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Boys Planet Episode 3-4 Recaps: Love Me Right

If you’re following the MNET show Boys Planet, you probably know by now that the editors are extremely irritating. For a song “mission” like this, they show 2-3 minute montages of some of the teams practicing, then fast forward to show time passing, then make it look like the performance will start any moment, and then have a lengthy flashback before we finally get to see the performance.

So, I made a main recap that takes you through episodes 3 and 4 in a linear way, but then when it comes to focusing on each team, I’ll put all those thoughts in a separate post so you can keep the storylines straight. This post covers the Love Me Right teams’ rehearsal and performance.

The Teams

K team:

Leader: Lee Hoe Taek (Hui),

Other members: Han Seo Bin, Kim Gyu Vin, Lee Jeong Hyeon, Lee Ye Dam, Oh Sung Min, Sung Han Bin

Most of these members you’ll recognize from the show already, but here’s a reminder:

Lee Hoe Taek is Hui. If you’re wondering, he’s 29 and has been ranked #6 in both episodes 2 and 3.

Han Seo Bin is 16, auditioned with Freak, fell from 4 stars to 3, and was ranked 70th and then 66th.

Kim Gyu Vin is 18, auditioned with Kick It, fell from 4 stars to 3, and was ranked 5th and then 4th.

Lee Jeong Hyeon is 20, auditioned with The Real, was 3 stars the whole time, and was ranked 35th and then 43rd.

Lee Ye Dam is 20, auditioned with Gambler, was 4 stars the whole time, and was ranked 45th and then 47th, which is a fucking crime because boy is pure talent.

Oh Sung Min is 21, auditioned with Bloom Bloom, rose from 2 stars to 3, was ranked 17th and then 24th. He’s a member of NINE.i and that might explain his high rank.

Sung Han Bin, the nation’s sweetheart, is 21 and has been ranked #1 this whole time.

G team:

Leader: Wumuti

Other members:

Dang Hong Hai, Anthonny, Haru, Haruto, Jay, Winnie

Wumuti is 23 and auditioned with UN Village. He was ranked 49 and then 51, and rose from 2 stars to 3. He’s Chinese

Dang Hong Hai is 19 and auditioned with View. He was ranked 25 and then 29, and rose from 2 stars to 3. He’s Thai.

Anthonny is 19 and auditioned (with Haruto) to Glitch Mode. He was ranked 8th and then 11th, and was 3 stars he whole time. He’s Japanese.

Haruto is 18 and auditioned with (with Anthonny) to Glitch Mode. He was ranked 39th and then 20th, and was 4 stars the whole time. He’s Japanese.

Haru is 17 and auditioned with Maniac. He was ranked 53rd and then 64th, and was 2 stars the whole time. He’s Japanese.

Jay is 21 and auditioned with Rush Hour. He was ranked 30th and then 8th, and has been 4 stars the whole time. He’s from the USA.

Winnie is 24 and auditioned with Kokobop. He was ranked 77th and then 73rd, and has been 1 star the whole time. He’s Thai, and is a member of NINE.i with other trainees on the show.

Team Selection:

Both of these were the first teams selected. Hui selected for K team, and Dang Hong Hai picked for G team.

I think Dang Hong Hai made a few weird choices -- why not grab Na Kamden, or anyone who Keita picked (especially Matthew, Keita himself, or Zhang Hao)? It feels like he picked people he liked as people or knew well, as opposed to the best trainees.

Episode 3, 1:24:59

Part Selection

As we begin, we learn that Haruto is considered the strongest rapper in G-section, and that apparently on the first day, Haruto and Lee Jeong Hyeon got into a rap battle over the #1 chair, and Jeong Hyeon won. From the clip we see, Haruto did really well actually, but they both did.

Naturally, they all want to go for the Killing Part, except Sung Hanbin who says, “Honestly I want to do it, but I did the killing part for the Signal Song.” He interviews that others might do better, and also, they deserve the chance to shine. Either he really is just that sweet, or he knows the real battle is for the world’s hearts, which he’s winning.

Mop-headed Kim Gyuvin, who I’m quite fond of, tries for the killing part first, and then the talented Lee Yedam tries -- and at 1:26:45 sings the song in its original key, suggesting that he has a very strong sense of pitch. (Seriously, go to about 45 seconds in to the video and listen to it back to back with Yedam -- he’s perfectly on key without any accompaniment.) Damn this boy can sing and dance, I can’t with him. He gets the killing part, and rightfully so.

Meanwhile, we see that Jay has been chosen for the Killing Part over on team G, and Wumuti gets chosen for main vocal.

