The Entire Intense Story of LOONA: The Fight For Debut | Part 1 

damn she needs to back up (ijbol I didn’t realise how close I was to the camera until it was too late whoops, lesson learned). I don’t know whether this form of video essay will apply well for loona as most k-pop stans prefer short form content, but I still was inspired to make this regardless. If I mention that I’m going to talk about something later In the video and I don’t, then it is 100% in the second part. who’s excited for ARTMS debut ??

4 hours long and we haven’t even reached butterfly drought 😭😭😭

looking back at loona like this makes me realize how they were created by fate. like they all joined loona because of the worlds destiny for each member

You cannot imagine the way my face dropped when the first thing you mentioned in regards to Polaris was SELLING WEAPONS

will I watch a 4 hour video about my favs instead of writing a simple 2 page history essay? yes ❤

I met hyeju in Amsterdam while on their tour in 2022, was so lovely and smily as I said I saw her in concert and did so well. She spoke so softly, held eye contact and really listened to me as I spoke. Love this video so much !!! I can't wait for part 2

i’m not even an orbit but i’m curious abt what happened w them. it’s always exciting to find a 4-hour long, well produced video from someone on a topic they’re knowledgeable about!

Experiencing all of this in real time was insane

3:10:28 I'm not fluent in korean, but whenever I would listen to Girl's Talk and/or read its lyrics, I always assumed it was a song was about a girl who was in love with her girl best friend, but couldn't tell her about it because all she did while they were hanging out is talk about boys. and the "it's all about you boy" line was kind of satirical/ironical, as chuu is upset about having unshared feelings for yves and had to just accept them.

the fifty fifty mention 😿😿 i hope you can make a vid abt them in the future as a retrospective. also this vid is so well researched there’s so many things i didn’t even know as an orbit of 4+ years 😭

we miss you loona 😭😭😭

Jesus, a 4 hour video?! Is this the big thing you have been working on all this time?? So happy you uploaded again!

watched this whole thing i love my moon girls

41:18 Heejin's "OH MY GOD YES!" will always be iconic for me

KIDS GATHER AROUND FELT UPLOADED. This is going to be a huge serve

a 4 hour felt video??? a loona deep dive at that??? LETS GOOO 🥳

this video will be mandatory viewing for my future children

watched this the day it came out and 3 months later im rewatching waiting for pt2 😭

This might be the greatest ktube video of all time

2:37:45 this jinsoul moment is precisely what made me stan loona. she was just like a sister to me in that moment

I've been a fan of LOONA since Heejin first teased as the first member. Seen all the highs and lows and experience the heart break. Thank you for doing this for LOONA, for ORBITS, and for everyone to know what happened and what went wrong.

i enjoyed your retelling of woomanna more than the actual thing (traumatic experience) that was hilarious 😂😂

this video hits a soft spot deep in my soul approximately every 5 minutes it’s sickening how time has passed

loona was such an amazing group. bbc took advantage of young girls with dreams and crushed them.

high school that Chuu and Kim Lip attended must've been Hollywood Arts! so many idols from it

I'm learning about loona since I'm a new orbit and Loona as a group is just so different There will never be another group as Loona No one will have the same lore,relationship and talent as loona Loonas journey is crazy STAN LOONA❤ BECOME ORBITS❤

you are now the definitive loona historian 🙏

i’m just starting the video and i have to say i’m extremely excited to be getting a retrospective of their entire history considering that the girls are embarking on so much more now… it’s truly only the beginning and i’m looking forward to see how everything pans out for them!!

The way you ATE this up. The level of detail put into this, and the way you explained everything so clearly, was incredible. THANK YOU

4 hours and it’s only part 1? i’m actually so excited to watch this thank u so much girl !!

besides everything they went through, it made me feel happy when you were talking about the happy moments they had together as a group. i got into kpop mid 2022 and by the time i discovered loona they were already falling apart. the way you described everything made me feel like i was apart of it from the start.

this reminded me of how fun it was to follow loona... i miss it :(

“Around you” is one of the best LOONA songs ever. Like ever.

