fan base K-Pop Thread: 2022 Archive

[Billionaire]

3 hours ago, Pluto2022 said:

GIDLE were just as big as IVE and NewJeans this year, the difference is that GIDLE are not rookies, so people might not pay attention to them as much as newly debuted groups. Though they have insane longevity compared to their 4th gen peers who debuted around 2018-2020, and just last year nobody would've thought that GIDLE would be able to do better than both ITZY and aespa in 2022, myself included  

 

GIDLE, NewJeans & IVE were the 3 biggest 4th gen ggs this year and all 3 of them had 2 smashes each this year that are all equally big

 

GIDLE = Tomboy - Nxde

IVE = Love Dive - After Like

NewJeans = Attention - Hybe Boy

 

Honorable mention:

LE SSERAFIM = Fearless - Antifragile

The thing with GIDLE though is that they aren't nearly as big as IVE & NewJeans on the international side. They don't have a song on Spotify that's nearly as big as Hype Boy or Love Dive so I kinda understand why people aren't mentioning them as much. 

 

Also as great as Twice are their image isn't as "Western-friendly" as the likes of NJ or BP so yeah understandable why they aren't doing nearly as well 

[fauxtography]

Just now, BowWow said:

Oh please. It’s not about number of songs it’s about comebacks. But you knew that, didn’t you. 

The loser attitude. If you think 4th gen girlies are going to all be serving the same concept by this time next year you're mistaken. BuT u KnEw Dat - DIdDNT U

[BowWow]

Just now, fauxtography said:

The loser attitude. If you think 4th gen girlies are going to all be serving the same concept by this time next year you're mistaken. BuT u KnEw Dat - DIdDNT U

The loser attitude? get a grip instead of fuming over a lil comment. 

[BowWow]

STAYC, Aespa and ive all closing in on a year with the same concept. No switch from tomboy to old Hollywood in sight. But stay being dense 

[fauxtography]

5 minutes ago, Billionaire said:

The thing with GIDLE though is that they aren't nearly as big as IVE & NewJeans on the international side. They don't have a song on Spotify that's nearly as big as Hype Boy or Love Dive so I kinda understand why people aren't mentioning them as much. 

 

Also as great as Twice are their image isn't as "Western-friendly" as the likes of NJ or BP so yeah understandable why they aren't doing nearly as well 

Not western friendly yet ended the year as the most streamed and best selling kpop GG in the US.

 

Yeah they don't have the drop impact as BP (and now looks like NJ) tho.

[Hazy]

8 minutes ago, fauxtography said:

Not western friendly yet ended the year as the most streamed and best selling kpop GG in the US.

 

Yeah they don't have the drop impact as BP (and now looks like NJ) tho.

they simply don’t have any gp support (or casual kpop listeners), they succeed only thanks to their fanbase, which is pretty big, thankfully

[Pluto6]

2 hours ago, JonginBey said:

I can’t remember which person it was, but about 1-2 years ago, someone in here linked me to a dance video of his. At this time, I was making petty remarks about Hyunjin, and they entertained my pettiness by sending me a video and saying Lee Know was actually the best dancer, so that’s how I was introduced to him 

 

A few days ago, a K-Pop reactor I watch, watched several Stray Kids videos, and Lee Know’s vocals kept catching his attention the most (his technical skill, how he could tell Lee Know must’ve been seeing a vocal coach because of how he executed his notes compared to others), so by some domino effect, he kept catching my attention as well and I’ve been listening to Waiting For Us and watching some of his fan cams since then

 

Thank you for the recommendation! I’ll give it a listen now.

 

I think I know which yt channel it is, is it "Koko3op" ? 

 

Lee Know used to be a professional dancer as teenager before he became an idol. He used to be a backup dancer for BTS and being in the same dance team as some of the biggest dancers and choreographers in Korea such as Bada Lee, Vata etc.. 

