BOYS PLANET Episode 2
Added 2023-07-02 01:02:13 +0000 UTC
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this is such a late comment, but as a singer, watching a lot of these shows is so hard because the songs are just out of many of the trainees' ranges. if given a different song or a lower song a lot of them wouldn't sound nearly as bad. there are definitely some that struggle with singing at all no matter the range, but sooooo many it's just obviously way too high for their vocal range. even the best singers on the show have a hard time singing a song this high, and while dancing too?? it's insane and hard to hear all of them straining their voices to try to reach a note. training can help expand vocal range and improve mixing and falsetto, but they seem to expect every trainee to be able to sing the same notes equally well when some are low tenors. it's frustrating! i'm on the lower end of alto as a female and it's on the edge of my natural range so i can't imagine how hard it is for teenage boys going through puberty with all the voice cracks LOL
Maca
2024-03-08 23:08:20 +0000 UTCSo the reason some agencies send their unhoned trainees to a survival show like this is for a couple things. One is to give the trainee more experience, especially stage performing. A survival show is the best at basically making trainees go from beginner to expert (trainee level) in 12 weeks instead of 2-3 years. They get the best coaching from top level instructors AND can train next to/with ready-to-debut trainees. Another is to showcase/highlight the agency itself. For instance, 143 Entertainment. They were founded in 2020 and had basically no industry recognition. During Girl's Planet, they sent Mashiro and Yeseo. After Kep1er debuted and became immensely popular they ended up debuting Limelight and signed IKON. Also Korean culture (and many other Asian countries) is completely different from western culture in what is viewed as negative light. I know sooooo many Americans who hate cutesy things because that's the culture here, while all of Korea LOVES cutesy, hence the draw to the traditional kpop sound/look and aegyo. The same goes for kpop trainees. Having charisma while maybe not being so talented is seen as more positive than here in the states, especially if you're comparing them to American survival shows (American Idol, The Voice, AGT).
DKim
2023-07-17 00:26:18 +0000 UTCI didn't realize just how little dance/vocal training some of these participants had before joining this show, it makes the ones that get an All-Star rank more impressive lol. (also 😆 at Bak Doha looking like the male version of Eunchae, I can see it)
Stefan K
2023-07-04 03:20:54 +0000 UTCwoonggi dancing to my bag in the middle of the night with everyone sleeping is so funny, he's so iconic
johanmoon
2023-07-02 16:35:32 +0000 UTCwatching you go through the gays planet experience is so much fun 🌝
johanmoon
2023-07-02 15:30:36 +0000 UTCI don't think what Hui meant by 'This was my only choice' was that he has given up on Pentagin. I think it's the opposite. I can't say much because of the spoilers but, he said in sevreal interviews that the primary reason for joining BP was for pentagon to regain some kind of publicity. He also said that both members and the company didn't agree with the idea at first, but he pursuaded them himself
악 ᄏ
2023-07-02 12:58:44 +0000 UTCYep. That really hit me watching Shuhua's recent WORKDOL episode, where she worked with an idol casting manager for a day. They literally spent the day walking the streets, just looking for attractive people they could potentially recruit. Judging people 100% based on their looks, it's wild. But a huge part of the industry
Steph M
2023-07-02 11:18:33 +0000 UTCYeah i think you have a false view on the trainee system in Korea. I mean idols get literally cast off of the streets because of their looks, take BTS's Jin for example, doesn't matter if they can't sing or dance, they look like a model so we sign them. And look how Jin turned out, they taught him everything, he was willing to learn and is now one of the best voices in Kpop.
Maarten
2023-07-02 10:33:55 +0000 UTCThe show will not in fact become less gayer lmao, at least in the behind the scenes. It was dubbed in Twitter as gays planet. Some of trainees seem to be apart of queer culture (not speculating that they are themselves queer) and really supportive of it, so I really appreciate them. After the first elimination the show will become much more enjoyable. The second round of performance gave us some iconic stages, and you just knew more people. Also, newly forged friendships will become more evident at that stage of the show, so some people were also invested in that. Since the public attention is on Mnet, and they couldn’t rig the lineup like in Produce seasons, they tried their hardest with editing. Sometimes the editing was unbearable, but the cast of trainees is like one of the best (and I watched a ton of survival shows), so that is why people replay enjoyed the show.
aidrou
2023-07-02 04:52:18 +0000 UTCYou don't really need to know how to sing or dance to become an idol trainee. The concept of the Korean idol training system is that you can try to teach anyone how to sing and dance. Usually, you are only auditioning for one position (vocal, rap, dance, acting, or modeling) at the open auditions. Peniel from BTOB became a trainee at JYP by applying as a model. There are idols that became trainees by being street casted based on their appearance alone. Obviously, if a trainee doesn't show potential after training for a while, then they'll get cut. With regards to the performance levels of the trainees on the show, I think you might be underestimating how hard it is to sing solo while dancing with no backing track especially when they only have a few days to learn the song.
ggoom
2023-07-02 04:16:29 +0000 UTCJi woong debuted with INX in 2016 but they disbanded in 2017 if I don't remember wrong. He debuted as an actor in 2021 bu was never able to give up on his dream to become an Idol. Also, side note: Is it only me or does Ji woong kinda look like Lee Know? 143 is Mashiro and Yeseo's entertainment company. I don't remember where but Hui said somewhere that he made the decision on his own against the company and the rest of the groups wishes to hopefully bring more people to want to work with Pentagon again. To answer your question about the single song, yes, they do put them out before to get you kinda hyped for the show and give you a way to see more of the trainees. Kep1er's signal song was O.O.O for example.
Elina
2023-07-02 03:31:15 +0000 UTCThe cube trainee is signed at cube as an actor if I remember correctly
JTOsh
2023-07-02 02:18:27 +0000 UTC
