DIA got better with every comeback, WJSN got better a little cause Yeonjung still had an unnecessary amount of lines in Happy (still way better than the trash that is Secret) and WM's line distribution is non existent
Nicole Goh imo i don’t think DIA got better, maybe with lines but MBK really only pushes Chaeyeon and Jueun, especially with choreography since Chaeyeon is always in the center (Shoutout to Yebin, Somyi, and one of the mentors for calling MBK out on that LMAO). They really shouldn’t be giving her lines that everyone knows she can’t sing live at all. They did a good job with Will You Go Out With Me, though I wish it was a different song they used to debut Somyi and Jueun becuase that song is just really special to OT7 for me LOL
Actually it's pretty much still Gugudan, not Sejeong ft. whatever. The other members combined actually have more lines than her and make around 58.6% of the line distribution while Sejeong is at 41.4%. This means if you would remove Sejeong's lines you'd still be left with around half of the song. Actually more than half of it if you include the drance break and the parts where everyone sings. Sure Sejeong has many lines, but they actually don't even make half of the song so I think you're all overreacting a bit 😅 I'm not even a hardcore Gugudan stan or anything (not Sejeong, either just to clarify) I just wanted to have said that.
pastel lily I've been involved with Kpop for long enough to know that many people actually are upset over line distributions that don't fit their liking- I don't know if the person who originally wrote the comment above is one of those people but many are salty because of this distribution and I'm just trying to make them less salty? I don't know.
yep. honestly if it weren't for the tacky mv editing and the terrible line distribution, this would be hands down the best gugudan era, but because of those reasons i'm still going to stick with a girl like me.
I hope jellyfish rethink this. Part of Sejeong fans doesn't even care about the other girls. These guys doesn't deserve this kind of gift. We don't want a 4minute situation all over again, right? If this continues, people will not even know their names, they'll call the other members 'Gugudan' even if the group becomes famous... At least the public in the music shows is kind to them. I almost cry when they cheer even for Haebin or Sally.
I felt like "A Girl Like Me" was Nayoung's era, and "Wonderland" was Mina's. "Chococo" might be for either Mimi or Hana. This song "The Boots" might be Sejeong's, but it's just a guess.
We have Weki Meki Do-yeon and Yoo-jung + a main vocal and back up dancers WJSN Yeonjung + back up dancers And now we have new group gugudan sejeong + back up dancers
can we just congratulate PRISTIN for not being in the same situation like their sisters? Pinky and Nayoung came from I.O.I too but they aren't in the spotlight too long
Well, I actually didn't think their line distribution would get any worse. Their original line distributions are already bad as they are, since members like Sally have been getting an average of about 6 seconds on their songs and it hasn't improved. Now, the 6-second plague has spread to everyone but Sejeong.
Sejeong is my bias but I feel bad for the other members wonder how awkward it must have been to sing their 7 second lines in the recording studio then sit down for the whole rest of the session
I think that each member record the entire song, but in the end the producer choose which member to put in each part based on what fits best, or based on what the company wants
Sejeong’s second part shouldve been given to Soyee or other member, and the chorus shouldve sung by 2 main/lead vocal. Soyee basically sings at really last part. Song is good but kinda cringe at the line distribution.
detective c i saw someone said that Soyee herself didn’t want to push it, so i understand that, so it could have really gone to Haebin or Nayoung but uMMMM
Some people think Soyee was supposed to be left out of the comeback but was added in last minute after she recovered quicker. But she’s clearly still a little bit ill, in their comeback stage she’s usually at the edge and she doesn’t dance with as much energy
What's the point of debuting a 9 members group if just one member gets more than 3 times the amount of lines that the second one out of 9 gets.... Even Sistar wasn't that bad and they only had 4 members lol
arthur melo no offense but Sistar is just the same or maybe worse. 😂😂 Hyolyn would get a minute and more while Bora just gets 4 seconds. I mean 4 members group right? Shouldn’t it be easier to distribute rather than 9 members group? Look at “I Like That” and you’ll see.
-저우 jirow- but she's already famous. She had her spotlight wayy before joining gugudan. If she would just share those 15 seconds with other 3 members it would've been okay imo
what happened? their previous line distributions weren't this bad? this is a bop but it's really almost only sejeong singing :( it's also not like the other members can't sing or anything so I don't understand why the distribution is this bad
At this point, you're actually wrong. Sejeong sings nearly half of the song, but if you see it logically, the other members combined actually have more lines than her. On top of that, these 58.6% of the song that the other members sang was actually fairly distributed between them so it isn't "almost only Sejeong singing" I just felt like I needed to say that.
