[PATREON REQUEST] NOWZ (나우즈) 'Problem Child (문제아)' Performance + Dance Practice Video
Added 2025-08-24 12:15:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey there! So I actually have a membership tier here that is made for requests! You can send me a DM if you have any questions!
Jessica Holyfield
2025-08-26 01:44:56 +0000 UTC
I don't know if this is the correct place to make requests as I'm new to Patreon but if it's the case then I may recommend : WANNA WHAT vol3 (since you reacted to vol2 and this one is just as good) and "I GOTTA FUNK" (one of the battles from this competition was featured in Waackxxxy and Danzel's interview that you reacted to previously)
Roman
2025-08-25 14:25:09 +0000 UTC
I wonder if it was Vata/Ingyoo on this or other members that are more on the newer side with WDBZ. They recently had an audition. And when you are booked and blessed like that team, they may delegate lesser known groups to lesser established choreographers 🤷🏻♀️ I’ll see what I can come up with 😂
Jessica Holyfield
2025-08-24 17:09:21 +0000 UTC
Thank you for the reaction! Really happy that you enjoyed the song. I absolutely love this song, and am real proud of the kids. They nailed it for their first mini-album, here's hoping they stick to this sort of sound from now on.
To answer a few questions, NOWZ thankfully hasn't been hit by the member loss curse yet, they started out as 5 members and still have the same 5. :D
I absolutely think you nailed it when speaking about financial logistics and modern day trendiness. Financially Cube isn't doing to hot, they have I-dle, but they lost Btob and PTG, or more accurately they lost the revenue that they could have gained from the Producer line (Hyunsik, Minhyuk, Hui, Kino, Wooseok.)
To Cube's credit, they have been treating Nowz decently since their debut. Far better than they are treating Lightsum for a direct comparison, but that's a whole other can of worms. Nowz also has a budding producer line which is a really good thing. Cube groups are known for being self-contained units, and the groups that cannot make their own songs certainly suffer more under Cube than the groups that can. For this specific mini-album, the kids all have credits for 3/5 of the songs.
But anyway, I have to agree with you about the choreo. Concept wise, it doesn't match as well with the lyrics or the dancing. Like, the potential is there but the execution was a bit lacking. They need a Kino or a K to whip them into shape. XD Given that Nowz has 2 main dancers who have shown their skill set in previous releases, I'm really curious about what directions were given behind the scene. It wouldn't surprise me if Cube didn't think Problem Child would be so well-received, and thus didn't put maximum effort/planning into the choreo. They do have stages for it, but it's also a secondary b-side. The main b-side, in my opinion, was Fly to the youth since that was released as a pre-release single.
I checked google, and apparently the choreography group was We Dem Boyz. Which given their list of credits, makes me really curious as to what was going on here, lol.
Also. YES PLEASE. I would love to see your take/interpretation for Problem Child.