&AUDITION Ep 3 (Patreon)

Some of the comments on the performances rubbed me the wrong way lol, just as a warning. 

It could be that I'm just a big softie, but as someone who's worked with teens around their age (excluding K and Fuma of course) and choreographed for them/critiqued their performances AND as someone who's passionate about music and performance (and someone who's on the spectrum but not too much on that lmao-), I feel REALLY strongly about feedback/critique being as productive and fair as possible. I get where they come from 9/10 times because the public will be harsher, but I still think that there's a way to critique trainees in a way that doesn't demoralize them or have them too much in their own heads to improve. There's definitely a time for tough love, just because of the nature of being an entertainer, but I HATE it when mentors on these shows say that trainees are not working hard enough/serious enough when there's an element that goes wrong that's completely out of their control, like a member not being able to perform. Like, critique the performance, not the mindset? 

Either way though, their feedback was still better than most, imo. 

Also me and Soma are so similar in certain ways that it's kinda wild, honestly.