K.Will, Monsta X‘s Shownu, Uso’s Yoo Yeon-jung, giving sincere advice... ‘New Kids’ trainers in action

With the large-scale global project ‘Debut Plan’, which contains the debut process of Starship‘s new boy group, underway, attention is also focused on the activities of the trainers who are leading the explosive growth of New Kids.

In the first episode released on the 17th through the ‘New Kids on the Starship’ YouTube channel, the first plan that must be completed to become the New Kids 7 who receive powerful benefits was revealed. In the evaluation shown through the plan, New Kids received great praise from a key Starship official who said, “It’s like they‘ve debuted.” Behind the explosive growth of New Kids was the training of Starship hitmakers.

K.Will, the ‘luxury voice’, who appeared as a special trainer, showed off his outstanding presence with solid advice from his many years of experience and detailed customized training. In particular, he showed his wide and warm embrace to the beginners who have just started to realize their dreams and have relatively little training experience, and he took the center of the program with a big ‘big brother smile’. He brought out the potential of the New Kids who lacked vocalization and singing ability with pinpoint vocal training.

Monsta X’s Shownu appeared as a special trainer who showed a youthful sense and trendy sensibility, as befitting a ‘trustworthy performer’. He breathed life into the program with comfortable training that matched the level of the New Kids, who were divided by their trainee period from beginner to senior. He encouraged the New Kids with great skills, saying, “I think you can grow into good artists”, and made them look forward to the future. He also showed tiki-taka with trainer Choi Young-jun, who was a dance trainer, and melted into the right place at the right time, making K-pop fans go wild.

WJSN‘s Yoo Yeon-jung is a talented vocalist who is well-known for her clear and appealing vocals, and is responsible for the voice and charm of the New Kids. From beginners to seniors, she is showing off her warm older sister charm with training that appropriately uses both carrots and sticks while checking their ability to digest the theme song ‘ImPerfect’. Sometimes, she even makes a cool-headed diagnosis, saying, “But isn’t that team better?”, to bring out their potential skills and discouraged atmosphere. She left a strong impression by generously sharing her vocal know-how, from tips on keeping the beat to vocalization skills.

Meanwhile, on the 21st (Friday) episode 2 of ‘Debut Plan’, which will be released at 9:30 PM, the ‘New Kids 7’ members will be revealed based on the ‘Vocal Position Evaluation’ out of the ‘Strength Position Evaluation’, so you can also check out the rankings by position and New Kids ranking. Along with this, the second plan, ‘Weakness Position Evaluation (WEAKNESS)’, will begin and the New Kids‘ painstaking efforts and dazzling journey to turn weaknesses into strengths will unfold.

The first round of voting will be held on the official website until 10 a.m. on April 3. You can vote once a day and vote for a total of 7 New Kids every day.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com

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