How I Would Put Chaeyoung, Mina, Moonbyul, Yuqi, and Joy in a Sub-Unit: Reasoning
*Positions
Vocal Positions
Main Vocalist: Joy, being an SM vocalist, has an amazing technique when singing (although she does tend to go up in her nasal register when singing high notes). She has a solid range, is incredibly stable, and almost always stays in tune.
Lead Vocalists: I know that having 3 people as Lead Vocalists is a bit much, but all 3 girls are extremely similar in overall technique. For Yuqi, her best quality is her tuning and her lower register (Plus, I would die to have her vocal tone). For Mina, she has improved the most out of these 3, getting better vocal projection while still maintaining proper tuning and stability. For Chaeyoung, she is the weakest of these 3, but has the best technique (although it’s not always used properly). They all have different qualities that complement each other well, so I figured I should have them all in lead vocalist positions.
Sub Vocalist: Moonbyul is probably the weakest vocalist her, but that's ok because she is still good for a sub. She also mainly focuses in rapping.
Rap Positions
Main Rapper: Moonbyul is one of the best active rappers in the industry and one of the fastest as well. She has an amazing technique, a versatile rapping tone, and she writes almost all of her raps, which gives her a stronger connection to what she is rapping.
Lead Rapper: Chaeyoung is a much better rapper than people give her credit for. She has amazing flow, technique, and she almost never has breath control problems. The main reason she’s not the Main Rapper is because her tone is not versatile and we haven’t seen her rap for long durations, so it’s hard to tell if she can handle that.
Sub Rappers: Honestly, everyone in this group is good at rapping. Yuqi is the strongest sub rapper, but she’s not at the same level that Chaeyoung is, so she wouldn’t be a Lead Rapper. For Joy and Mina, they are at similar levels, but they would also both focus on singing over rapping.
Dance Positions
Main Dancer: This was mainly between Moonbyul and Mina, but I gave it to Mina because Moonbyul doesn’t do well outside of hip hop styles. Mina can blend through styles pretty well, and while she doesn’t always grab the audiences attention, she has the best technical skills of everyone on this list.
Lead Dancers: Moonbyul is easily the 2nd best dancer here and is almost tied with Mina for Main Dancer, but since Mina has a higher level of versatility and has better flow when switching genres, Moonbyul will be an amazing lead Dancer.
Non-Dancers: Chaeyoung and Joy are both technically weak dancers and there are much better dancers in this group, so no reason to give them a position. Yuqi is the 3rd best dancer here, but she lacks the skills the dance line has, so it wouldn’t make a lot of sense for her to have the same position as Moonbyul.
Other Positions
Leader: Moonbyul is the oldest out of everyone by about 4 years. She also debuted first, is the most mature, and since most people here are introverts, she would most likely be leading the interviews.
Visuals: Joy and Mina fit about the same in terms of the KBS and they also compliment each other’s visuals well.
Center: This group would be considered a slightly weak stage presence group, but Moonbyul is good at capturing the audiences attention while performing and she would probably have the most center parts in this group.
Face of the Group: Yuqi is one of the most popular in her own group and she would be a good representative for this group (I’m assuming they would be versatile with more darker and girl crush concepts) and she is good at switching between concepts.
Maknae: Yuqi is the youngest in this line up by about 5 Months.