3rd Gen K-Pop Idol Gets Brutally Honest About Line Distribution
Previously, former MOMOLAND member Daisy shared an unbelievable story about how underage trainees were awarded trophies based on monthly evaluations. This included one for the trainee who lost the most weight.
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A fan commented on that video, asking about the recording process. They were especially curious about line distribution.
How did the recording process work for you? I always wondered how a company would break the news to someone that they only had 5 seconds in a title track 😭
— @phases2363/TikTok
So, Daisy recently replied, explaining what her personal experience was like. She emphasized a disclaimer, saying, “I am just one person. So, anything I say does not apply to everyone.”
Daisy explained that line distribution frequently depends on the producers they work with on a song. Some producers will listen to each member’s voice singing the various parts.
So, part distribution varies depending on who you’re working with, obviously. Some producers will just sit everyone down before recording and ask them to sing the first verse of a song up until the chorus just to see what everyone sounds like in certain parts. And some producers will have you start in the booth so everyone will sing half the song as if they were actually recording for real.
— Daisy
On the other hand, if a producer had worked with the group before, they already had a good idea of each member and who might fit best for the part. So, they might pre-select before giving the song to the group.
And the last instance that I’ve experienced is when the producer already has worked with you before, so they kind of have a vision for what they want so the parts are already kind of decided.
— Daisy
Daisy also got honest about how artists feel about line distribution and lack of parts. She personally didn’t care because she thought some songs suited others better.
And a lot of you guys asked how people would feel when like they had no parts in a song. To be honest, that was never a personal issue for me, and this might be a controversial opinion, don’t shoot me. I’m a firm believer that part distribution is not that important. Like sometimes a person will sound better in this kind of song and less in this kind of song, so they’ll have more parts here and less parts here, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing, but I don’t know, that’s just me.
— Daisy
She added that she has heard from other idols. Some actually appreciate fewer lines because it’s easier to perform live on music shows.
‘Cause if anything, I’ve heard from a person who didn’t have a lot of parts that they don’t really mind having no parts in a song because it’s actually less of a burden for them to sing live at a music show. Again, this does not mean everyone.
— Daisy
Daisy also exposed another reason why some idols might want fewer lines. If an idol didn’t like the line for whatever reason, they would purposefully do bad while recording, so it would be distributed to someone else.
Another interesting thing I’ve seen is that when there’s a part… ‘too embarrassing or silly’ or whatever the reason may be, I’ve seen people admitting to effing up the recording on purpose so that they would be considered not suitable for that part.
— Daisy
Additionally, she revealed that if an idol struggled too much with a line but the producer didn’t want to sacrifice their part, they would have their fellow member do the part but diffuse the two voices together.
As for the wildest thing that’s happened, if there’s a member who simply cannot execute their designated part, the producer will have another member to just go in the booth and do it for them, and the sound engineers somehow diffuse those two voices together, but it’ll still be the original member’s part, and you might ask then why didn’t they just give that part to the person who could actually do it. Because there is a very high chance that was the only part of the original…
— Daisy
The more you know!
Watch the full video below.
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