I really hate it that INFINITE is just so underrated and bad talked about, they have so much talent
Hello! c: I hope you don’t mind if I answer this on public! Because they are a lot of things I really wanted so say for a long time by now.
Truthfully spoken, I can’t say that Infinite belongs into the “underrated” classification of K-Pop groups. There are indeed groups who suffer way more than Infinite right now. BUT for all their crazy talent and for everything Infinite is doing, yes, I genuinely believe that they are underrated and not appreciated enough.
Why? First of all, yes I know you will be tired of hearing this but they started form nothing. At their debut they had exactly 3 rooms for all 7 members: A living room where they also cooked, a bathroom and a bedroom. 3 rooms for 7 people. Tablo even pointed out that their CEO Lee Jungyeop nearly cried every day for them because he just knew that it wouldn’t be easy for the boys.
“Come Back Again”, “She’s back” and “BTD” weren’t really appreciated by the public and the needed fame for Infinite didn’t came. Also their single “Inspirit”, where they, despite having it hard, released a fandom name for the people that were supporting them couldn’t help them out. Weeks before “Be Mine” came out, the tension of the boys were at the absolute peak, as we all can see through this very intense practice video. Why? Because their CEO even sold his house to afford the music video. If “Be Mine” wouldn’t have been a success they would have clearly disbanded. I know they are not the only group that faced these hardship, of course, but it’s definitely a part of their history that should be mentioned.
Back in 2012/2013 they got a great amount of attention from the public, even won the “Male Artist of the year” award at the MAMA’s in 2013 but lately people have been forgetting about them. They say that Infinite by no means can’t compete with Exo, BTS, Got7 or Seventeen anymore, that they are worn out, old and I really can’t understand them. They’re blinking Infinite’s effort away in a heartbeat and also their talent and that they are indeed still a group that should be taken seriously. Why? They never lip-synched since debut in music shows. All their stages are live and even on tour they don’t just play MRs but bring a band with them. And they achieve in singing life despite their hard choreographies and, oh, of course their 99,9% synchronization.
Plus, all members can sing and also all members can dance. You have always someone in the group who’s lacking in one of the fields, but they just don’t, and this is no bragging or an attempt to make Infinite superior to other groups, this is a simple fact. And a fact I really like to re recognized while so many fans are outraged over the many cases of lip-synching in music shows that there happening in the last years.
Which brings us to the present and looking at the facts, yes, for singing and dancing life in nearly perfection they’re underrated. Their MV views aren’t high and can bye no means compete with SHINee, Bigbang or even BTS and this breaks my heart. They released a 360°MV for “Bad”, something incredible new in the whole K-Pop but most people don’t even watch or know it because it’s “just Infinite”. I heard this term so often the past months and I don’t know how to change it, because it isn’t “just Infinite”. The boys are on their second world tour, never took a real break since debut, afforded a new Woollim building from their earned money back in 2014 and practice till they can’t move their bodies anymore; Hoya’s ankle injury is a good example for this.
I don’t know why they aren’t as popular as other groups. They aren’t lacking dancing compared to SHINee, they aren’t lacking singing compared to Bigbang and they aren’t lacking charisma compared to BTS. Maybe you can tell me why they can never achieve what these groups can reach, what the exact point is that is holding them back? Because I honestly don’t know.
This is just a sincere and little desperate Inspirit wishing from the K-Pop fandom with all heart to not leave Infinite behind like this. I’m not neglecting the other groups talent, by no means, but please don’t talk about Infinite like that. They’ve gone a long way to come where they are now and this isn’t even the highest point where they could be.
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