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Why is it that the majority of people who hate on iKON aren't even Inner Circles or fans of other YG groups?


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Why is it that the majority of people who hate on iKON are not even fans of groups that have been shafted by YG's over promotion, such as Inner Circles? I would understand frustration coming from these fans because their biases have been placed on the YG back burner for the time being but they are still respectful to iKON and their fans.

 

I understand everyone has their own preferences but if you dislike the iKON members or the music they release so much: don't watch their videos, don't listen to their music. It's so hypocritical that if iKON's music is popular with the Korean public the public's taste is suddenly "basic" but when your faves do well on Melon you use it as proof for their "slayage" and brag that the song is public friendly. 

 

I'll admit, at first I didn't like iKON because My Type wasn't particularly appealing to me and YG's media play was excessive. But now, I'm really starting to enjoy their music and dynamic and it's partly because their bandwagon hate on this site is so ridiculously hilarious. People bash them for upvotes even if they don't really care about the group, and that's so petty. 

 

So to all iKON fans, here is my

(This song is so good by the way!)

 

Perhaps we can all be a little more mature about our dislike for certain groups and consider why we really dislike them. And maybe the weekly "reasons to hate on iKON" threads will end soon. 

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Why should they be inner circles or other YG stans?

These are the groups that, in theory, would be losing out from iKON's promotion because it takes away from their own bias groups promotion (given that they are in the same company).

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A lot of people just give Winner fake sympathy in order to bash Ikon.  When Winner comes back they will be bashed to hell, so its funny to see all this support, most people are genuine but there are others who arent. if Winner comes back and gets media played to death by YG's genius PR team they will receive the same treatment as Ikon. 

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They're afraid and jealous. There's really no other explanation. 

 

iKon just debuted a couple of months ago, but everybody already knows that they're going to be one of the top 5 boy groups of the new generation within two years. They already slay the digital charts, and they do really well physically. The general public, as well as celebrities, have shown a lot of interest in them. 

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A lot of people just give Winner fake sympathy in order to bash Ikon.  When Winner comes back they will be bashed to hell, so its funny to see all this support, most people are genuine but there are others who arent. if Winner comes back and gets media played to death by YG's genius PR team they will receive the same treatment as Ikon. 

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this same shit happened to winner last year and im so mad. the same ppl who called them basic left and right, who called them ugly, who said that they were talentless and that they didn't deserve to top charts are back again pretending as if they care for winner now that ikon is active. i know opinions can change but some people are so very obvious. like bish bye. and it even just OH it's tumblr, twitter, etc

 

also its bc it's trendy and you know how kpop fandom goes.

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Perhaps people have different taste? And while savage criticism and bashing of an artist/group is pretty petty it isn't going to go away. Kpop almost cannot exist without the fan wars, bitter competition and juvenile bashing -- in fact I think most companies use that to get their fans to buy into the groups' music more and invest more money. YG did it with Winner vs Ikon. He turned fans of the two groups against each other and caused each group to try and out do the others - a very smart business move.

And the Ikon promotions have been a little long-winded? I think both YG and non-YG oriented people would like to see other groups/solo comeback (ie Lee Hi, Akdong Musician, Winner, One, etc).

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A lot of people just give Winner fake sympathy in order to bash Ikon.  When Winner comes back they will be bashed to hell, so its funny to see all this support, most people are genuine but there are others who arent. if Winner comes back and gets media played to death by YG's genius PR team they will receive the same treatment as Ikon. 

Yup. I remember when Winner debuted and the hate was strong on this site. (the old bashing thread was filled with winner's name) :imstupid:

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These are the groups that, in theory, would be losing out from iKON's promotion because it takes away from their own bias groups promotion (given that they are in the same company).

"iKon is so over promoted where is WINNER comeback?!?!11?!?1" <- and the person is not even a WINNER fan and doesn't give a shit about them, you think that's totally normal? Because i don't

Hmm yeah...I get what you guys mean tbh

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this same shit happened to winner last year and im so mad. the same ppl who called them basic left and right, who called them ugly, who said that they were talentless and that they didn't deserve to top charts are back again pretending as if they care for winner. like bish bye. and it even just OH it's tumblr, twitter, etc

 

also its bc it's trendy and you know how kpop fandom goes.

 

I still remember when WINNER debuted and everybody called "Color Ring" and "Empty" like, the most boring and basic songs ever and now, suprisily, everybody think they are bops and 3939734289734734 better than any other iKon song has released this year! How can people change their minds so quickly? lol

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They're afraid and jealous. There's really no other explanation. 

 

iKon just debuted a couple of months ago, but everybody already knows that they're going to be one of the top 5 boy groups of the new generation within two years. They already slay the digital charts, and they do really well physically. The general public, as well as celebrities, have shown a lot of interest in them. 

not at all tbh

 

i dont belong to any yg fandoms, i am a casual yg listener. 

imo winner had better songs and that is why i am not a fan of ikon (apology is pretty good tho).

 

 

 

im prolly gonna get negged to hell for this but that video of bi and the other one (chanwoo?- i really dont know) didn't swing my vote in their favor either. it really left a sour taste in my mouth. just from what I saw when it came across my tumblr dash, it does not make me want to be a fan as they don't come across as 'likeable' to me. if someone would like to recommend some show (NOT win - i hate elimination shows)

 

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