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(Written February 25, 2025)
Welcome back! While we wait for the second season of Boys Planet later this year, let’s revisit the 10-member boy band Treasure. I recapped Shining Solo last year, and after posting it on Tumblr, I got some great feedback from the group’s fans.
For example, I thought it was confusing that both Jihoon and Hyun Suk said they were leaders, but it turns out they were both right. The group has two leaders as a time, which makes sense in a group that large, and now in 2025, Junkyu and Asahi are the leaders.
Tumblr user aplateoflasagna
had interesting background info:
I think i can explain the difference in both groups’
interactions with the girls. When Treasure heard that they would be filming a
dating show, Jihoon was very much against it because he knew fans would hate it
(and he was right, Korean and Chinese fans hated the show before the first
episode even aired and some left the fandom). Their company went through with
it anyway. (No judgment, jealous fans shouldn't get to dictate idols’ lives).
I bet Group 1 was heavily influenced by Jihoon's opposition to the show +
they didn't want to do anything to upset the fans, so they kept their distance
because being too forward can lose you fans (+ how awkward to be on a dating
show you do not want to be on, being filmed by 10 cameras at once :/ ) In the
behind-the-scenes episodes though (10 short eps, 1 for each member) the mood is
much more relaxed/more fun.
Also they were indeed instructed not to talk about themselves or ask about the girls before the official introductions. That's why Group 1 talked about the weather and plants LMAO. Thankfully Group 2 didn't follow the rules of the production team.
That explains a LOT. And it's why I love Tumblr. I get great feedback and behind-the-scenes
information from the fans. And thanks to
their comments, I want to go back and watch Treasure’s origin story, YG
Treasure Box.
We’ll be watching 10 episodes that aired from November 2018 to January 2019 on South Korean’s Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company, or JTBC. We’re starting with 29 trainees, and it will be quite interesting to see who emerges from the show victorious, as I already know that one member, Bang Yedam, wound up leaving the group. Also, the web site Kpop Wiki has a section about this show called “Aftermath,” so I’m anticipating total chaos.
I’m looking forward to watching this and hopefully getting more behind the scenes details from Tumblr readers. I’m also curious about what YG Entertainment is going to put these trainees through. They seem like a particularly cruel company, considering they were willing to shove the resulting band into Shining Solo, so I won’t be surprised if YG Treasure Box makes one of the missions a competitive chain-smoking contest and then has the contestants insult the fans right to their faces. Like I’ve said many times in these recaps, trainees will do whatever it takes to debut.
Onward, Teume! Let’s do this.
Episode 1: Well, I can’t say I wasn’t warned.
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