Formerly IZ*ONE’s Chaeyeon
If you follow Chaeyeon long enough, you’ll know that she has long been famous for being
among the best idol dancers of gen 3, like really up there with big names like Lisa,
Momo and Seulgi.
That’s also why when people heard that she would be one of the contestants on Street
Women Fighter, many were looking forward to seeing her beating other professional dancers
and once again proved her position in the industry.
However, as soon as the show kicked off, many also realized that their expectations were
too high.
First let’s talk about visual.
While it’s commonly thought that idols are always the finest of them all and by no means
the backup dancers can outshine them, netizens actually changed their mind right after seeing
many lethal visuals like Noze, Emma, Monika, Lee Jung and believed Chaeyeon didn’t manage
to stand out well compared to these faces.
Second is about her dance capabilities.
Putting Chaeyeon beside other big names with adept experiences, netizens also found out
how she was eventually just an idol that danced better than most idols, and that’s it.
For example, when it was Chaeyeon’s turn to create the choreography for the group,
other dancers from WayB and HolyBang commented that the whole thing was pretty much what
she did when still going to school and was not impressive enough to do a battle with
other rivals [chèn clip WayB và HolyBang chê Chaeyeon].
Or another time when she was having a competition with HolyBang’s Taro, many netizens agreed
that her moves were too safe, uncreative and even repetitive compared to the first episode.
The most unexpected thing is that, despite having long been an idol and already built
a pretty solid fanbase, Chayeon still couldn’t have all the support from people when winning
over Taro.
In fact, she was even criticized heavily for not being as competent as Taro but still managed
to take over the battle with one point higher than the dancer.
After Taro spoke out about this alleged unfairness, the hate even grew bigger since netizens believed
the dancer was being used for clout and Chaeyeon was colluding with Mnet to write her own “weathering
the storm” story.
So basically to this point, there was only one box left for an idol like Chaeyeon to
check—vocal capabilities.
Do you think she manages to earn recognition from people in this field?
Sadly, the answer is still a big no no.
In a thread with 96% upvoted on Reddit where the vocal capabilities of the members were
assessed by a formally trained vocalist, Chaeyeon’s singing were only said to be around 6.3 out
of 10, which was apparently too low for a former trainee under JYP who was even scouted
from a talent show like KPOP Star.
In fact, no need for this post to be uploaded on Reddit, many people have already pointed
out how the vocal color of Chaeyeong was not that unique and on live performances, she’s
also not the most stable member of IZ*ONE.
Obviously Chaeyeon’s effort and courage to enroll in this dance competition was admirable
but according to netizens, all she’s ever done until now was to paint herself out as
a lacking persona rather than proving how she could be the next phenomenal solo artist
of KPOP.
ITZY’s Lia
Apparently ITZY is among the best gen 4 girl groups but when it comes to the individual
capabilities, many people believe Lia is completely a misfit that does nothing but dragging the
group down.
Just with a simple Google search, there are already five posts on Reddit talking about
literally the same thing about how Lia has nothing to bring to the table and putting
her in ITZY while eliminating other talented trainees is the most insane decision JYP has
ever made.
One of the OPs also said that it doesn’t necessarily mean she’s a talentless idol
but when putting her next to other members, even Yuna who is three years younger than
her, she doesn’t fit the group image and also lacks a lot.
Visual-wise, many people said that she’s not really a top-tier despite coming from
a BIG3 company and when standing beside BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, Red Velvet’s Irene and aespa’s
Karina, Lia’s visuals was also said to be quite overshadowed.
Of course it’s true that she’s pretty because were she not, there would be no chances
of her to debut under JYP but overall, some believed that everything just stops there
with nothing more special.
About her vocal capabilities, many people agree that her pre-debut singing was kinda
good but it’s still not enough to be an idol.
In live performances, she’s often out of breath and most of the time, she sounds strained
and weak.
Not only that, some also noticed how she would totally lose the ability to express stage
presence in the ICY era when concentrating too much on making sure her vocals were stable.
About Lia’s dancing…Well, this is actually where the criticism came at her most fiercely
because ever since day one, netizens have always viewed her as the weakest link in a
dance-oriented group like ITZY and whenever the group performs live, they would always
threw hands at her for the alleged awkward moves, poor lines and a lack of power.
