TheGuidance 8,828 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Fuse's 18 Breakthrough Artists of 2014BANKS, Jhené Aiko, John Newman, Modern Baseball & more: These are the rising bands and singers you need to keep an eye on in 2014 EXO exo-k.smtown.com Despite debuting less than two years ago, Korean boy band EXO is poised to be the next global K-pop phenom. The 12-member act—yes, twelve—saw their debut full-length XOXO become South Korea's first million-selling album in 12 years. The boys have a brewing American fanbase, too: The video for their Southern hip hop-inspired "Growl" (below) was the third most viewed K-pop music video in the U.S. last year, after Korean stars Psy and Girls' Generation. They also snagged the fifth and ninth biggest-selling K-pop tracks in the U.S. for "Growl" (which Billboard critics named the best K-pop track of 2013) and the dubstep-y respectively.Go back into Fuse's archives and check out a classic interview with EXO-M here. Other artists on the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Lee Soo Man: Fuse is my best friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Faith 5,082 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 The boys have a brewing American fanbase, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amber oppa 20,208 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 SM pays Fuse to write articles about their acts YG pays Complex to write articles about their acts I see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Fuse has been doing alot of promoting SM acts lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
김민주 16,324 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Well I'm American, and I'm a fan. So technically they didn't lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Bear 4,825 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Payed or not.... It's not like they're lying or wrong, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawolSONEexo 2,135 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Well there is a shit ton of delulu exo fans here in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimchi 19,921 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Amber oppa is downplaying exo for like the 3000th time... typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psy 2,401 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 American or not, means very little. I fail to comprehend how the minds of some work; downplaying the ever-growing international fandom is absurd, especially when the very songs that propelled EXO to the international stage were songs that had contributions from recognized foreign writers. All in all, no one can deny the greatness of "Growl". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegra 491 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Now, now, Fuse... I agree with the majority of the list (BANKS, Tori Kelly, Sampha etc) but EXO just sticks out like a sore thumb to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJJ 2,139 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Now, now, Fuse... I agree with the majority of the list (BANKS, Tori Kelly, Sampha etc) but EXO just sticks out like a sore thumb to me... Idk? The only one I even know from this list are Exo. Says something about Exo's popularity imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 American or not, means very little. I fail to comprehend how the minds of some work; downplaying the ever-growing international fandom is absurd, especially when the very songs that propelled EXO to the international stage were songs that had contributions from recognized foreign writers. All in all, no one can deny the greatness of "Growl". Didn't they sell well over 100k with Mama though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyNumbers 3,161 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Now, now, Fuse... I agree with the majority of the list (BANKS, Tori Kelly, Sampha etc) but EXO just sticks out like a sore thumb to me... They do. Like, everyone else is all indie and cool and EXO is manufactured pop. They are not FUSE's style. At least, not the FUSE I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegra 491 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Idk? The only one I even know from this list are Exo. Says something about Exo's popularity imo. Not really. They do. Like, everyone else is all indie and cool and EXO is manufactured pop. They are not FUSE's style. At least, not the FUSE I remember. I bet a writer wanted to put them in there because they're a fan. Seems to happen a lot of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJJ 2,139 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Not really. So the fact that people (I'm assuming I'm not the only one) only know Exo out of 17 other artists listed says nothing about their popularity? I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 They do. Like, everyone else is all indie and cool and EXO is manufactured pop. They are not FUSE's style. At least, not the FUSE I remember. Fuse has changed in the past years. They even named RPPP the song of the year in 2013....and they said IGAB was a musical masterpiece with hardcore and fierce rapping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 So the fact that people (I'm assuming I'm not the only one) only know Exo out of 17 other artists listed says nothing about their popularity? I see. ...but you're a kpop fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegra 491 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 So the fact that people (I'm assuming I'm not the only one) only know Exo out of 17 other artists listed says nothing about their popularity? I see. You're a Kpop fan though. ...but you're a kpop fan Beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyNumbers 3,161 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 So the fact that people (I'm assuming I'm not the only one) only know Exo out of 17 other artists listed says nothing about their popularity? I see. It does mean something but not anything significant. It says you don't listen to indie hipster music. There are going to be people who go through that list and know every artist EXCEPT for EXO. See what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJJ 2,139 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 ...but you're a kpop fan But I don't see why that matters. The same could be said for the other artists. "But they are all fans of ~insert genre~" In the end it's all about generalizations towards the fandoms. Exo's fanbase isn't suddenly nonexistent just because they are kpop fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joon 8,222 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 So the fact that people (I'm assuming I'm not the only one) only know Exo out of 17 other artists listed says nothing about their popularity? I see. It says you are a kpop fan and/or acquainted with popular Eastern entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 But I don't see why that matters. The same could be said for the other artists. "But they are all fans of ~insert genre~" In the end it's all about generalizations towards the fandoms. Exo's fanbase isn't suddenly nonexistent just because they are kpop fans. What? Didn't you just say "the fact that I only know EXO out of all 17 artists on that list says something about their popularity"? My reply was that it says that you are a kpop fan so of course you know who EXO is. Who was even genealizing the EXO fandom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegra 491 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 But I don't see why that matters. The same could be said for the other artists. "But they are all fans of ~insert genre~" In the end it's all about generalizations towards the fandoms. Exo's fanbase isn't suddenly nonexistent just because they are kpop fans. The point is, EXO is less likely to have a big breakthrough in America than Tori Kelly and the like. EXO mainly attracts a particular group, Kpop fans whereas the aforementioned is more likely to garner attention from the general public. I think you misunderstood there - I'm saying that you can't say that you knowing them proves their popularity just because you know them because you are a Kpop fan so you would obviously know them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 SM pays Fuse to write articles about their acts YG pays Complex to write articles about their acts I see I said this the other day when they named SNSD's new album as one of the most anticipated of the year and people were pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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