"Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between—both here in the live audience and watching from home," Cat announced, voice bright and ceremonial, "you are hereby invited to witness the first evaluations of the new trainees, happening tomorrow afternoon."
The screens lit up with time zones across the globe.
"These evaluations will be streamed live," Cat continued. "So please welcome them with open arms as they show why they were chosen to enter the second half of LEAVEN!"
The crowd roared—pure excitement, pure chaos.
"And now!" Cat raised her voice over the cheers. "Once again, let's give a huge round of applause to Bread Music's newly debuted artists!"
The stage flooded with light.
The newly debuted artists stepped forward as one, bowing deeply while confetti rained down like glittering snow. The music swelled—victorious, triumphant, cinematic.
In the theater? Ecstasy.
On screen? Tears.
In most corners of the internet? Celebration.
But of course—
There was that corner.
The one that lives off spite, Mountain Dew, and delusion.
The comments section immediately curdled.
@GagaStanner: THIS IS ACTUAL TRASH. 💀 I can name like TEN trainees more talented than half the ones who debuted. "Pure talent" my ass. I'm disgusted.
@LondonTipton: Be fr—HOW did Jordan even debut? There were way better people than him.
→ @Malory: LMAOOOO what did you expect? He played the pity card. Same with Kang Ian and Mika—selling trauma for fame. Lowkey genius, highkey fucked up. And don't get me STARTED on Eli 🙄 they basically debuted a soft-core corn star because thirsty hoes bring revenue. Capitalism wins again.
The temperature spiked.
→→ @Masatoshi_K: Someone PLEASE ban this bitch. One more word and I'm throwing hands THROUGH the screen 🤬
→→→ @Malory: Oooo I'm soooo scared 😘😂 cope harder.
Yep.
The internet, once again, functioning on one shared braincell, and that braincell was fighting for its fucking life.
Side effects included:
– Moral superiority complex
– Zero media literacy
– Loud opinions, zero facts
If symptoms persist, please log off, touch grass, or—radical idea—get a job.
But then…
The tone shifted.
Because the hate found a new target.
And it got uglier.
A certain cesspool—where stan culture mutates into something feral and unholy—latched onto one of the new trainees.
And it came from a country infamous for taking fandom outrage straight to Jerry Springer levels of insanity.
@BlueVelvet4eva: WHY is that bully allowed on stage?? Doesn't LEAVEN do background checks?? I'm disgusted. I will NOT watch as long as that man is there.
@Thorin: Yo why is that washed-up loser even here 💀 wasn't he canceled for being a high school bully??
→ @Monte: Last I heard he ran off to some third-world country for a "fresh start." Guess he's aiming global now LOL.
→→ @Thorin: Good fucking luck. SK is already MAD. He'll be gone before the first evals even start 😂
@T1gall: South Korea will officially BOYCOTT LEAVEN for allowing a known high-school bully back on stage.
And then—
Someone pushed back.
@Rumi: Hold up. Y'all are acting like he committed war crimes. The accusations were literally debunked years ago. It was proven false. This is insane behavior.
→ @T1gall: Shut the fuck up if you don't know the whole story. He OBVIOUSLY paid off and threatened the victim to retract their statement.
→→ @Rumi: Cool claim. Got evidence? Because if not—and it turns out false—I hope you pray Sir Foca never sees this. Defamation lawsuits don't play.
→→→ @T1gall: Sue me IDGAF 😂 they don't have power in Korea anyway.
→→→→ @Rumi: Welp. I warned you. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts 🤭 Sir Foca is patient—but he ALWAYS collects.
→→→→→ @Yoyo: People never learn 😮💨 Rumi don't waste energy on these clowns. Remember: In Sir Foca we trust 🫡
→→→→→→ @Rumi: Always 🫡
→→→→→→→ @T1gall: Y'all are fucking insane. This is cult behavior 😂😂
And just like that—
The internet cannibalized itself.
Accusations flying. Facts ignored. Rumors recycled. Moral outrage weaponized for likes.
Meanwhile, the trainee in question?
Silent. On stage. Breathing. Existing.
Greatly aware that thousands of strangers were foaming at the mouth over a story that had already been buried, exhumed, debunked, and weaponized again for sport.
LEAVEN hadn't even begun its second half yet.
And as if the internet hadn't already proven itself to be a full-blown dystopian hellscape, the hate didn't just continue—
It multiplied.
Like cockroaches after a nuclear fallout. Impossible to kill. Somehow thriving.
This time?
Everyone was fair game.
No logic.
No morals.
Just fingers, keyboards, and unchecked brain rot.
@Ms.Brooklyn: Is this an idol show or a circus?? Because I cannot understand how a Black person can be THAT dark and a white person THAT pale. Like sorry but those two belong in a circus, not an idol program.
And there it was.
Unfiltered.
Unashamed.
Racist as hell.
→ @Miley Circus: Oh wow. A walking, talking example of an uneducated dumbass. Be fucking for real right now. Dark skin exists. It's BEEN beautiful. And albino people exist too—clearly something your two brain cells never learned. I honestly pity how stupid and ignorant you are.
No notes. Just facts.
But the rot didn't stop there.
@BackshotsAddict 🤤: It's so unfair Louie gets a second chance. There are way more talented people than him.
→ @mothblade: Stay mad. He got a second chance and actually took it. That's literally how life works. Cry about it.
Short. Clean. Surgical.
And then came the quiet voices.
The exhausted ones.
The ones who were just… tired.
@Rosie: I was having such a good day. My faves debuted. I was so happy I wanted to share it online. Then I opened the internet… and now it's completely ruined 😮💨
And that was the real tragedy of it all.
Not just the loud racists.
Not just the bitter stans.
Not even the trolls farming attention like it's a full-time job.
But the fact that joy—pure, earned, hard-fought joy—kept getting drowned out by people who hate for sport.
People who see happiness and feel personally offended by it.
People who confuse anonymity with immunity.
People who wake up every day and choose to be fucking miserable—then drag everyone else down with them.
Meanwhile?
The trainees were blissfully unaware.
The newly debuted artists were celebrating.
Dreams were being built and achieved in real time.
And the internet?
Still foaming.
Still rotting.
Still proving, once again, that access to a platform does not mean access to a brain.
Buckle up.
Because if this is how they're acting now
Just wait until the next evaluations hit.
And already—
The knives were out.
It's about to get even uglier.