newjeans will dominate korea while baemon will achieve great success internationally. Nj has a potential to be big outside korea as well, but their concept and the complexity of their lore/storyline can be a barrier for western local peeps to like them. YG's very root (hiphop, their edgy, cool and untouchable image) has always been the most marketable in other parts of the world. It's one of the main reasons why Blackpink was able to penetrate the western market the way they did. The composition of baemon members alone (nationalities) can already secure a strong/decent fandom outside korea, now what YG has to do is to give them catchy songs and they will hit BIG. If they manage to become smarter than that and actually give the girls an attractive and not-so-used 4th gen concept (like the 90s hiphop?), I'd be afraid of what babymonster can achieve.
FAVORITE NEW GIRL GROUP
Easy it's Le sserafim, but if IVE was included I would choose them.
Same sentiments here. I mean I don't hate the girl I think she's a good kid but let's be real here, she's not really a big 3 idol material. Looking at the big company ggs rn, like NMIXX and Le sserafim, it would be impossible for her.
That will affect her votes, remember, International fans can also vote through the Universe app. Using Hwasa as an example is irrelevant, she didn't join a survival show in the midst of the cancelling, she didn't have to worry about votes and getting eliminated because of it. Let's use Takatsuka Hiromu from Produce 101 Japan S2 instead, he's a problematic trainee accused of being racist but still made it to the debut group with a final rank of 2nd, do you want to know why he still made it despite of his controversial racist remark? Because International fans couldn't vote, only japanese fans who don't give a sh*t about his "racist" behavior were allowed. Now imagine Fu Ya Ning, an equally problematic trainee, joining a survival show where International fans can vote. There's nothing to worry about IF she has a strong local fanbase though, considering the large population of china, a strong local fanbase would be enough to get her to the debut group, but does she? Is she popular in China at all? Hiromu managed to make it because his japanese fans were many and strong enough to make the international fans' opinions about him irrelevant.
Most of the girls you mentioned are very likely to be eliminated, Fu Ya Ning is already being cancelled by a lot of people. Guinn Myah, Kim Chaehyun, Kang Yeseo and Ezaki Hikaru are the only ones who has a chance to make it. Let's be honest here, Mnet ain't letting a visual like Myah go anywhere, that kid's face is definitely a stan attractor.
