‘What do you do when you play’, 5 million won debut packaged with donations

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The project group One Top and JuJu Secret of MBC's entertainment show 'What Do You Do When You Hang Out?' decided to continue their activities in the future after being 'chosen' by viewers. In fact, through a paid voting system, only the fans who support them are 'set' to make their choice, and then interpreted as the will of the public, which is 'blind-faced and silent.' This is why there is no support and applause for the 5 million won group that left the decision to the viewers and 'packaged' it nicely with donations.

'What Do You Do When You Play' confirmed the future activities of Dingcheo Entertainment's boy group One Top (JS (Yoo Jae-seok), Haha, Lee Yi-kyung, Jo Se-ho, Yang Se-hyung, Hwang Kwang-hee, Yoo Byeong-jae) and girl group Juju Secret (Park Jin-joo, Mi-joo Lee). This is through real-time ARS text voting conducted during this broadcast. The paid method of voting was chosen, requiring an information usage fee of 100 won.

And then, 'What do you do when you play?' The side explained, “We plan to donate the same amount to repay the generous support.” Yoo Jae-seok also actively encouraged voting participation. The result was 'GO'. The total number of votes was 51,240, of which 'GO' received 45,027 votes, or 87%. STOP was counted with 6,213 votes.

However, this situation was an expected result. Most of the votes are from fans who love the program. In a vote that chooses not 'who' to elect but 'activity' itself, of course there is no choice but to select 'GO'. It is not easy for a person who is dissatisfied with entertainment activities to press 'STOP' while paying a paid information usage fee. If you don't see it, it's okay.

The problem is the production team's behavior of throwing out entertainment projects and leaving the choice and responsibility to the viewers. This project had a lot of noise from the beginning. Only comedians Jeong Jun-ha and Shin Bong-seon were excluded from the project group and their parts were lost, sparking controversy over member discrimination, and Nam Chang-hee suddenly left the show after appearing on a variety show at the same time.

Due to repeated music projects, the sound recording performance was not as good as before. 'Top 100 Ears' Yoo Jae-seok's 'I'm Afraid of the Night' by JuJu Secret, which brought to life an unreleased song stored on his phone, is ranked 17th on Melon's daily music chart as of the 7th. It ranked 19th on the weekly chart. This is a disappointing result compared to previous songs by MSG Wannabe and WSG Wannabe that entered the top 10.

The group was created, but the response was not good, so the production team decided to decide whether or not to continue activities through voting. They may have wanted to show that their project led to meaningful results by receiving an approval result, but in the end, it was just a shallow tactic to shift responsibility to the viewers.

The money earned from voting was approximately 5.1 million won. Among them, 600,000 won is the amount paid by those who wanted to 'STOP' the entertainment project. One Top and JuJu Secret continued their debut with a relatively ‘cheap’ amount of 5 million won. However, it is unclear when they will be active again. Following Yoo Jae-seok's words, "If I become GO, I will not continue immediately, but will return at an appropriate time," they announced a comeback after reorganization.

What is more urgent than a comeback is to change the minds of the public who have turned away from the repetitive format of 'Hangout' and the lack of directing ability. However, 'What Do You Do When You Play' will once again hold a 'National Snack Showdown' on the 8th. As Mokpo Jjondeugi garnered attention through the 'Nolmum Restoration Center', the scope was expanded nationwide as if they had been waiting for it. It is time to deepen the question of ‘What do you do when you play?’, which is causing many people to say that they are bored even before watching it.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr