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7velvetcrow2026.10.15 08:36๐Ÿ‘ 7442๐Ÿ’ฌ 50โ™ฅ 113

every member looks like someone i could name and that's the creepy part

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8Taeho2026.10.15

Half the idol appeal is watching someone get through a bad week and still show up. A rendered group never has one, so the thing you'd be a fan of is the animators. I'd root for them first.

7Soomin2026.10.15

Boring and creepy is survivable. Boring and charting is the scary one, because that's the one that actually happens.

7Kettlecorn2026.10.15

it's one second, one member, and I got scared for my whole afternoon, that's the power of this

7Junseo2026.10.15

boring over creepy is a fair take but those two aren't exclusive. boring AND creepy is the whole genre

7Gaeun2026.10.15

I'd watch the debut stage just to see if they blink in sync. that's the real test

7Kettlecorn2026.10.15

NO BECAUSE I SAW A TWS MEMBER IN THERE FOR ONE SECOND AND GOT SCARED

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7Geonwoo2026.10.15

airport photos are half the fandom economy. these guys can't even take a bad one

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7Kettlecorn2026.10.15

it's one second, one member, and I got scared for my whole afternoon, that's the power of this

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7Dahye2026.10.15

if it looks like someone I know the label should at least tell me where I know them from

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7Dahye2026.10.15

one second of a TWS lookalike and a ruined afternoon, that's honestly better marketing than most real debuts get

8Taeho2026.10.15

Thousands of trainees still waiting for a debut slot and a label spent the budget on this.

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7Gaeun2026.10.15

To be fair virtual groups aren't new, MAVE and SUPERKIND did it. The difference is these ones look like people you already know.

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7Gaeun2026.10.15

I'd be more worried about the trainees honestly, the budget is a fair point

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7Nari2026.10.15

fair, though the trainees are probably not the target of this particular budget, which is the sad part

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8Taeho2026.10.15

The budget argument is fair, but I'd want to know the actual cost before blaming it. Rendering a group may be cheaper than training a real one, which is its own uncomfortable point.

7Haneul2026.10.15

not me wanting to hate it and then humming it ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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8Dabin2026.10.15

humming it while wanting to hate it is basically the K-pop experience, the AI part just makes it more honest

7Kettlecorn2026.10.15

do I trust a boy group that can't be photographed arriving at the airport? no

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7Nari2026.10.15

a boy group that never needs a day off, a scandal or a flight is every label's dream and every fan's nightmare

7Nari2026.10.15

i'd say it's the opposite of creepy, it's just boring. a face you already know says nothing new

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7Junseo2026.10.15

boring over creepy is a fair take but those two aren't exclusive. boring AND creepy is the whole genre

7marigold.mp32026.10.15

saving this until the debut to see if it's real or only a video

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6Bingsu_Bandit2026.10.15

saving it until debut sounds smart. a lot of things look great in a teaser and disappear by the second comeback

6dumpling.exe2026.10.15

no airport, no sasaeng, no problem

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7Geonwoo2026.10.15

no airport, no sasaeng, no problem is a pitch deck line and you know it

7Haneul2026.10.15

I saw it and wanted to close the tab ๐Ÿ˜ญ uncanny valley is no joke

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7Junseo2026.10.15

close the tab is the correct instinct. i'd just like one person to explain why the hair looks better than my own

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7Kettlecorn2026.10.15

CLOSE THE TAB IS CORRECT. i then reopened it to check and now i am haunted

7Gaeun2026.10.15

the styling is the only thing I'd call convincing. hair, outfits, it all reads real

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6tteok_n_roll2026.10.15

styling reading real is the part that gets me. somebody still picked those outfits

7marigold.mp32026.10.15

the one I can name is the one that makes me close my eyes

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8Dabin2026.10.15

naming the one you recognize and then closing your eyes is oddly the most honest review in this thread

7Dahye2026.10.15

if the song is good I'll forgive them being virtual. if not, we're back to the usual problem

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7Dahye2026.10.15

if the song is good, forgiven. if it's average, we have a boy group with no personality and a real budget

8Taeho2026.10.15

I keep coming back to the fact that the face being recognizable means it was built from real people's features. Whether that's a quirk of the tech or a choice, I can't tell from a clip.

6soju_sundays2026.10.15

No age, no military service, no dating. Label's perfect plan. Too perfect probably, fans like a bit of mess.

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8Taeho2026.10.15

No military service is what a label would sell hardest and what fans would miss most. The waiting, the farewell, the return are half the idol story, and a rendered group has none of that arc.

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7Soomin2026.10.15

no scandals, no service, no dating. also no soul? I'd stan for a week and then miss the mess

8Taeho2026.10.15

Half the idol appeal is watching someone get through a bad week and still show up. A rendered group never has one, so the thing you'd be a fan of is the animators. I'd root for them first.

7quietkimchi2026.10.15

no motion blur, no tired eyes. that's what gives it away

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7Dahye2026.10.15

no motion blur is such a sharp tell. real idols always look a little tired by 6pm

7Junseo2026.10.15

the faces get the clicks but the song decides if it survives a month. same rule as any debut lol

7Gaeun2026.10.15

I'd watch the debut stage just to see if they blink in sync. that's the real test

7Haneul2026.10.15

the weirdest part is arguing about whether they're 'cute' ๐Ÿ˜ญ like who even is the bias

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