Huening Bahiyyih In fact, Bahiyyih wasn’t initially famous
for having a strong Western features mixed in her visual but rather for how she was the
younger sister of TXT’s Huening Kai.
Since Girls Planet 999 is literally the upgraded version of Mnet’s previous survival shows
where the hyper competition peaks with many female trainees now coming from China and
Japan, it’s quite understandable to see how Bahiyyih didn’t meet the up-high public
expectations.
However, even now when all people know that Bahiyyih is an individual trainee and has
never trained professionally under any company, they still hate this six-teen-year-old girl
for whatever reasons that they can think of: from the under-the-bar visual, weak dance
capabilities to allegedly using Kai for clout.
So how exactly did the tea start?
Well, let’s turn back to the latest episode of Girls Planet 999 and you’ll see the reasons.
When it was announced that Bahiyyih came at 25th and specifically for the individual fancam,
she also reached the admirable figure that all trainees wish for: more than 2.5 million
just within 2 weeks.
From all these achievements alone, for sure you can see how high the chances of Bahiyyih
securing a debut spot in the final line-up though we’re still at the very beginning
of everything.
So what’s the problem?
Netizens should be happy because Bahiyyih is potentially gonna make it big like Somi,
or even like her brother, has done in the industry, right?
Sadly, that was way far from the truth and it was all her impressive achievements that
got on the nerves of many people.
In a poll created on forum Allkpop asking people whether Bahiyyih was in their top 9
votes and with the overwhelming amount of hate she receives right now, probably you
can already guess the answer.
Of all the votes, up to 87% of people think she’s lacking, and some even stated clearly
that she is so “untalented,” “overrated” and “mediocre” that sometimes they forget
she was actually part of the group.
Also because of her “underwhelming” capabilities, they believed that if she ever gets further
to other rounds and even debut, it’s quite obvious that her brother was the single biggest
factor that helped her gain votes and deemed as more remarkable than other girls.
Besides the criticisms targeting her skills, Bahiyyih was also fiercely hated for her visuals.
In fact, this is quite a rare thing in KPOP because generally, the public is quite into
idols with some light Western features mixed in their beauty, for example just look at
BLACKPINK’s Lisa and you’ll see what I mean, but when it comes to Bahiyyih, things
are somehow of total contrast.
On the forum that I’ve mentioned, some believed that she didn’t look like an idol but more
suitable to appear on…
Disney channel.
On Tiktok, an account dedicated only to shaming Bahiyyih was even created and after the video
about how her face was “large, unattractive” and her personalities were “plastic” started
to draw attention online, this account has gained more than 20.6 likes.
On Twitter, she was called out for being an “ugly b*tch” and the hashtag #BAYIYYIH_OUT
was also created to ask her to soon leave the show.
So does she deserve the hate?
Taking an objective stance, the answer is definitely no.
At the end of the day, we’re just two episodes into the show and considering how she’s
only a seventeen-year-old individual trainee that has never been through the professional
training of any entertainment companies, people should give her some more time to prove her
potential and show what she’s got.
Kim Samuel Rising up as a rare gem at Produce 101 Season
2, Samuel has not only gained attention for his talents but also the unique visual heavily
influenced by the West as he was born to a Mexican father and a Korean mom.
However, these have never been enough for him to thrive further in the hyper competitive
entertainment industry and seemingly, things will probably not be so easy for him after
his departure from Brave Entertainment in June, 2019.
At the end of that month, he suddenly released a post saying that he would continue promoting
as an independent artist and later filed a lawsuit against Brave Entertainment for three
wrongdoings: fraud, embezzlement, and forgery.
And from then on the whole beef started.
According to Samuel, while he had submitted all the proof clearly proving Brave Entertainment
guilty and also cooparted with the police as much as possible, this lawsuit lasted up
to two years.
The thing is that, despite all those investigations, Brave Entertainment was still cleared of all
accusations and as you can expect, all the money he claimed was owned by the company
was yet to be paid and his will to terminate the contract has not been thoroughly solved.
While nothing can be said for sure about who is the right and who is wrong, one thing for
sure is that Samuel has not only lost tons of money for all the legal procedures, for
all the activities he did but not paid by Brave Entertainment and of course, tons of
time chasing the case rather than investing more in his career.
Since the first civil trial was just recently held on August 25, it’s sad to say that
he would have to stick with the mess for quite some time now.
In retrospect, even before the beef with Brave Entertainment, both his personal and idol
life had already suffered from many downs in life.
In case you don’t know, Samuel was actually part of the initial line-up of SEVENTEEN and
in the act, he also had great bonds with the members as a maknae.
However, after one year of training from 2012 to 2013, he left the company since his mother
believed he could hardly start an idol life at the age of 11.
So just like that, he had to start all over again from scratch.
After a few years, he joined Brave Entertainment in 2015 and debuted in the hip hop duo 1punch.
So, do you think the project was successful?
Obviously not because had he managed to thrive that year, he wouldn’t have joined Product
101 Season 2.
While lots of people went head over heels for him at the time, he still failed to make
it into the final line-up and in 2017, he debuted once more as a solo artist with Sixteen.
In the same year he filed the lawsuit against Brave Entertainment, Samuel was hit hard by
another shocking news that will probably haunt him for good: his father was beaten to death
by a Mexican friend and they had known each other for more than 20 years.
Despite the traumatizing experiences, Samuel still tried to upload his status with fans
and updated photos of him standing next to his father’s coffin.
In the caption, he wished his father a happy birthday and also thanked everyone for the
support.
However, some netizens took this opportunity and painted him as a heartless son who used
his father’s death for clout.
The criticism was so fierce that Samuel ended up deleting the post soon after that.
On Naver, people kept questioning how he still had a mind for taking pictures in his own
father’s funeral and what’s even worse, according to these netizens, was his pose.
From their point of view, it made no sense for Samuel to wear a cap, have hands in his
pockets, stand like he was flexing a new car and even attach hashtags under his Instagram
post.
While there are quite a handful of comments defending Samuel saying that it’s normal
for people in the West to take pictures in a funeral and they do so as a way of saving
memories, others immediately slapped back and said that Samuel moved to South Korea
when he was in elementary school and should have known better than anyone else that his
actions wouldn’t sit right in the public.
Shannon Williams 2019 was apparently not a good year for foreign
solo artists in KPOP because also around this time, Shannon independently announced through
her Instagram story that she was no longer a part of MBK Entertainment and things also
revolved around the same old mistreatment story like Samuel.
Shannon is half Korean and half England, she debuted in 2014 with Daybreak Rain and actually
managed to draw a fair amount of attention, somehow Shannon just kept her activities on
the low and never really thrived from then on.
When she was literally silent on all fronts, fans started to see what’s going on by asking
her through Instagrams and right after she replied to them that “I’m still singing,
just not in a company for now,” media outlets joined the chat and the tea began to be brewed.
About six months after that, Shannon broke the silence and explicitly accused MBK of
embezzlement and doing her dirty with her own music work.
While she didn’t right away take legal actions, she exposed the company on Instagram and said
that she didn’t get paid, monetized her voice without consent and lied that it was
a guide for another group’s song, didn’t credit her for writing the English lyrics,
never let her go on tour and even made her as a stepping stone to push other artists
in the label.
After the angry rant, Shannon also shared plans about leaving KPOP and South Korea all
together though she really loved the country.
Seems like with all those years in the alleged hell, she’s had enough and also had a throughout
plan for her solo career.
So, which are the reasons you think some biracial idols have so much more difficulties in the
industry?
Are there any names that should be added to this list?
Comment down below to share your thoughts with us.