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But that's exactly it - if it's not your style it bores you, because you don't find it fun, entertaining, engaging. Seeing something as either fun or boring is literally based only on someone's preferences.

Personally I loved it, but I overall do not like makjang and find them boring, even tho technically speaking they are literally made to shock and excite the viewers. But for me the over the top plots are so ridiculous I feel completely disconnected from what's happening on screen, hence I am bored.

yo.. i can;t move on 🤣

Me remembering him from Heartstrings left me even more speechless hahaha

Not gonna lie, this show made me feel pathetic - reminded of my young teen self getting obsessed over the rich entitled oppas. It’s been ages since an oppa oppaing so hard evoked so many emotions in me. He served us nothing, but served so much. The never changing face, monotone line delivery, 2-dimensional writing spiced up with all the possible cliches - all that to deliver the truest oppa ever.

Surprisingly enough, no matter how ridiculous, unrealistic and over the top the drama might have been (which, by the way, were all the reasons I loved it so much), it actually had some thought-provoking scenes and moments. Social commentary dressed as fancy makjang? That might be an overstatement, but I’d be lying if I said it did not present even one aspect worth reflecting on. Basing your worth on your popularity, addiction to attention, seeing people around you as tools to be used and discarded when they stop being useful, how far can one go to achieve success, differences in how people perceive reality depending on their socioeconomic status and more. Bits and pieces of potential, all overshadowed by the entertainment.

I don't watch trailers, but it's usually how dramas like that work. He will probably die coz of the ghost that posessed FL and that will ne the turning point for him yo believe in all that and join them to figure out the fuck is going on and get rid off the ghost

Watch the older detective die soon 😅 That would explain why he ain;t in the main cast

This screenshot: https://i.mydramalist.com/rNejrE_3f.jpg
basically sums up the whole show 🤣

On one hand last episodes were rather boring because they were not dynamic enough (all had like one person they focused on, and these shits are like 2 hours long... I need me more diversity of who they focus on and what is overall going on at the house), but also that truth game at the end of episode 7 was just A fucking + entertainment and so funny 😅

I feel bad for Min Gyu. He obviously hates when shit gets complicated and it more simple in approach and overall being, but EVERYTHING is complicated for him right now hahaha I want to take him to a bar so he can drink and just chill and not be so stressed out hahaha

Am I the only one who finds the set up in this drama painfully ridiculous for this type of plot? 🤡

Yeah but her being main singer means not picking other main singer that might overshadow her 🤣 not picking other good singers is not out of her good heart 😅 it's also a tactic the shine not only against the other team but also on her own team. Nothing wrong with thay tho, as i said it is a competition

This comment section is probably the last comment section I would expect to see some drama on.
MDL is a surprising place 🤣

Okay, Bora did nothing wrong trying to make her team of Snap better and more balanced. It is a competition, they are supposed to want to win. But saying she tried to created both teams in a balanced way is a bit ridiculous when she took all the rappers to her team, and left the other team with zero rappers for a song that requires 3 rappers 😅

Watched both Nxde and Fighting on youtube... and i honestly prefer Fighting as a performance.
I was truly AMAZED with Nxde's opening, but I think they overdone the strings. Something that created an amazing intro became a bit overwhelming and actually limiting for the performance. Like the dance break... that did not really show much dancing, just them creating shapes with said strings. I think it would be smarted and created more dynamic performance is they either kept it only for the intro (this I would prefer) or the dance break. And for sure not sure it at all in the verse and chorus and basically any other part of the stage...

Literally not the case with the most popular of them all The Guest where the girl was the kickass, badass, muscles, action and fighting 🤣

yeah pretty sure they literally cannot do that 🤣 6th rule of the house is that if they end up liking someone they can confess on the last night 🤣

ep 2, yet again, long as fuck + short comments on the new songs performances.

🌺 Juri 👍🏻
I really like her tone. I think she is someone needed in a group. You can't have everyone with high pitched voice, you need some lower tones to make the songs more interesting to listen to. The dancing was a bit awkward and I think she was overwhelmed by the styling and the props. Here's the thing, Sunmi has this awkward charm about her, but it does feel intentional. It's awkward, but not awkward you know. While Juri just... seemed awkward with the moves.

