Wonhee impressed me so much! I saw how she grew during the show and she actually climbed my fav list. She seemed to be the center of the group and I like that she gives this very unique dreamy vibe to overall image of the group!
I'm currently on episode 5 on R U Next so I'm really surprised to see that Wonhee and Moka made it in, they really improved a lot and they fit the group perfectly ❤️
@@shuyi_555nah true,I'm still a little disappointed with the line up, but I like the song and will continue to support it, and Wonhee improves, and that's good so ILLIT isn't hated anymore
@@shuyi_555 yeahh, I was pretty unhappy with the final lineup as none of my top picks made it but I tried keeping an open mind after I watched the teasers😭 the debut was pretty good tho so
Wonhee makes perfect sense for their concept. Maybe the company already have this all planned out before the show that's why they didn't go all in on power vocalists. Everyone were mad at Wonyoung too in the beginning of Izone, look at her now. 🤷♂
I feel like the survival show was just a marketing strategy for them to have more publicity so I believe all the members were already chosen before it even started and it made a huge impact by gaining a lot of attention to haters. If this is true, I feel bad for all of them getting hated unnecessarily and treated unfairly because of how wicked those people behind
It's possible they already had the concept, but I don't think they planned to debut Wonhee for that concept specifically. The earliest screen time that Wonhee got made her look like a bit of a joke (overplaying mistakes MNET style, cartoon noises over her dancing, etc.) and her judge scores were always low-mid. She was almost entirely saved by votes the entire show. They might have realized her popularity and switched during the course of the show, but when I rewatched it twice (I'm not well haha), it was really hard to see the "favoritism" that is often claimed online.
i was a huge wonhee defender because of the parallels that i saw with her hate train and bahiyyih's and as a huge hiyyihlight who had to experience gp 999 finale in real time AND the runext finale, i felt really protective of them both. i'm glad that people are receiving her well! and yes you are right, she was never untalented! she just needed a bit more experience on the stage but she shines now
Still salty that the most talented got disqualified but the cute-pretty face gets a chance to debut. Don't tell me improvements bc most people do. My point is she debuted bc she fits the concept.
@@FrameTactics i mean, that happens in every kpop group though. the first thing companies think of is the look of the group and who would fit more in their concept. just look at someone like kazuha. she fit the look so she was added into lsfm despite not having any training at all while ruka was kicked out despite being trained. or with beomgyu in txt, he had barely walked into the building before getting added to the group with no training. i don't mind it since the end product is always really good. i just assume the people getting paid for this actually have an eye for it and know what they're doing.
@@FrameTactics I don't think there is evidence of this at all. When you looked at the judges scores, the most talented were at the top and Wonhee was always scored low-mid. She was completely saved by fan votes. Her earliest screen time was honestly mean and made her a joke - overplaying mistakes, cartoon noises over her dancing, etc. It's possible they got behind her during the course of show when seeing her popularity but you can not convince me they planned to debut her from the first few episodes without concrete evidence. The only person who I could be convinced was planned from the beginning is Iroha, because while she is extremely talented, she had the fall in Given Taken, the mistakes later in Bang and was a weaker vocalist and was not docked by judges really for any of that. Her scores were among the highest the entire show. She was also picked by the agency and not voted in during the finale.
I loved this debut! I watched and voted through RUN and WH and MK were my top picks so I was pretty happy with the lineup and WH has definitely improved a lot since the show! I did watch the live showcase on YT though and there was… mm, a lot of hate in the live chat. I tried not to interact but there were so many people not even comparing them to NewJeans but just straight out calling Illit bad imitations, flops, etc. I ended up just closing the chat completely. By the time it was over and I checked in again there were a bunch of people on both sides putting a tick mark and x on their respective preferred group and I’m kind of worried about potential fan wars and toxicity. Actually, scratch that, I KNOW there’s gonna be a lot. The Illit fandom is going to get mad and defensive- and rightfully so- about the toxic NJ fans crashing the live chat party for the freaking DEBUT showcase. Except, like all fandoms, it’s likely going to go overboard fighting back and then NJ fans will probably retaliate and then it’s just going to be a fucking shitshow. I REALLY hope this won’t affect the girls too much but seeing as this is Kpop and Kpop fandoms we’re talking about, my hopes are not high. (Edit for correcting autocorrect 😅)
Honest opinion: Wonhee, i was rooting for her since she made the mistake during Fearless. I knew she had potenial and could be a center, and the way they made her the way i saw her. props to Hybe for that. (My bag was my favorite from Wonhee)
My pick was Moka after a few episodes of the show, so I was actually surprised that she made it (cause my picks never made it as well lol) And after seeing the concept they probably choose the members according to that. Also, their content is pretty fun, so I'm surely going to stan them c: Edit: Also about all the comparison with NJ I don't actually get it, they sound more like Loona in any case, and they are just following the trend with the overall vibe so it's just sad seeing many toxic fans just calling them flop or a copy. I just hope for a successful path for the group
I know that I'm a few weeks late on the comments here but here's my 2 cents. I never watched R U Next and I found this group through my recommendations and one thing that I have seen from the live stage performances is that Wonhee is going to be a star. She has been standing out to me in most of their performances/clips. This album has been on repeat for me ever since I started hearing it. ILLIT and RESCENE (go listen to YoYo) are my two standouts for GGs debuts so far.
