This morning when Big Hit tweeted information about TXT's debut, never have I clicked on a link faster than that one but the site went down immediately so I couldn't see what it says for a while. But we got a debut date!!!! March 4!!! They will debut March 4 on MNet with a show called '+omorrow x +ogether Debut Celebration Show' (yeah I still hate the styling of that name lol). And they'll have a debut showcase at Yes24 Live Hall. The album will be called 'The Dream Chapter: Star'. I can't wait to see these adorable kids!

I am also super excited about the girls of ITZY!! I've been loving their concept shown in the teasers, the girls are beautiful, and the song snippet sounds very promising! Monday can't come soon enough.

We're also getting Treasure 13 debut as I wrote in my previous entry.

TXT, ITZY, Treasure 13, all have T in their names, just like I do. This is so fun and exciting!

I also have been loving songs from rookie groups, ATEEZ is doing really well with 'Say My Name' and I LOVE ONEUS' debut song Valkyrie!

Final plot twist: both groups are going to promote together as 13 called Treasure13! Hahahahhaha. I don't even know how to react anymore at this point. Now I understand why people are always skeptical with anything YG says, he's just doing whatever he wants. I think 'I'll believe it when I see it' is the right attitude towards any news that he drops. Right from the get-go this show was twist after twist after twist. We want to support this group, but we need to know where this is heading. How are we going to invest in it if we don't even know what it is yet. Is it going to be one group? Two groups? Are they going to promote together? Separately? Is this final? ARE YOU SURE??

This is how the show goes
YG: I'm debuting 1 (one) group
YG: Odd number of members, yes
YG: 7 is too many
YG: Maybe 5
YG: Lemme eliminate people and pick from this Top 13 trainees
YG: Okay, here's your debut team with 7 members!
YG: Hmm wait here's a second team with 6 members but two are NOT from your Top 13
YG: And these two groups are going to promote together as 13!
YG: See? One group with odd number of members. I thought of that from the start you know

Personally I don't mind big groups, this kind of reminds me of early EXO days and remember how POWERFUL they became when they come back together instead of K/M separately? I'm thinking of that kind of power so I'm optimistic! This is a talented and beautiful bunch of people. Also, unlike previous YG boy groups, this group is going to be given materials to sing/perform instead of producing it themselves, like I expected. So they can focus on performing and ... being cute I guess. Some people are saying that this group doesn't feel like a YG group but I think that's good! YG is trying new things and different concepts, I think this is fresh and exciting.

They said they're aiming for a debut sometime in May - July, and I'm hopeful! I just wish they'd release Going Crazy like yesterday because I need that song in my life.

Ah one thing I do not like though, is the name MAGNUM. Like... why. I'm grateful that the second group is not named Box because how sad it is that the first one is a treasure and the other is just a .... box. However, Treasure and Magnum doesn't go together at all. WHY. Also them mentioning that Magnum was originally a name thought for other groups is nagl. You're saying out of all English words out there, there's no better word you can use for a group name that you must use this leftover name? Really??

I hope the kids are given some kind of chance or freedom to express themselves/connect with fans via social media or VLIVEs and not just kept in the dungeon during this in between period.

Anyway I'm still excited for their debut. Go kids!

They announced the first member! It's Yoonbin! He's good and I wish him the best of luck. I'm sure the second group would consists of talented kids and will do fine!

See? It's not Team J.

It's not Team J, and it's probably also not going to be the rest of Top 13 and now.... I kinda have hopes for Yoshinori and this is bad! I shouldn't have ANY hopes! I don't want to get my hopes up only to get crushed in the end! But I do want him to debut, look at that beautiful porcelain face and lovely smile, how could you not love him? He's so cute and adorable and seems like a good, hardworking kid I would give him all my love (ok not really but I wish him the best).

I wrote in my entry previously that YG just might be debuting another group but I didn't think he would really do it. And today, he announced that there'll be a second group hahahahhaa.

Okay. I don't follow any YG groups that closely and I don't get why people are so angry at him/the company all the time. I was just happy with this news, yay more group for everybody! I'm happy that these trainees are given the chance to debut. In the end YG Entertainment is a business with targets to achieve, investors to please, public image to maintain. They'd want success, profit, popularity, right? Looking at how successful other YG groups are, I really don't understand what people are angry about. BP needs more songs and comebacks, I understand. But Winner and Ikon both released multiple albums doing well on the charts and were on a world tour. That's ... good, right?

Adding more groups to the library is inevitable. How else would you grow as an entertainment agency? I should be more cautious in investing in these groups just in case to avoid disappointments in the future though haha.