I think it's a one off. Maybe when they were distributing the lines whoever did it preferred her voice or they decided to see what putting Sejeong in a lot more did to sales or something? She is a main vocal but there must be a couple of other main vocals too (I'm a casual fan so don't even know everyone's names yet). I found it strange but idk I'm just hoping there's a reason.
FZ F I don't know their names either but Sejeong has had the most lines in almost all of their songs if not all of them. There could be many reasons for that one being that she's the main vocal, or, like you said the composer just preferred her voice. Either way, it's nothing to be upset about.
Tia Tam VA you trying to defend their shitty distribution is like trying to convince a teacher that the F they gave you on a test you didn’t study for was unfair because “at least you tried...”
gugudan is a group which everyone can sing which i would say haebin soyee sejeong is a really good main vocal, while hyeyeon nayoung mimi hana could easily be a good main vocal as well; while they distribute the lines like this lmao good job jellyfish
Line distribution is bad but I think Jellyfish is getting nervous since they girls haven't won anything thus far, so they're pushing Sejeong (who everyone knows). I also read that Soyee didn't want to push herself hard, so while I'm upset about the lack of lines she got, it kinda makes sense. It's a good song, too bad the distribution was so off. Either way, I hope gugudan gets a first win with this!!
cheynini why not push Mina and Nayoung too then? Mina was in the top 11 and Nayoung made it to the finals. Like I get it, push the girl that made it further in PD101 but still
Andre Drew I agree with you but from the perspective of Jelpi, I'd still focus on pushing Sejeong. She literally shot herself to stardom overnight up against Somi who already came with a fandom lol there's undeniable star power in her. Mina can rap and sing a bit, but unless it's a promotional song with a lot of intense dancing, I don't see why they'd push her (and even then, Sally would also have a right to be the center there). Nayoung is absolutely wonderful at singing but her tone is a little more unique which makes it harder to market. I wish they would've given her more lines here though for sure!! Sejeong is a competent vocalist who has proven herself capable of singing multiple styles successfully and even doing well as a soloist. Even though her drama wasn't super successful, people still praised her. She gets the most gigs, she gets pushed. (Also sorry if this was long or seemed rude I just can /really/ understand Jellyfish although I still think it's unfair)
cheynini I understand everything you said and I’m not offended or anything I just hate when it comes to the music, the pushing of one member really shows and it’s blatant. Like Sejeong is already a main vocalist so I can’t get mad at her for having the most lines but when there’s that big of a gap between her the next member, that’s the problem
Andre Drew I think whoever did the vocal arrangement didn't think it through either though. They could've had the chorus broken up and sung as individual lines to make it more even. Even if Sejeong gets all the other lines she got , it'd be at least a little more balanced. Literally any of their vocalists could've handled the chorus. Soyee is trying to ease her way back into performing (which makes sense because she's been out of practice and we dont want her to strain) but her or Haebin could've handled it for sure at the absolute least. But gugudan has great vocalists overall so this is trash lmao
Even the screentime distribution is also Sejeong and friends. Haebin got 3 sec and Sejeong got 41 sec. Idk if pushing Sejeong too much in this comeback is a good idea or not...
Thuy Trang Well I can see where they're coming from since Sejeong is practically the breadwinner for gugudan. But yeah this could potentially turn out to be like 4Minute and miss A which isn't a very good thing.
Kyungie Ryu Sejeong has always been Gugudan’s breadwinner, even before debut. But the company never did this “Sejeong and friends” before. Idk why they decided to push Sejeong this much out of sudden.
Thuy Trang Jelpi prob never thought gugudan would fall behind Sejeong so bad. They probably thought that Mina and Sejeong's popularity would help the group get attention in the beginning and while they did, Wonderland still flopped. Flower Road did way better than gugudan's songs and while Mina's popularity kind of faded, Sejeong is still on the rise. They still tried to promote gugudan as a whole up until Chococo, but recently Sejeong got herself I think 3 year end awards which is probably the turning point.
Maybe they are learning from weki meki. Fantagio really pushing yoojung and doyeon and it looks pretty effective as their debut album was the highest selling of girl group debut 2017.