Of course, K-team choose Hui to be their main vocal -- what kind of lunatics would NOT give it to one of the best vocalists in K-pop -- and that puts extra pressure on Wumuti. He talks about it with his team, and with Jay, and they agree that maybe Jay should be main vocal and Wumuti should take the Killing Part.

“Is it really ok?” … “Yes, really.”

Jay says the most important thing is that the team succeeds, and while he doesn’t say this, it’s obvious that Main Vocal will get him plenty of attention too. If he loses to Hui, it’s no big deal, but if he somehow beats Hui, or even comes in a close second, that would be a huge win.

Once Jay starts singing, Hui listens with happy interest -- Jay’s “pop” vibe (not a K-pop vibe, a pop vibe) inspires Hui to find his own vibe. I feel like that is how Hui goes through life. Like a car will honk its horn or a cat will meow at him and he’ll be like, “yeah, I like that sound…. How can I make that into a song??”

And now, we skip ahead to 2:27:55. The teams are backstage, getting a last minute pep talk from their leaders. Hui says, “Are you ready to have fun?” and they all say “yeah!” Wamuti lays the pressure on, saying, “All our weeks of practice come down to this moment.” Pretty heavy, dude. But he adds, “Let’s have fun regardless,” and I mean, yeah.

We see them coming up through their respective stupid tunnels:

… like they’re gladiators or something. This is silly.

And here they all are:

Looks like Seung Hanbin is the center now, because he’s wearing such a different outfit from the others…. Hmm.

Backstage, both G-team and K-team say that they think their team will win.

They each get to introduce themselves with their made up team names and stuff.

When it’s G-group’s turn, they give greetings in six different languages -- Anthonny says “good evening” in Tagalog, which is interesting!

Time to go to a flashback.

They’re in vocal rehearsal, and they have a special Rap Master sitting in to help these trainees prepare for an EXO song. Look, you guys know that I love EXO. They’re my ults. I adore them. They’re not really rappers. Like, I’m not so far gone as to think that Chanyeol is a great rapper. Bring the special rap master to the BTS song, or even the Blackpink song, but not here…?

Anyway. I admit I have no idea who Lil Boi is, and I don’t have the energy to find out.

G-group sings first, and obviously Jay is fantastic, and Haruto’s rapping is good -- I’m so glad, because I do like Haruto and don’t want him to embarrass himself with bad singing. Overall, their vocals sound good.

K-team goes second, and they also mostly sound good, but could just be cleaned up a bit. But the judges come down really hard on Lee Yedam and Hui. They say that K-team needs more teamwork, and think that Hui’s ad lib didn’t sound good, but I liked it. I really think this is some gaslighting shit.

Then they let the rappers go, Lee Jung Hyun and Haruto, and again, the judges prefer Haruto. I mean, they both sounded fine to me, but I’m not a Rap Master so what do I know.

Then they hear from the main vocals and give a useful note -- that Hui’s choice to do a different adlib from the original might throw people off. The Onestar tells Jay he might be a better vocalist than himself. All I know is that none of them is better than D.O. and that’s where my opinion ends. Jay has a lovely vocal color but isn’t nearly as well trained as Hui and I hear pitchiness that I don’t usually hear with Hui. It’s fine if people prefer Jay’s vocal color, which is great, and Jay is obviously trained too, and I think he’s also great. I just don’t know if I’d go so far as to paint him as like, the world’s best vocalist.

Anyway it’s time for the performance.

Overall, really good but not excellent.

I think they were all overdancing a little and it looked a tiny bit weird. Jay sounded perfect -- well, I think I heard a weird ad lib toward the end but that might not have been him -- but Wumuti and Anthonny were a little shaky in their vocals, and I thought they were all being too CYOOT. The hearts on the hands -- which got all smudgy with sweat and kind of didn’t work for me -- the overdramatic community theater faces, I don’t know, it didn’t fit the song for me.

See, Love Me Right is about confidence. It’s like, “You and me, baby, we’re going to fly up into the stars together, and we’re totally going to do it, and it’s going to be great, and you’re going to love it, and we’re going to like, orbit the moon with just the force of our love, so get over here and let’s go.” It’s not at all “I think you’re pretty, please tell me you like me as much as I like you!!” But that was the vibe they were giving.

Am I just being harsh because I love this song, and if Kai isn’t in the front being Kai at me I can’t love it? Maybe? I don’t know.

They were really good, you guys. But this wasn’t like with Keita’s team on Kill This Love where I watched it and thought, let me watch this again. This was like, “Oh, that was good -- good job, boys!” And then I was cool.

