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After Kahi and Bekah Graduated from After School, they lost so much charisma, stage presence, confidence ect. Especially Kahi was a big lost because she was the leader of the group. But know I actually don't mind that she left the group because she was to "old" to be in a idol group with the other younger members and she is more a solo type of person in her age now. But still: Jungah: She is more a mother role for this group. She is not really qualified to be the leader. Juyeon: Too dorky And i sadly think that she graduates next from the group. Uee: Too sensitive and she cares more of her acting career than After School in my opinion. Raina: Same as Uee. Sometimes it feels like she doesn't really care much about After School. I don't see much connection from her with the other members. Nana: No. Sometimes to Unprofessionell and arrogant. And I find her really boring after a while. And some of her fans are annoying as well! They really acting like that Nana is the best singer, the best dancer...the best in everything! Saying stuff like: "Without Nana, After School would become more and more a flop group." So Stupid. Lizzy: Too childish. E-young: Too shy. Gaeun: Too new. So basically, none of them could be a good leader as Kahi was. Maybe E-young or Gaeun, when they get more recognized and later more confident.

I remember when they promoted Bang or Because Of You. They worked their asses off!!! I want to see that again. Now they do mostly nothing after 2-3 weeks. It is like, they losing so much hope for having a good and successful career. They don't enjoy their job at all anymore as it looks like (for me at least). And today's performance...just horrible. No confidence! No stage presence! And they are actually one of the best performance/dance group in Kpop in my opinion. The Pole Dancing was a nice idea but Pledis made it kinda wrong in some ways. And i hate when they change their hair color and haircut ever day/week/month...Just stupid. They looked so good when they made a comeback 4 weeks ago but now... Especially Jungah looks bad. I don't like the haircut at all! I really miss her old long dark hair to be honest. And E-young...please just dye your hair black again and don't change it on the rest of your life.

Without the Pole rod, it looks really boring. That happens when you put the pole dancing into the choreography of the title song.

All members together? Nice.

Speaking of their MV from First Love, it was really boring. One of their weakest Music Video by far. After a Music Video like Shampoo, i expected something like that again. Overall, they still did a good job with the pole dancing but i wished that every member had their own pole rod. And just performed it as a intro like "Let's do It" or "Let's Step Up" and to make their Title song more upbeat with a badass choreography. The First Teaser Photos they revealed, had nothing to do with the Pole Dancing at all! Especially the Nana teaser were she was without clothes. But where were the other members teaser photos actually? Why Nana again? What was the point of that anyway? Some promotion strategy?

130713 After School - First Love @ Music Core Still no Nana and Lizzy....Really Pledis?

I know. Love Beat is such a good song. 8 Hot Girl was such a bad intro/song to perform.

And Why is this thread so slow moving now?

The lack of promotions was always a problem for After School after the Bang! era in 2010. They didn't released a follow up song or a digital single like Diva or a repackage album. I agree that these Kpop days are really difficult for groups/singers from smaller companys. Pledis didn't really advanced himself the years in my opinion. After School could have Sistar's status of popularity but Pledis ruined After School a bit now. Especially the graduation concept is still a problem for many After School fans. And the reason why they probably stopped their promotions for First Love was that it was not doing well in the chart. Sure, many groups and singers made a comeback at that time and so they had more competition but they still had the chance to beat them and climb up the charts. It did not happened! We can hope for another comeback with a better song and not a special performance/concept again because as we saw, it didn't helped them at all. This is just pointless. 3 members got injured too (Which was bad already). And they really need to release a another Full Album again because they sell the most than a mini album. Mini albums sucks. It is just lazy especially when you waiting over a year of your fav. group and all you get is just 4-5 songs.....No wonder that many people do not buy that stuff. About Brave Bros.....We know that he sucks now. I didn't had much hope after i heard that After School was working with him again. He just isn't gonna make a good song like Because Of You again. Never gonna happen!