TWICE’s Dahyun
Though no one can deny that TWICE is one of the best girl groups JYP has ever created,
FYI they even erased the debt of the company and helped build another building for JYP,
which has never meant all the members are appreciated equally for their talents and
role in the group.
How can I say so?
Well, because according to netizens, the member that they still can’t see why she deserves
a spot in TWICE is Dahyun.
Again, no one can deny that she belongs to the popular side of the group but when it
comes to the crucial qualifications like vocals, dancing and visuals, people say she really
checks no boxes at all.
First let’s talk about the visuals.
Looking at TWICE, most of the time people will find themselves automatically drawn to
Tzuyu, Sana or Mina because with the strict beauty standard of South Korea, these members
effortlessly have it all.
For example, double eyelids - checked, V-line face - checked, big eyes - checked, high nose
- also checked.
However, when it comes to Dahyun, many opinions say that she’s not the perfect fit at all.
As pointed out by a netizen, her face is more on the round/squared side, eyes are not that
round and big, the double eyelids are not prominent, nose-tip is too big, the gap between
her eyes and nose is too large and from some angles, this person even said Dahyun “looks
like alien.”
Vocal-wise, Dahyun’s also said to fail miserably because as you can see, her voice is only
heard when it comes to the rap parts of TWICE’s songs and how long does that verse often last?—Several
seconds only.
In a Reddit post with 86% upvoted titled “Dahyun has lost her value in TWICE and is the only
member who hasn't seemed to improve at all even though she was always the weakest,”
this OP pointed out various reasons proving how Dahyun was not only the most mediocre
but also the laziest one who gave zero care about improving herself in the group.
First is about her vocals.
According to the OP, Dahyun’s vocals have always been we ak, out of tone and though
she had a pretty vocal color, she’s never managed to get out of one similar note for
these reasons.
For example in the Dance The Night Away era, she was said to be out of breath and always
puffed out despite her part’s being the easiest one with the monotonous vocals and
lull dance moves.
Then the OP also pointed out how the same thing also went for other live performances
of BDZ and Yes or Yes.
Second, her dance was also said to be lacking compared to how all other members of TWICE
always dance with sharp moves and TWICE themselve is also a dance-oriented group.
Her moves were said to be weak, uneat and the lines were also poorly formed throughout
the performance.
In the comment section, most people also agreed with the OP and they think for now, her role
and value in the group was hardly seen at all.
So, how can she be that famous?
According to this OP and many other people on Quora, the answer came down to only her
quick wit, bright personality and extreme sense of humor.
Weki Meki’s Choi Yoojung
Though Choi Yoojung managed to make it onto the final debut lineup of IOI and later was
Weki Meki, many people still couldn’t understand why she got to be picked out of many other
talented faces despite being mediocre in all aspects, from singing, dancing to even the
visual.
When Weki Meki made a comeback in 2018, many netizens flocked into an Instiz post compiling
all her moments from the premier and questioned how Yoojung was miserably lowering the standard
of being an idol.
Some also said that had she not had IOI as the launch pad, a person like Yoojung would
never manage to go anywhere far beause from these photos, she looked completely like “an
average citizen” that made mediocre people raise the illusion that everyone can be an
idol.
Visual-wise, Yoojung was also said to fail at impressing people.
Of course everyone has their own definition of what a “beautiful girl” should look
like but from the strict point of view of the public, people believed Yoojung checks
no boxes of the beauty standard at all.
For example, they pointed out that her height is not that impressive at just 159 cm, face
is round, eyes aren’t big and nose isn’t as high as expected of a pretty idol.
Things were so bad that in 2019 when Yoojung uploaded her selfies in a park on Instagram,
she soon made headlines for the massive amount of hate pointing at her...“ugly” visuals.
Even when you just surf the comment section for a little bit, you can already see how
overwhelming the number of malicious words posted but still received a massive number
of likes.
Last is her dancing capabilities.
Stepping out of Produce 101 season 1, it’s true that people used to have pretty good
comments about her dancing capabilities but as time flies and many more potential faces
showed up, the game is leveled up and Yoojung’s dancing style is said to be quite lame, always
overflowed with powers and had not that much unique colors in it.
In a 2018 survey on Pannatic, many also agreed that she’s just fine with the dance capabilities
but never been as good as her fans said.
So, do you think netizens were holding the bars too high for these idols or is it true
that they bring nothing to the table?
Comment down below to share your thoughts with us.