New Guilty Pleasure - Youth With You
I just watched 3 episodes in two days.
What started this was "The Eve" performance. I was searching for "The Eve" by Exo (was looking for Henry's version) and stumbled upon this.
Click to viewI was super impressed! They have such power. My eyes were constantly drawn to Kiki Xu. She's so pretty (but too much BB cream? Idk she's too pale).
I didn't know what the heck this was. Then I saw the training subbed
Ahh this must be a Produce 101 chinese knock off. The dancing teacher was very good! Keen eyes. Who is she?? Who is LISA???
O_O she's from Blackpink?? No wonder she is good. haha. To be fair, I know of Blackpink, but I don't really watch their videos. I know there's 4...but I can't really tell them apart. lol.
I saw some other videos and then I started watching the subbed Episode 1 (part 1) on youtube:
It's so good! I don't think there's evil editing, unlike the Korean original Produce 101. The only thing is I can tell (after watching 3 episodes), I think there is unequal air time. They seem to be showing a lot of Esther Yu. I find her ditsy act...fake? Her voice is that annoying fake high pitch/cutesy voice that a lot of Chinese actresses have. Her performance isn't bad but ... she's the type I would find annoying.
They also show a lot of Kiki Yu reactions. TBH she's ok. I like her performances.
In episode 2, they just breezed through 3 (?) performances with a 10 sec clip... which I don't think is fair for those trainees.
I am assuming, there is money involved and they're pushing certain trainees (this is what happened with the Korean Produce 101). Which sucks... I wish they'd give the other performance time too.
Anyways, I really like the positive vibe this show has. The girls are pretty good! The difference is, they're not all trainees. Some of them debuted for 6 years. So there is also an unfair advantage. The rap battle was intense in Episode 3. I thought that Jony J was a super nice/easy going guy. But when it comes to rapping, he has a higher bar. Which is good, because I can't stand some rapping in some idol groups.
I really like the judges. Ella and Kun have really on point evaluations.
I really wonder how Lisa gets her translations? maybe someone translates Thai through earbuds?
Who is Kun? I don't know. From the comments, I think he was a past winner of the previous season (?) or maybe a program similar to this? He seems like a smart guy. BUT I don't really like his music (I checked it out of curiosity). He also performed... Not a fan of his rapping. He reminds me a lot of Kris Wu. Good personality yet, not my type. lol.