her song Right Back! reached 8M streams on Spotify ! this is huge for an indie artist like her. For comparison, Adela’s single KGB, for which she’s had a lot of promo and a very high budget video, has 10M. ( no hate on Adela though, just want to show how impressive Karlee‘s numbers are !)
I hope she keeps making music like this, it’s quite a fan song . I didn’t love it at first but it really grew on me.
Ua is now rumored to be apart of a group (Not HYBE related) with Seohyun from Hip Pop Princess (Korean-South African), Alisia (Thai-American, 2012 [wow…]), Jiho (Korean), Prim (Thai), Niko (Japan), I’d assume not but keep an eye out for that) (also heard this might be a global group in the sense of &TEAM maybe)
Credits to @oumapolaroid on twitter, they are an insider. If you check their main account (aerinnn___) you can see they’re very reliable and they’ve leaked a lot. Also @laamoonhee & @heartstooheart. You can believe if you want, if not, that’s fine too.
Also apparently Ua only recently left HYBE, and I would honestly fairly assume she was under Pledis/ABD because I assume she learned Korean?
EDIT: Okay so yeah, CHROMA is the company apparently, it’s new. The team at CHROMA has worked with HYBE, AVEX, and AOMG.
Thought this should be shared. In the end of 2022, only 13 of the girls who would end up in Dream Academy were in T&D (based on this post), and HxG signed a brand deal for one of them, with the group they knew wouldn't debut for more than a year? No wonder they were pushing her so hard (I say as a Megan bias in Katseye)
This is just my opinion and I'm wondering if anyone else feels similarly.
The more global girl groups HYBE tries to create using old DA members the more
forced the diversity aspect will feel (Ex. Ezrela telling Lara she knows only one of them can debut because they're both Indian). Like HYBE is picking and choosing certain ethnicities to make a "well rounded" & "diverse" group, and that just feels icky to me
cheapens the Katseye brand (people are already speculating Katseye is an experiment and Prelude is what HYBE is actually going to pour time and money into)
Prelude/Saint Satine is already getting lot of criticism calling them "katseye leftovers". They definitely do feel like Katseye leftovers because they're under the same label as Katseye and came from the same TV show as the Katseye members.
HYBE had a smash hit success with Katseye, I think they should just leave it at that and stop trying to generate duplicates because it feels so capitalist and forced. I love Marquise for example but I don't want her to debut in another HYBE global girl group, I'd rather she has a successful solo career - same for Ezrela or any other DA girl.
Does anyone else feel this way?
I recently came across a video on TikTok and people were saying lexi got fired, the way I understood it before they left Korea lexi had told the management that she didn't want to be there anymore and when they got to LA she didn't bother going for training because she had told them she didn't want to continue with the program. That's why at the end Mitra said to her '' it's clear you don't want to be here anymore so we are gonna let you go'' and said she agreed. Like why are people saying she was fired?
Also I do believe katseye would have been different, we would have gotten Lexi, samara, Emily, ezrela, ua and Nayong. The only reason they have let Nayong go was because she said she wanted a solo career, but time and again Lara had said the same thing I don't understand why they would only eliminate Nayong for that.
The way hybe CEO talked about lexi I don't for once think lexi wasn't gonna debut considering she has the look that he wanted, and also he mentioned that when lexi left the group concept changed and he didn't want to pick the group anymore. Bro even went as far as creating another group so he can specifically debut her... No like seriously it's clear he wanted his perfect doll to debut😂
In the last episode, he said he didn’t understand why Megan wasn’t getting enough votes and that she has her own charm, but people would notice it if they paid more attention to her. That honestly made me think she was one of his favorite trainees.
They also said the “Break Free” video was the girls’ last chance to impress fans before voting ended, and I noticed Megan had way more screentime there than before. She had multiple solo scenes and moments focused on her.
What confuses me is why her votes were still low because Megan caught my attention from the first mission. she is all rounder for a reason
Istg I remember somewhere that said HxG's original project was to have a boy group but it got scrapped and replaced with the girl group project, leading to Dream Academy and Katseye. Does anyone have any info on this or am I just hallucinating?
Right Back! also hits 6 mil streams on Spotify and 2 mil views on Youtube!
