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I CAN'T BREATHE..

Knew we could count on you. Some peasant stole Hello. http://onehallyu.com/topic/455652-rania-was-plagarized/ I hated the styling for Just Go promotions, but oddly enough, their outfits were well-recieved in Korea. They were actually at the height of their popularity during that era. Demonstrate literally gave me everything that I needed: A bomb ass track, killer choreography, and great visuals. The song is my all time favourite RaNia track, which is astounding because I didn't think I'd be able to like anything more than I fucking love Pop Pop Pop. From the hair-pulling drop to the bubble gum, the dance is just FIRE and full of fierceness. All of the members were killing it. Their looks were also so top tier.. Like the neon shoes were everything. The black and gold aesthetic was delicious. Their individualised stage outfits were also really fresh. Then we have those cute jerseys they performed in, and the camo print looks... They styling may not have been flash and expensive, but it was good. If only DRM would give the girls the outfits with the jackets...then Start a Fire would at least look kind of sexy and fierce..

So now that a plagiarised RaNia song has been uncovered, it's time for all of you with uncles working at DRM and former employees to let them know that they have someone to sue and make some money off of. Which could mean that we'll finally get a quality comeback that doesn't include hideous grey boots.

Jieun doesn't even need to hit her high note when she's serving up some next level slayage in the form of that Crouching Tiger, Squatting Mantis pose. WERK!

LMAO I don't for one second believe any of this DTX drama. If there's one thing I hate about our fandom it's the way people take rumours, add their own theories to them, and then spit them out all over the internet to be received as actual information. This behaviour is detrimental to the survival of our group, and even though DTX left....why tarnish their reputations by even entertaining such BS? There's no way Di and T-ae just walked up to Alex after she arrives and where like "Ayo you black bitch GTFO, ho" in Korean and then Alex somehow understood them and was like "OMFG liek Imma write a rap about this! Yep, that's right. I won't speak out about it or anything, I'll just rap about it lol". Look at Alex's character. Does anyone really think she'd tolerate being discriminated against?? Hell no. She'd have started a fire on twitter for sure, or at least done so after they left. As for Di and T-ae, didn't they both unanimously vote Alex as the sexiest member in one of the V-App episodes? Plus, like others mentioned, lots of photos and videos of them hanging with Alex were taken during that time. Even if they were going to save face and "play nice", I doubt they'd be able to do so so genuinely. This sounds like some kind of BS tactic to pull the blame for RaNia's shortcomings and lack of success away from DRM and onto DTX since they're gone. So yeah. In my opinion, this topic needs to be dropped because it's just toxic for RaNia.

I'm getting hella bored with these basic dresses and hideous taupe boots. If you pay attention to their first performance, Alex does a move where she lets her jacket slide off of her shoulders and then pops it back on. In every performance after that, not only does Alex continue to do this move (even without a jacket on), but so do all of the other girls. So where the heck are the jacket outfits at!? It's like watching Girls' Day perform Expectation without suspenders on: Basic.

Well, you can clearly see the gaps and unevenness in the choreo after she leaves, so that looks to be the case.

T-ae and Xia always slayed their vocals, even before Jooyi left. Hyeme hasn't even improved much if the two live stages are anything to go by. I'm not hating, since she's my current bias (but Ttabo is coming for her gig), but let's be real....she needs some work. The entire group does. Okay. Now. I have a question... If Jooyi, Di, T-ae, Xia and Sharon actually become a group (pleasegodyes)...would you guys continue you to follow BP Rania? I had this discussion with a few friends earlier today and all but one said that they would not. So now I'm curious!

