The Selective Hearing staff and guest got together to talk about the result of the third season of Produce 101 (a.k.a. Produce 48) and the new K-Pop girl group that spawned from it called IZ*ONE.

Introductions

• What you been up to?
• What are you working on for the site? 
• Who are IZ*ONE?

• Quick history from Produce 48 
• Quick feelings on the Produce 48 finale 

Successes of IZ*ONE

• Highest First Week Sales by a Girl Group for their Debut Album 
• La Vie En Rose Becomes K-Pop Group Debut MV With the Most Views in 24 Hours 
• First win on M Countdown
• Fastest to win on an award show, winning in 10 days

Social media blitz

• teasers, website, Vlive streams, Youtube videos (IZ*One Chu daily countdown videos etc) 
• Debut show COLOR*IZ Show Con sold out in under a minute 
• Successful live stream of COLOR*IZ Show Con on YouTube 
• IZ*ONE CHU reality show 
• WI*ZONE and whales IZ*ONE 

Controversies

• Lack of physical CD inventory in both Korea and Japan. 
• Staggered releases on streaming services, region locked via country location. 
• Kang Hyewon intro on Idol Room promoting Attack on Titan Season 3 
• Petition to ban IZ*ONE from appearing on Music Bank “We’re In Love, RIght?” Deemed unfit for broadcast twice?
• La Vie En Rose was Originally CLC’s Song 

Who Would You Replace Game

• A girl is named from the Produce 48 finalists and you have to replace her with one of the current IZ*ONE members. 

Who would you replace and why?

IZ*ONE TRIVIA

• How many questions can you guess correctly?

Closing

• Future hopes for IZ*ONE 
• Say your goodbyes!