Can we please give her a Karlee Girl / Adela moment? She clearly has what the other girls who’ve had that breakout solo moment have. The way I feel about her is the same way I felt about Adela before “sexonthebeat” came out, or Karlee Girl when she released “Little Things.” I really see something in this girl.
My 2 robbed girls 💔
Maybe I’m reaching but seeing Ayana’s finale instantly reminded me of Ezrela during Dream Academy 😭 Both had so many people rooting for them and both ended up becoming the “what could’ve been” member for a lot of us fans 😔 I really love how they handled their endings with so much grace
But I know a lot of us hoped Ezrela would make the group (Saint Satine) as a surprise member and I know a lot of us were hoping Ayana would make the group as the final piece. I’m obviously bummed but it is what it is :( I was so delulu but it was fun while it lasted 😣
Seeing Ayana’s recent IG post instantly gave me flashbacks to Ezrela’s Dream Academy IG post. Even some of the pictures looked kinda similar and gave me deja vu 😭 Also the whole “Wannabe” concept😖
Also not sure how to do the hyperlink on mobile so I’m just gonna post their links in case any of you want to follow Ayana on TikTok and IG
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ayanakuwahara17
Ig: Instagram Ig: 17_ayanak
It is clear why she was cut from
The documentary. Aside from Covid, her food poisoning story would make HxG really look bad. Also, her injury was too much drama for the first episodes.
It is interesting that she is a lesbian with a girlfriend. If she joined Katseye, it might be too much for the general public. Lara is queer and Megan is Bi. They did get a LGBTQ award but still can like men. Anyway, it would be interesting how Narjess’s point of view would affect the dynamic of Katseye. After looking at her TikTok, she could have made it far if not for her injury.
This is probably so evil to point out but every time I watch this scene all I can think about is Abby’s hair
No hate to Abby btw I love her solo music!
I know it wasn’t actually just me but I haven’t seen too many Celeste fans.
My final 6 would be:
Celeste
Megan
Nayoung
Sophia
Daniela
Yoonchae
In the documentary we know it’s mentioned that either Lara or Ezrela will make Katseye for the Indian representation, and that both will not be picked.
We know Daniela represents the latino community for Katseye, but during dream academy do you think Celeste and Daniela were in the same position as Lara and Ezrela?
Assuming that only one of them would be chosen for the latino representation.
r/saintsatine (prelude) congratulations to the dreamers. But I have to admit I wish we never had to dream of or put up with this. I wish we had better aspirations as young girls/boys.
I know Lexie, Samara and Emily feel for Sakura and all previous participants bc they themselves are trying to make it. I feel bad for all the hate they are getting now and the foreseeable future. This is the industry you and I (because we consume) & the girls (because they think it’s the best option for their dreams) FUEL. Our emotions are just fodder for marketing. And the artists don’t get to have emotions because they “should be grateful.”
This made me rethink my obsession for kpop, kpop adjacent artists (& any other mainstream artists I stan). It’s conflicting for me to completely hate Mitra bc she’s a successful woman in a “man’s world.” She is open and shameless about her (psychopathic) methods. But imagine those who hide behind BIGGER stars, whose job is to make rage & drama to manipulate the audience. There’s people we don’t hear about who orchestrate our reactions like theater.
More controversy = more buzz = more views. Adéla learned & understood the “game” when she got out of DA so she used drama to market herself (look where she is now).
I can only imagine how many artists have sold their soul bc this is the system that keeps the entertainment industry running.
If fabricating chaos for entertainment while hurting young aspiring artists & enraging invested viewers is what makes success in this industry, then what does that say about the consumers (me and u) and everyone who’s in on this (the managers, creative directors& artists themselves)?
LEXIE walked away the 1st time bc the process didn’t align with her values. BUT it’s hard to be virtuous when you get a 2nd chance to fulfill your “dream.” At what cost though? (She could’ve started a solo career if she knew the right people and worked hard. Prelude wasn’t her only shot). Getting famous is significantly easier when you don’t have to do all the planning, but when you let the label run the show for you, you unfortunately consent to a sliver of evil.
Like many, I got too emotionally invested rooting for Jayla and then Ayana (sadly they’re both likely to end up like NAYOUNG & I’m still mourning that), so I’m gonna touch some grass after writing this (maybe read a book).
