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Goodbye Netflix, it was a good ten years but the high seas are calling : australian
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[MEGATHREAD] Ten (NCT/WayV) - "TEN"
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This is the designated megathread for all discussions and reactions to Ten's first mini album, "TEN". Please remember to remain civil and respectful, and to report any rule-breaking comments! Thank you!
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I didn't know much about Ten until now, but I'm loving this whole mini album and the concept around it . A new fan here.
who else was disappointed with ten's debut album?
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prefacing this with I've had ten as a bias since 7th sense. I also really enjoyed dream in a dream and paint me naked. not a huge fan of new heroes or low low but they aren't bad imo. Since superm came out, ten has been put in the same conversation as kai and taemin (also my biases) so I had big expectations for his album. I definitely saw the similarities and was expecting something on a similar level. It doesn't help that Kai came swinging out the gate with a classic so my standards for a debut album from SM are sky high now. One of the things I really enjoy about Kai and Taemin's music is that they both have a very strong identity and can produce music that has major cross appeal. I was so hyped when Ten's album was announced only to end up whelmed. It wasn't bad by any means but it definitely fell short of my expectations. It reminded me more so of Key where the visuals are amazing but the music is a bit more niche, definitely has its audience but isn't as widespread as his group members. As the years go by, I find myself basing my biases more so on how i feel about their personal music projects now that it's more common and I'm just trying to come to terms with the fact ten and I might be on the same musical wavelength.
Anyone else not LOVE the album?
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Ten Mistreatment: What is Going On?
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I keep seeing people (mainly Twitter) saying Ten is being mistreated with his solo from SM and people sent protest trucks to the company.
What is actually going on? I’ve been in K-pop spaces for awhile so I know how people can get..passionate, but is he actually being sabotaged or are people overreacting? A bit of both?
I don’t know, I see the promos ramping up as we get closer to the release date which I assume is part of the strategy to get more eyes on the project.
What are yall seeing or think?
Top Comment: AFAIK, people are not happy about: 1)Perceived lack of promo for his solo. 2)The album being scheduled for the same month as the NCT Wish debut and Taeyong's second solo. That in particular got fans very salty indeed. 10velys are very much on a hair trigger in terms of Ten's treatment by SM (not without reason, as it's generally been woeful), but those things seem to have pushed them over the edge.
The way SM mismanages Ten is infuriating
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Ten's solo debut was confirmed by SM earlier this month, and after a few weeks of fan speculation regarding his debut date and how it's going to play out alongside his fan concert tour, a magazine feature lead to accidental spoilers from an Instagram post that cited his album release date as February 13th. The magazine has since revised their post to "mid-February", and SM has not released an official statement, but fans generally ran with that date as his official debut date.
Cut to today, where SM releases an official announcement that another member is having a solo comeback for February 26th, which is after Ten's supposed debut date. Meanwhile Ten still does not have a confirmed release date, no teasers (despite only having less than 3 weeks until his supposed debut), no pre-order period, no schedule, no nothing. It's honestly baffling how his promotions are always, without fail, executed in ridiculously lackluster and almost non-existent ways.
I would usually try to credit this sort of mismanagement to SM's incompetence as a company, just for my own peace of mind, but seeing as how they are clearly able to execute other members' album rollouts with actual scheduled dates at the very least, I don't really know what else to say except to just call the discrimination for what it is. It's favoritism at best and xenophobia at its worst, and it's been a constant theme in the way Ten's been managed by SM since he debuted.
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Watching SM sidelining Ten and killing his momentum for the past 8+ years has been really disheartening. SM left him unitless for 3 years, right after he contributed so much to the brand and was making so much noise, they limited his exposure, limited his group activities and opportunities, had him on a hiatus and now this?
He‘a not even getting a fair chance to debut successfully... I have never seen SM do someone’s debut this dirty before. I said this on the NCT sub but I feel sorry for him, and I hope he will leave SM when the time comes. Better and bigger things will come his way hopefully
Ten (WayV / NCT) - Nightwalker
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Top Comment: The last instrumental only part/chorus is absolutely gorgeous. Feels like a taemin/key hybrid to me. Album is awesome. Shadow is lovely. Water and Dangerous are bombs too.
About Ten‘s solo
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So, it’s pretty much confirmed that Ten is having his solo beginning of 2024. Thaz is probably going to be a mini album and he is having a fancon.
So my questions, what do y‘all thing the mini is going to sound like, what concept/ genre is he going to do.
Ten has always talk about liking rnb music so maybe he is doing that. But I could also see him do other genres.
Because all of his solos until now have been all quite different.
- Birthday: his latest release. It was more sensual/ sexy and laid back
- paint me naked: definitely more upbeat and „happy“ sounding and like pop pop punk directions.
- new heroes: dance/ electronic kind of sound. And I’d say the least „sexy“ song out of his solos
- dream in a dream: for me more like an interlude that a complete song, as he is only singing a chorus and it has no proper verses.
So all his solos are quite different to each other, expect that they are all kind of dance focused. So I’m curious what direction his mini is going after. I know a lot of fans like the more sensual sexy type of songs from ten but I’m not sure if he is going that way.
I‘m also curious about the comparison to like Taemin and Kai as these are the soloist I’d hear he gets compared to the most as all are very dance focused and have that sensual type of image. But I’m hoping he gets to create his own land and sound now with this album.
So yeah, what’s your opinion on all this what do y’all think his album is going to be like in terms of genre/ concept/...
Top Comment: Ten hinted the word 'kiss' as mentioned in the comments and the fact that it may release in jan-feb (valentine's day) .I'm not sure about the genre but I think it might be a love/romantic song. I'm predicting partner dance, acting and tens own artistry. End of the day ten has also done alot of genres and I know it will be unexpected. Ten loves to shock his fans and his solo will be 100% ten
Is there a reason Ten didn’t debut with 127?
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I’ve been listening to NCT since 2018 but I only started to fully stan them since 2022. Can someone explain why Ten was never put into 127? He’s included in a lot of group activities (i.e Taeyong/Jaehyun enlistment send off) more than a lot of other members from different subunits. Is there lore behind this decision? Wayv is my ult unit but I have always been surprised that Ten didn’t debut much earlier in a fixed unit.
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thoughts on Ten? : r/fantanoforever
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Ten's 2nd Mini Album Discussion Thread : r/ten1001
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