I was literally so hyped for this song but the distribution killed it for me. I honestly can’t be happy about this comeback...I love and respect Sejeong’s talents so much, but this distribution is just ugly. Don’t waste all these other girls’ talents like this, Jellyfish. This group is more than just her- there’s so much potential to this group that you’ll never unlock if you don’t look past her.
우정 dia I wasn’t directing any blame at her. If you read my post thoroughly, I was blaming Jellyfish lol. I respect her talent, but their company isn’t utilizing all their members fairly. That’s my main criticism.
Emma Cathy Smith yeah people get so butthurt before reading just because it’s there bias don’t worry I agree. I love Sejeong but I’m already aware she can pull a solo off so I’d like to see more beyond just her.
I have to imagine how the recording process went… were Haebin & Soyee just not present for recording? I mean, is the term "Main Vocalist" just that: a term that means nothing? The number of times I said, "Haebin could've sang that" or "where's Soyee?" or "is Hyeyeon or Nayoung coming back?" is staggering… Jellyfish, get it together, please.
This is what most scared me. Many people will dislike Sejong got so many lines. It's most the worst line distribution ever in Gugudan. How come most lines in this song sang by Sejong? Jellyfish should give fair line to others like haebin and soyee since they are also main vocal. Sejong did it when she went to Solo. Now, give a chance to another members please. So people still like gugudan also Sejong. I think Sejong felt burden about this. Every comeback she always pushed like this. Poor her
I agree with you, it wasn’t really her choice she always lets the others shine on other shows but when it comes to singing she just get the most lines. I wish Their company made a equal line distribution though
Almost half of the entire song sung only by one girl of the 9-membered group. I love sejeong but this is definitely way too disappointing. Very very much. Yes it's true that there are bside tracks. But this is the song that will appeal the public. How come you introduce 9 girls if it's just one girl that will get the spotlight..? Jelpi, you need to think about it again if you don't want to waste your first, promising, talented girl group.
It wasn’t really her choice, but I agree with you I think that’s why they are getting some of the hate from because the most popular members are getting more lines which is sad. I mean if they aren’t really gonna give lines to the others make them a 4-5 girl group
Andre Drew actually it doesn't matter how many members a group can have as long they got their portions right. Like main vocals has the most lines in the fairest distribution, the rappers shine in their own raps with some words that nicely-thrown within some lines, the dancers get their own time to showcase how they moves, and the visuals gets to center the most. Sure it sounds hard but it should have been like this. It's the management works. They should think how it should be done. Look at seventeen. They have many members but they distribute their parts fairly well.
Pheina in sejeong's case, i don't think she will drag some unnecessary hates. She's got a positive image so it's not a big deal. The real problem is, sejeong will grow bigger, outshine the other girls and people will see gugudan as sejeong and the girls. Like I said earlier, it doesn't matter how many members a group can have as long they distribute their parts well then it's fine. Even if it's a 4-5-membered group, if the management still think just exactly like now, it will be just the same. Sejeong and the 4 dancers
I agree with you, its the management of them thats the problem. For me, I wouldnt have debuted 9. Maybe started with 5 cause most 5 membered groups seem pretty even but then there are also 7+ groups who are evenly distributed. Jellyfish just needs to do better
I don't get Jelly politic right now. Sejeong got the most lines probably coz she is very famous right now BUUUT HEY! how other girls have to gain fans when they have no chance for that?? They should send other members from gugudan to variety shows and etc, give them more opportunities to shine. I like Sejeong a lot but THIS, THIS is crazy! I hope Jelly hear us and will fix it in next comeback. It can't be like that, it's unfair.
Me too, i like her a lot, she is funny, adorable, amazign in singing and variety shows but i'm pretty sure that the rest of girls has talents also and i want to see them. Not in their private variety show (but that would be cool also) but in others where they can meet other idols and interact with them.
But I guess Jelpi is in a difficult situation too. I feel so bad for the other members as well but Koreans are only demanding Sejeong so if they want to get the girls on variety shows, it'll have to be like a 1 + 1 situation.
