Wonhee (ILLIT): debuted after 1 month because she was too pretty, center but was criticized

Unlike other members, Wonhee had a rather special trainee experience. Wonhee was cast at the subway station thanks to her outstanding visual, which perfectly matched ILLIT's concept.

In April 2023, she was discovered and cast by a HYBE employee right at the subway station. It is known that street casting idols all possess extremely outstanding beauty, impressing others the first time they see them.

Not long after, in May 2023, Wonhee started filming for the show RU Next? . Thus, Wonhee only had nearly 1 month to practice all her skills to participate in the battle to win the debut spot.

Despite having the least experience, Wonhee is a formidable opponent on the show as she continuously achieves high rankings. Wonhee got high votes thanks to her visual that suits Korean taste, lovely, pure but extremely unique. At the final night of RN Next, Wonhee excellently achieved first place, officially appearing in the ILLIT group lineup.

During the promotion of Magnetic , Wonhee continuously became a h.ot topic because her fancams received hundreds of thousands of views. Along with Moka, Wonhee also contributed to creating the Magnetic dance storm.

With an outstandingly pretty face, Wonhee is placed in the center position of ILLIT. During the performances at RU Next?, Wonhee received many mixed opinions for having a "frozen" stage expression. However, when she debuted with ILLIT, the female idol was praised for her significant improvement in performance ability. Worth mentioning, Wonhee's singing and dancing skills were at a stable level in just 1 year from being accepted as a trainee to her official debut.

However, her eyes are one of the things that make the female idol born in 2007 receive a lot of controversy. Some opinions say that her expression when performing is quite stiff, always just rolling her eyes. Besides, Wonhee's talent also received a lot of controversy. Because she had only trained for 1 month and had already taken the exam, her performances were considered not high enough to debut. It would be more reasonable to practice for another 1-2 years and then debut.

Some comments about Wonhee's abilities during RU Next :

- Honestly, I should have let her train for another 1-2 years!

- On a survival show where 2 fanvotes and 4 companies picked, the corporation is right, at least in the past I-Land had 6 fanvotes and 1 company picked, it was still reasonable. Even though I don't like Wonhee, if the group debuts next year, I really hope she improves at least in terms of expressions. If she escapes the cute concept, she'll be an instant disaster, while the other 5 are all cool, slay girls.

- Wonhee doesn't understand why she debuted at all, singing The 5th season backtrack with a heavy burden, not even opening her mouth to lip-sync even the high notes. On stage, she's as stiff as Ms. Hyewon back then, just dancing with her eyes wide open!

- This g.irl's features look poetic so netizens also like them. Looking at them, you already know the taste of Korean fans!

- This visual reflects the audience's taste, so it's true that it was voted highest!

On March 25, HYBE officially introduced the third g.irl group project selected and debuted by the group - ILLIT, managed by its subsidiary BELIFT LAB. ILLIT is a lineup of potential trainees coming out of the survival show RU Next, initially expected to debut with 6 members. However, Youngseo - the trainee with the most fans - withdrew at the last minute. The group "closed the book" with 5 very young girls, including Yunah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee and Iroha.

ILLIT debuted with the EP Super Real Me and the theme MV Magnetic . With characteristics of age, number of members and a fresh, lovely concept, ILLIT initially made people think of their seniors from the NewJeans group. From "5 girls like NewJeans", ILLIT has become a phenomenal rookie with the song Magnetic taking the music industry by storm.

The group name ILLIT comes from the phrase "I Will Be It", which represents a self-determined and ambitious attitude to express a unique identity. HYBE's new g.irl group quickly broke many record achievements, creating promising milestones and making people curious about the five young, beautiful, and energetic pieces.

In the recent April 2 episode of the music program The Show on SBS MTV, rookie ILIT won the weekly trophy thanks to the song "Magnetic".

With this achievement, ILLIT is the first Gen 5 Kpop g.irl group to win on a Korean music show.

However, the group's live performance at The Show caused controversy.

In the Kpop industry, the encore stage on weekly music shows has become an important stage for idols to s.how o.ff their live singing ability.

The encore performance is a "fear" for poor live singers, because they will have to sing completely on most shows, without the support of overdubbing or lip-syncing like the performance is shown.

On the online community theqoo, there were mixed reactions to ILLIT's live performance of Magnetic on The Show.

Minju and Yunah are considered to be the two members with the most stable live ability in the group, the remaining 3 members are criticized for poor live performance, especially the Japanese female idol Moka. Although Magnetic is a gentle song, there is no need for difficult techniques.

Moka is compared to the female idol who is often criticized for her disastrous live performance, Sakura from the group LE SSERAFIM.

In addition, many opinions say that HYBE Group has not focused on idol training, so their idol groups often cause controversy when singing live.

Wonhee (ILLIT) caused a stir with her response to negative comments and was praised Minh Ngọc07:33:30 17/05/2024Even though she is a rookie, the 16-year-old female idol of ILLIT received many compliments for her extremely decisive actions when reading negative comments from netizens on the livestream.