ROAD TO KINGDOM - EPISODE 2 REACTION [FULL AUDIO/VISUALS]

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All of the performances for this round were really amazing! My personal favorites were Golden Child, ONF and The Boyz (you'll see why in the next ep~)

The Seventeen song you guys asked about is Clap. It’s such a good song! And you were correct, Wonho was part of Monsta X until last year. I can’t wait for next week’s episode, but it is an emotional roller coaster ride of an episode, so be prepared.

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Maaan what a mad episode. Things are getting serious now and everyone is putting their all into these performances. ONF was the standout to me too. They closed the episode with a bang, it was perfect bruh. I’ll talk more about them in the end. Gonna leave my thoughts on each group: ONEUS- so so nerve wrecking to go first, but they absolutely delivered. They did a fantastic job with storytelling and the song was great, but in comparison to the other groups, it does lag behind a bit so I do think the song choice worked a little bit against them. They could’ve used a better song that portrayed more of their vocals because if there’s anything I would critique, it’s that I wish there was a bit more vocal flex lol. A wonderful performance nonetheless. And the backups dancers with the flips and stunts, that was a nice touch to spice up the performance. TOO- This one had me shooketh. Everything was so on point from the formations, to the choreography, to the vocals. It was such a clean performance. Rising Sun is so powerful and TOO had a lot of dynamic changes in the arrangement which was really good. Super rookies indeed, shoutout to Chan the man. The solar dance was so sick, that was amazing performance bouncing back after placing last. They have so much potential. Verivery- alright I’m pretty annoyed at this, and this is to no fault to Verivery, but MNET really did them dirty with the camerawork here. There was a crucial dance break that showed off their synchronization and they have been building up the hype for it but the camerawork totally screwed it up. If the group’s formation is in a line, why in the world would you do a panning shot? They should’ve done a full front shot to actually capture the whole line. This performance could’ve definitely been shot better in a lot of parts, but let’s focus on the boys now. About the song arrangement, they left the main hook until the very end, which was an interesting choice because by doing so they’ve been building it up throughout the whole song for that very last moment, the actual “mansae” part. And this is a cute, bright concept. Unfortunately tho, I don’t think cute concepts do very well in competitions, just in general. I find it pretty hard for it to leave an impression because it kind of lacks the tricks. If you’re gonna go in that direction you really have to be super creative to match up to the intensity of the more darker concepts. And that’s what I think was lacking in Verivery’s performance. Execution was definitely on point, it’s just it’ll be hard to win the round with a performance like that especially if you’re up against the others that bring so much power in their performance. Golden Child- that was a smart move going the contemporary route, which is totally different than what the others are doing. Done correctly, it’ll leave a different impression and I think will be remembered more. One word, ethereal. What a beautiful performance, and the vocals are really highlighted. It’s so funny seeing Bomin here (the guy with the deep voice), cuz he’s friends with Hyunjin and they’ve done a few stages together (The Psycho performance that you guys gotta see). Yo the guy who did the fan kick, omg that was so beautiful. I love seeing idols do contemporary because it’s so different than idol-type dances and it’s not incorporated much into their choreography, which is kinda sad because I think it brings so much taste in the performance. They were so on point here, I loved it. ONF- BRUH. That was a SOLID performance. I think you guys practically said it all lol. Everything was so perfect from the arrangement, to the choreography, to the vocals. They weren’t just flexing their vocals I see, Wyatt is wild lol. Oh and krumping is a type of street dance, known to be very raw and free and expressive, which really fit his concept. (Side note, Everybody is such a bop y’all should check it out sometimes😆) That was such an interesting take on the song, so creative going with a darker tone since Everybody is so bright. Execution was *chef’s kiss* Yeah they killed that, that’s all I gotta say😂 It was a flawless stage. I have to give praise to ONF’s vocals too because they really are on another level. And now we have Pentagon and The Boyz left. All I’ll say is, prepare your hearts for next episode cuz you are in for a ride. They did y’all so dirty with that preview lol. I won’t say anything about it, we’ll just see what happens next week. I’m so excited for you to see the rest of the performances.

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