As you all know (or might not know), I'm into this super new group that just debuted last year and going to release their 3rd single this end of june. They are lol (エルオーエル) from avex, a 5 members group of males and females.
Basically, this group is very new and still looking for their own style but they are focusing on edm/electro pop so of course, they will start with auto-tune approach for the singles as people are generally familiar with that concept. However, haters (mostly international fans) popped up and start comparing them with 11-year-old-AAA by saying lol copying the males & females concept etc. Okay, that is just plain stupid. In the first place, they are AAA's juniors and Avex saw how much AAA's popularity grow within 11 years so maybe they were thinking that mixed gender concept is something that people would love to see more in jpop industry.
I just don't get it why haters comparing them with AAA and hating on the group by saying they don't have good voice and this group SHOULDN'T EXISTS <--- this is too much. Each people has different opinions and likes so I won't argue with that; but if you really hate them, THEN PLEASE STOP COMMENTING ON THEIR VIDEO. Just don't watch them and go watch your oh-so-good group yada yada. lol members, the fans and staffs work so hard on this thing so don't just step on their hard work by saying this is nonsense and shouldn't exists. And then, saying other group should debut instead. OMG PLEASE, 2 of the members were the winner for avex's competition among thousands contestants okay. While the rest were trainee for more than 2 years (could be 4 to 5 tbh). So, they have all the skills and talents for entertainers; they just need to brush up for real entertainment world.
But personally, I think the haters feel threatened by lol's abilities; their concept is very cool and complex, based on upbeat and catchy tempo, great and sharp choreography, nice faces and bodies, their voice in live version is great (and better than the haters) - so the haters don't want them to gain more popularity and overcome their current fav group. I'm just so shocked to see how much people hate lol just because they use auto-tune in most of their single. Have you heard them singing live? the auto-tune is mostly on their a-side which is to catch people's attention and b-sides have some great songs WITHOUT auto-tune. Seriously.