Break-Down:
After School are looking for member number 9 through auditions. The age range is something like 10-25. Auditionees can be Korean, Japanese or Chinese whatever.
Now, It’s common knowlege I’ve never liked this adding member thing, only because I don’t see the point. Maybe I could defend UEE and say that she was a good addition because she was the mascot, she gathers attention where ever she goes, so she’s useful. However, the addition of the other three made no sense to me at all. They already had two members that could rap, Bekah being the killer~ Jungah and Kahi had vocals down, Kahi also had mad dancing skills, UEE was the face, Soyoung and Jooyeon had the cute-sexy vibe that completed the group. See my point. On an objective stand point, Raina is the only member that has made any impact so far. Subjectively, Pledis could have done something else with her, AS didn’t need her. Nana so far is just the hot model, she has some lungs but I can’t make judgement. Lizzy? yeah.
From the begining, Pledis said that they were a group that had the same “graduating” system as a Japanese girl band. Fair enough, why not. The only thing is, have the originals even had a chance to “go to school”?? It looks like they’ll be graduating fairly quickly. I think Pledis should have started adding members this time next year perhaps if that’s what they really wanted. We never get a chance to get used to AS before they change. Kahi and Jungah will probs be the first to graduate, to me that sucks because along with Bekah, they made AS.
This whole graduating thing is weird to me because you’re constantly waiting for people to leave and arrive, you grow to love a certain member or a certain “class” then they leave. It’s just like creating a new band under the same name. Can fans really stay loyal, won’t they get a bit tired of it all? Instead of this, Pledis could have just created Orange Caramel without them having to join AS, it’s like they put them there to test the waters so if they failed they’d just repair themselves with AS’ popularity and fan base.
I don’t think they’re intentionally trying to create a rival for SNSD because 9 doesn’t belong to them, applying that knowledge would mean all 5 member groups are direct rivals, yeah they’re all in competition for the top spot but, they aren’t constantly head-to-head, so we can drop that arguement there.
The main thing which made me say “WHAT” was the age range 10, TEN, 10 YEARS OLD, is the starting age. Can you imagine a 10 year old jamming with AS on stage? No. It’s weird. At least make it 16. It just goes to show, the original idea for “Korea’s PCD” is truly going down the drain.
Well as I said before, I’m no longer a listener of AS but I just wanted to air my thoughts. Perhaps if Kahi Bekah or Jungah form a group or all go solo I’ll lend my ears to them once again. It’s sad to see a group who came with such fire and potential come to this. Who knows I may be wrong and they might be the biggest thing Korea has seen in years. Whatever, good luck to them.
Tags: 9th, after, Asia, Bekah, gahee, Jooyeon, JungAh, Kahi, Kpop, lizzy, member, Nana, pledis, Raina, school, Soyoung, UEE