👠 Yeonhee 👍🏻
How the shoe string broke on the beat 🤣🤣 That aside, it was a smart performance, she showed she can do cute and fancy concept and both will fit her well. Her dancing had no issue and had rather stable vocals. I mean Somi herself does not sing the high, but low during the dance break, but she went for the high. Respect.

💭Soeun 👎🏻
For the main dancer she is not... that great? This is supposed to be the thing she is best in... but it's not that impressive compared to other performances.

🌼Soojin 👎🏻
This is such a bad choice of a song for a competition. The whole song is rather chill and lacks impact. It's addicting and has simple to follow melody so it's great as a summer hit, but it's not a song that's gonna show anyone's skills in anything since it's not really demanding in any aspect.

🥲 Seoyeon 👎🏻
Poor child does not even know which camera to look at 🤣 But I think she has a lot of potential vocally wise. She was out of breath and cut the notes short, but honestly... she was not bad. Her issues with singing came from her not knowing how to sing while dancing, which she will get with more practice.

💎 Miru 👍🏻
I think a lot of Korean idols are used to distracting the audience with backup dancers and fancy props and they take these too much into consideration during the evaluation. A lot of dance moves in kpop are hella fucking awkward if done solo, because they are part of the larger picture. So seeing someone dance solo will always feel a bit awkward. Personally I think Miru has a potential to be a lead vocal (not main, I don';t think she can truly belt the notes, but she has a stable vocals even when moving, she can easily carry the verse).

🔴 Yuki 👍🏻
Girl... you were so cool, how can you forget the lyrics 🥲 Also, honestly she should have rap more and dance less. The dance part kind of lacked energy and some of her moves felt short. Still, compared to some others is was good.

❔Sang Ah 👎🏻
I don't think she found her color in rapping yet. Both Yeeun and Soyeon have rather nasal sound to them, but Sang Ah does not really fit it that well. So when she tried to do their rap it just sounded whiny... She seems to have fuller and deeper voice. I actually preferred literally these few singing parts she did compared to her rapping.

🥛 Yeeun 👍🏻
She is serving looks and dancing but where is the rap 🥲 Rappers wise Yuki was easily the best. But I know Yeeun has more to offer than her performance here. Like damn... I am kind of disappointed... She is a good dancer, but dancing is not HER THING, rapping is... so why the performance focused on the dancing...

😶Haein 👎🏻
Why the darker color underpants? 🥲 this show has so many questionable stylistic choices hahaha Well... she did not really show much. The worst thing is a not memorable performance. Even bad performance is better... I like her attitude tho.

🍒 Chaerin 👎🏻
Oh you don't do Chungha especially Bicycle if you don't feel like the sexy goddess ready to fuck every dude up. This was just... awkward. Oh so awkward 😶 This child probably thinks this songs is truly about bicycles hahaha

🔥Elly👍🏻
She is really strong vocally. I don't think messing up lyrics is that much of a big deal as long as the person continues the performance as nothing happened. Just don't stop singing and it's fine. While i like her signing, her dancing was awkward hahaha

🔞 JooE 👎🏻
And this is what I call Disney Syndrome - when an entertainer goes to extreme to changed their image that was previously truly funny, happy, bubbly. And it almost never works well. I don't think JooE fits this sexy concept. She could go for something more strong, but not this... Watching this performance, I don't think she herself believes she is this level of sexy 🤣 And the song does not even fit her voice. This was just... unfortunate choice.

🎤Hwiseo 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Well here is your main vocal. Showing she can hit the note while also proving her vocals fit the mainstream sound. Perfection. Not to mention her dancing was great. Best performance in this episode.

⏳Kei 👍🏻
I mean... we knew she will do amazing job. I kind of wish both her and Bora went less musical and more pop tho. Did I enjoy the performances? A LOT. But based just on these performances I do not see them as a part of the group, since their sound is sooooooo different from what mnet usually produces in shows like that. That's why I liked Hwiseo a lot, because she achieved both - showing her skills and fitting current trends.


Both Snap and Charismatic seem like a good song. Snap will have more impact and also has the potential to go viral on tiktok coz of the dance, but I feel like Charismatic will have this addicting vibe to it and at the end might do better long term.