 

But yeah, a lot of people think that Hyunjin is the best dancer of SKZ, due JYP pushing him the most even though Lee Know is one of the best dancers to grace the industry  Like if you have watched all of their year end performances this month, you will see Hyunjin and Felix getting all the dance breaks meanwhile Lee Know getting none! 

 

Though Lee Know is actually the dance leader of SKZ, which means he's in charge of their performances and choreography etc. which also means he's actually letting the other members shine as well. You can see in the video here where he mentions that he doesn't dance for himself, but as a team instead. He also mentions how he's holding back so that he doesn't outshine his team, due to big gap there is between him and the rest of SKZ. He's truly a selfless angel 

Though a lot of times he doesn't give f*k and just goes all in and eats everyone up

 

 

You can see a video, where they analyze his dancing in depth, and his professional dance background etc., we stan a dance prodigy  

 

Lee Know is usually loved by everyone including people from different fandoms except for some Hyunjin akgaes who hate him just because he's a better dancer than Hyunjin, and because he has been getting more fancam views this year    It's funny cause Lee Know is literally the most harmless member who always mind his business, and thinks of everyone before himself 

 

And speaking of fancam views, he has the top 2 most viewed fancams by 4th gen male idols this year 

 

Edited December 26, 2022 by Pluto2022

[CrisPop]

 

ITZY being friends with everybody. The sweetest girls 

[Aniston's Boobs]

 

Not these queens making me miss them so much 

I hope this means a comeback very soon 

Pirate was a bop and a half

 

[Cheers]

 

The Golden Globe is hers

[Pinter]

 

Aespa visuals are no joke, they stand out so much while being with other girlies, lol to think that delulus here spamming yoon and isa of stayc calling them could be the it girls if theyre from big company.. Sure jan  they even cant compete with giselle if theyre being side by side like this.. Also not them being awkward not blocking karina and giving karina free space lol..

 

Even sakura cant stand a chance against winter and karina... Whew... 

Edited December 26, 2022 by Pinter

[Zack]

26 minutes ago, Cheers said:

 

The Golden Globe is hers

That's nice....who is it?

[Cheers]

2 minutes ago, Zack said:

That's nice....who is it?

Don't try to be shady, Zachary. We all know the summer queen.

 

[Adama]

15 minutes ago, Pinter said:

 

Aespa visuals are no joke, they stand out so much while being with other girlies, lol to think that delulus here spamming yoon and isa of stayc calling them could be the it girls if theyre from big company.. Sure jan  they even cant compete with giselle if theyre being side by side like this.. Also not them being awkward not blocking akarina and giving karina free space lol..

 

Even sakura cant stand a chance against winter and karina... Whew... 

yeah sure .

 

Isa could have been an it girl, everyone can see the potential! 

 

 

 

[Spark]

23 hours ago, rapperjennie said:

I didn't know Jaemin and his family are insanely rich  idol life is truly just something he does for fun

Chenle, Jaehyun, Johnny, Yangyang, and Mark also have super rich families, and I don't doubt most of the other members come from pretty well off families (like Lucas' family apparently owns a big chain restaurant franchise in China).  Tbh I don't think Jaemin is even in the Top 10 of wealth in NCT which is crazy because he casually buys his members designer gifts.

 

Imagine if NY Magazine did a nepotism babies issue for K-POP... it would be thicker than all Lord of the Rings books put together.

[Dialamba]

1 hour ago, Billionaire said:

The thing with GIDLE though is that they aren't nearly as big as IVE & NewJeans on the international side. They don't have a song on Spotify that's nearly as big as Hype Boy or Love Dive so I kinda understand why people aren't mentioning them as much. 

