Ngl a part of me sort of just worries a little bit when I hear stories of idols ending up debuting in groups with idols they were fans of growing up.
Like yeah to an extent it’s sweet. But like another big part of me is just, what happens when that idol is NOTHING like they appear on screen. There’s a famous saying “never meet your idols” and yknow… it’s because celebrities play a role, they’re doing a job. No one acts the same at work as they do at home. I can’t imagine how devastating it would be to be a fan of someone and then you meet them you debut alongside them you think you’re living your dream and then they end up not being like you expected. Wouldn’t that just take away all the happy memories…? Then ofc there’s the other perspective where like imagine how awkward it would be to be an idol in a group with someone who idolises you?? Like I’d feel so much pressure and it would also probably make me feel distant from them because there’s already an established idol-fan dynamic. Idk that’s just something I can’t help but think about. It doesn’t even happen very often, and a lot of the time when it does it’s more of a “oh I saw them competing on this show when I was younger and now we’re in a group how ironic" and it's not like it was a superfan situation