fan base K-Pop Thread: 2022 Archive

[DanyelP23]

VICTON Heo Chan has left the group following previous news of a drunk driving incident from few weeks ago.

[Adama]

15 minutes ago, Sugden said:

pretty sure that has been the case since they debuted 

Wasn’t BTOB at one point? Missing you was huge 

[Adama]

The Rihanna of Kpop strike again 

Seems like she’s collaborating with Porsche 

 

 

 

[illia]

3 minutes ago, Adama said:

The Rihanna of Kpop strike again 

Seems like she’s collaborating with Porsche 

 

 

 

Porsche also sponsor BP's tour

 

[Adama]

1 minute ago, Flomik said:

Porsche also sponsor BP's tour

 

Yess I saw it too! Not surprising, Gentle monster was also one of the sponsor of the Yg x game caterers 

[Green Tea Is Green]

I'm more willing to believe there's some conspiracy in the kpop industry to inflate all album sales than to believe any of these #s are real 

[getinthezone]

7 minutes ago, Green Tea Is Green said:

I'm more willing to believe there's some conspiracy in the kpop industry to inflate all album sales than to believe any of these #s are real 

Kpop stans buy the albums for the photocards and ****, its basically merch at this point 

[youresotoxic]

 

[Marianah Adkins]

34 minutes ago, Green Tea Is Green said:

I'm more willing to believe there's some conspiracy in the kpop industry to inflate all album sales than to believe any of these #s are real 

While the album sales growth is suspect, I think it is also an effect of KPop actually getting bigger. Not an Army at all but I think BTS (and BP to a lesser extent) opened up Kpop to an audience that has recently started to also go after other Kpop acts after stanning only BTS and BP for years- which is good imo. Adding to the fact that fanbases have become more competitive than ever in buying these albums + the fact that as someone already pointed out, albums are glorified merch= Kpop is experiencing a boom in album sales. 

 

[Companion]

I dont get the hype for Sakura? Why she is so popular? She seems like okay dancer and okay singer. Also not have powerful stage presence like Yunjin, Chaewon or Kazuha. If Eunchae gain a little confident she can even surpass her. Also she dont have unique visuals and even dont fit to kpop standarts. Dont get me wrong tho she is super pretty girl. I just want to know how she was the 2nd most popular member on izone.

[Pinter]

40 minutes ago, Green Tea Is Green said:

I'm more willing to believe there's some conspiracy in the kpop industry to inflate all album sales than to believe any of these #s are real 

I feel like korean government doing it on purpose to expanding more hallyu wave in global scale, i wouldnt be surprised if those numbers are inflated i believe youtube also inflated the views back then thats why many of music videos snatching billions views. 

 

Korea funds the agency when they started the hallyu wave,  i believe they give money to sm, yg, jyp back then so i wont be surprised if they are all behind all these inflated album copies. 

[Vrx.]

5 minutes ago, Companion said:

I dont get the hype for Sakura? Why she is so popular? She seems like okay dancer and okay singer. Also not have powerful stage presence like Yunjin, Chaewon or Kazuha. If Eunchae gain a little confident she can even surpass her. Also she dont have unique visuals and even dont fit to kpop standarts. Dont get me wrong tho she is super pretty girl. I just want to know how she was the 2nd most popular member on izone.

It’s because she’s pretty and has been the center for the AKB subgroups so her popularity translated. She also got decent airtime on produce. Plus she has a shy demeanor which East Asians love for women. 

[Dialamba]

2 hours ago, Sept said:

G-IDLE went from 200k to 700k album sales in 6 months is nothing but sus...

Tomboy was a mega hit and they have a big fanbase in china. Their last album sold 500k copies in China, they’re behind BP  let’s not 

 

2 hours ago, Billionaire said:

DDD 

 

The way they completely fumbled the bag after RBW bought WM and they released....Real Love  Their next comeback better be good especially now with all the positive press Mimi is getting.

 

Why'd they exclude Next Level though that song is bigger than like half the list

 NL is on the list 

 

[Red Velvet]

Album sales are 100% inflated now and many huge figures i'm seeing are suspect 

 

Now every group is somehow selling 700k-1million and Kpop has grown but not to that extent.

 

How do we measure success now with these fake album sales?

[MonsterNavy]

Honestly, 95% of these 4th gen groups album sales are pretty sus tbh especially when the millions of album sales never matches the spotify and youtube streams. Most of these 4th gen groups also uses ads on their youtube views when they shouldn't cause its the most "accessible" and its literally just a free platform for the fanbase to support their faves.

 

If the artists streams are mediocre to downright bad while selling millions of albums, we can 101% tell the album sales are inflated and there's just something going on behind the scenes. Sorry but no one in this life time can convince me that ATEEZ and The Boyz are million sellers

[IamCY]

4 hours ago, newuser said:

Taeyeon actually wanted this as her solo debut. 

the Mariah-esque adlibs deserved that 

 

baybehhhhhhh ooooooooh yeahhhh  

[Windy Day]

26 minutes ago, Pinter said:

I feel like korean government doing it on purpose to expanding more hallyu wave in global scale, i wouldnt be surprised if those numbers are inflated i believe youtube also inflated the views back then thats why many of music videos snatching billions views. 

 

Korea funds the agency when they started the hallyu wave,  i believe they give money to sm, yg, jyp back then so i wont be surprised if they are all behind all these inflated album copies. 

girl you seriously believe the korean government will inflate random groups album sales? if it's not the fans bulk buying then it's the companies doing sajaegi but obviously not the government

 

the korean government did fund korean culture institutions and music companies but so did western countries governments with their own soft power lool it's nothing special

[Anye]

All tracks from Mic On are bops, they slayed me once again.

 

 

[Green Tea Is Green]

 

[OrgVisual]

28 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

Tomboy was a mega hit and they have a big fanbase in china. Their last album sold 500k copies in China, they’re behind BP  let’s not 

 

 NL is on the list 

 

Then why didn't they buy their last album? and if their chinese base is responsible for the 500k increase in sales, did any of their bars come forward yet? Cuz even Karina bar only did 350k and that's like the biggest pre-order by a c-bar ever

 

+ a lot of Kpop albums are not available in China digital platforms so it's not accurate to make a comparison. 

[DelRey]

5 hours ago, Arthoe said:

This is what happens when you let the least talented and creative member make creative descisions for the group because everybody else doesn't care anymore. Big oof, this sounds like a Bad Bunny reject. Fourth comeback in a row that's been a MISS.

Bad Bunny sweetie... The song sounds like a Kard song at best 

[Windy Day]

foreign fans are renting billboards in every single subway stations in seoul for an insane amount of money but it's too hard for yall to believe that these mentally ill fans with too much money in their hands would unite and bulk buy millions of albums even when for years now the standard to get into a boygroup fansign event was to buy THOUSANDS of copies?

[k4rmabutterfly]

this has to be the gayest song released by a kpop artist 

[MonsterNavy]

Wait, both BP and the ugly bots are having a concert this saturday? On the same damn day?

[Pluto6]

MOTHERMOO released SOTY contender omg It gave me “Egotistic” vibes, which is also my 3rd most played Kpop song of all time 

I’m about to stan them at this point, due to them releasing quality after quality omg