i always forget aoa have members other than choa, seolhyun, and jimin... and i feel like this is a very common theme with fnc groups. with ft island, only hongki was ever a "household" name for the longest time as yonghwa was to cn.blue. while i know that this is common with most groups where one or two members get more of the spotlight, but the discrepancy is never as apparent as it is with fnc groups
True, the uneven spotlight/popularity amongst members of FNC groups is pretty noticeable. I can understand it happening at their debuts since FNC would choose just the most popular member (Hongki, Yonghwa, Seolhyun) to hype up and do the bulk of the activities in order to get their groups' names out there, which I guess was sorta effective, but to see it hardly improve now is irritating.
Also in FTI/CNB's case it's sadly not surprising since when it comes to bands nearly all non/casual fans can only name the main vocal because they're all they care about which irks me. I get the feeling the same will happen to N.flying, most people atm only know Seunghyub aka J.Don.
I think AOA's case isn't much worse than the average group but the 3 mentioned are promoted/hype much more than the other girls these days so I don't blame you. Hell FNC's infamous right now for having put non-dancer Youkyung into inactivity since 2014 and rarely mentioning/showing her, hence brainwashing everyone into thinking AOA's only 7 members.
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Date: 2015-05-21 08:16 am (UTC)aoa racking up them photoshoots
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Date: 2015-05-21 08:19 am (UTC)Let this be the sign of a full comeback
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Date: 2015-05-21 09:10 am (UTC)Hope so, because AOA7's overstayed their welcome.
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Date: 2015-05-21 09:12 am (UTC)Between this and Open AOA I'm pretty sure we're getting AOA 8 back, if not I'll go ballistic on FNC
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Date: 2015-05-21 09:08 am (UTC)Chanmi getting prettier too
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Date: 2015-05-22 08:20 am (UTC)I can understand it happening at their debuts since FNC would choose just the most popular member (Hongki, Yonghwa, Seolhyun) to hype up and do the bulk of the activities in order to get their groups' names out there, which I guess was sorta effective, but to see it hardly improve now is irritating.
Also in FTI/CNB's case it's sadly not surprising since when it comes to bands nearly all non/casual fans can only name the main vocal because they're all they care about which irks me. I get the feeling the same will happen to N.flying, most people atm only know Seunghyub aka J.Don.
I think AOA's case isn't much worse than the average group but the 3 mentioned are promoted/hype much more than the other girls these days so I don't blame you. Hell FNC's infamous right now for having put non-dancer Youkyung into inactivity since 2014 and rarely mentioning/showing her, hence brainwashing everyone into thinking AOA's only 7 members.