Do you think we will ever get a Filipino, Malaysian, Indonesian, Indian, etc KPOP idol?

[CrayCray]

A lot, if not most, of the Kpop fanbase, consists of other Asian ethnicity other than the general Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Thai. Do you think we will ever get a Filipino, Malaysian, Indonesian, Indian, etc as a Kpop idol too?

[neojasnee]

 

filipino member in this group

[MzKittyKath]

I WANT KRIESHA TIU IN A KPOP GROUP 

 

 

SHE'S FROM PHILIPPINES TOO

[yournoona]

There are Filipino trainees already. one is on kpopstar 6 lol there is a malaysian in boys24 too

As for now, i can only see SEA people as idols tbh.

[CrayCray]

 

 

filipino member in this group

 

Awesome! Are they new?

[GuguSana]

Wei Yang from 021 is from the Philippines

 

Also Kriesha Tiu is from Kpopstar and TT is trying to take her

[Arthur Morgan]

if they're light skinned enough

[neojasnee]

Awesome! Are they new?

debut last year but currently working  in China

[i_apologize]

This kid Isaac on 0:07 is a Malaysian. He is in Boys24 now

 

 

[kkdyoo_]

you mean a full blooded or not. if not, then  KRIESHA TIU. she's a half filipino.

[RedVelvetion]

Isn't Dara half filipino?

[thirsty_]

Isn't Dara half filipino?

dara is full Korean but she just lived in Philippines and promote lil there

[EXOSUS]

if they're light skinned enough

[High Fructose Yoongi Syrup]

Isn't Dara half filipino?

no, shes full korean

[yukheiswift]

Kriesha Tiu is from PH and is pure Filipino btw.

 

her parents literally look Filipino.

[Luckyglasses]

if only they ever bother to hold auditions or any means to recruit sea trainees, i dont think thats impossible

[elseelseelse]

I feel like companies will cheat by getting ethnically Chinese trainees from Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, at least for a while, due to them fitting rather obviously the beauty standards in Korea. 

 

But I'd like to see more Southeast Asians in KPop groups - and who look Southeast Asian, rather than having been surgeried up and caked with makeup to fit the beauty ideals. 

[twicecrushed]

An Indian most likely not, the others maybe if their ethnicities are Korean or Chinese or Japanese, you know Korean is downgrading SEA's beauty standards.

 

Edit: or maybe they're a half Korean ethnicity, than that might happen.

[OreoMooMoo]

Most of them are highly likely and there are a few of them already in the kpop scene as mentioned above. As for indians, I highly doubt so... Bollywood is pretty huge and i doubt any of them would want to venture out into Korea(Where darker skin color seems to be... shunned upon) when they can stay in India with a much stable career than being a kpop idol.

[Mischo]

I feel like companies will cheat by getting ethnically Chinese trainees from Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, at least for a while, due to them fitting rather obviously the beauty standards in Korea. 

 

But I'd like to see more Southeast Asians in KPop groups - and who look Southeast Asian, rather than having been surgeried up and caked with makeup to fit the beauty ideals.

 

Agreed. A lot of chinese live in SEA and I think they'll get chosen the most. Most SEAs are naturally tan/dark skinned and it would affect their chance to succeed since beauty standards and discrimination.

[CrayCray]

This kid Isaac on 0:07 is a Malaysian. He is in Boys24 now

 

 

he's so cute! 

[feel it yum]

I do see it happening since there is Thai. Especially a Malay idol.

[sweet potato]

there's Dara and Thunder

[RedVelvetion]

I do see it happening since there is Thai. Especially a Malay idol.

No offense. I lived in Malaysia and if anything a Malaysian/Singaporean chinese are more likely to get picked.

[feel it yum]

No offense. I lived in Malaysia and if anything a Malaysian/Singaporean chinese are more likely to get picked.

Singaporean Chinese already debuted. 2 Singaporean Chinese was in this group.