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I think about Soyeon ((G)I-DLE)'s solo sortie.

2024-02-13 05:22:43

I think about Soyeon ((G)I-DLE)'s solo sortie.
ソヨン（(G)I-DLE）のソロ出撃に思う

(G)I-DLE's "Seoyoung" wins first place on a music show for the first time as a solo artist! "Thank you to the members and fans"

★(G)I-DLE's "Seoyoung" became the first solo artist to win first place on a music show with her new song "BEAM BEAM."
On SBS MTV's "The Show" broadcast on July 13th, Jeon So-young, SF9, and LOONA were nominated as the 1st place candidates. The one who won the trophy was Soyeon!

★ Soyeon said, ``This is my first No. 1 album as a solo artist, but it's not an album I made by myself,'' and expressed gratitude to everyone involved, including the chairman of her agency, Cube.
He went on to say, ``Thank you so much to the members of (G)I-DLE and the people of Neverland. I want to do my best. Thank you.''

It appears that Soyeon's solo sortie has turned out to be different from the original plan. I guess they didn't intend for it to come out so soon...

At the beginning of this year, (G)I-DLE got off to a good start.
The group's image completely changed when the new song '화(Hana)(HWAA)' released at the beginning became a hit. Up until then, the popularity of the individual members had been relatively modest compared to the group's popularity. However, with this song becoming a hit, the members' popularity suddenly blossomed.

It was after hearing their new song '화(Spark)(HWAA)' that I decided to follow (G)I-DLE as the first group to follow BlackPink.
However, when this song became a hit and the popularity of Miyoung and Soojin began to rise, Sujin was accused of being bullied during her school days.
Apparently, the reason for bringing this up was that ``it is unacceptable for a child who was bullied in school to be in the spotlight in society.''
After Soojin came under heavy fire, (G)I-DLE's rise in popularity came to an abrupt halt and they lost momentum.
After many twists and turns, (G)I-DLE tried to rebuild their stance, but the momentum they had run away from did not return.
It goes without saying that a period of "purification" was needed to repair the damage the group had suffered.
　

Group leader Soyeon's solo sortie may also have the meaning of training to return (G)I-DLE's music to its origins.

Everyone makes mistakes. There's no way to know if Sujin was like that because she's not the person in question, but correcting her way of life and reviving her life is the way people should live.
We hope that Soojin will regain her former shine on the (G)I-DLE stage as soon as possible.

Soyeon's solo stage this time made me feel the richness of her talent that overlaps with BoA's. However, I felt that it was a loss that she lacked the impression of cuteness (from a man's perspective) like Taeyeon (Girls' Generation) because she was petite.