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SM had a history of making subunits of different groups like sm the ballad or YOUNIQUE( dancers of SM)/ general SMTOWN collabs but SUPER M being marketed that way and for an American audience just made everything super cringy like if they had stuck with the fun vibes even with jopping it wouldnt feel as icky as it did

on favouritism with sm and exo i just think they were betting on popularity and also the members that were available and standom but i do think bbh had a lot of opportunities with SM so i just cant fathom what he was thinking making deals with them like this, i truly think this was. a blind leading the blind moment for him and cbx as a whole.

First of all, he's getting the most lines out of the 3 main vocals even though he is not the best and his and ksoo's vocal tones are not very different. Not to mention the Obsession era. The line distribution was horrible despite only 6 members participating in the comeback and all of them being perfectly capable of signing.

Then you have him getting more screen time than the visuals, center time in chores even though he's not part of the dance line and Kai is the center.

Out of all of them, he starts songs the most+ killer parts. And are we going to lie when it comes to his styling? He got some of the best, once again, despite not being one of the 4 official visuals.

Out of all their solo work, his was decently promoted. And he got to debut in Japan.

And let's talk cbx as a subunit in general. It didn't make sense for multiple reasons.

I mean, 2 main vocals and xiumin who's not really part of any line. Like yeah, he can sing, dance and rap, but he's not a main or lead in any of them. Why only 2 main vocals? Why not add Ksoo to the line up? He can rap and is a good dancer.

Another thing, none of the members speaks Japanese, and they promoted in Japan and had Japanese albums. Like???

And I'm going to be a little mean here, but why debut Bh with the least popular members? What was the point here. Why was cbx a thing? I have only one answer and that is to promote BBH. Like cmon, he got to be visual and center in the subunit and the most lines, despite once again, not being the best of out of them.

And then ofc your have SuperM. Why didn't SM debut them earlier so Chen can be a part of it, if it was about talent. Why didn't they debut later so Ksoo can be a part of it. Why BBH.

Why didn't SM debut SKY as a subunit since they were the most popular members? Hell, back in 2016, when cbx debuted, Chanyeol was the most followed Korean celebrity. Why not promote the most popular members who can also speak Japanese and Chinese.

SM wanted and tried to make Bh the break out star, his company was supposed to be under them. They thought he was marketable and probably wanted him to stay with them like Taeyeon or something. Idk what SM wanted from him, but they surely inflated his ego A LOT.

will be watching but all in all i think CBX is just generally screwed both in a reputation and financial sense but ik outside korea exols try to make this as one sided as possible or blame EXO for just not speaking about them but like this situation is more than "exo are cowards for acting like cbx doesnt exist" if you were in the shoes of OT6 who have been fucked over by members constantly leaving ( for fair reasons) only for 3 to screw you over for years over NOTHING and having actual fraud and things involving financial issues involving your money ( the contract viewing 3rd party thing) i wouldnt say anything either and the funny thing is WHY on god's name are y'all pressuring ex6 to say anything when this is cbx's entire problem , they refuse to say anything pretending everything is fine while their own funds and company is imploding rn

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