The MNET editing is kind, and we see a reaction shot from Hui almost every time that Jay opens his mouth, reminding us that Jay is really good. Jay is really good. I hope he debuts. I love good vocalists! I will also admit that something about Jay rubs me the wrong way and I don’t know why. I cannot explain it at all. I get this vibe like he’s really fake -- like he knows the personality that the people at home want to see, and he’s doing that. But I might be wrong about that, and anyway, personality doesn’t matter as much to me as talent does when it comes to whose singing I want to listen to. I don’t think I’d want to hang out with Chen from EXO, tbh -- he seems kind of serious and dour? -- but godDAMN do I love listening to that man SING. FUCK. I’m so lucky to live in a world with EXO in it. Sigh.

Of course, the reaction backstage from the trainees is over the top. Every G-group trainee was proud to count Jay on their team. The judges say that they all did well, which is like, I don’t know, I think some of the vocals were a little weak, but I don’t know, it’s an EXO song and my ear is used to perfection.

The show teases us that after that, the K-team will perform, but of course they won’t. We’ll have to wait until episode 4!

At 1:40:45 of Episode 4, we finally get back to Love Me Right.

We’re in vocal rehearsal, and the judges are coming down hard on Lee Yedam for not having quite enough “punch” to his vocals, or enough stage presence, or something.

After the big group evaluation, the forms from the other trainees indicate that Lee Yedam needs improvement, which surprises the other team members. He didn’t really mess up at all, but there was just something kind of missing from the performance for no real reason.

So Lee Yedam suggests that someone might do a better job with the killing part than he does, and they talk about it. Hui says he picked the members with this song in mind, and kind of pictured Seung Hanbin in the Killing Part. They decide to give the killing part to nation’s sweetheart Seung Hanbin, and I feel bad for Yedam but it probably is good for the team. There don’t seem to be any hard feelings for anyone.

Seung Hanbin also leads dance practice and does a really good job, explaining clearly, even little things like whether to spread fingers or keep them together. He interviews that he also likes to check in with his teammates and talk to them about how they’re doing. It’s like, he’s the real leader.”

Here he is, creating an accidental renaissance painting with mop-headed charmer Kim Gyu Vin.

Is anyone going to clean those windows, MNET?

Gyuvin worries that he can’t quite get the choreo down, even though he’s trying his best. Gyuvin is so grateful for Hanbin’s kindness that he wants to live with him to repay him.

Hanbin interviews, “Originally, my dream was to become a counselor and elementary school teacher. I think I’m able to live out that dream here.” And women across the world pass out in delight.

At dress rehearsal, Hui does an extra high ad lib, and it doesn’t sound great. The vocal teachers advise him to pull back a bit. Will he?

The performance:

It’s fucking perfect. I have nothing to say. I love this song and their performance is great. All of the vocals, all of the rapping, all the dancing, it’s all perfect. Seung Hanbin is perfect, Lee Yedam sings sweetly, they’re all perfect, Hui does amazingly, he throws his microphone around, it’s all great. I’d strongly recommend that you just watch the Youtube version because the MNET edit is intolerable.

The only thing of note is that Hui does not in fact do that one extra high ad lib but he ads another ridiculously high ad lib later on. My theory is that this other ad lib would have been new to the audience, so if he didn’t hit the notes he meant to hit, no one would know that it was a mistake.

This was the first time since Hui joined the show that I thought that going on it actually showed off his abilities.

I know I already said this but the MNET editing is INTOLERABLE. I can’t bear it. Now is as good at time as any to mention that this was fucking hilarious -- someone edited the real EXO performance of Love Me Right as if it were on Boys Planet and it was delightful.

The judges love the performance, and the other trainees basically can’t believe it.

I feel like Wumuti's face says it all.

The Results

The votes are in.

Main Vocal

K: Hui 161

G: Jay 66

Sub Vocal 1

K: Lee Yedam 13

G: Anthonny 32

Sub Vocal 2

K: *Sung Han Bin* 138

G: Dang Hong Hai 29

Subvocal 3

K: Oh Sung Min 82

G: Wumuti 32

Main Rapper

K: Han Seobin 17

G: Winnie 12

Sub Vocal 4

K: Kim Gyuvin 100

G: Haru 10

Sub Rapper K: Lee Jeong Hyeon 46

G: Haruto 25

K team wins, 557 to 206.

I’m bummed at Lee Yedam’s low votes -- he’s unlikely to ever be many people’s “one pick” but boy do I want that guy to debut. I hope he will.

On the G side, of course I feel bad for all of them. I’m too tender hearted to watch a show like this, I swear. Wumuti is obviously struggling to hold back tears, and others are full on crying. All these poor guys on the G-team who get ignored half the time.... I hope they all find a safe place to land.

The K group celebrates, and the G group consoles. They all loved their teams and are proud of each other.

And that’s the end of this review!

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