rockerchic88 9,477 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Ppl keep blaming and saying fangirls will drop idols if they start dating but the point is KPOP is so popular and kpop has the following it does BECAUSE that’s what THEY sell. If from the beginning it was just about music and performance it wouldn’t have that large frenzy following nor that hype. It’s a double edged sword. If you want to be respected as an ‘artist’ by all means just drop songs and go. Leave out the fan service and the cozy vlives and all that jazz and no one is going to pester you about relationships or anything. You can’t have the cake and eat it too 19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I don’t think kpop even realizes the genius behind Tempo..which is a pity. 29 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 What NCT lack isn’t talent or looks or good music (they have that, it’s SM after all) what they lack is a star. People really under estimate star power. This is something beyond talent/looks and it’s about appeal. I think this is primarily because of the NCT system. Their system doesn’t allow anyone to stand out distinctly. 13 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 People are seriously confused about cultural appropriation vs trying to emulate American fashion. I’ve lived in both Asia and America and the thing is where I lived emulating American culture was highly popular. Fashion music dressing everything. And in the last 10 or so years hiphop culture is repsentative of America in a lot of Asian countries. Everyone wants to emulate that. Cultural appropriation is a thing I don’t disagree. But the American dream and the fascination with America in Asia goes beyond individual cultures in America. They want to get dreads and wear street fashion because that’s how their favorite rap stars act or favorite actors look like. This has ALWAYS been the case and is more of a testament to just how deep hip hop culture permeated and how it’s at the forefront of American culture. There are fights worth fighting for but this was always one that I thought stems more from the lack of understanding Asian culture and it’s deep rooted fascination with all things American. Cultural appropriation requires a difference in power and the ability to negatively impact the said culture being appropriated. It’s relevant in a multicultural society like America where opportunities are lost because of cultural appropriation. The greatest product that America sells is it’s supposed greatness and a by product of that is people trying to copy and be more like America. That’s all there is to it. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) Being a company stan is ingrained in kpop. Do I even know which label Taylor Swift is signed to? Or Ed Sheeran? Do I care if those agencies sign other artists? No idea and I literally don’t care. But kpop idols are products. It’s like being a fan of a brand. That’s how kpop stans view them. And this won’t change. This is why they will never be regarded as artists or musicians because that’s not how their core audience and fanbase looks at them. Which is honestly a bit sad. Kpop agencies have made idols a product to sell and how well they’re sold indeed. Edited January 28, 2019 by rockerchic88 24 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Jongin basically has 2 type of haters 1. Beautiful girls want to date him and not your own favs so the insecurity jumps out. 2. How dare he break up with the said girls and ruin your delusional shipping where you were vicariously living out your fantasies through the couple. For all the so called 'being open to relationships' ifans are just as toxic as kfans when it comes to relationships and how they react to them. And as a Kai stan i have a first hand experience on this. 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Ppl really saying korean pop culture trumps Japanese esp in the west/USA when Marie Kondo alone is more relevant than all of kpop right now over here. 21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I did not like Taemin’s new song. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 It’s one thing for fandoms to ‘ship’ and a whole other thing for companies to deliberately monetize the queer baiting. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I guess being a company stan is now socially acceptable in kpop. 29 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 BOSS is the best NCT song, video, era everything. 11 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I just can’t see the so called ‘intense chemistry’ between Bradley Cooper and lady Gaga. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 To do the things that YG/Seungri have done you would need the support system that enables you. Make no mistake there is more than a fair chance that his band mates, his lable mates and a good portion of kpop (because after all bigbang is highly popular) were very likely in on the know how of all this. This just goes to show how you shouldn’t put idols on a pedastal. I see ppl ‘rejoicing’ the downfall of seungri/YG/Bigbang and im here like, your favs were probably not too far from these happenings so I wouldn’t really be that loud tbh. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I have a truly unpopular opinion : Im not really a huge fan of Hermione Granger. There are far more interesting characters in HP than her. 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I really actually just saw someone on Twitter say BOL4 set their comeback date so as to create headlines by beating BTS and BP.... did these ppl even read the lyrics to the BOL4 song? It has so many references to early spring and flowers and sunshine. It’s literally a song made for April that they released in April. Will the clownery never end. 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I got into kpop girl groups sometime last year and what I realized was Twice and Balckpink have no variation in their songs. They’re two sides of the same coin. I really loved at first listening to their songs. But I’m very quickly losing interest. RV have songs I didn’t like as well as song I do like. At the least they try different things and explore. Maybe for some stans just consuming the same thing over and over again is alright but for me SM groups really stand out in terms of how varied their musical releases are. They might not be a hit with everyone but they’re a hit with me. 36 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 So that social chart award really IS an sns spamming award LMAO. I remember being told vehemently that it was NOT JUST AN SNS award and it was because the group CHARTED AND HAD REVELANCE. Man it’s hilarious to get confirmation that all it took was a merch bot that tweets nothing more than links to the latest money making scheme SM has planned to get a nomination for BBMA award :’D This is the funniest shit ever. 10 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I was watching this video and omg Rose. She looks so unnaturally thin. She’s always been thin but this is like... not a good look at all. And the people calling her sexy and all that worry me even more if that’s what they consider sexy. I mean this in the most non bashing way cuz I really do like the girls, but she really needs to look after herself. 10 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I need EXO to save kpop again. I’ve only enjoyed soloist and some indie releases so far in the year. 14 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Being proud of physical sales in the korean market or kpop scene where it’s actually a part of the kpop culture is one thing. Kpop fans have always loved bulk buying etc To be proud of that to chart on things like BB200 or the west is just plain embarrassing. If you’re the only one running in the physical album race, it’s not really an achievement. Ppl are buying merchandise in the form of multiple albums, not music. Only one EXO album was released in the US and US stores and it managed to score in the 20s of BB200. It literally means nothing. It says nothing about exo’s popularity in the United States. I’m waiting for BB to declare that physical albums will no longer be counted on their charts or like reduce the impact of physical albums on their chart just the way they did for free streaming services like YouTube. 12 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Maybe RV can finally save 2019 at least. Last year was so good for GGs with bad boy, what is love and DDDD and in contrast already KTL and fancy are a downgrade. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Top groups from 3rd generation boy or girl are indeed bigger than 2nd gen. Kpop is bigger now than it was ever before. More ppl stanning, more exposure and more views more albums sold, in every way 3rd gen artists are more successful than the previous generation. Sure previous generation had japan or China but this level of global appeal didn’t exist and so 3rd gen groups are objectively bigger and more famous than their 2nd gen counterparts. Sure one can argue about popularity within korea but as far as over all popularity goes, 3rd gen > 2nd gen 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Man kang Daniel really does have insane number of haters on this forum.... all because he’s... popular? Lmao. Personally I don’t know anything about him so I have no opinion but the hate is funny. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 (edited) People are praising the Love Shot Produce performance and I’m like ????¿¿ why are their voice purposefully pitched up? EXO songs are in general hard but Love Shot is not a hard song to sing compared to some of the other EXO songs and yet most of those boys could not sing it well. Edited May 19, 2019 by rockerchic88 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockerchic88 9,477 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Hunter x Hunter is overrated af. I wish I could explain how much I hated the greed island arc. I cannot believe there are people who compare this MEDIOCRITY to FMA:B or other great anime. The amount of time I wasted watching it RIPPPPPP 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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