Unlike what some people are saying, I don't think this is going to be a Japanese group. They showcased 7 Japanese trainees on the show, 6 with longer training period and 1 as a last minute addition (Asahi). Haruto is debuting with Treasure and I really doubt YG will just fill the line-up with the rest of the Japanese Trainees unless he has more of them up his sleeves. Other than Mashiho, the other five weren't very popular or particularly good in anything. They weren't getting a lot of screen time on the show, either except for maybe Yoshinori & Keita. And if it's a Japanese group, wouldn't it be more fitting if they do things on a Japanese platform instead? VLIVE isn't mainstream in Japan, and the show doesn't have a Japanese twitter account or ever tweeted in Japanese.

Secondly, I also don't think YG would wait 2-3 years to actually debut these groups. The groups or at least Treasure meant to be fandom-driven, meaning the agency will hand feed them everything. YG isn't looking for the next GD anymore, it doesn't seem like he's expecting these kids to compose their own hit songs and make an album on their own. They'll be given pop songs like Going Crazy and charm the public with their smiles. They already have at least one song, they can debut immediately! Maybe YG is trying a new strategy!

Anyway, they'll reveal one member every day starting from tomorrow to February 4th and I'm nothing but excited.

We got a name! The group is officially called Treasure. Which make sense.

I spent some time watching that special VLive yesterday, the show is almost 2 hours long, phew. Despite the fact that I did not fully agree with YG's final decision, I still love the boys and I'm interested to see how they'll grow and progress. At the beginning of the show, I was just completely smitten by them and I have already adopted them all as 'my babies'. They're my new babies and I love them.

However, as I continue watching it, turns out I still have some strong opinions lol. Here's my opinions about each member :

1. Hyunsuk : I think debuting Hyunsuk along with this group is the BEST decision. He's trained for a long time, he's older than these guys, he's funny, he's a good personality which is perfect for a leader. YG might have crushed his confidence over the course of this show, but now that he's debuting, I'm sure he can fulfill his role well.

2. Junghwan : He is still awkward and isn't the maknae that I wished for this group, but he's extremely young so I can only hope he'll grow out of his awkward phase soon. Still don't like him that much. But he's a baby and you should not hate a baby.

3. Yedam : He is the most articulate, clever, smart, talented person in this group, no questions asked. I was amazed by how smart he is! He was shown busy with school and exams during the show he had to skip practice, but there were a bunch of other kids younger than him, do they not go to school??? Don't drop out of school, kids! Anyway, excited for Yedam and he's also clearly the most popular contestant during the show and probably after. Lezgeddit.

4. Junkyu : I swear this kid is the most idolest idol if I've ever seen one. He's cute, smiley, funny, laugh a lot which is an easily enjoyable personality to watch. He's also tall which makes him good for modeling, and he's REALLY GOOD at singing. His voice is engraved in my head after I hear it. He is crucial for this group, personality AND talent wise.

5. Jeongwoo : Jeongwoo is awkward. He's very young so he has a lot of room to grow. He's got a great singing voice so I really wish they'll get songs in which he'll be able to showcase his strength. Hoping for the best for him.

6. Haruto : Haruto is a STAR. I agree with YG that he has a strong star quality to him. He's super young and also awkward, especially adding the language barrier factor, but he's confident and he's very proud of himself, which is cute. YG loves him so I hope they'll give him good rap verses that fit his voice color. He's tall, good looking, and funny. He's a good performer. His hyungs also seems to like him a lot so that's good.

7. Jaehyuk : Oh man, this is hard. I'm happy for him that he is picked. I love me my underdog stories and I want nothing but the best for him but it is really hard not to notice how awkward he is in there. The group doesn't seem to be close to him or like him that much. He doesn't fit in and it's ruining the group dynamic. But they're just formed, they're one day old on that day of the broadcast so they have a lot of time to get to know each other. No group is formed based on personal relationship of the members, there will be conflicts, there will be disagreements, awkwardness etc but they'll have to go through it and grow together. I hope these kids will be able to overcome this.

Okay, let's give them the benefit of the doubt. Most if not all rookie groups are awkward in front of the camera, even the biggest names when they were just debuted. This is Treasure's first appearance together as a group, they might not know each other that well yet, they don't know what to say in front of the camera, let's give them a chance. We'll see.

I can't help but keep comparing them to BTS because of the 7 members situation, and I always think that BTS is super lucky that they got RM as their leader, Bang Sihyuk is correct to follow his intuition building the group around RM with him as the first confirmed member. RM is mature beyond his age, and he leads the group well. I remember how ex-BigHit trainees talk about him, too. The dynamic and chemistry between BTS members is something no formula can ever replicate, and it's a big part of their appeal to a lot of people. We can tell that they just genuinely have each other's back. I don't know what YG is planning with Treasure, but according to that one industry financial forecast report, he intended this group to be fandom driven.

It seems like he is just trying his luck with a simple formula; get some good looking boys, put them together in a group, give them catchy songs = success! Debut them through a filler TV show that gives the viewer a sense of ownership so that they're attached before the group even debuted. I'm still interested to see where this is going, and I hope for the best for this group.

Also, justice for Mashiho.