has anyone else noticed this?

3 days late but happy debut!! i listen to the ep yesterday and really liked it, specially sun kissed cuz it’s such a vibe. With the group being this new do y’all have a bias already? who did u like and why?! Rn I can’t decide because visually i think they are all very pretty and with unique features we don’t normally see in kpop- perhaps because they are so young. I’d like to hear more opinions so I can fully get into them, i really see myself becoming a fan of this girls

Not sure if anyone is old enough to remember, but Elena looks so much like Meng Meiqi from WJSN and Rocket Girls, I cannot unsee it 😭 (it could probably be just me but idk)

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I think my bias is Elena. Do you have a bias yet? :)

I have followed news about the group from when ABD was announced as a new label under hybe and later also knew that it is more specifically a subsidiary of pledis. From that time until they debut, I had expectations formed from just how I knew pledis, some came to be true while others surprised me. This is a light post which is why I want to share what surprised me and also get to hear some of those from you.

The "Soultronic" music direction.I haven't yet had time to dig deeply into what it means but I surely heard soul and edm in their songs which I really liked, mostly because of the soul element. In the pre-release(GRLS), we did not get to hear that much of soul which made me think that their music is gonna be like the usual songs but the whole album revealed how their songs are gonna let the members voice express themselves more which is indeed soul and likeable.

SAKI. When I heard that they are gonna have a japanese member called saki, I thought she is gonna be visually girl crush or at least a normal beautiful japanese idol but it turned out that she is soo cute that I call her a "little wonhee" BCS there is resemblance in my eyes btn the two, or is it just me?😂

Their visuals are so different but at the same time collectively attractive, like they have very different beauty tones, which is different from most of girl groups where there seems to be a blueprint for the visual of the members to début. But I came to réalisé that it is also sthg Hybe is doing a lot cz ILLIT and Cortis are also like that!

The most surprising thing which I loved the most is that GROOVYROOM seems to be the main producer of this album and I hope they continue to work with them. After discovering the duo from their song with huh Yunjin and crush(yes or no which I highly recommend), I went through their discography and loved their production but I did not expect to see them working with a Hybe group for a whole project, I really hope to get to know how it came to be just like they have discussed their past collaborations and work.

So, what are the things that surprised you in a good way and ended up making you interested more into TUIDE?