Bora be like: I was pureness and sexiness.
I'm like: bish good luck, these two don't match lol
I get that she did not want many strong vocals to stand out more herself, but she legit went - NO VOCALS, ALL RAP! 🤣 I'm curious if that will truly be as beneficial for her after all.

Comparing the performance videos: SNAP
PICK-CAT: All I could see was Yuki and Yeorum 🤣 I honestly think Bora's strategy failed. She picked all truly good performance, the song is never really focused on vocals... she just does not stand out at all.
아테나(Athena): yo... Hwiseo tho. damn. Also Kei's vocals fit the song so much more than Bora's...

Ah... picking one is hard. Performance wise Pick-Cat did better, but if I was picking version to just listen to, I'd go with Athena since they had more variety of sounds in their vocals.

Comparing the performance videos: CHARISMATIC
DROP The Beat: yo they need to train Seoyeon to be a rapper, she has such a fucking good color of the voice for it! I liked it a lot. All of them fitted the concept a lot. This JooE is the right JooE. I know she wants to move on from fun and bubbly but it fits her so well.

PICK on the top: NANA! IS! SO! GOOD! Her line and that dance in 2nd verse is gold! But... overall I did not feel this group. It felt like people who wanted to do Snap were forced to do Charismatic 🤣

long as fuck, thoughts on performances from episode 1.

Have to say, the set is beautiful.

Walk cool... The way mnet spills the tea themselves how rigged everything is. This is how they make some contestant villains and seem to have "attitude". If the production team tells you to do something, you do. And then they can frame it as shit you did yourself 🤣

Just 4 people in, but you can see such a vast difference between the younger ones and the ones with experience.
That tier system is a bit dumb, because it completely ignore the idea of one hit wonder. One can have a lot of no1s and one album top sales, but nothing before and after that. And someone else can have a stay career mostly getting into top10s and be a low tier 🤡 On the other hand this is probably the best for the contestants, coz this tier system has nothing to do with their skill, just pure popularity so they can kind of talk themselves into not caring about it as much.

Poor Taeyeon had to deliver such a bullshit like. We made a whole ass big deal of putting you into tiers and make you feel like shit just to say they are actually mEaNiNgLeSs and we put the past behind us 🤡 Typical mnet clown behavior.

Okay and here is why I have a massive beef with the way they explained when to upvote and when to downvote. They completely shifted focus from evaluating the performance and made it so the participants actually evaluate themselves compared to the person that performs. It's not about whenever the performance was good or bad, it's whenever you have better skill than the person that performs. So upvoting performances literally means you think your skill is worse than said person. When in fact one can enjoy the performance and think it's great while also believing they could do better. These two are not mutually exclusive. Asking contestants of a survival show to upvotes others when it means they are literally admitting they are less skilled is such a dumb idea.

🧜🏻‍♀️Dohwa 👎🏻
First of all, putting the performance aside, I love the outfit and the whole styling. But GIRL, you cannot say you want to be acknowledged as soloist and make people stop associating you with AOA WHILE ALSO performing AOA song as your evaluation pick 🤣 So... the opening bit for Elvis was stiff. Especially awkward head movements. Girl is just walking around the stage omg. I am so sorry, but this ain't it. How she got 3 upvotes before she even started singing, why? The voting should happen after the whole performance is over. Now, why the opening bit was awkward? She was obviously worried about the whole outfit change, hence he failed to actually do it quite a few times. Trying to do too much actually kind of ruined her performance, especially since she just too off small piece of the whole outfit and barely anything changed. Was it smart to risk a mistake for it? The whole performance just... seemed not rehearsed enough.

🍼Zoa 👎🏻
She is 17, debuted 4 years ago. Debuted when she was 13. I hate this industry so much. Why the contestant using awkward taking off skirts, and awkward riding a skateboard instead of focusing on the quality of the performance 😅 Not half of the song being lip-sync. Listen... I am fine with skipping one or two words or even lines, but the whole chorus? When the choreo is not even that demanding? I liked the performance before the chorus, but the fact she just did not sing it at all disappoints big time. Was it cute? Sure. Was it better than Dohwa? Sure. Was it really good? No. I just don't know what her strength is after this performance. The choreo of the song is not that hard, she skipped half of the singing lines, all the hardest ones, there is no rapping. What can she bring to the potential group except from being cute?