so blessed i have a good attention span. this is so interesting

Honestly i know nothing about loona, ive had bad experiences with their fanbase unfortunately,but that wont stop me from learning a bit more about this group, the girls all see very kind and talented

omg that tweet at 25:44 made me go back to my camera roll from back when i was an orbit from 2016-2020 and i looked up loona in the search bar and its literally a trip down memory lane😭😭 you literally just had to BE there. being a 3rd gen kpop stan on twitter was another world

thank you so much for this iconic video ily, WE NEED PART TWO!

was i already familiar with 90% of the contents of this video? yes. did i sit through the entire 4hrs anyway? also yes. thank you for making this! waiting for part 2😁

WHEN IS PART 2

girl im gonna need you to drop these solo remixes because OH MY GOD WHAT??? INTO YOU X ECLIPSE??? RUSSIAN ROULETTE X SINGING IN THE RAIN??? TOO FUCKING GOOD

the woomana and blurred girls wall girl that's iconic slay

This is a very small thing but I was hoping you'd mention The Carol 2.0's coined Sub-Unit Name. "Believe", "Vi-Rry-Ves", "비리브". I just think its so cute and we deserve more from these 3 when CTD, Modhaus, Chuu and Yves' do OT12 promotions again lol

3:42:37 From what I can recall, 8D Entertainment & BBC are related very closely! 8X8X8, is now OnlyOneOf & Jaden was very involved with them & has or still continues to work with them very closely, as an A&R. They used to be called RSVP but are now called 8D Entertainment/8D Creative. There is a lot of ties to LOONA, esp with Love/Jisung being in the EDILY m/v. Both groups are similar in their own ways in regard to creative direction (or who the director is, lol) it's very interesting but also saddening (due to the treatment both LOONA & OOO have received from their respective companies in the past). *I will also add that I am more of a casual listener of OOO now than I was before as a fulltime lyOn so lyOn's feel free to correct me if i missed anything or am wrong in what I've recalled & add more details please!

4 hours of loona content... And it's part 1? I am alllllllll in Thank you for your hard work

This is like the longest loona video I have watched... and I'm not complaining

Four hours long? Part 1? I'm ready. Long comment because this was a long video (and I don't make reaction/commentary videos). Lore sure is a marketing tactic, but it kept a lot of people engaged through the drought. Highly recommended: SuA's SinB's Eclipse Theory series. The law of creation CFs were cringy, but not really inappropriate, and were the beginning of LOONATheWeapons, which continues 'til now. Around You (first version) is probably the lowest viewed solo MV because the music doesn't come in until halfway through, so people who want to hear the whole song have to listen to it separately. JJ didn't choose a frog for Yeojin, it happened because she kept using a frog in her autograph after the MV, so she kind of accidentally chose it for herself. ViVi's career started earlier than that, she was 14. Whether that was rizcha's thing or not, there were definitely Viian photos that would be inappropriate for an idol (none of the shoots you posted photos from, though). Jinsoul debuting after Lippie because of her dance isn't speculation, she straight up said it on Fab. I unironically adore "Do You Remember When We First Met?", episode 4 of both s1 and s2 deserve awards. The K/I-fan wars were definitely a time. I forget where it was (maybe Blip?), but stats showed that the majority of LOONA's support was international starting with Kim Lip, so if BBC stayed focused on the domestic market, LOONA would've remained super nugu. I don't think K-fans were justified there. Fun Yves fact: she's one of only a very few (openly) Buddhist Korean idols, which is awesome for a Buddhist Orbit. Femme & Fatale wasn't the repackage title, it was the original title for Beauty & the Beat, we never found out what the repack name would be. "The LOONA Sound" is a big topic and one day maybe I'll do a video on it, but it definitely does exist, and definitely is not just an association with Monotree (it mostly has to do with how effects chains are set up and using unexpected spatial effects on some channels). Oh, Bambi! She wasn't any of those people. For her privacy I won't mention her name, but she came out (as both Bambi and bi) on OneHallyu after it was all over, and asked people to not make her a public thing. And YuSeol didn't disappear, she just posts cover songs once in a while now: www.youtube.com/@user-og6vf8mh9j

Love how british you got whenever you were explaining stuff in front of the wall. amazing video cannot wait for the next part

i've never sat down this still for 4 hours straight

Doctor: You have 4 hours and 13 min to live Me:

4 hour loona video???? Oohh boy I know what I'm gonna do today. This is literally perfect I needed something to listen to while working and I'm out of audiobooks. Very excited I love your videos. One of the best kpop essay channels on this platform

i love your attention to detail and as a loona stan since 2016, this definitely did the story of loona justice. i am so excited for part 2 and im not even finished watching part 1 yet!

