Posts by KHonest

Quote from bzzz

Yukirin (Kashiwagi Yuki) but, she's leaving the group. The runner up is Yuiyui (Oguri Yui), the girl in stripped dress and black cap at 0:37. Other outstanding ones popular wise are Yuiri (Murayama Yuiri - the girl with black jacket at 0:44) and Naru (Kurano Narumi - the short girl in stripped hat at 0:37)

Yukirin’s level of popularity is waaaay to high compared to the other members.

The only one to come close to her is Honda Hitomi but she already left and is in hiatus.

Members wise Yuiri is very popular IN the fandom not so much with the general public. She doesn’t have the visuals but fans love her for her personality and determination, it is basically her loyal fanbase that got her to the front row.

Yuiyui is the current face of AKB, I like her a lot, great center.

Narumi is somehow popular but niche, she is the current GM and is alright I guess.

Quote from bartkun

Do you maybe know who's that small girl with orange hair? She wears black cap

That’s Mukaichi Mion, pretty popular, not at Kashiwagi Yuki’s level where basically all of Japan knows or have heard of her.

Mion was the former GM of the whole franchise, her stage presence is top tier.

Damn man, I like Japanese idols because they just have fun while performing, and don’t stress about anything else.

Hope that helped.

Quote from emanresu

So many pretty girls!

Boy I gotta get into jpop one of these days lol.

Who's the girl at 1:35 who is walking solo by herself? Is she the leader or something?

Her name is Kashiwagi Yuki, she is HUGE in Japan, back when AKB48 sold 1M singles back to back.

Unfortunately, she is graduating rather soon.

She centers AKB’s latest single, it is a very catchy and has a strong Jpop Idol type of feel.

Nmixx, it is the members, they are lackluster. Their strongest asset is SullYoon, but somehow she falls behind WY, Chaewon, Sakura, Hanni, Kazuha, I can keep going. You can’t only be a visual, you need stage presence and charisma.

Lilly has her own fandom within Nmixx, excellent vocals, but she lacks everything else.

Jinni was supposed to be the center but it didn’t work out for her and then she ended up leaving to become a nugu solo artist.

I am sure if BP had released O.O using their style, you all would’ve ate it.

BM though, it is too soon? They already have the views, the fandom, and Ahyeon. Buuuuuuuuuut without Teddy composing bops, I am not sure if I see a future for them.

Too many members doesnt help with international fans, which is the only metric they are doing well at.

Oh well, both groups will be fine all things considered. They sell a massive amount, they have a stable somehow loyal fandom. And a consistent 7 year career in the music industry, which is already hard to accomplish if you see the big picture.

Not everyone can be IVE, LSFM, NJ, Twice, BP, those type of groups are at another level, where everything aligns perfectly.

uhmmm yes and no.

- Wonyoung - Do I need to say it?

- Sakura - Stan queen, fan that Stans her never leaves, she is literally the foot-print of a loyal huge fanbase, since HKT48 her fans follow her anywhere she goes.

- Yuri - Squid Games 2

- Yena - She had smiley but other than that she is not performing as well as she should, but hey! she could have been added to Everglow and flop hard.

- Yujin - She does well in IVE.

- Nako - Girl is booked in Japan as an actress.

- Eunbi - She is hot and Korea loves her for that, if she goes up she could be like Hyuna.

- Hye - Won.

- Hitomi - She basically centered AKB48 until her graduation and success will follow her once she comes back from her mini-hiatus.

- Chaewon - Face of Ssera. More power to her.

- Minju - Well, let's give her time? She won an award.

- Chaeyeon - To be the visual hole of IZ, she is doing fine, knock did amazing.

Culture. They think they are the sh*t, their delusion goes above and beyond, they also work hard for it.

No international recognition is gonna impress the ones who think they are above everywhere else. I respect that, but money thinks otherwise.

The hype didn't live up to the expectations.

Same thing happened with Nmixx.

I hope the do well, otherwise poor Ahyeon, all her talent and potential wasted.

Whatever, she is pretty and charming, she doesn't need a personality and the current numbers show that.

Easy.

Pharita and Rami are the obvious unnecessary members, they don't have the visuals, maybe the talent but so do the others.

5 members I think would've been spot on.

The clear attention grabbers are Ahyeon, Ruka [I thought she was the filler pre-debut], and Chiquita.

Rora and the other one are great back row members, they do their job well.

Oh well, not every group can be an ace of aces like BP, but BM are still new, they are yet to get a hit [domestically and internationally] we can judge fairly after that, for now it is all fair game.

I mean, America as a whole is not too much into GGs.

VCHA is successful to their extent, talented, pretty (except Kaylee), well spoken.

They have the Twice aura, they’ll be fine.

All that weight loss had to pay off.

She’s very pretty now. #proud

Quote from atropos

I agree. Even tho I wasn't her fan chanelle really was the most robbed imo. She was very much the most liked among international fans.

Jiwoo I always knew wouldn't make it.

She had a nasty attitude. She is no team player, no producer would want a member like that.

P48 was so much fun, the Japanese contestants added that ‘’something’’ the show. Buuuuut the whole scandal and rigging some finalists out of the final lineup kills any way to make it happen again.

Quote from killingtime1934

Can't u all stop being fucking dramatic, the last audition post from yg was made 6 days ago, meaning they made a post one day or so after bm debut

They always made this audition post, this has little to do with baemon promo

Lol what promo?

JYP has incredible sales, popularity does not matter when sales keep going up since that's what the stakeholders care about.

YG only if Baemon does well.

SM... I feel like they'll be fine.

HYBE will remain obviously.

Kakao, that's a ''too new'' of a company, plus being Chinese does not help.

CEO all the way.

It was the SONG that made 50/50 what they are.

IT IS FOOLISH OF THEM to think that they had anything to do with the success.

Tops I will give them would be the two members’ voice. But most kpop singers sound alike so…

It is the visuals the reason why their groups are flopping.

The newer groups are on the ugly side. VCHA and Nmixx. At least they are extremely talented, but this isn't Korea's Got Talent. Without visuals no group can succeed in Kpop.

There is something different about her lately, she really shined in Better Things, she got better, hence her treatment got better. Happy for Aespa's visual hole.

LOL

Quote from bbb988

You can personally like Izone more but Kep1er is technically more talented. Wakeone sabotages them by ignoring Bahiyyih

A group like IZ*ONE comes every blue moon. Perfectly balanced, good music, just chef kiss.

Kep1er doesn't even have a decent center ...

Do not compare IZONE with Kep1er, it is insulting to the group. Sakura, WY, Yujin, Chaewon, in there same group says it all.