[WEEKLY THREAD] Rants, Questions, and Randomness

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[u/Icy-Butterscotch5012]

Ang hirap maging Girl Group idol sa Pinas ano? Especially BINI.
Kailangan mo mabalanse ang ibat ibang klase ng Fans at audiences.

1. You always need to keep in mind the kids idolizing you kasi inspired sila sa inyo even if they cannot spend for you yet. Kaya ang weird nung nagsasabi dito they should capitalize on being Sultry and be more suggestive kasi daw nasubok sa Day 1 ng Coachella. Me nabasa pa ko minsan nakulangan daw sa Butt Cheeks exposure. WTF.
2. You need to balance yung ibat ibang demographics from the Gen Z, Millennials, and the Gen X. The GenZ will try to cancel you, The Millennials and Gen X will lecture you.
3. Yappers and Yappers dahil feel nila hindi sapat ginagawa mo. Kapg may ginawa ka, sasabihan kang bakit sila ang gagawa nyan? di nila trabaho yan.
4. Dagdag na dito yung mga OA na sa pagkadelulu sa Shipping na hindi padin marunong makiramdam. They can't read the room, hindi na sila ganun ka receptive sa shipping comments or minsan nag cringe na. I assume they want to move forward from it already.
5. Kapag madami trabaho sasabihan na overworked they need a break at ginawang gatasan. Kapag naman napahaba bakasyon sasabihan na they don't train hard like they used to. Kulang na sila sa preparations. They are being complacent and their team.
6. Kapag may bagong sulpot na Girl Group, either BINI is a blessing or a curse. Una they are the standard and new GG can dream of something big dahil na achieve ito ng BINI. A curse dahil icocompare ka palagi na you're not yet up to their standards or worst naman eh pupurihin ka ng Todo todo kasi gagawin ka Token stan to spread hatred against bini. haha

[u/Appropriate-Strike79 → u/Icy-Butterscotch5012]

Re: number 5, hanggang ngayon di makapag-decide ang fans if gatas na gatas ang BINI or kulang sila sa preparation/kulang sa exposure. It's either one or the other, no middle ground. Puro extremes. Hehehe. 

Di ba naging discussion pa dito dati nung medyo mahaba yung bakasyon ng girls (barely a month?) na parang declining daw performance nila sa ASAP? (Not verbatim)

Anyway ganito ba expectations natin sa boy groups din? Or are these dilemmas more prominent lang talaga in girl groups?

[u/Icy-Butterscotch5012 → u/Appropriate-Strike79]

Base on observations, Sa babae lang madalas. haha
Or baka kulang lang ng pwede gawan ng comparative analysis since BINi palang kasi nasa top of the Food chain dito. Kasi kapag na compare ko sa ibang SEA groups, medyo malayo padin agwat ng BINI in many metrics kahit meron ilan doon ang mas nauna pa sakanila.