ethereal

focused on what vocals bby...they were lip syncing

nope. the choreo is meh and they were super out of sync in their live perf.

melon would have no qualms giving a non-idol a daesang tho or a soloist. chungha might win soty there. and i only think mama might give bts all 3 bc sm and yg both boycott it so besides twice who rlly don't deserve it this year there is no big 3 presence they could shaft bts for.

i don't think they will tbvh. i feel like mama would be the only award show that might actually give bts the 3 daesangs they clearly deserve. but we'll see.

the way these dances try so hard to be "trendy" unironically...

i'm so confused by these comments. are y'all trying to say dalla dalla isn't one of the best kpop songs of the year? bc tea.

loona truly doesn't do "worse than expected"...like, they are a mid tier selling girl group. everglow's views are from ads lol.

i like loona bc they have good music bias: haseul fav bside: as for 2020 expectations...are they ever coming back at this point

All industries do this tho. There has to constantly be new products for anyone to make money. Few products say extremely profitable long term, even kpop groups. Many disband at around the 6-7 year mark.

just soty tings

manufactured vs art

tea...

star empire and starship are not the same company....

superm is a marketing ploy almost solely for the purpose of boosting nct tho lol. most of the members in the group are from nct, mark and taeyong got the most lines in jopping, nct is still actively going to be doing u.s promos while superm promos. its not a reboot as much as it is a promotion scheme.

taemin deserves the biggest apology

1) its clearly more than just "posting on social media". it says "participate in online/OFFLINE promotion" right there... 2)i don't understand why they feel the need to try and officiate fan culture in the first place when, like you said, fans already do this. they promote shit on social media and hold events and vote on polls and this and that. why is sm trying to make it a company organized effort? that ruins the whole point imo. 3) whether extorting minors is their intention or not, the fact that they dont have an age limit on this and don't care if they get minors involved is worrying enough. they rlly don't care. and even tho the op of the tweet i posted mentioned some kind of benefits for people who join this the actual announcement doesn't say anything about receiving anything.... the whole thing is just weird

oh i'm well aware of that. doesn't mean i can't say my piece tho

not sure who you're trying to shade but how is it "obsession" to discuss one of the biggest companies in an industry we all stan, especially with everything they're up to lately. its just bants my dude. everything sm does in the u.s is going to affect the u.s perception of kpop.

i'd assume if it was paid they'd mention that somewhere in the announcement. they don't even have an age limit or anything and that would be important info when this is accessible to minors who would be protected by minor labor laws....

this seems a little sketchy...like, dont these companies pay promoters ect, yet sm is sitting here trying to insentivize fans into doing more than they are obligated to do as fans?

bh already said they were coming back in late october tho. so txt will likely cb before bts

i didn't realize it at the time but thinking back on it my mom's friend invited us to one of those product parties mlms host where its a party solely for the purpose of selling products. i thought it was weird back then but i never realized it was an mlm thing. the products were from arbonne, a well known mlm. idk if my mom's friend tried to get her to become a seller tho.

neither is realistic, luv

the quality of kpop has been dying for ages now. singular trends taking the entire market by storm and leading to multiple groups doing the same genre and general concept for months upon months was bound to start hurting kpop's overall enjoyability to a lot of older fans eventually.