#but then hwiseo made it in to el7z up

[skyhawkstragedy]

my american reality shows may be letting me down but my kpop survival shows are holding down the fort iktr

[hoforwonho]

Crazy how someone would use Queendom Puzzle as an excuse for voting in Build Up when:

Kei: back to musical theater with her Yoon Sang produced solo album - announced in December 2022 - nowhere to be seen. (I actively voted for her. I regret it. Give me that album)

Yeoreum: unemployed

Yuki: last release was a rushed single made with a Queendom Puzzle set, $2 and a dream.

Yeeun: about to start collecting unemployment.

Yeonhee: this is a Woollim problem let's just burn down Woollim.

Nana: also unemployed, but maybe for not much longer.

Hwiseo: doing fine! but to be expected given Rose Blossom's success

3 out of 7 girls are collecting and Kei might as well be where is that album? The other 3 got rushed releases (two being singles) all in August/September before EL7Z Up's debut.

So I'm not super thrilled for anyone competing in these survival shows.

[kpopggss-opinion]

Queendom ep. 9 (opinion)

this episode was a roller coaster of emotions

SPOILERS AHEAD!

the performances during this show were pretty great!

idga

the screentime of yuki is all i wished for throughout this show and she actually got some, i'm so happy for her. same for elly.

i was really surprised she wasn't eliminated but like i'm so happy that she didn't cuz she is very talented.

I don't have much to say abt the other members. I admit that this song was overhyped and it was really the popularity votes that made this team win. tbh this song was very forgettable... still happy that they did win tho cuz most of my top 7 are on here.

i do

i love that nana stuck with this song cuz she fits in pretty well. i was really sad that yeonhee keeps getting stuck with rap verses when her strength is vocals... bora suits this song really well but i will say the vocals of other members stood out to me more for this song like jihan's.

besides that, i don't think it was a winning song tho :/

puzzlin

i loved this song a lottt. puzzlin is addictive but also pleasant sounding. it sucks that the pleasant sounding songs actually do a lot worse than songs with empty choruses and just loudness. i wish this song won lowkey... jiwon proved that she can be a great center once again!

eliminations:

ok so like basically all of the foreign members (like not originally active as kpop idols) got eliminated and all of cherry bullet and almost all of weeekly except jihan.

i'm so surprised that all the cherry bullet members got eliminated... i think that people saw cherry bullet's upperhand at the beginning and then started voting for rocket punch and forgot abt cherry bullet. it was heartbreaking to see both members just say "please don't forget about us" during their speeches...

all the weeekly members got eliminated and altho it was sad, it was kinda expected. i think zoa and jihan had the highest chance and jihan was the only one that didn't get eliminated.

i think the benefit helped elly stay in the finals which is great, but i'm a bit surprised that fye didn't go to the next round. i do suspect that after the name of the group was released, her fans were prob like nah, not worth it...

if i forgot to cover some member that got eliminated, they just didn't stand out to me from the start so...

my opinion about the EL7Z +UP thing

ok whoever came up with this kinda needs to get fired. like ik it was supposed to be voted by the people or like the suggestions were from the people but i swear anyone in the right mind wouldn't have named it that. i just don't like numbers and symbols being in group names like Kep1er, IZ*ONE, ZB1, etc. i love the people in the group, just not a fan of their name... i'm sure people will get used to it just like they did with IZ*ONE but they just could've named them a lot better...

my top 7: (i don't think this is different from the actual top 7 lol)

nana

yuki

yeonhee

yeoreum

yeeun

hwiseo

kei