r/Enhypenthoughts

I wonder if It's their new promotion strategy but at this point I have already listened to the whole song which...kinda ruined my excitement for the cb.Don’t get me wrong, I'm still excited about 21 August, but I already know the chorus line by line, I have seen the choreography,have heard 2-3 snipets of each b-side.Also illit unboxed the albums(member ver.) in a tiktok which was deleted later on.

These many spoilers were not necessary.

First of all, I made this post just to share information. Please don't turn it into mismanagement olympic, snarky comparisson, etc. You can want better for Enhypen without resenting other group.

ILLIT only had comeback showcase once, it was for their 2nd EP (which was their first cb). For their next comebacks, they held offline fan events instead. The goal is same with cb showcase, it's just the format that is different.

• 3rd EP: Friend's Night Picnic (performing on stage next to Han river, 400 fans, not live streamed)
• 1st single album: Cuteness Graduation Party (a 1 hour fan talk, 300 fans, and live streamed)
• 4th EP: Seoul Children's Grand Park Festival (it was festival, 2000 fans, not live streamed)

Belift still made a cb showcase for The Sin: Vanish (they called it "Fan Showcase" since R:U). They also had "Vampire is Coming in Seoul" event for 950 fans. It was a 1 hour fan talk with Enhypen and was announced few days after the album released. They also announced the collaboration with Korean Red Cross few days before TS:V released, and the blood donation started the day the album released.

We dont hear anything about fan showcase for TS:B so far. They might not have a showcase this cb. (Yes, i'm aware about the Japan showcase, but i was talking about showcase in Korea). There's obviously gonna be both negative and positive reactions. You might dont like that there's no livestreamed showcase like what they had for years. But not having cb showcase does not mean belift is neglecting Enhypen. It's just belift is moving on from the conventional cb showcase format. They still make event for the cb.

(Anyway my goal is just sharing information, dont come here and call me belift defender or smth)

i know this is a repetitive topic and everyone’s sick of talking about it but i’m genuinely annoyed at how it feels very very intentional that belift doesn’t want korean fans.

i’ve been here since iland and initially it wasn’t the company’s fault. the situation and circumstances made enha more popular globally while still having some fans in korea too. there wasn’t a lot that could be done.

as their career progressed, i kept thinking its alright its difficult to get domestic fans into an already debuted older group. their schedules don’t allow it and they didn’t seem bothered by it either. i simply accepted that the company and enha were satisfied with being more popular overseas.

but recently jungwon has mentioned that the company and members are both aware and it almost sounded like they don’t know what to do about it. i had lost hope too and its NOT like they have 5 fans in korea. they do have a sizeable fandom, it just looks so small because the ifan community is ginormous relatively.

however they have been making so much noise in korea recently. it was so easy to please kfans. making the presale more accessible to them did wonders and everyone had so much fun at busan con. the amount of hit tweets on the kside from the concert were something i didnt see before. it was THAT easy to please fans and maybe recruit some more.

the cb is on 21st its 19th and we don’t have any promos on variety shows. the only events they’re doing in kr is the music show which is so difficult to get into and they’ve added a condition of buying 4 albums in order to get in instead of showing streaming proof. albums make more money than streaming the song so instead of encouraging charting they’ve resorted to making money. even the comeback showcase isn’t in korea. forget about getting new fans this stupid company seems to be getting rid of the old ones too.

don’t even come here with the whole “ifans are more loyal” bs. this year has shown me how loyal they are. dropping like flies over the slightest inconvenience. at the end of the day, its embarrassing for the members to go on variety shows and the host brings up how they aren’t popular in kr. its happened multiple times already.

they don’t have to change their concept or music or anything. all they have to do is do more showcases, fancons and concerts in korea. they debuted in 2020 and yet 2026 was the year so many kfans saw them performing for the first time.

so many people watch yt shows that host idols on them. enha always bring in views and they don’t have to do slapstick comedy. these are sit down talk shows so literally WHAT is stopping them from going?

of course this doesn’t affect them that much. enhypen are very successful and famous. they’re earning a lot of money too. but when its obvious that they want domestic recognition, why doesnt the company atleast do the bare minimum? i still can’t believe the showcase is in japan like what even? i don’t resort to bashing the company usually because i understand there are financial, logistical and other aspects which i don’t know so maybe there must a reason for the decisions they make. but this one seems like a no brainer so fumbling it is crazy. if people genuinely disliked them or their concept, that would be different. but they have all the factors needed to attract fans and even the slightest adjustment is proving to bring in new fans so why are we acting like its impossible..

if they want to give enha the tbl or yg treatment and make them mysterious and inactive then atleast do that properly. whats the point of making them work everyday and still not prioritising whats needed? just give them off time and dont do any promotions outside the comeback. nobody will complain about this then.

idk if i flaired this right but i'm going to go on a trip in a couple of weeks and I wanna find some downloads of enhypen's songs since i don't have any sort of mobile data or premium on streaming platforms. So it would be great if someone commented any downloads. Also I'm not trying to pirate.

And I thought blonde Jake is surprising already. Sunoo looks so hawt with orange hair- he literally looks like a literal fox😆❤🦊

I need to change my wallpaper and I need to see the most beautiful pictures of Jungwon.

Memes are cute but I mean like your favorite pics where he looks gorgeous, or favorite concept photos. Please comment below!

I know this is a (very) long shot but I was wondering if there are any engenes around Ottawa that would like to be friends? All my fan interactions so far have been on reddit, but I’ve been wanting to make in person engene friends as well! Just to preface, I would really love to make friends that I can meet irl someday, but would be completely open to getting to know each other online for a while to see if we can connect, or mainly interact online if it’s hard to meet!

I thought it might be helpful to include some information about me, just so you can get an idea of what kind of person I am :D

Enha-related info: 

• It was a long and gradual process, but I would say I officially became an engene the day memorabilia came out
• Enhypen are the only artists I stan/am a fan of (although I listen to many others)
• Favorite album: Orange blood
• Bias: Sunoo!
• Wrecker: injang (rip) 
• Favorite songs: Orange flower, blind, fatal trouble, bthb, given-taken, flashover, chaconne (in no particular order)
• A reddit post I made: https://www.reddit.com/r/Enhypenthoughts/comments/1uj39xy/point_line_and_planes_a_math_students_scene_by/

 

Non-enha-related info: 

• 18 years old
• Very much an INFJ
• Going to be a first year uni student in september
• I like having close friendships and will put in the effort to build them!
• I also think I would personally feel most comfortable with people around my age, maybe less than 3 years apart?

 

I’ll probably(?) be deleting this post in a few days because it gives my location+age, but please feel free to dm me even after that! tysm for reading all this if you did!