What’s with the bed squeaking sound effect in the soundtrack when girls are running towards the ‘V’ wall??? This mv really makes me uncomfortable sometimes
actually when you look at the concept, you can understand why they didn't pick some of the girls (since at the finale only the 1st and 2nd were chosen by the public)
@@urrchoerryTrue, if you already know, there's no need to make a survival show, it just creates false hopes for them, why not tell them the concept, so they will try to fit into that concept, in my opinion It is better
I always thought the songs Aim High and Scrum etc would be on the album since it was an original song, but they went a totally different route. Kinda disappointing
@@urrchoerry same and i feel like jeongeun suited this concept perfectly. too many talented girls it wouldve been so nice to see them tgt in the group huhu
Please react to ME:I! They just had their pre-debut song "Click" released a day ago and it's seriously amazing (vocals, dance, rap). They're formed from Produce 101 Japan The Girls and many of the members are wiz*ones and/or have IZ*ONE members as role models. As a wiz*one myself, they def remind me of IZ*ONE and I am now a stan. Their actual debut song will be "Mirai," released later in April :D
Minju \V(O|I(C|E is on another level of vocal uniqueness.. like rosé of BP kinda level. Well..? People will disagree but honestly really? It’s there listen to her during the competition on the show R u next? Minju has vocals that are so rare to have. Minju and rami of baemon are forces not to mess with!!! 😅
I've been seeing a lot of comments dragging the girls as NewJeans copycats and on the one hand I **kind of** get it? But on the other hand - the much bigger more important hand - ILLIT definitely has their own unique flavour to them that sets them apart. After listening to the rest of the album, I can safely say they've got their own awesome thing going on. Especially 'Midnight Fiction'. Holy shit, I would inject that song intravenously into my arm if I could.
The youngest is Iroha at 16? Wonhee will be 17 in June. Young, but a lot of people were voting for Youngseo when she was 17 and they thought they'd debut in Q4 2023.
Well, I was depressed when Jiwoo wasn't included in the debut lineup. She's a good vocalist and is a leader material. Well honestly, I'm still depressed to this day.
Yeah, Dream Academy was one of my more frustrating experiences, I kept picking a fave and they were always next to go or voluntarily leave. On top of that ppl on Reddit are mostly happy wity the final group and I honestly think the best contestant didn't make it due to legitimately bad political takes or jokes in poor taste (to put it mildly.) People also were gushing over Manon which I never understood other than she's really pretty? But I thought she was pretty bad tbh. Like she should've been last of everyone on the show 😬 But I totally get anyone wanting the group to be inclusive, I just got an icky feeling from it because it was clear much more talented people were let go instead of her. Also, part of the obsession with her was people thought some of the criticisms about her missing practice for covid were unfair and they assumed other contestants bragging about not missing practice while sick was a slight towards her...? But hopefully she improves, and I wish I was looking forward to Katseye like other people, the competition kinda left a bad taste, though.
Also, I'm torn on whether people who are obviously more talented but with horrible views should be shut out because of them? Being around better people can improve them especially if they aren't otherwise malicious in person. But kpop is a different beast, ppl need to come in having a spotless record of saying the right things publicly without accusations, real or not.
@@NickaLah My opinion is that those views were unfortunately part of her identity and the two could not be easily severed. She is a Christian Zionist. She has some really fundamentalist ideals of Christianity, like those who aren't of faith or other faiths are satanic, which would have been complicated in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious group. She also believes in end-time prophecies, which happen to both be Zionist and also antisemitic. And my biggest concern is that we'd be giving her a platform to proselytize from, which would have made me beyond uncomfortable.
