When will the Hallyu wave die down and what do you think will lead up to it.

[mnt21]

Let's have a very deep and strong discussion

[h0neanias]

In a few years. Oversaturation and pretension instead of inspiration.

[HvD]

It definitely won't die down anytime soon.  As for what it will lead up to? I have no idea, nor can I read the future.  Let's just say the Korean entertainment still have long ways to go and its future is open to many great possibilities.  

[Dandelion Wine]

I think it's already started to fall a little bit

 

Reusing the same concepts/ideas over and over, and like h0neanias said, oversaturation and pretension.

[Jack Dawson]

It's not as strong as it used to be. I think it will be popular in SE Asia for a while though.

[Perfect Chaos]

imo it's already starting to die

[munyuna]

I think people in SK are getting a bit tired of it, you don't have massive hits anymore like Tell Me and Gee because the idol music don't appeal to the general public like it used to a few years ago.

[Aniki]

The important groups disbanding.

 

AKA- Big Bang, SNSD

[hyoyeon's lines in check]

It's already dying down. Look at how sales plummeted in Japan. The lack of decent title tracks isn't helping the situation since new fans aren't being lured in like they used to.

[Skibop!!]

When all the good groups retire/disband

[Popero44]

I agree.  It's gonna go for a few more years.  It'll slowly die down. 

[Candykiss]

Oversaturation can be a good thing though ~

 

Competition makes sure companies will want to do their best 

[tina320]

Is already dying or at least in Japan which is the most important source of money for many groups. 

[anh.]

probably not anytime soon

 

but in the meantime i've been digging into k-indie lol

[silicon soul]

Hey kpop looks interesting, I think I'll have a listen. Hey I actually like it, cool, now lets speculate on when it will die.

[gayness]

NOW.

[김민주]

Soon IMO. Too many reused concepts. After SNSD came out with IGAB suddenly lots of groups are coming out with clusterfuck songs and wacky outfits.

 

I'd prefer if everyone did different concepts and not just follow what the most popular are doing

[Night]

I'm in no way an expert but here is my own point of view:

Dramas got me interested in Korea, it was 2/3 years ago. Now I hardly watch korean dramas because they started to look annoyingly the same for me.

Same plot, same reactions, same characters and even the actors/actresses are looking the same now  -_-

Unless it's something different and the acting is good I'll just watch 1 or 2 episodes, get annoyed and never come back to it again.

 

So I guess it's the same for KPop, the "new and exciting" factor is already gone. People start to see the flaws, to get annoyed etc.

Unless Kpop start to make quality its principal aim, I don't think it would last forever. It can probably keep a certain appeal but it won't get any bigger.

[ItzMadame2U]

I agree with a few users here, the Hallyu is definitely dying down already. I think mainly because it's not bringing in new fans like it did when I first got into K-pop, these new groups don't have the substance that those who where there before them did and the veteran groups who brought me into the Hallyu wave have lost what I used to deem as appealing about their music. Big Bang is a number one example for me, they along with the Wonder Girls, were the groups that had established my fandom in K-pop, especially around 2008, but now I've forgotten that both groups exist because they have nothing I see as worth following, I stopped following BB in 2010.

 

I also find that so many are caught up in trying to promote in America that they are forgetting their initial appeal while trying to create a new focus. They need to get real and accept that they are not going to break into the American mainstream like Psy sorta did. 

 

In a few years. Oversaturation and pretension instead of inspiration.

All of this!!

[denizen mars]

Hallyu wave isn't dying if you look at the numbers. So all of you who say it is are wrong. I'm not taking a side as to whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but the fact is that the market share and revenue due to hallyu increases every year, and the South Korean government is very pleased by this and has taken steps to ensure it continues. Of course economic growth anywhere cannot go on forever, since Earth's resources are finite, but I don't think I know enough to predict when that will be.

[Mog]

Oversaturation can be a good thing though ~

 

Competition makes sure companies will want to do their best 

 

On another hand, some companies will try to push things out so fast and often just to keep up with competition. 

[Netizenbuzz]

Oversaturation can be a good thing though ~

 

Competition makes sure companies will want to do their best 

 

Sounds good on paper, but it's not actually happening that way. Instead, what's happening is that K-Pop is being cheapened by too many substandard groups debuting while the top groups from big companies are releasing garbage because they're comfortable in their positions thinking they can sell anything with little effort (and they're right).

[Taecmetothefloor]

Oversaturation can be a good thing though ~

 

Competition makes sure companies will want to do their best 

Eh, not really. It's hard to come up with something fresh and that sticks out to keep it thriving imo. Yeah there are idols with hits songs nowdays, but they follow the standard kpop idol formula that fans eat up right away, but then get tired of after awhile. It does get tiring to see groups not necessarily with the same type of concept, but the same type of sound.

 

 

Eventually people will start to grow tired of it, and not be as  into idol music as much anymore. It's a cycle really. There were a ton of first generation idol groups from the late 90s to early 2000s but by mid 2000, most had disbanned and went separate ways. eventually, it's going to die down because of the over-saturation and lack of interest

[Unnie-chan]

I think Hallyu has a future in the U.S. with a small select number of artists. Just my opinion/hypothesis. But I really don't see it dying now in general.

[kingofwar]

well top group like SNSD bigbang suju disband, i think this pretty clear

new group can`t grow to me.