 

Also as great as Twice are their image isn't as "Western-friendly" as the likes of NJ or BP so yeah understandable why they aren't doing nearly as well 

I know they have more songs overall  but they’re like the 2nd most streamed 4th gen GG and tomboy did well on Spotify they have one  song with KDA with over 200M streams  even before IVE and Nj they were ignored let’s be honest people thought they would be over with the scandal they had one of the biggest hits of the year but apparently they weren’t on par with aespa or Itzy because they weren’t selling well now they’re selling as much as LSR  

People aren’t hyping them up because they are too “OLD” to be token stan  

25 minutes ago, Pinter said:

 

Aespa visuals are no joke, they stand out so much while being with other girlies, lol to think that delulus here spamming yoon and isa of stayc calling them could be the it girls if theyre from big company.. Sure jan  they even cant compete with giselle if theyre being side by side like this.. Also not them being awkward not blocking karina and giving karina free space lol..

 

Even sakura cant stand a chance against winter and karina... Whew... 

Only Karina (maybe winter) could match with anyone in Stayc. Giselle isn’t touching yoon and isa 

[Pluto6]

3 minutes ago, Adama said:

yeah sure .

 

Isa could have been an it girl, everyone can see the potential! 

 

 

 

 

She's truly the most beautiful idol of all time as I always refer to her as. The female Cha Eunwoo I fear, no one is touching her

 

 

[kawk]

 

 

[Chemist]

54 minutes ago, Pinter said:

 

Aespa visuals are no joke, they stand out so much while being with other girlies, lol to think that delulus here spamming yoon and isa of stayc calling them could be the it girls if theyre from big company.. Sure jan  they even cant compete with giselle if theyre being side by side like this.. Also not them being awkward not blocking karina and giving karina free space lol..

 

Even sakura cant stand a chance against winter and karina... Whew... 

Giselle looks...different. Recent dr kim appointment?

[OrgVisual]

I have no idea why idols still have to work ridiculous hours. Just watch RV Birthday BTS and apparently the started the shooting at 2am and finished at 6am. Like... and obviously not only the idols but also all the staffs and managers etc. 

[MusicFan98]

When will Stray Noise?? Never.

 

 

[CandyCoatedClouds]

1 hour ago, Adama said:

yeah sure .

 

Isa could have been an it girl, everyone can see the potential! 

 

 

 

Isa could have the same hot girl image that Yunjin and Giselle have and yet her label does nothing with her. It's a damn shame.

1 hour ago, Spark said:

Chenle, Jaehyun, Johnny, Yangyang, and Mark also have super rich families, and I don't doubt most of the other members come from pretty well off families (like Lucas' family apparently owns a big chain restaurant franchise in China).  Tbh I don't think Jaemin is even in the Top 10 of wealth in NCT which is crazy because he casually buys his members designer gifts.

 

Imagine if NY Magazine did a nepotism babies issue for K-POP... it would be thicker than all Lord of the Rings books put together.

They may have wealthy families that could get them higher places but that in of itself isn't nepotism. Sunny's uncle being CEO is true nepotism. 

Edited December 27, 2022 by CandyCoatedClouds

[Selenasworld]

54 minutes ago, Sept said:

I have no idea why idols still have to work ridiculous hours. Just watch RV Birthday BTS and apparently the started the shooting at 2am and finished at 6am. Like... and obviously not only the idols but also all the staffs and managers etc. 

We are use to a lot of scenes in one video, Chuu got 50M wons due to BBC overtiming Loona for over 24 h for the Flip that! MV when Chuu had a schedule next day validating a clause of Chuu's new contract

are we wrong for letting the agencies do that to the idols? 

[illia]

G-IDLE have so many Spotify streams because they are linked to all their KDA songs that did very well worldwide with the gaming community so all KDA streams go to G-IDLE as well 

 

kinda unfair if you ask me but still deserved because Soyeon truly carried that project with her best rap parts

[OrgVisual]

3 minutes ago, Flomik said:

G-IDLE have so many Spotify streams because they are linked to all their KDA songs that did very well worldwide with the gaming community so all KDA streams go to G-IDLE as well 

 

kinda unfair if you ask me but still deserved because Soyeon truly carried that project with her best rap parts

K/DA lowkey serves better music than G-IDLE