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Thao_p

Can’t wait

Thao_p

Glad I actually made it here early about to go to bed haha

Anonymous

Omg yes!!! I can't watch it right now but Im so excited!

Syndicaterx

I’ve already watched some performances from this season, the finale and know the debut lineup but it will be my first time watching the full episodes. Edit: 30:29 that is Yubin (Wonder Girls) retro-style song released 2 years ago. Edit: just finished watching the whole thing, I’d rate Rio’s performance an 8/10, Akari 7/10 and Miihi 10/10. I have another 10/10 solo performance this season and I’m looking forward to your reaction to that.

Anonymous

Here we go again

boogieoogieshoes

the way i just stopped working to watch this video 😂

현구 윤

hi bro The official video of niziu has a lot of editing, so I recommend you to watch another translated video

Anonymous

Watching this again reminds me of how Ayaka looks so much like Suzy from Miss A... I still can't believe how strikingly similar they look.

Thao_p

If u plan to visit Korea and see the new jyp building u can go in and get a cup of coffee at there ground floor cafeteria and if ur lucky enough you will see twice down there but I doubt you’ll be able to even say a word with how nervous you’ll be. But as always they are idols and need privacy so a bowel or wave is always good.

Carl Dungca

That they gave the girls a makeover for Season 2 definitely didn’t help connect faces to names, and teens are still growing and changing. (This season takes place over the course of 6 months!) Plus, of course, even several of those who made the cut to go to Korea didn’t get much featured screen time in Season 1 to help ingrain them in your mind.

Carl Dungca

Glad to finally get the opportunity to watch Season 2 with you. No less of an emotional roller coaster than Sixteen, but at least far less cruel.

Scott Adams

We gonna watch NiziU's video after the season?

Scott Adams

lol Miihi is my bias too XD

Carl Dungca

One major (no pun intended) difference with Nizi Project vs Sixteen is that they really aren’t competing against each other. Though they’ll get divided up into teams and ranked, if they all demonstrate the growth and attitude that JYP is looking for, there’s potential for them ALL to debut. It wasn’t until the final-final ranking that it was decided and announced that the group would only consist of 9 members. You’ll really see in the judging segments that JYP’s benchmarks for each of the girls is not against their rival teams for that round but rather each girl’s individual past level of achievement. One great thing to look out for over the course of the season is how they’ll support the other girls and how some girls may or may not seek out assistance when they recognize a weak point that needs guidance.

Wayne W

Yubin's "Lady" came out in 2018, but I thought it was from the 80s when I first saw it. I think locking dance is considered a more "powerful" style of dance; that Rio excels in. Also, the JYP versions of the show has some awkward edits on some of the performances compared to the full Hulu versions. (Not sure if anyone can provide good quality and subbed versions). Oh and the Miihi song from Season 1 is Yuki No Hana and she killed it. Rio = 7.5, Akari = 7, Miihi = 10 (I'm Miihi biased too, but her performance was flawless)

Anonymous

I haven't watched S2 yet, so this is new to me, but Miihi was absolutely brilliant. My jaw dropped right away at the start of her performance. I already know who made the final lineup (cuz i already watched the MV), but this performance by Miihi just makes you want to see her grow and be a star.

Carl Dungca

To dive a little deeper... "City pop" is an '80s Japanese musical trend that directly picked up from '70s American disco/funk/rock. Compared to modern revivals in synthwave and future funk, "city pop" has a tendency to be more chill and lounge-y than than often insistently dance-y drive of synthwave/future funk. A lot of the anime theme songs of the '80s and '90s were in the city pop style. What stood out for me for Yubin's style once she went solo is that she stuck with the Wonder Girls' retro vibe. In those songs, she always came off (or was utilized as) the edgy/modern rapper, so I would've thought her solo songs would be more modern. (Well, her post-JYP solo song is definitely more modern.)

PhanMann

Miihi bias confirmed!

Schaumkus

There are no copyright reasons why its cut into 2 parts xD. Those are the official uploads from JYPE. They just chose to make every episode in 2 parts like they did in season 01. Thats why I put 2 links per episode in that PDF.