2:32:18 bye not loona being more popular than April now 😭

never got into loona while they were active cause I wasn't a kpop stan and I'm predominantly a bg stan but you bet I'm here for the redebuts and also all the documentaries cause it's all very fascinating to me

this was so nostalgic! i’ve been an orbit since 2018 and even though things weren’t as it had been portrayed to us, i’m so happy with what the girls are doing now :)

Best 4 hours of my life. I'm currently in a lot of physical pain, so this def helped distracting. Thank you!

There’s a million things I could say about how much this video means to us orbits and how much respect you give to their story and how excited I am for the next part, but I’ll save that for the conclusion of this series. What I will say is that your summarizing of woomanna killed me 😭 I forgot how much of a trip that show was but also lowkey iconic.

just finished watching the video, I already knew most if not all of what you've talked about but I always enjoy having a recap of loona's predebut times, especially if it's narrated by the one and only felt. After the boycott and all the dark truths the members revealed over time, it feels like "loona" can only be portrayed as a tragedy. So I'm glad you kept this first part lighthearted, listing silly facts about each member, and talking about things only fans from that time would know. Since they're my ults I was looking forward to anyone who would make a *deep* deep dive video about them, and I'm glad it was you who made my wish come true. Nothing more to say, just thought a comment would boost the algorithm. Can't wait for part two

I have never been an orbit and I don't know too much about these girls- but I check to see if you've uploaded part 2 almost every day! I LOVE your vids!!

Oh Bambi. I remember people analyzing Loona TV and speculate that Bambi was likely selected for YYXY due to some sightings of her during YYXY MV shoots and the final member test photoshoot for YYXY having her there as an option and not having Hyeju at all from what one could tell. Either way their initial selection either withdrew or they dropped all those girls from that photoshoot lol. YYXY formation seemed more chaotic overall.

as an orbit since ot12 debut and a long-time fan of your channel, I absolutely enjoyed this! your effort in researching loona's history is incredible - I hope this video and part 2 will reach more people as this is definitely the most well-made guide on the girls I've seen so far 💖

i’m watching this video right now, and already it’s one of my favourite videos on this platform - the research you’ve done, the way you’ve structured this, everything is just perfect. i’ve wanted a video on loona’s story for so long and the fact you’ve made it is great!!

this was hilarious, informative and overall a masterpiece. the time went by so fast! i kept wishing i could manifest the next part into existence (not literally though, pls feel free to take as much time as you need!!)

just finished this after 4 hours and i loved it! it's very clear that you put a lot of work into researching and editing this video, i can't wait for part 2 to come, thank you so much it was such a great watch!

i've been watching your video for the past 3 day and now i feel the emptiness you feel when you finish a good show, THANK YOU.

this essay is literally all i needed right now i missed watching videos with updated information about loona... youre doing the gods work and im seated for the other part(s)

been an orbit since 2017 and you best believe i'm watching this at some point, love that u do ur research 😂❤

this is amazing. 4 hours for a part 1!? you deserve a hug and much more

u did an amazing job, I wish i stanned loona before but I started getting into them after all the bbc mess came out, so I decided to Stan all the loona re debuts to support the girls but I always wanted to know more about loona and this video helped me so much. I can't wait for the second part!!!

4 hours and we haven’t even got to debut yet 😭 this video is truly amazing wow

the effort you put in this research is mesmerizing! a 4 hour video long never felt so short before because of how good it was, i’m so excited for part two already 🤍

part 2 now..... ARGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

what a project. as an elder orbit whos seen it all, this is very well done! can't wait to see future parts if you choose to do so.