The show was badly produce, the people that run the show are different from people that produce music for the group, their aims are completely different. Side note people like to clown Mnet all they want but they know how to do good entertaining survival show, they got it down to a science that others are having a tough time copying. One other fact people keep forgetting it was in house (only 1 label) survival show which means public votes don't matter (they said it), they could have done the whole thing behind closed door but they want tv promotion before the group is form (can be debated whether that was a good idea or not), and the creative team already have a concept in mind before the show, so the outcome was the outcome. Now I really like the song, it reminds me GWSN and Loona, just dreamy anime girl vibe.
RUNext was the most frustrating show EVER, especially near the end. Their criteria was just so weird and not consistent at all. It pissed me off how the judges would find just about anything to bash the most talented trainees so they’d get low ranks. Like Jiwoo got so much shit and was called too old when she was only 21 and an AMAZING performer. Still pisses me off thinking about it
@@MiraKrim chanelle ate attention stage up, I think she was originally part of the lineup belift wanted but when she got frustrated in front of the cameras they decided to cut her out
Wonhee impressed me so much! I saw how she grew during the show and she actually climbed my fav list. She seemed to be the center of the group and I like that she gives this very unique dreamy vibe to overall image of the group!
Wonhee had some CRAZY improvement, especially in facial expressions. Girlypop DID that!
I'm currently on episode 5 on R U Next so I'm really surprised to see that Wonhee and Moka made it in, they really improved a lot and they fit the group perfectly ❤️
It's a shame Chanelle didn't make it tho
@@shuyi_555 agreed! I was devastated too, but I know for a fact that Chanelle wouldn't want people hating them.
@@shuyi_555nah true,I'm still a little disappointed with the line up, but I like the song and will continue to support it, and Wonhee improves, and that's good so ILLIT isn't hated anymore
@@shuyi_555 yeahh, I was pretty unhappy with the final lineup as none of my top picks made it but I tried keeping an open mind after I watched the teasers😭 the debut was pretty good tho so
Still surprised moka made it tbh wonhee was my sneak bias after the my bag performance and on
ILLIT : SUMMER MOON
ENHYPEN : DARK MOON
ILLIT: stuck in the backroom😔
@@TommyDay-kq1jj yeah🥲
@@sandyasiking2738 Can't wait, I think the story is going to be unique
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Wonhee makes perfect sense for their concept. Maybe the company already have this all planned out before the show that's why they didn't go all in on power vocalists. Everyone were mad at Wonyoung too in the beginning of Izone, look at her now. 🤷♂
But what about other girls, then the survival shows are useless😊
But I will still support because Wonhee is improving and the songs are good
I feel like the survival show was just a marketing strategy for them to have more publicity so I believe all the members were already chosen before it even started and it made a huge impact by gaining a lot of attention to haters. If this is true, I feel bad for all of them getting hated unnecessarily and treated unfairly because of how wicked those people behind
@@roisuii nah true😔😔
It's possible they already had the concept, but I don't think they planned to debut Wonhee for that concept specifically. The earliest screen time that Wonhee got made her look like a bit of a joke (overplaying mistakes MNET style, cartoon noises over her dancing, etc.) and her judge scores were always low-mid. She was almost entirely saved by votes the entire show. They might have realized her popularity and switched during the course of the show, but when I rewatched it twice (I'm not well haha), it was really hard to see the "favoritism" that is often claimed online.
The concept is so cutee
i was a huge wonhee defender because of the parallels that i saw with her hate train and bahiyyih's and as a huge hiyyihlight who had to experience gp 999 finale in real time AND the runext finale, i felt really protective of them both. i'm glad that people are receiving her well! and yes you are right, she was never untalented! she just needed a bit more experience on the stage but she shines now
Still salty that the most talented got disqualified but the cute-pretty face gets a chance to debut. Don't tell me improvements bc most people do. My point is she debuted bc she fits the concept.
@@FrameTactics i mean, that happens in every kpop group though. the first thing companies think of is the look of the group and who would fit more in their concept. just look at someone like kazuha. she fit the look so she was added into lsfm despite not having any training at all while ruka was kicked out despite being trained. or with beomgyu in txt, he had barely walked into the building before getting added to the group with no training. i don't mind it since the end product is always really good. i just assume the people getting paid for this actually have an eye for it and know what they're doing.
@@FrameTactics I don't think there is evidence of this at all. When you looked at the judges scores, the most talented were at the top and Wonhee was always scored low-mid. She was completely saved by fan votes. Her earliest screen time was honestly mean and made her a joke - overplaying mistakes, cartoon noises over her dancing, etc. It's possible they got behind her during the course of show when seeing her popularity but you can not convince me they planned to debut her from the first few episodes without concrete evidence.