I'm back. So, After School's First Love didn't even placed in the top 10 Digital and Physical monthly charts. In After School's standard, they actually should be at least in the top 5. I'm still suprised how bad their physical sales are this time. What happened? I really hate to say this but this comeback was basically a flop again as Flashback. Breaks kinda my heart. All the hard work was just pointless again. And the lack of variety shows is a mess too. After School wasn't even as a full group on any shows, right? They always like split up too much in my opinion. All we see is Uee and Orange Caramel every single time!

So guys, how was After School's comeback for you overall? I give a 6/10 Good: Special concept again, every member got their lines to sing, their voices improved, i like Dressing Room and Love Beat, no new member and their look (fashion). Bad: Weak title song, wrong producer, 8 hot girl(s), Lizzy got injured, the MV, no 2nd full album and less/bad promotions. I expected more.

I'm not sure about the sound and the lyrics so far. But it is still to early to judge.

I agree.

After School Red and Blue was so unnecessary in my opinion. Even if i like Into The Night Sky, this concept was stupid. What was the point of that anyway? It kinda felt like AS Red Vs. AS Blue. Who is more popular ect. This was such a waste. Especially for After School. I would even prefer more Orange Caramel comebacks than this mess again.

I hate that they didn't sung live again on a fanmeeting! You could stil hear Nana's and Lizzy's voice in the background. I mean, they are still singers. First Love without the poles is really boring to watch too. And the guys voice..... But overall it was ok but they could improve more. It felt kinda hectic to me.

I liked Orange Caramel back in 2010 because of their songs Magic Girl and Aing. It was probably the best idea from Pledis to give the underrated members (Raina, Nana and Lizzy) the chance to get more recognized. And now see what happened. They are the popular members in After School. Good for them, but bad for the others. I think Orange Caramel should graduate next (and not Jungah) because people already describe them more as a group now than a sub unit group from After School. They can still work with Pledis anyway. They should create an another sub unit group already with E-young and Gaeun. It's about time!

I don't know guys. I still would prefer more new songs than remakes from their korean songs. Just leave the korean songs alone. Especially for people, who bought the korean version already and than months later they release a japanese version to the song too. The gloss and the uniqueness from the song kinda gets lost by that. Even if Flashback and First Love are their weakest songs. I would kinda feel really mess around by that. And let's be honest, their japanese versions of their korean songs are not as good as the originals. Diva already was a good example to stop remake their songs.

Really.... Japanese people are so open minded and respectful in my opinion. I always hear more bad stuff from Korean people than from Japanese. And to After School: I HOPE they are not release a Japanese Version of First Love and Flashback. We don't need more remakes from Korean Songs. This is just uncreativ and lazy. I mean, i wouldn't buy it either, even if i like the group. If you want success in Japan: learn japanese, learn more about the culture, the people, be creativ, release "original" music. It doesn't even suprise me that Japan gets tired of all the Kpop wave. I hope that Pledis/Avex knows what they doing because now it is really hard to be successful in Japan.

Pledis never put any eng subs for their international fans on their videos. Great....

I actually had a bit hope that they win at least one award after seeing them on the top 3 list. I swear, the digital points on the music shows are way to high. What about live performances? or more points for physical sales? This points system is so stupid. And the main audience are mostly little girls, who doesn't really care about older Kpop groups anymore. After School simply has most international fans. South Korea just doesn't really care of them anymore after Bang!... In my opinion, pledis should debut After School in a different country (maybe China). I heard they have many fans there and not many kpop groups made a debut in China. Just a perfect timing for After School to go to China. And just forget South Korea now. And Japan! They getting annoyed by all these Kpop groups so much now, which i totally understand. Avex sucks anyways. Just wish the best for After School in the future. They are simply the best Kpop group but not getting recognized at all anymore.

I can't wait!

^ Whatever. Does anybody knows how much After School's 6th maxi single album sold so far?

Her hair looks so good!