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Ideas for my next video! (Patreon)

Published:
2021-03-25 19:17:54
Imported:
2026-06

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Hey guys!


I'm currently planning my next video, which will be about I*Zone's disbandment and the produce 101 curse. As you guys probably know, before I*Zone, there was WannaOne and IOI. Both groups were extremely popular, yet it seems many of the members failed to find success after the group's disbandment (although there are of course exceptions, such as Yeonjung in WJSN, Chungha, Somi, Minhyung in N'uest and Daniel).

From Pristin to Gugudan to Weki Meki to DIA, most of the post IOI groups have either disbanded or only found mediocre success. As for WannaOne, most of the members decided to take solo routes, but most haven't made much of an impact on the KPOP industry.

Why do you think this is? And what do you think the companies of the I*zone members can takeaway from this? Let me know your opinions below!

Comments

Kia

This sounds like a great video topic! I love watching the produce series (Japan and China included!) and being introduced to new talents. Sometimes though I wonder if the show actually helps or harms the trainees careers. A few thoughts~ -It’s honestly interesting how aside from a few (Daniel, Chungha, etc) most of the “successful” trainees didn’t debut in the final groups. I feel that right after the show, fans want to keep up with the trainees. They wait for them to make their appearance in a new group or start a solo career. When they finally release a MV and song fans rush to enjoy it, only to find it doesn’t live up to their ideals. The original Produce 101 girls suffered from this fate. Even when promoting as IOI fans wanted to see different concepts. Once the girls went their separate ways the fans were hoping that they would finally get what they were asking for, but they didn’t. Out of curiosity fans listened to the Comebacks, but the companies failed to produce songs that captured the fans attention. Also some groups put to much attention on the former members of IOI and that just caused the group to look unbalanced. Nuest managed to revive themselves and even once Minhyung came back, the company didn’t put all the spotlight on him. -Compared to IOI, Wanna One and IZONE are very active. Of course that’s because there contract lengths are longer but both groups also had more chances for promotional activity. The amount of money that was invested into these groups is a lot more than most standard companies can afford. I feel like once the members go back to there own companies the fans will want to see them but realistically the company can only afford to do so much. Sorry for the essay! At the end of the day though my overall thoughts is that the companies of these trainees are the ones that win. Even if fans lose interest in that one trainee or group, fans will still keep their eyes out for whatever the company does next. Certain companies had high ranking trainees every season , and I bet after all that exposure those companies saw a increase in sales.

ploopy678
>>56577618

Great points! Now that you mention it, it's definitely true that many of these trainees come from small companies, who may not have the funds for the high budget songs and MVs that the fans are used to from IOI/ WannaOne/ IZone. Thanks for your input!