127 feels like a hot mess now
Okay before anyone starts, I’m a die hard czennie and ult 127. I just can’t help but notice how big their fall off has been which isn’t even completely their fault. First of all, what even is this sending members for enlistment in cycles which will end up taking ~5 years for them to be reunited. I mean, look at groups like BTS for example. All were sent at the same time and now they’re back with an even bigger fan base since the time gone was so minuscule in the grand scheme of their career and fans dealt w that. Obviously it’s so SM can pump out as many cb’s or singles as they can to continue activity but it’s making it a hot mess. I mean, think about how not even that long ago we only had to deal with winwin transitioning to acting without an actual announcement from SM that he basically would not be seen in any NCT activity. And then after the whole situation with yk who and like 3 weeks later they announced the momentum with like 6 members. I remember going to the SA stop and the arena felt… empty? You would think a group that is as popular and influential (ie. Neobongs, mk being a constant meme, just them in general) to now falling off the face of the earth. NCT as a whole is simply flopping and I’m just as excited as anyone for blingy, but at the same time this is just a big fat mess and it’s so obvious the members don’t rlly fw each other anymore and are basically co workers. Like at this rate SM needs to figure it out bc it’s pretty disappointing to see an entire group of 23 people burst in to flames in front of our eyes after all this. And don’t even get me started on cult member lee… 😭 all in all I feel bad for 127, but I can’t help but notice the fall off. Which I mean them and SM partially did to themselves.
TLDR: NCT got dealt a bad hand w enlistment planning and neglect from SM & 127 gets the brunt of it. Even of they renewed contracts, they need to either figure it out or just move on to different projects bc it’s radio silence up in here.