The only person who I could be convinced was planned from the beginning is Iroha, because while she is extremely talented, she had the fall in Given Taken, the mistakes later in Bang and was a weaker vocalist and was not docked by judges really for any of that. Her scores were among the highest the entire show. She was also picked by the agency and not voted in during the finale.
I'm so obsessed with this song and the whole album! Ahh 6 months of waiting paid off
My Wonhee improved a lot.Toxic fan do you see ,she not only cute but she is talented ❤❤❤
I really fell in love with Yunah with her 1st performance just like Heeseung. ❤😊
I loved this debut! I watched and voted through RUN and WH and MK were my top picks so I was pretty happy with the lineup and WH has definitely improved a lot since the show!
I did watch the live showcase on YT though and there was… mm, a lot of hate in the live chat. I tried not to interact but there were so many people not even comparing them to NewJeans but just straight out calling Illit bad imitations, flops, etc. I ended up just closing the chat completely. By the time it was over and I checked in again there were a bunch of people on both sides putting a tick mark and x on their respective preferred group and I’m kind of worried about potential fan wars and toxicity.
Actually, scratch that, I KNOW there’s gonna be a lot. The Illit fandom is going to get mad and defensive- and rightfully so- about the toxic NJ fans crashing the live chat party for the freaking DEBUT showcase. Except, like all fandoms, it’s likely going to go overboard fighting back and then NJ fans will probably retaliate and then it’s just going to be a fucking shitshow.
I REALLY hope this won’t affect the girls too much but seeing as this is Kpop and Kpop fandoms we’re talking about, my hopes are not high.
(Edit for correcting autocorrect 😅)
I mean HYBE really know how to make girls group.
Illit webtoon summer moon will be coming out soon
For a trainee who has been training for less than a year, Wonhee's improvement is amazing! I also love how you groove to the song.
ILLIT is my fav 5th gen girl group 💗 I really love their songs and their concept
everyone’s saying newjeans but if we’re being real LOONA is the real blueprint here
Honest opinion: Wonhee, i was rooting for her since she made the mistake during Fearless. I knew she had potenial and could be a center, and the way they made her the way i saw her. props to Hybe for that. (My bag was my favorite from Wonhee)
My pick was Moka after a few episodes of the show, so I was actually surprised that she made it (cause my picks never made it as well lol) And after seeing the concept they probably choose the members according to that. Also, their content is pretty fun, so I'm surely going to stan them c:
Edit: Also about all the comparison with NJ I don't actually get it, they sound more like Loona in any case, and they are just following the trend with the overall vibe so it's just sad seeing many toxic fans just calling them flop or a copy. I just hope for a successful path for the group
I know that I'm a few weeks late on the comments here but here's my 2 cents. I never watched R U Next and I found this group through my recommendations and one thing that I have seen from the live stage performances is that Wonhee is going to be a star. She has been standing out to me in most of their performances/clips.
This album has been on repeat for me ever since I started hearing it. ILLIT and RESCENE (go listen to YoYo) are my two standouts for GGs debuts so far.
Youngseo and Moka were my picks, so 2/2 for me this time ... but then Youngseo left so... 1/2 ?
I really love this sound from them!!!
IMHO, Wonhee will be the next Hanni of NWJNS
What’s with the bed squeaking sound effect in the soundtrack when girls are running towards the ‘V’ wall??? This mv really makes me uncomfortable sometimes
Waiit I love your old intro tho😮❤anyway I always love ur reaction..❤❤❤
Flowers on the left??? 9:07
actually when you look at the concept, you can understand why they didn't pick some of the girls (since at the finale only the 1st and 2nd were chosen by the public)
actually i'm so sad because jeongeun was one of my top picks and she fit perfectly the concept...
@@urrchoerryTrue, if you already know, there's no need to make a survival show, it just creates false hopes for them, why not tell them the concept, so they will try to fit into that concept, in my opinion It is better
But I will still support because the song is good and Wonhee is improving
I always thought the songs Aim High and Scrum etc would be on the album since it was an original song, but they went a totally different route. Kinda disappointing
@@urrchoerry same and i feel like jeongeun suited this concept perfectly. too many talented girls it wouldve been so nice to see them tgt in the group huhu
Please react to ME:I! They just had their pre-debut song "Click" released a day ago and it's seriously amazing (vocals, dance, rap). They're formed from Produce 101 Japan The Girls and many of the members are wiz*ones and/or have IZ*ONE members as role models. As a wiz*one myself, they def remind me of IZ*ONE and I am now a stan. Their actual debut song will be "Mirai," released later in April :D
It's so cute how the poster's face lights up when Mocha comes out 😆
Minju \V(O|I(C|E is on another level of vocal uniqueness.. like rosé of BP kinda level. Well..? People will disagree but honestly really? It’s there listen to her during the competition on the show R u next? Minju has vocals that are so rare to have. Minju and rami of baemon are forces not to mess with!!! 😅
yeahh coz shes a YG trainee
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I've been seeing a lot of comments dragging the girls as NewJeans copycats and on the one hand I **kind of** get it? But on the other hand - the much bigger more important hand - ILLIT definitely has their own unique flavour to them that sets them apart. After listening to the rest of the album, I can safely say they've got their own awesome thing going on. Especially 'Midnight Fiction'. Holy shit, I would inject that song intravenously into my arm if I could.
