Seunghun’s personality is just lovely, he said that before becoming an artist he wants to be a valuable person.The trainees love him. They have mentioned how warm-hearted, sweet, considerate, kind, loyal, reliable and hardworking he is. (I could go on forever about this but let’s get to the most important part).
He has been a trainee since 4th grade, doing the exact same thing for nine years now. He has danced and sang for hours, until his own body and voice give up, probably. People like Suho and Jihyo have expressed before how hard it is to train for so long and how exhausting it can get, both physically and emotionally. Just start to imagine everything this boy has been through.
After a while of being in YG (he joined in 2015), he got into Team A and spent his time along ten other trainees who were like his own brothers. At the end of 2017, he performed with some of them in the survival “Stray Kids”, which earned him a compliment from JYP himself, stating how he couldn’t find a single fault in Seunghun, how he caught his attention first and that he was very good. (You can watch the clip here).
He had to see three of his friends leave the company (Midam, Noa and Jeonwoong), one choose a different path than being an idol (Raesung) and another one, who had been his friend since high school, being separated from his teammates (Jihoon).
Then, after the last monthly evaluation with Team A, YG chose Seunghun to be part of Treasure 10 because he did very well. Sadly, he still didn’t make it to the first Treasure team (which consisted of seven members) because he wasn’t picked, the difference being of just one vote.
In the video assessment for the trainees to get another chance to enter Treasure 7, Blackpink’s members had to choose 5 out of 21 boys to perform. While practicing the songs, the trainees were amazed at how good Seunghun’s singing was. Seokhwa, Asahi and Yeongue were literally mesmerized; Jyunhao said Seunghun was remarkable and even questioned why he wasn’t a part of the Treasure team; Inhong and Yedam mentioned his strengths and the latter, along with Junkyu and Mashiho, wished they didn’t get picked by him for the 1:1 battle. (This was on ep.5, starting from minute 19:52).
Eventually, Lisa chose him and he got to sing D(Half Moon) which won the audience’s heart. I must also mention how, even though everyone knew how well the song Beautiful suited his voice, he didn’t perform it because he didn’t want to go against Junkyu, let alone his other teammate, Yedam. Seunghun couldn’t make it into the treasure team once again because YG didn’t pick him even though he worked extremely hard and all he wanted was a compliment from the man, yet all he got was a negative review. We also got to see how after two years and a half of training at the company, all of his teammates had gotten compliments yet he hadn’t received a single one.
Seunghun already had two chances to make it. He was almost there every single time, making him even more frustrated about the whole situation. Yet, he didn’t give up nor got discouraged and instead tried his best; he worked even harder than before.
Another chance came up: WINNER chose him and Byounggon for the 2:2 performance battle. (Take note that they were the first unit to get chosen, this can be seen in ep.7 starting from minute 4:25). Jinwoo said they were good, Seungyoon mentioned they were smart to choose a song that suited them, Seunghoon said choosing the right song was also a talent and Mino agreed saying that’s the most important part. After listening to the song GonHun were going to perform, Yeongue and Yoonbin were afraid of losing their positions, the latter saying the song fitted Seunghun so well it was scary. Finally, they got to perform I’m not sorry and won against the other team since they received the most votes from the fans. This meant Seunghun had finally made it into the treasure team, regretfully though, because YG wasn’t satisfied with his performance.
The semi-finals came and along the rest of Treasure 5, Seunghun pulled a great performance finally earning him the so wanted compliment from YG. However, his team didn’t win first place which meant that two members had to get eliminated, one of them being him.
The way Doyoung, Hyunsuk and Jihoon were sobbing around Seunghun was devastating. They were hurt. They promised each other they’d meet at the end yet their dreams were cut short by an old man, just imagine the pain.
He has only one chance left. We won’t find out until Wednesday, but hopefully he’s one of the two trainees that were brought back to compete in the final.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but this is one of the most heartbreaking situations I’ve seen in my life. He deserves that debut.
Kim Seunghun, you’ve done well. No matter what it takes, you’ll debut. You’re a gem.
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