Anonymous

So I’ve been a JYP fan since 2007, my first ever group in KPOP was wonder girls from JYP. The song was Irony. Ever since then, I’ve been a die hard fan of groups from this company. Every song performed in this episode is in my playlist. Really nice to see newer people getting the chance to listen to these OG songs. Miihi performed my favorite all-time song from Wonder Girls and when I was a teenager, I used to sing this song in this remix alone in my room and knew every word even though I’m not Korean. That’s how much I love JYP. JYP Forever <3

Chewwwy

For me: Akari - 7 Rio - 8 Miihi - 10 I'm rewatching it for the third time and it still excites me. Miihi is one of my wreckers. But since audition, I am a Rima stan.

Scott Adams

Yeah I just shove all my stuff into my suitcase and figure it out when I get to where I'm going.

Carl Dungca

Regarding "locking dance": Pop & lock is a hip-hop dance form with rigid movements of hard stops in motion and limb isolation, where some parts of the body are frozen and only select other parts allowed to move. For example, you'd freeze the position of your upper arm, then allow your forearm to swing. Sometimes the movement involves "ticking," which is staccato "frame-by-frame" motion instead of a smooth one. So to speak particularly to the comparison to "womanly" dancing, the goals of the movement style are in opposition. For the "womanly" dance, it was intended to be more smooth in motion--allowing the energy of the movement to flow through the whole body and limb without stopping at a joint--and presenting more curvature in silhouettes rather than the very angular body shapes of hip-hop. Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVGcqzHPv8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUQVDpvGIBo

Anonymous

Actually nizi is jpop, not kpop lol

Mr Jackpots

It wasn't tonsils that messed up Akari the first time. She has a chronic autoimmune condition that affects the kidneys, and really that diagnosis should never have been made public. I think JYP really liked her but her medical condition was probably always on his mind.

Scott Adams

This episode with Miihi's Nobody song is what made me bias her. Also I think the worry about Rio choosing Lady mirrors a lot of the things Mina from Twice had to overcome on Sixteen. Mina was trained as a ballerina which is a different dance style than what they were looking for so her instinctual movements weren't fitting with the concept. Rio was being trained that month to do a more modern-hip hop style dance and chose a more girly feminine dance-routine which is tough for a novice dancer to swap between.

Mr Jackpots

Miihi's song in season 1 was Snow Flowers, a very iconic Japanese song that is also well known in Korea.

Mr Jackpots

I get the same Mina vibe from Miihi which makes me worry about her. She's very tightly wound as you'll see later. If you have seen any pictures of the way she looks now you may be shocked at how thin she is. She's lost a lot of weight and I don't know if that was planned or not.

A.D

the nizi channel cut out clips here and there in episodes btw, i noticed bits missing from this one too - the lets kculture channel is good though they have the full thing with subs directly from hulu where it aired. but anyway, excited to get into this!

Puppy

I really think JYP learned what Sixteen did to all the trainees and never wanted to do that style of show again. Nizi project is much more empowering and actually teaches everyone to grow to be the unique best version of themselves.

Puppy

I feel bad for Akari. She was trying her best but she was not in her best shape. Also, many songs are not designed to be singing and dancing solo; remember these songs are specifically designed for 4+ member groups.

Datawolf

My ratings for these performances would probably be a 7 for Rio, a 4 for Akari and a 10 for mihii obviously. Glad to see you diving into this and hopefully you can avoid as many spoilers as possible, can't wait for next week!

Anonymous

The age difference between Nizi and 15+1 isn't much different. Nayeon was 19/20 and Mako was 18/19 (both oldest) while Natty was 13 and Nina is 14/15 (season 2). So it's pretty similar.

Valcrist Dalida

Someone could've been in Suzu's position. That someone could've debuted in her place. If you are a participant in season 1 and you heard this news, you would've been sad af.

Anonymous

Im a mako stan, fell in love with her hard working personality, i think she will definitely be the leader

Anonymous

I havnt watch season 2 either glad to watch this together

Trillium

Miihi's performance was debut worthy. Such an amazing talent.

RushRush

That Mihi performance was breathtaking. The first performance song was (Lady by Yubin) Yubin was a Wondergirls member and after they disbanded she released this song . Wondergirls were famous for their retro style amongst other things . They did the retro and 80s style sooo well as a group but after they disbanded each member did her own thing in different musical styles but Yubin who was the rapper of the group did this song and I was surprised , I knew she sings well she has good vocals but I expected a hiphop rap release from her. Now she does rap she recently released a song . You will see Maco performing a song by Sunmi who also was a member of Wondergirls but now is a TOP solo artist in Korea.