LMFAO the way u flipped ur hair when you were showing off ur outfit (also you look SOOO cute)

wow thank you so much for this! you’re SO well-spoken, unbiased, you explain things clearly and as they are, respectfully adressing issues and it’s admirable just how much research you’ve done (all the details omg). you’re amazing, we all appreciate your hard work, this video is a blessing !! besides you’re really funny and entertaining, i usually struggle watching long videos but this one just keeps me entertained

"2 weeks until the next part" girl where is it??????!!! hahaha just kidding, though i did devour this 4h video and am desperate for the next part. i wasnt an orbit at their predebut times so there was a lot of stuff that was new for me! super fascinating, makes me appreciate the girls' hard work even more!! hopefully the next part comes out someday

i will never forget that i skipped out on one of loona’s us tours when my city’s tickets were only $15, not knowing that would be one of the last times we saw them all together as a group 😭

i'm almost 3 hours in and this is so fun to look back on, I can't believe this is only part 1!!

Omfg i remember voting for yyxy in the show and all the discourse about a music show win as a subunit

are there any updates on part 2? i just finished this one and was so excited to learn about everything that went down post debut 👉👈

Had to take a break to go listen to girl front and then ended up watching like 4 more music videos before coming back to this hahahaha they’re still so magnetic

this being a four hour long video is quite pleasant to me as I was able to revisit these long-lasting memories of being introduced to loona during my early childhood. It also allowed me to see things in a broad perspective, in addition to unleashing several facts that I wasn't aware of. I'm beyond delighted by this video!! I applaud your dedication, not only was the information laid out in a sophisticated manner, but it also shared some crucial insights about the group's experiences which of course should be shared.

i watched/listened to this while doing homework & you kept my attention the whole time!! this is such a well made video and u truly deserve an award for this. i miss loona so much and i cannot wait for the next part!!! THANK YOU

been an orbit since yyxy era and this is put together so well, the vid helped me fill in the gaps of events i only heard whisperings of before !! cant wait for pt2

Minors shouldn’t debut. Period. We all know what idols go through with those slave contracts. Now imagine a child going through all that! It’s sick. Anyone defending it is defending the exploitation of children.

idk if anyone already pointed this out (as the video is a month old now) but fun fact-not so fun- heejin solo album was supposed to have an a & b version, just like kim lip and yves did, as the three of them were the first members to be introduced of their respective units…but yeah as we know it never happened…

as an orbit since 2018 (and someone who has known aboutt loona since jinsoul era) i had such a fun time watching this video. i was watching the last 30 mins i my school cafe and the let me. ininstrumental was so quiet in the video that i fully thought they were playing it on the speakers in the cafe and got too excited lmao

on my knees begging for part 2 after watching this whole thing in one sitting

When you mentioned the Ladies' Code incident, It brought me back so many flashbacks.

Eclipse was my first taste of loona! It changed my life FOR REAL!

4 HOURS???? I have never stanned LOONA but I'm intrigued now :) Thank you for ur hard work

This video its going to be featured in future story books. great work and stan loona

i loved this video, super informative. i can’t wait for part 2 about debuted ot12 loona bc there’s SOOOO MUCH going on there

This was amazing, thank you for your dedication!! I'm a huge Loona stan beginning from ViVi solo and immediately jump to whatever new content I can find. Lots of new info in this one too, the blurred girls part is super interesting. Can't wait for the next part!

phenomenal video, I have been waiting so long for someone to make this exact video and you did it so much better than I even imagined! loona was the first kpop group I ever stanned after discovering them when jinsoul debuted and it’s crazy how there were still so many things you covered that I was totally unaware of. thank you so much for this and cannot wait for part 2! subscribed

this is what my autism feels like

this is such an incredibly put-together video, VERY much looking forward to the next parts !!

Just finished and OMG thank you for your hard work, these 4 hours flew by, looking forward to part 2!

Anxiously awaiting part two! This is excellent work 👏🏻👏🏻

This video was amazing!! As a 2017 orbit I definitely remember most of this stuff as it was happening, but your chronological retelling is absolutely fantastic, and I enjoyed every second spent watching this! Very excited to see what you do for the next part c:

Thank you for this video. Barely started but i can tell you are passionate about this and willing to tell the whole story in depth (4 hours just for pt 1!) and aren't gonna cookie cut the history of Loona for views like other channels I came across with.