[Pannchoa] Knets talk about American "cool kids" view of KPOP

[Oli London]

It wasn't the cool kids who hated on kpop when I was in high school. It was just some basic plain white girls.

Lotta factors into why people don't listen to kpop, which are racism, xenophobia, dislike of boy groups(but that doesn't stop them from being successful), dislike of what teenage girls like, thinking kpop is gay(idk how girls lining up to throw themselves at bg members is gay tho).  Also people don't have to like or listen to kpop even if it's because of the factors i mentioned above.

[Oli London]

55 minutes ago, Jikrytae said:

Maybe this is something that happens elsewhere, but I've honestly never witnessed the word "gay" being used to insult female fans of anything.

 

Perhaps I should have elaborated on this, but I meant that male kpop idols are seen as gay bc they wear makeup and stuff. Like you won't catch a straight guy sharing to his friends and gushing about how much he likes a boy group when the boy group is showing off their abs or hip thrusting in a mv. Guys would be like "gay~". Yet at the same time, pretty boy groups attract girls. So guys would be hating on boy groups for being "gay" while simutaniously hating them for attracting girls.

 

Edit: P.S. How many mainstream asian artists do you see in the u.s.? That's right, none. Charice, Far East Movement, Psy, they all had their moments. BTS is the only one who hit mainstream success in the U.S. and are still on top years later.

Edited January 16, 2020 by bittermelon