gyrobot 41 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 2014 was an effective death knell on the sexy concept. From choreo changes to every sexy concept, the winning streaks that A Pink enjoyed that proves you can maintain a certain concept, or the viewcount of 19+ videos no longer counting on the music shows. Sexy concepts are seeing a decline in what they can do. The image of 2011 defining Kpop as Jpop's mature sexier sister is quickly destroyed in 2015 as Lovelyz, Gfriend and Laboum aims to be cute concept groups without changing. Much like japanese idols without the copyright laws or crooked teeth. If the companies realize how they can make a sustainable system they can keep their idols pure and innocent until they hit 25. Then you retire and replace them. Sexy concepts are also growing increasingly conservative with few exceptions. Waist high pants are now the standard to demonstrate Koreas approach to acceptable sex appeal. Bikini concepts prove to be utter duds to the pleasure of netizens. Sexy concepts exists only to prevent certain fans from abandoning kpop but we are better off without them anyway. The sexy concept is dead folks! Welcome the new era of idos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phoenix 105 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Probably because groups like Lovelyz, Gfriend, and Laboum are not sexy. And won't be until they grow up in a few years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versace 9,204 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrobot 41 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Then how the hell does jidols maintain being cute. Dont think the korean execs are taking notes from how jidols sell so well withour ever having their idols break out the red lipstick and black dress with revealing slits. They can just advertise to the fandom to encourage purity values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVirginThotty 3,905 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 it's about time we stepped away from those concepts.... that girl group that was gyrating their kitties in the air.. was too much.. for me nty I do not want your muff in my face.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Heart 580 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 The sexy concept will always prevail because there are a lot of lonely, horny men out there. The shelf life of a sexy girl group is very limited, however, so they will need to leave it behind eventually. The problem with the cute concept is that Korea has never really ever given a rat's ass about more than one or two cute girl groups at any given time. A Pink has that concept locked in, so the others who are trying to follow suit are doomed to fail. Then we have Orange Caramel. They are second to A Pink, and seeing as how the general public loves them, it'll be hard for anyone else to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrobot 41 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 But Japan shows you can maintain it for every idol group. All you need is a large fandom that shames those like sexy concepts as creepier than those that like sexy concepts And shelf life can be extended by replacing the girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeTaeyong 4,086 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Cute and innocent concepts are more my speed, probably because twerking girls do nothing for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haus of Tzu:Lai 5,450 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I want to see fresh concepts, that are neither overly cutesy or sexy. I'm sick of both styles to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Heart 580 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I want to see fresh concepts, that are neither overly cutesy or sexy. I'm sick of both styles to be honest. All concepts will automatically be categorized as cute, sexy, or fierce. Fresh no longer exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil4life 3,270 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 err idk maybe cute can help girl groups who already supported by a major label like Apink but if 2014 proved anything for smaller label groups is the power sexy concepts can have in bringing their careers to new heights as its done for AOA and EXID, and even lesser successful groups like STELLAR even managed to crack the Top 50 for the 1st time because of a sexy concept. Girl's Day is one of the few groups i know who started off strictly cute when making their mark with Twinkle Twinkle only to slowly dip down the charts with each new release until finally SKYROCKETING back up with Expectations - Female President - Something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palechibi 2,748 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Much like japanese idols without the copyright laws or crooked teeth. -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mew21 3,160 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbornehurdle 333 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 There are some GGs that start very cute (Most noticeable ones like Lovelyz, LABOUM, upcoming croup GFRIEND, etc.) but it will increase until the group gets to an mature age and do mature concepts or maybe sexy concepts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taebb 1,624 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 it's all a cycle. when new groups debut, it makes sense for them to start off with an innocent concept, because having them 'grow up' i.e. be sexy is an easy way for the company to show that the group is developing. a pink will do a sexy concept sooner or later, as will lovelyz and whatever other gg debuted around this era. then it will be the sexy era once again, until a new wave of ggs start debuting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrobot 41 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 it's all a cycle. when new groups debut, it makes sense for them to start off with an innocent concept, because having them 'grow up' i.e. be sexy is an easy way for the company to show that the group is developing. a pink will do a sexy concept sooner or later, as will lovelyz and whatever other gg debuted around this era. then it will be the sexy era once again, until a new wave of ggs start debuting. They could take notes from Japan's idol system on how to maintain a cute concept and no longer having to cater to the whims of the sexy concept fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiz 1,275 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 They could take notes from Japan's idol system on how to maintain a cute concept and no longer having to cater to the whims of the sexy concept fans. Why are you bringing Japan idols too much on this? They are different, the root of the concept are different, and the interest of japanese and korean people are also different. Japanese, they are more into anime and manga things, even japanese guys in his early adulthood (20+) still loves moe and loli girls, because of anime influence. Thats the reason why Japanese idol girl groups having cute members around the age of 15. And there is also 'graduation' system for Japanese girl groups. If not many korean guys find cute underage girls attractive, then Kpop cant follow them. Girl groups with cute concept will also be limited because of that. It is all depends on the market, what their people likes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixxus 669 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I dont get what's wrong with sexy concept. We have cute and sexy for everyone out thete. You can choose. No one force them on you. Sexy concepts wont go away. Because they are good anyway and korean and many international fans are into that. Cute is too local tbh. Most ppl in western wouldnt like that because it is too immature and pretending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyrobot 41 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Why are you bringing Japan idols too much on this? They are different, the root of the concept are different, and the interest of japanese and korean people are also different. Japanese, they are more into anime and manga things, even japanese guys in his early adulthood (20+) still loves moe and loli girls, because of anime influence. Thats the reason why Japanese idol girl groups having cute members around the age of 15. And there is also 'graduation' system for Japanese girl groups. If not many korean guys find cute underage girls attractive, then Kpop cant follow them. Girl groups with cute concept will also be limited because of that. It is all depends on the market, what their people likes Because cultural manipulation. Kpop bends to the views of netizens. Netizens who believes all sexy concepts are always will demand cute concepts only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun☼Shine 4,273 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 it's about time we stepped away from those concepts.... that girl group that was gyrating their kitties in the air.. was too much.. for me nty I do not want your muff in my face... I think this probably showed the biggest problem with the so called 'sexy' concept. It turned more into a let's see who can cause the most shock and get the most attention from it. If that's what it's always going to be like, then I prefer that we see the 'cute' concept instead. I really hope there will be a new concept that will come out this year that we've never seen before. NGL I think a whole new concept will come from YG's nugu if they ever debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVirginThotty 3,905 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I think this probably showed the biggest problem with the so called 'sexy' concept. It turned more into a let's see who can cause the most shock and get the most attention from it. If that's what it's always going to be like, then I prefer that we see the 'cute' concept instead. I really hope there will be a new concept that will come out this year that we've never seen before. NGL I think a whole new concept will come from YG's nugu if they ever debut. I've been anticipating yg's ngg and yet that was just too much I do not need to see your cameltoe upfront and center tyvm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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