i-dle Soyeon (Jeon Soyeon) conveyed the unique charm of "Hip Pop Princess," different from "Unpretty Rapstar."
On the 15th morning at the Elliena Hotel in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Mnet held a press conference for its new survival show "Unpretty Rapstar: Hip Pop Princess." The production team and main producers i-dle Soyeon (Jeon Soyeon), Gaeko, Riehata, and Iwata Takanori attended the press conference and spoke.
"Unpretty Rapstar: Hip Pop Princess" is Mnet's new Korea-Japan joint project to create a hip-hop girl group. Participants with distinct identities in hip-hop, K-pop and J-pop gather to directly participate in all processes including music, choreography, styling and video production, aiming to create a new global hip-hop girl group.
Jeon Soyeon, who had participated as a producer on idol auditions such as "At Home After School" and "Boy Fantasy," when asked about the evaluation criteria on "Hip Pop Princess," explained, "This is not actually the first time I've judged an audition program. I used to emphasize charm or star quality a lot. But this program, unlike existing audition programs, comes with the title 'Unpretty Rapstar' in front of it, so I keep telling the contestants that it's all about skill. Appearance and such are also very important, but I keep saying that in this program skill should be the top priority."
About the unique charm of "Hip Pop Princess," she emphasized, "Compared with the existing 'Unpretty Rapstar,' the program itself feels quite different, but it's better to see the character as similar. Unlike audition programs that are moving, soft, pretty and filtered, this is closer in color palette, clothing style and rapping method to Unpretty Rapstar. In idol audition programs there is usually a rapper position in the group. These contestants can all make and create. That's what makes it different from other programs and close to Unpretty Rapstar."
Meanwhile, "Unpretty Rapstar: Hip Pop Princess" will premiere on the 16th at 9:50 p.m.
[Photo] OSEN reporter Lee Dae-seon
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