🌒 Jiwoo 👍🏻
This was cute, but she also showed some skill. Yes, slightly awkward with some moves, she keeps looking at the floor ro check her position, but she actually sang the song. I do think the hat was dumb idea tho. Again... one "cool" move, but her face was invisible for the majority of the performance for it. Was it worth it? Especially since it seems like she had far more natural and diverse facial expression during the verses and chorus and not the dance break where she finally showed her face. Also, cannot tell me people don't vote based on the popularity. How was she worse than Dohwa or Zoa who almost did not sing? 🤣

👔 Jiwon 👍🏻👍🏻
This is quality! From the interesting intro, small details that are impactful but not hard to do so she did not get stressed about them, actually singing the song, using the whole stage, letting the dancers use props instead of doing it all herself. Yes.

🧛🏻 Suyun 👍🏻
Why does it feel like she is more of a mid-to high range, but the song is low-mid and high so it's not exactly comfortable for her to sing? The lower parts were barely there and really breathy, and the high-pitch chorus rather strained. She did hit the knows, it was just not exactly pleasant to hear. Not everyone has to be a high pitch voice, play to your strength. But then, what do I expect from kpop industry that is obsessed with high notes? How often it does not matter if the notes are nice to hear, all that matters is how high can you go 🤡 I did loooooooooooove the intro tho! The dancing was obviously the highlight of the performance. She is extremely talented, she just picked wrong song for her vocals.

🔥 Nana 👍🏻
not me getting chills during the chorus. This is how you pick a song. Vocally easy both melody and range wise, so she can handle it while also showcasing her amazing dancing skills.

🐅 Chaeyeon 👍🏻
This styling does not fit this song at all, it's so distracting hahahaha skill wise it's great, but somehow I was bored...

🎙️ Fye 👍🏻
Why she did that short rap part when she is so clearly not a rapper 😅 She did so well except from that part. Great singing, tho fitting more acoustic sound - the opening hype boy part vocal wise was the best from the whole performance.

🧁 Riina 👍🏻
Who comes up with this styling? Both songs are bore light in sound, but her outfit is just sooooooooooo fucking heavy in colors 🤡 Still, good signing, good dancing, great facial expressions during POP. I honestly think she did better with POP than her own song. Just that one high note... why she tried to hit it, oh why hahaha it was so unnecesary.

🌼 Jihan 👍🏻👍🏻
this is how you style yourself when you do POP! Overall she was so much better than Riina. The arrangement of the song was awesome and refreshing, the outfit was spot on, loved how she stood out with the dancer having more simplistic outfits, her vocals were steady and fitting the tone of the song. She truly got herself to embody the song and I'm here for it.

🔇Wooyeon 👎🏻
Love me a girl picking a song from an artist that is KNOWN for her amazing vocals and then not singing the hardest parts of the song 🤡 She obviously is a decent singing, and amazing dancer. Girl, I know you like Taeyeon, but you ain't belting like Taeyeon so pick a song that fits you more 😅 I just cannot ignore how dumb of a choice this song was 🤣 Dancing wise she did great, but all I could focus on was how she was not singing.

😍 Yeoreum 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Just styling and looks wise she is my fav. Even before her performance I just loved how she looks. Damn that performance was just CLEAN AS FUCK! Probably my favorite so far. She is so cool it should be illegal.

👑 Bora 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Well, that was a whole ass musical and I'm here for it.

🌳Kei
lol of course Kei goes after Bora, mnet never changes,

One of the reasons I heard is rerating after each episode, then in the history of your watch you have a whole record of how your rating changed as you watched all the episodes so it's easier to give a final rating at the end, that is less biased because of the last episode. This is far easier to access then the separate ratings for each episode (the whole episode rating and reviews/reaction feature is rather underdevelopped in mdl).

At the end of the day, I don't think it matters. Majority of users on mdl know not to trust rating of shows that still air.

I actually dropped V.I.P... It was a bit too middle aged crisis cheating makjang for me 🤣