I always wonder why the company removed him as a visual and decided not to promote him at all...

[SLY]

NOTE: To those who think positions are trivial, please do not interact.

I've been writing Jibeom threads a lot and this is not an exception. Of course when it comes to Golden Child visuals, it's Bomin who's most recognized. Not only is Bomin the visual and center of the group, he's also the most popular member for his previous acting works and MC-ing. Aside from Bomin, another member that Woollim promotes is Jaehyun who also did some acting. However, among the Golden Child fandom, there's another visual member: Jibeom.

Golden Child members, variety shows, and their appearances on shows all say that Jibeom is a Golcha visual yet the only Golden Child visuals Woollim ever officially promotes are Bomin and Jaehyun making Jibeom somewhat a Woollim unofficial-everything official visual.

It has been revealed by Joochan that Jibeom was originally part of the visual line but he can sing so he's a no-go. But fans already know that man's REALLY handsome. Now from this point forward, I don't mean to be mean to Jaehyun who I also really really love but I'll speak from my observation. I dived into Korean forum sites (instiz, theqoo, and pann) and most of the responses about Golden Child's most handsome member are Bomin and Jibeom. There were lots of comments that say "The company is pushing Bomin and Jaehyun but Jibeom too".

Here are some screenshots of Jibeom on 1theK's special clip of Golcha performing DDARA. Take note that the photos below are taken while man's in motion.

I mean, isn't he super gorgeous?! Every fan knows it.

Another interesting fact about Jibeom among the fandom is that in Golden Child's Twitter account, the most retweeted tweets for August and for September are his selcas. He's always among the members who get the most hearts and rts on Twitter and even more than Bomin. When Golden Child posted the teasers for DDARA, it's Jibeom's photos that have the most hearts and rts too.

So we already established that Jibeom's handsome, fans think he's handsome, and he's also popular.... but Woollim does him NOTHING.

Always in the back of formations. If not in the back, he's always in the edge. Even in his own line's, he's barely ever at the center of the choreography. He's NEVER put at the center of ANY concept photo. All that he used to have are singing lines as the lead vocal but now, even the main dancer who is a sub-vocalist gets more lines than him. Was originally a "visual" until the company was like "nah".

I swear, if there's anything Woollim is really great at aside from messing up is not listening to fans. This may sound biased and it is but I swear, Jibeom deserves way better. I love every single Golden Child member and Woollim wronged every single one of them one way or another but I feel it the most towards Jibeom (and Daeyeol). The video below is my motivation to write this thread, look at him, he's STUNNING.

 

TLDR fuck woollim

Edited October 11, 2021 by SLY

[pinkpanda_spirit]

I also don't get it. They could have promoted him as the visual who can sing falwlessly but they chose to ignore him 

[Nev Schulman]

Well he's now the visual after Bomin's botched nose job (why did he touch it...)

[is it just me]

From some angles he looks like a better looking Park Kyung

[Kimi]

I feel like Woollim's pushing him a bit more this comeback though? He gets more shows (so glad he was part of All Day harmony version) and stuff... I don't really keep track or remember what shows each member does but I see him more these days, even in Ddara's MV. But I don't count screentime and all that stuff, it just seems like I see him more.  So I hope they're finally seeing how valuable Jibeom is and will get him more exposure. Official visual member or not doesn't matter that much to me but he should be put out there more. He is definitely a very very competent (and handsome) vocal member. 

Edited October 11, 2021 by Kimi

[SLY]

41 minutes ago, Kimi said:

I feel like Woollim's pushing him a bit more this comeback though? He gets more shows (so glad he was part of All Day harmony version) and stuff... I don't really keep track or remember what shows each member does but I see him more these days, even in Ddara's MV. But I don't count screentime and all that stuff, it just seems like I see him more.  So I hope they're finally seeing how valuable Jibeom is and will get him more exposure. Official visual member or not doesn't matter that much to me but he should be put out there more. He is definitely a very very competent (and handsome) vocal member. 

Nah, still the same. Jibeom wasn't totally ignored. Just like everyone else, he's just not given the opportunities. He's part of the All Day show (I think it's The Playlist) because he's the next-in-line when it comes to vocals. Jibeom is prolly considered the unofficial third main vocal.

 I think Jibeom just has bigger presence today as a result of his improvement. On OT10 shows, he has the role to be funny so he's getting more screentime for those but it's because he's... funny. Not spoonfed but earned.

But I do understand you, Jibeom became more popular this year among the fandom but I doubt he's being "pushed" more.

Edited October 11, 2021 by SLY

[SLY]

2 hours ago, is it just me said:

From some angles he looks like a better looking Park Kyung

He's got a lot of "lookalikes" but I think the most resemblant is Ha Seokjin..

 

Edited October 11, 2021 by SLY

[Hunter]

He's cute and some companies are really shitty at realizing the potential of some members.

Someone is always oversaturated and marketed vs. the others.