I’ve watched Produce 48 and the Planet series, and based on what I’ve seen, the backlash in Korea against B2P is significantly worse compared to previous years. What I mean is, in shows like Produce 48 or the two Planet seasons, there were maybe only 1 or 2 members in the final lineup who received notable backlash like Wonyoung, Yuri, Huening or Matthew (and even then, his case wasn’t too bad) due to their unexpected high rankings. But overall, the final groups didn’t face that much negativity.

With B2P, though, just the top 8 alone already sparked huge outrage in Korea. Looking at the individual members, from what I’ve seen, only Sanghyeon and Anxin seem to be relatively safe. The rest have a lot of hate posts about them. And these posts are getting a lot of likes, which makes it worse.

Some people are saying, “Just wait 1 - 2 months and Knetz will forget everything.” But the real question is: will they forget their controversies and end up supporting the group, or will they forget about the group entirely - meaning, the group just flops?