Anonymous

Miihi was casted on the way to Got7’s concert, before starting as trainee, her ins introduced her as big Once and her bias is Tzuyu, 7 posts, 3 related to Twice lol how cute.. can’t image how would she feels that now she is in the same company with her idols

RushRush

JYP really cares about the people in his company. The rule of having a good personality and being honest and true with nothing to hide or be ashamed of applies to hiring anyone working in the company not just artists even people working in management who wouldn't have public exposure( for example for a very long time all employees are not allowed to go to places that offer "women service" as they call any type of escort services because of terrible things happeningin such places and how the working people there are mostly terribly treated and used etc..) . They really care about having good people then they take good care of them. This all organic cafeteria provides free food for all employees, artists, and trainees and the whole building is eco friendly , with air purifying system, and filled with plants as JYP said to provide the healthiest environment and food for everyone is important to help them be in their best state to achieve more. They even monitor all their young trainees school performance and require them to have good grades until they graduate high-school.

Ashley Hoekstra

Some ideas incase you would like to add some boy group shows to your Patreon in the future. Run BTS: This is really funny and you’ll really get to see all their personalities. They play all kinds of games and adventures so it’s kinds like time to twice in a way. There are a lot of episodes so it would be good to start as soon as possible if this sounds interesting to you. You can watch it for free on Vlive with Eng subs. BTS American hustle life: This is a show from the very beginning of their career. When bts just started they wanted to be HipHop so they went to America where different famous rappers thought them about HipHop. It’s really interesting to watch and it’s funny. I-LAND: This is a boy trainee survival show from BigHit entertainment. It’s really intense but really fun to watch. It kinda reminds me of Sixteen sometimes. It’s still ongoing and currently on episode 3. You can watch it for free on the Viki Rakuten app with Eng subs. Stray Kids: The Stray Kids survival show is really important to see if you want to become part of the Stray Kids fandom. Just like when you have to have seen Sixteen if you want to be a Once. It really shows what they’ve been through to get where they are. I hope I don’t come off as annoying I was just giving some ideas😊

Sanatea

Miihi is also my NiziU bias and was since literally her first appearance on season 1. She is just too cute. We Miihi stans call ourselves the Miihi gang by the way!

Anonymous

Miihi was casted at a twice concert in japan. It was Ryujin in itzy that was scouted at a got7 fanmeeting. The JYP staff are always ready to hand out business cards to pretty people.

Anonymous

lol thanks, apparently JYP staff really know how to spot right people.

Rosé Pasta

For the ones that said that Suzu take someone's place, no, she did'nt, JYP said that he could have taken the 26 girls from the Japan camp if he wanted, but he only wanted to take 14 of them since they were who saw the most potential, if Suzu had not attended the Japan camp, he would only have take 13 of them (not counting Suzu obviously) thats why JYP did'nt call other girl to re-place Suzu.

Anonymous

It's early, but I think Miihi is in my top 3 bias list, right there with Mako and Rima. I think Miihi killed this performance!!

cloj

Up until about a few days ago I had only watched Nina's first audition. After coming across this in your Patreon TG and hearing you give them shoutouts throughout your vids, I went for it and gave the whole thing a shot. Finished the 1st part just now and consider me hooked. Now I'll be getting on these with you here. My faves now are probably Mako and Miihii, but also Maya cause she seems like such a genuinely nice person without a hateful bone in her body.

Phion

I don't know whether the brown couch house was used by Twice during TEPL but black couch house is definitely the house used in Sixteen

glassy99

- I think for Suzu, she just really doubted whether she wanted to become an idol at all. I think its like she got a taste of it and felt this isn't for me. - I thought Rio looked confident. I was actually really surprised how naturally confident she was when I first watched it. On my first watch I would have given it an 8.5 but now I'd give it an 8 cause I can notice that her vocals aren't there yet now. - Akari ... I'm too sad about her to rate it - It's amazing how your biases are Mina and Miihi. - Miihi perfomance of course is a 10