Can I just remind you all that promoting the other members was what Jelpi did during Wonderland... and well, we all know how that turned out... Back then, people were complaining about Sejeong's screentime and center time and lines and what not.. Now Sejeong has all of those and yall still complaining... Can't blame a company for not knowing what to do...
they could have given the chorus to stronger vocalists like soyee at the very least if they were giving most of the lines to sejeong. kinda get the fact that sejeong’s the popular one but this is gugudan as a whole :( the mv was already most her, she got a lot of centers, and now she’s getting most of the lines (almost half of the song). she’s one of my favs in the group but i believe the rest deserves better because gugudan is all 9 not sejeong ft jellyfish girls. :(((
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Luan Leao claro que devem ficar. sabe d.i.a, o grupo que a chaeyeon tá? ela é sempre centro e tal, tem duas membros do grupo que estão no the unit (somyi e yebin) que falaram abertamente que tem inveja, no gugudan não deve ser diferente.
The thing is, she's already super popular, and Gugudan as a group is also rising thanks to teir good songs, so Jelpi should advertise the other members better.
I know jelpi is pushing popular members but lol seriously?? yikes, idk if i can stand this *bullshit* anymore. i want to support my girls, but if it continues to be sejeong & friends, it might create tension in the group. idk if gugudan is going to last long if jelpi lets sejeong go solo (which is the direction they're going on...) I WANT JUSTICE FOR 8/9 OF THE GROUP, PLS AND THANK YOU
I was reading the comments, I agree jellyfish probably did this cause they havent had a first win yet and sejeong is the most popular member, tbh I love the song, while watching the mv I didnt noticed how big the difference is in the line distribution, I guess bc everyone had a fair amount of screentime, I mean hyeyeon had the least but bc she got the opening lines I didnt noticed, I totally understand giving sejeong many lines cause she is the face of the group and a main vocal but this is too much and its unfair, I just hope she wont get hate cause clearly it isnt her fault
We danjaks don’t either, but she will. Sejeong - Hogging, selfish, rude, ignorant, dumb The other eight - talentless, worthless, disposable, Sejeong-golddiggers Goodness :(
Im not sejeong biased, but I expected her to be the one with more screentime and lines (of course that being the one with most lines doesnt mean I expected her to sing almost half of the song) my biases are mina and nayoung, I knew mina would have good parts and I didnt expected much for nayoung after chococo, but tbh I think that what didnt let me notice how disproportionate the difference is within my first two listens to the song is that I cant tell the difference in their voices most of the time with a few exceptions, im still getting familiar with them, but of course the fact I didnt noticed at first doesnt mean it is ok or fair, its very unfair and even humillating as the girls have already been asked about this, I can only hope for jelpi to do better next cb
I love Sejeong so much and I loved her and Mina in IOI but I think they’re pushing her too much there is 9 members, if Jellyfish really wanted Sejeong to go solo they should have done so without basically making this whole comeback about her and no I’m not hating on Sejeong because I love her she’s probably one of my favourite singers but this is unfair and cruel to the other members
At least this is fairer than 'Mia's solo' in Reminiscence mini album, No Lie. In this song, even though it's really unfair, at least every members have more than 5 seconds. You can look the gap between Mia and Onda in No Lie, it's several bigger gap than The Boots (Not a hater of Everglow, I love them)
Dear Jellyfish Ent. Next comeback if you get the need of giving all the lines to Sejeong and leave the other main vocals doing adlibs only or the need to give all the screen time to her or having her in the center in most of the choreography just kick her out of the group and debut her as a solo. Haebin, the 1st main vocal, don’t deserve this treatment and Soyee, the 3rd main vocal neither does. Also a lot of Sejeong lines could be given to Nayoung or Hyeyeon specially Nayoung because the song really fits her voice. They don’t deserve to have their talents and vocals being wasted because of one member not matter how “popular” she is. Let her go solo if you’re going to do gugudan so dirty....it’s unfair.
Kurisu I would be as mad as i am right now because if you hadn’t noticed yet I want ALL OF GUGUDAN to shine equally and have a fair line distribution like they did in their previous comebacks. It’s that so hard to understand? I think not. And in those previous comebacks sejeong still had the most lines and screentime but at least the other girls had more than 10 seconds of singing and screentime
Swan A which is totally fine, but this is a harder song to sing than their previous tracks, and none of the members vocally are as good as sejeong. it’s not a hard concept to grasp. yeah some of her lines could’ve went to nayoung or a different lead, but obviously sejeong sung it these best during part splits.
