Posts by rubyjanes

of course people will think stayc's live vocals sound bad if they compare them with other groups lipsyncing

I agree with some other users that the song lacks the "pop" of a debut song, 'attention' is more laid back and breezy but it's a quality song nonetheless.

also y'all are right, that group name is garbage

but props for a major company finally debuting a vietnamese idol, it was about damn time

I'll miss the orange hair cause it was fun and something different, but I'm kinda glad she isn't gonna continue bleaching her hair and damage it

according to their beauty standards yes. everyone is entitled to their personal preference of course but I think it says something that the majority of koreans online seem to agree on her as the prettiest

loved the way they integrated the hearts and suits into the choreography, wasn't awkward at all

why does the company always edit member's faces like that? anyways the photos look nice even if they aren't the most conceptual

iz*one but sadly they disbanded ... out of existing groups, StayC is really well rounded, and IVE and Le Ssera are very promising so I will be looking forward to those 2 especially

idols that have a classy vibe and are said to look like the first child of wealthy parents.

what can I say, I like money i guess

Leeseo and Gaeul from IVE, they get overshadowed because Wonyoung and Yujin are insanely popular for visuals

everyone surprised by how fast she opened her account, but I think it makes sense le sserafim members start insta accounts early because sakura and chaewon already have their personal instas, it would be unfair if only those 2 were allowed to have personal instas

killed it

gosh we desperately need more interaction between idols in different groups. the way idols nowadays avoid each other like the plague is just boring

i like it. it's not outstanding but it's catchy and has a good beat

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the korean translation is "after school excitement", which makes more sense and is less creepy but it's very weird overall, also, why tf are there no juniors? they got robbed.

ikr, it's especially sinful they didn't debut junior Hyunhee when she was the most popular contestant from the start and basically promised debut until the last episode when the producers pulled the rug out from under her for a twist i guess? The last episode is really so random, they basically ignored the rankings of the whole show a picked contestants that did well in the last few episodes like Hyeju or random contestants like Riwon

Jang Wonyoung, legendary center of 2 groups at a young age, who is doing it like her?

girl groups are more exposed to the scrutiny of the general public whereas boy groups are mainly known exclusively in fandom spaces. also sexism plays a part somewhat.

I think bring a fan on stage to touch you is a pretty sad and self-exploitative version of "fan service" but male celebrities do similar things and don't get called out for it.

I know I'm writing about a show that ended months ago and barely anyone watched so I'm sure this thread will flop but I gotta get these thoughts off the top of my head.

My Teenage Girl had the most talented contestants and the best performances out of any survival show I've ever watched. The level of performance and stage presence shown by many girls from nugu companies or who have never trained as a idol before is astonishing

Yet the show failed to gain traction comparable to that of produce of gp999 series and the resulting group is---to put it frankly---a mess.

So, what went wrong? is what this thread attempts to answer:

#1 Survival show over saturation: with gp999 just ending (and even that failed to reach the heights of former produce shows), the public is fatigued from survival shows. In a way this show, and sadly the trainees were doomed from the start.

#2 The freshmen class: I'm not gonna comment on the ethics of 11-14 year olds in kpop, however the controversy over the ages of the youngest contestants, and the show's name being "my teenage girl" which--undeniably--sounds creepy, really damaged the show.

regardless of the ethics, the child trainees really stick out like sore thumbs during both the show and the debut group, they are just too young to be performing with grown women, I mean look at this:

Yet the freshmen actually won this challenge against the seniors, which is the crux of the problem, people kept voting for the freshman members, and the show really wanted the debut group to have 2 freshmen, 1 sophomore, 2 juniors, and 2 seniors, which just takes away spots from more deserving trainees in the older grades

#3 They tried way too hard to re-invent the wheel: This shows voting and elimination system was freaking confusing. It's too complex to explain here but if you watched the show you get what I mean. Instead of just doing things straightforwardly: which ever trainees get the most votes debut (which is how survival shows should work), the show tried too hard to have a grade system and force younger members that nobody wanted.

The end result is a group with 0 synergy.

two 14 year old "freshmen", two "sophmores" a 14 year old and a 15 year old, 0 juniors (even tho the debut group was supposed to have 2 juniors and 1 sophmore, the show just ignored that in the finale lol, even tho the junior grade had some of the most talented and popular trainees), and three "seniors", two 18 year olds and a 20 year old

This is no hate to the girls that made it into the debut line up, all of them are talented, I just think the debut lineup could've picked members with more synergy and I think the younger members should've remained trainees and given more time to mature

imo winter's stage presence isn't the best but that's not the same as being lazy, people need to realize the difference between lacking in a specific skill vs lacking in effort.

no. this question is similar to asking if idols have an obligation to not smoke.

I think standards of thinness should be less harsh for the sake of the idols, because they are undoubtedly destroying their health by eating too little and exercising too much, but celebrities are not dieticians or doctors, they have 0 obligation to promote diet or health advice, and if you model your lifestyle off idols and become unhealthy, you only have yourself to blame.

other people's bodies is none of my business, it's not my place to tell a celebrity or any person for that matter to lose weight because they are unhealthily fat or gain weight because they are unhealthily thin, look however you want and deal with the consequences on your own