Nah, Jooyi's too busy making herself a new group with DTX and Sharon. To everyone saying that this group needs a vocal powerhouse, unless she also happens to be the tallest member with the prettiest face etc., they'll just shade her like they did Jooyi. Remember how in pretty much every old RaNia track Jooyi would sing like 80% of the song and the other members would just lipsync over her vocals? Or they did sing live, but on the album the song was basically a Jooyi solo? Any vocal powerhouse with half of a brain would seek out a different company to join. Now. Onto their second performance... Zi.U doesn't even try to hide the fact that she's lipsyncing. Like, she'll just stop mouthing words mid-verse to smile at the camera or do hair flips. Like, girl.. I really need to see a live performance that isn't cut, it ruins the entire song since Alex's rap starts to abruptly, there's just no flow. Sigh...I won't complain too much more, but damn.

Ela8te haven't been listed on Enterhama's site for a while now, so are they even Ela8te anymore? I'm praying that Jooyi and Sharon hooked up with DTX to debut as a new group. All that talent and training can't go to waste, it'd be such a shame..

Oh my god, there's hope!!

Hyeme and Zi.U disappointed me so bad. Their vocals SLAY on the track, but they were mediocre live and they lipsynched all of their strong notes. Jieun's voice isn't as strong or stable as it sounded on the track, which was also a bit of a letdown. Saem/YinA, like before when she was with RaNia, is kind of useless. Her vocals are forgettable and she has zero stage presence. Now we get to Youmin. She NEEDS to be the group's face because she is stunning and knows how to bewitch the camera, also, she had the loudest voice....which is saying something. With some proper training, she might actually become the group's strongest member. My eyes kept focusing on her, and I honestly didn't expect ANYTHING from her at all. Another surprise was Ttabo. She had the most stage presence and seemed the most well-trained, she killed it. It's just a shame that she doesn't really know Korean because, like Alex, DRM is just using her to gain a fanbase in a different country so she'll likely never get the focus she deserves. Speaking of Alex... She's going to leave the group. I can already see it. I don't think she was prepared for how rabid Kpop fans are, and she probably wasn't expecting DRM to be so shady. I feel like it's so easy for people to blame her for everything, but in reality, it's probably DRM's fault for it all. I mean, look at their track record. At this point, I just need DTX to snatch up Jooyi and Riko and redebut under another label... RaNia was great, but I'm not sure if BP Rania is for me..

So, if they filmed parts of the MV way back in August/September/whenever Alex was injured, that still doesn't explain why she had no close ups or was in any non-dancing group shots until the very end of the video. Remember when Di hurt her leg during the filming of UP's MV? You couldn't even tell! She was like the main feature in that video, since she popped up EVERYWHERE. They even used a body double for the dance scenes and used strategically-placed lens flares to obscure her face. There was a dancer for Demonstrate that pretty much had the same hair as Alex, so really they could've done the same thing. I just don't get it. Anyway, Hyeme and Seulji SLAYED this comeback. Getting to actually hear what their voices have to offer makes me really wish DTX didn't leave the group. Could you guys imagine? T-ae, Di, Xia, Hyeme, Seulji, Alex....and Saem. I would've died. The vocal lineup there was so strong. These 3 new members aren't doing anything for me, to be honest (Jieun's voice is great, though)....which sucks because I took to Seulji and Hyeme (and to a lesser extent, Alex) pretty much instantly. Ugh. Still can't get over Hyeme and Seulji's vocals, they're so good and different from the sound of most other girl groups. ...Demonstrate was still better, though. I don't think that and Pop Pop Pop will ever be topped for me.

Apparently Alex wasn't in the choreography parts because of a back injury?

Wow, so Enter Hama already has the girls hooked up with one of China's biggest agencies. They'll be promoting over there from June to December, and in the meantime, a reality show will air for we international and Korean fans to enjoy. Apparently they've all been studying Chinese, so I wonder if they're debut will be Chinese material...? Either way, it sounds like this agency is serious about promoting DTX (screw Ela8te, lmao), I just hope the group's sound is something similar to Demonstrate. DR might have been crap with promotions, but they always picked great songs. Anyway, I'm excited and hope DTX finally get some shine. http://seoulwave.com/ela8te-signs-taobao-promotion-china/