I wasn't going to say anything bc they're from Jellyfish and I stan VIXX but this is them all over again when they just debuted but with Hyuk, the most obvious one. Gugudan started pretty well, only Sally (if I'm not mistaken) who had the least line but that was bc she wasn't 100% fluent in Korean yet. I can cope with that, ok. And then in Chococo a lot of them had pretty sane number of lines, including Hyeyeon who had the least one here. But now, wth even Haebin sang one line and did some high notes and that's it? What's the point of being the main vocal then? Sejeong is honestly my bias, loved her since IOI but seriously, she's not promoting solo, there are 8 other members here. What are they for, backup dancers? With VIXX, only Hyuk had this noticeable problem long ago but he's improved so much and they all have the amount of lines they deserve. With Gugudan, they were doing fine before now it's just mostly Sejeong? Are you going backwards now, Jellyfish? Instead of one member not having the lines she deserves, only one member gets the most lines and the rest all share what's left. The comments I read abt the other members having more lines distribution compared to Sejeong alone and having to share the proportions is bs bc what abt Sejeong's part? Why doesn't she have to share? Why does she get almost 50% of the song and the other 50% are shared among 8. It's supposed to be 100% shared among 9. Some are even saying it's to promote the group since Sejeong is the most popular. When promoting the song, they still use the group's name, not Sejeong's. So fans will still have to search the group to listen to song. There's no way I'm saying Sejeong doesn't deserve this much lines but the REST OF THE MEMBERS DON'T DESERVE THIS MUCH LINES. Get what I'm saying? Yeah. Seriously, this song's amazing but the lines distributions is trash. Never been so mad abt a song's lines distributions, it's absurd.
STARLIGHT finally someone called out the BS people were saying about combining everyone else’s lines to Sejeong’s! People are always saying “everyone else’s lines combined are larger than Sejeong’s lines”... but guess what. That is complete BS. Like you said. Half the song is Sejeong alone, and the other half was distributed to the rest. Like literally do the math people. 50/1 is 50... but then you have 50/8... what does that equal? People these days
First time sally is not at the bottom. I can understand why they're tierd to be called "Seejung with her dancers". Look at that line distribution, she sang and at the center for whole song.
I think it is about time to do this. Everyone knows Sejeong and it is a great strategy to market the girls. And they will eventually get noticed. Their lines on their past songs were distributed TOO EQUALLY that makes the knetz sleeping on them. I loved their songs from debut to now and I believe they should win in this comeback. And im so happy that Jellyfish did this. After they get wins on this comeback, their next songs will be distributed fairly since knetz already paid attention to gugudan. PS Sally SLAYED!!!! and im glad Somyi’s back. :) FIGHTING!!! ٩( ᐛ )و
They have the guts to do this distribution because gugudan is one of those groups that their money gets equally divided within members regardless of amount of work of the individual.
This isn't their last comeback yet so there's always a time for others to get long lines than this one. let's just wait for jelpi to do the right thing for their next comeback. don't hate sejeong for having such long lines, yes, its not fair, i know.
Yeah!Congrats Jellyfish and Sejeong for your solo debut,Sejeong feat Nugudan are a great stage name.Cannot wait for jellyfish to give Sejeong another Comeback feat the Nugudan!👏🏻
I know guy but the company know how to manage the line sometimes some members don't suit the song so well then they have to transfer those lines to others
Please Do not blame Sejeong. I know this distribution is inaccurate but I do not think Sejeong has the right to decide. I think Jellyfish wants to push Sejeong to promote Gugudan. As other companies do with AOA, EXID and MissA.
I wasn’t really going to comment but these comments are really annoying. First of all this isn’t sejeong fault,blame the prouder and the entertainment. We all know sejeong & Mina are from ioi,right ? Well of course they’re gonna be more famous then the other members because they have fans from ioi & now fans from gugudan. In fact the line distribution is not fair,but we shouldn’t hate or anything on an idol. Do you know what they go through ? Do you know how they feel about this? They’re humans as well,they’re not robot. They’re human and the will feel upset. Sejeong doesn’t deserve all this hate niether does gugudan. They’re amazing and a talented group. Maybe their next comebacks there going to have fair line distribution but for now support them and get them their first win,please !! Stop all this hate towards my baby sejeong. Go stream their mv and show love towards each of them. She doesn’t deserve all this hate,it’s not her fault.
See what you said? “Maybe their next comeback...” people always say that and guess what..? THAT NEVER HAPPENS. Four songs into their career people think that it would have changed but it didn’t and it most likely will never change because so many people demand Sejeong and not everyone else that their lines will always remain that same setup. There’s no “next time” for these girls anymore. I’ve basically given up on ever hearing Sally sing an actual line rather than sideline
