yunah:the it girl that got away

I think that the favoritism nearly killed Illit as a whole. The center is what people look for and they took what they do best and ignored what potential everyone else had and only focused on the center.

she would slay as a soloist!! i hope we can see her solo career in the future

I think it’s true she doesn’t fit Illit’s concept, and it’s not cause of her age (she’s literally the same age as Minju and Moka, so that makes no sense). She just doesn’t fit the cute concept that Illit has. She clearly would fit a stronger concept better. And I agree with another comment I saw saying Illit isn’t fully Y2K and if they were maybe Yunah would fit that better. Illit has a cutesy girl/anime girl spin on Y2K type of concept.

Yunah's aura and appearance during the Bad Girl Good Girl stage as well her current situation immediately reminded me of Somin of Kard, whose company tried to mould her into fitting April's softer image despite her obviously having a more mature, girl crush look. I love your it girl videos by the way and I hope that you dedicate a full series to exploring the phenomenon of 'the lost it girl' as it's refreshing to listen to videos on this topic that don't revolve the same widely talked discussions on it girls from recent generations and how much hate they get.

4:48 the thing is illit’s concept isn’t completely a y2k concept like attention by new jeans it leans a lot more into the cute concept and in my opinion that concept isn’t her strong suit

On these survival shows, the "live" singing is heavily edited. They don't want to make their future idols look bad. What you heard in the encore performance is how they would have sounded if the live-singing was not edited. Yunah was not a bad live-singer during that infamous encore stage in my opinion, I think she sounded ok. Iroha and Moka got the most criticism and deservedly so.

she had so much potential to be a it girl 😔

i never watched r u next, nor am i tuned in to anything illit is doing, but yunah is the member i feel the most bad for especially after watching this vid…. i hope she’ll soon have her moment to shine that’ll solidify her as one of k-pop’s it girls. she’s too young and talented to be stripped of so much potential this early into her career!!!

i honestly thought they were going to have some kind of strong concept given Yunah, Yeongseo, Iroha and Moka was in the line up. Minju is extremely flexible and I thought wonhee could adjust but they came out with magnetic which was a surprise but it's ok. they do have the dreamy concept hopefully they switch into the dark room/.nightmare so they can do girl crush or something

Her confidence in that Bad Girl, Good Girl performance reminds me of Lee Hyori!

I hate that people like younger idols f weird

While i know that illit will bring her alot of money, i wouldn't be sad or angry if she left the group or company. She deserves so much more than what she is bieng given. Also If you notice she is currently the least marketed member almost all of the other girl have been on variety shows, but she hasn't (atleast not by herself)

yunah was my favorite on the show, I was totally captivated by her with her bad girl good girl stage, I have never watched a survival show performance so many times since nako's gfriend performance in p48. I was so sad when I saw the comments about her during their debut :( but also how the company made her change her appearance to fit their concept because its such a waste that she was already so beautiful before. And honestly I didn't see much criticism about her live vocals during their encore, I actually seen more praises for her and mainly criticism towards moka

born to do girl crush and cooler concept, forced to do cute concept

Yunah and iroha. Both would thrive so much more in a different concept and maybe even group. Favouritism and the company ruined it.

I actually am that person you mentioned towards the end of the video. I only watched the first few episodes of R U Next, so I don't remember all the contestants, but Yunah is the one I remember most distinctly. She definitely felt like an "it girl" and I thought she would be the next big thing in girl groups. I thought it was a given that she would make it to the final group, and I'm glad she did, but I'm shocked at learning she almost didn't make it. I don't know the specifics of how the show was run because I bailed early, but I thought they had on their hands the makings of a great girl crush group. I was so surprised when I saw the final lineup and concept.

She deserves to debut. I hope they sort out her concept n she finds her place in the Illit universe.

I LOVE YUNAH IN BAD GIRL GOOD GIRL !!!! Honestly ILLIT would've slayed that concept. Yunah and Iroha would devour ai/cyberpunk or badass girl crush concept, they definitely suit more mature vibe than ILLIT's current concept. They would make such powerful centers in those concepts. Just look at Yunah in bggg and Iroha in shut down performance. Moka and Minju would do well in any concept due to their visuals and stage presence. Wonhee is the only one who I think is not that versatile, ILLIT's current concept is her comfortable zone she suits this concept the best. But as a group I want ILLIT's creative team to change their style and concept. The current concept does not play in favor of Yunah and Iroha at all. Also the extreme focus on Wonhee is sometimes annoying, the company is pushing her a lot as the center but since she is not strong enough to be in that position, the whole group ends up looking messy and weak. As for the age comments, MINJU, YUNAH and MOKA are adults they are 20, IROHA and WONHEE are 16. But due to their concept and styling all of them look like minors which is why most people bash them a lot for debuting too young or debuting as minors. Whereas other 5th gen groups like Baby monster(22, 19, 18,17,17,16,15) are at similar age or even younger than ILLIT but they hardly get comments about their age since they have more mature concept people assume they are older.

i feel like if youngseo stayed, the group would be more balanced and she wouldn't stand out so much as someone who "doesn't suit the concept."

HYBE never choses the talented ones. Only the visuals. Wonhee has potential, I can see it. She's super pretty and nice but did she deserve to debut? No. Don't get me wrong, I adore Wonhee, but she lacks expressions, vocals, and dancing. If the show wasn't rigged and if she didn't debut, the group could've gone for a more fierce concept, which would suit Yunah, Moka, Minju, and Iroha. But because Wonhee lacks training, they went for a cuter concept. Talk about pretty privilege lol. Tbh Wonhee shouldn't have debuted at all, especially because of the toxic environment. I hope they will train her well!