i love the song but i don’t think i can stan because of how incredibly young the members are.
i mean they are not that young compare to some other groups.
The youngest is Iroha at 16? Wonhee will be 17 in June. Young, but a lot of people were voting for Youngseo when she was 17 and they thought they'd debut in Q4 2023.
@@duhhe7956 unis☠️☠️
Well, I was depressed when Jiwoo wasn't included in the debut lineup. She's a good vocalist and is a leader material. Well honestly, I'm still depressed to this day.
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Are you going to react to
U&IS (unis)??? .... Just asking.....
5:52 is the start of their reaction
Yeah, Dream Academy was one of my more frustrating experiences, I kept picking a fave and they were always next to go or voluntarily leave.
On top of that ppl on Reddit are mostly happy wity the final group and I honestly think the best contestant didn't make it due to legitimately bad political takes or jokes in poor taste (to put it mildly.) People also were gushing over Manon which I never understood other than she's really pretty? But I thought she was pretty bad tbh. Like she should've been last of everyone on the show 😬 But I totally get anyone wanting the group to be inclusive, I just got an icky feeling from it because it was clear much more talented people were let go instead of her. Also, part of the obsession with her was people thought some of the criticisms about her missing practice for covid were unfair and they assumed other contestants bragging about not missing practice while sick was a slight towards her...?
But hopefully she improves, and I wish I was looking forward to Katseye like other people, the competition kinda left a bad taste, though.
Also, I'm torn on whether people who are obviously more talented but with horrible views should be shut out because of them? Being around better people can improve them especially if they aren't otherwise malicious in person. But kpop is a different beast, ppl need to come in having a spotless record of saying the right things publicly without accusations, real or not.
@@NickaLah My opinion is that those views were unfortunately part of her identity and the two could not be easily severed. She is a Christian Zionist. She has some really fundamentalist ideals of Christianity, like those who aren't of faith or other faiths are satanic, which would have been complicated in a multi-ethnic, multi-religious group. She also believes in end-time prophecies, which happen to both be Zionist and also antisemitic. And my biggest concern is that we'd be giving her a platform to proselytize from, which would have made me beyond uncomfortable.
Please can u react to Good Girl from Candy Shop its their debut song. I love it
Please react to Unis!
Next please react VVUP - ddo ddom chit
The show was badly produce, the people that run the show are different from people that produce music for the group, their aims are completely different. Side note people like to clown Mnet all they want but they know how to do good entertaining survival show, they got it down to a science that others are having a tough time copying. One other fact people keep forgetting it was in house (only 1 label) survival show which means public votes don't matter (they said it), they could have done the whole thing behind closed door but they want tv promotion before the group is form (can be debated whether that was a good idea or not), and the creative team already have a concept in mind before the show, so the outcome was the outcome. Now I really like the song, it reminds me GWSN and Loona, just dreamy anime girl vibe.
React to Superwoman by UNIS plsss
RUNext was the most frustrating show EVER, especially near the end. Their criteria was just so weird and not consistent at all. It pissed me off how the judges would find just about anything to bash the most talented trainees so they’d get low ranks. Like Jiwoo got so much shit and was called too old when she was only 21 and an AMAZING performer. Still pisses me off thinking about it
Now i know why RUNext Chanelle and Youngseo can't make it since their visual doesn't fits this concept 💀
Chanelle and youngseos face do fit the concept, young, pale, skinny, pretty, somewhat asian/asian
basically the perfect young teenage girl that could fit the concept illit is going for
Well youngseo fits perfectly but channelle nooo she definitely doesn't fit
@@MiraKrim chanelle ate attention stage up, I think she was originally part of the lineup belift wanted but when she got frustrated in front of the cameras they decided to cut her out
Then why make a survival show, to give them false hope 💀💀
But I will still support it because the song is good and Wonhee is improving
Jeongeun would fit this concept
ILLIT has reached #1 on the Melon chart. Congratulations!