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K-Pop Thread: 2023 Archive

This is part 1 of the K-Pop Thread: 2023 Archive discussion.

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    some of the new members not giving new at all 

Baby, baby, baby, baby, jayeonseure, make it right, ya

Baby, baby, baby, baby, historyreul gajin geureon player

 

LOVE this part of Stamp On It (and the bridge!)

 

42 minutes ago, Vrx. said:

Yeah but there’s nothing wrong with the grammar in American pop unless it’s Max Martin writing. KPop has legit declined since 2nd Gen 

There was a Reddit thread about terrible kpop lyrics the whole section was filled with SM acts. 
:rip:

37 minutes ago, Lost In Paradise said:

because that’s what ADOR did with Attention/Hype Boy :cm:

But that partially also worked because all of the girls in NJ were unknown, so there was an air of mystery and anticipation around them, everyone knows who the girls in GOT are

I hope I don't play Stamp On It out before the official release. :katie2: Since the performance is uploaded on the official channel, do the views count towards the song's streaming numbers?

Stamp On It is really quite disappointing :rip: it sounds like an AI produced song it’s so lifeless. The bad styling and choreo… none of them look like they want to be there either. Oh well. Step Back was quite the moment but this is not giving what it was supposed to unfortunately. Maybe there will be a good song on the mini. 

 

 

Only HYO and Seulgi Stand out they look clowns. Taeyeon and Wendy same haircut, BOA looks like an older version of Karina. Winter is basically Taeyeon’s child. 
 

the song is much better than step back but it will age in a week. One of the best lineups ever but the songs aren’t good, the stage presence 0/10. They were forced it’s obvious 

 

 

 

Wonyoung said 2023 would be their year. They’re coming to demolish. :bird:

 

lee soo man needs to be locked up till he gives aespa a comeback.. sorry but this stamp on it nonsense is a waste of time bye! 

It always makes me cackle seeing how RV can't hide that they obviously hate the KWANGYA concept

 

Irene cackling when she has to say "in KWANGYA" and Wendy saying "I still don't know what it's about" :dies:

 

 

 

Every SM song sounds the same ATP it's kinda off putting, they're turning into YG

 

They used to be so diverse 

3 minutes ago, cantstopmes said:

lee soo man needs to be locked up till he gives aespa a comeback.. sorry but this stamp on it nonsense is a waste of time bye! 

A good opportunity to throw ass is never wasteful :cm:

 

But we know the artists themselves won't be promoting this and in that sense it's a shame. Aespa won't come back until SM squeezes all it can out of Stamp On It but Karina and Winter will be at the dorm jobless because King Taeyeon promotes even less than Boa does. No music shows, I bet. And nothing that's not  prerecorded SM produced content.

 

Leeseo looked SO nervous, like, terrified that the playback would had an error or something :deadbanana2:

 

But i gotta say she got better vocal tones than Wonyoung, more pleasant to listen to :giraffe:

13 minutes ago, Zack said:

It always makes me cackle seeing how RV can't hide that they obviously hate the KWANGYA concept

 

Irene cackling when she has to say "in KWANGYA" and Wendy saying "I still don't know what it's about" :dies:

 

 

 

I literally love them :bibliahh:

9 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

Every SM song sounds the same ATP it's kinda off putting, they're turning into YG

 

They used to be so diverse 

they do and I hate to see it :deadbanana4:

why can't they just care about releasing easy to listen to music like how they were before? 

Hybe is really doing everything right and SM... :rip:

i wonder what 2023 will be looking like for itzy, cheshire did not feel like a proper comeback

8 minutes ago, Britney Jean said:

 

Leeseo looked SO nervous, like, terrified that the playback would had an error or something :deadbanana2:

 

But i gotta say she got better vocal tones than Wonyoung, more pleasant to listen to :giraffe:

they all sound so infantile it throws me off, i know they're below 20 but good god miss yujin and liz would NEVER sound like this :deadbanana4:

8 hours ago, Xalric said:

It's literally the kind of song Nct would release and y'all would say how noisy it is.

Y’all compare every song to NCT when it sounds nothing like them. A better point of reference would be “Obsession” from EXO. That’s one of my favorite EXO tracks but Stamp On It does it even better. 

8 hours ago, Lost In Paradise said:

oh they really came through with the song

 

it’s gonna be GOT vs OMG vs Ditto :redface:

Girl, “Stamp On It” is not going to light up the streaming charts and it’s not catered to be a digital hit. It’s too long and not Hot Adult Contemporary enough.

6 hours ago, Gaia said:

 

 

It's annoying they all look snatched, styling is 10/10... but no comeback in sight and even GOT isn't releasing until Mid-January

Aespa is coming with a full album late February/early March. It’s not unusual for SM to have a quiet year and then serve tons of content the following year. They’ll reveal that they’ve been preparing for a tour, too. And I’m guessing they’ll probably have a mini in September/October.

5 hours ago, getinthezone said:

They’re always wrong the way ATRL is, babe. Pannchoa aren’t taste makers LOL

Who will replace Lucas in SuperM?

I Hope is Key but is probably someone from SuperHags :biblio:

Just now, Eternium said:

Y’all compare every song to NCT when it sounds nothing like them. A better point of reference would be “Obsession” from EXO. That’s one of my favorite EXO tracks but Stamp On It does it even better. 

Girl, “Stamp On It” is not going to light up the streaming charts and it’s not catered to be a digital hit. It’s too long and not Hot Adult Contemporary enough.

Aespa is coming with a full album late February/early March. It’s not unusual for SM to have a quiet year and then serve tons of content the following year. They’ll reveal that they’ve been preparing for a tour, too. And I’m guessing they’ll probably have a mini in September/October.

They’re always wrong the way ATRL is, babe. Pannchoa aren’t taste makers LOL

No I just wonder where the sudden Boa hate comes from 

Kwangya residents need to stfu and deal with the fact that they won't get a comeback before March/April and it will be another mini and no other comeback by the end of the year. Just how me as a blonk I know we will only get Jisoo's 2 song debut  and that's it from the pinks for the year.:giraffe:

2 minutes ago, Eternium said:

Y’all compare every song to NCT when it sounds nothing like them.

In this case the NCT comparisons are somewhat valid because of the Dem Jointz production.

 

But it's not a bad thing in this case, they sound great on the song and the vocals definitely elevate it. Other companies could learn several things from the vocal production on Stamp On It :matty:

 

 

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1 minute ago, DelRey said:

Who will replace Lucas in SuperM?

I Hope is Key but is probably someone from SuperHags :biblio:

They don’t need to replace him. He literally served no purpose other than being a visual.

 

I was just like put Ten in there but he’s already a part of the damn group. Choose Sungchan or Shotaro, bbs need something to do. 

newjennies OMG spoiler choreo? :jonny5:

finally tomorrow the release :jonny5:

 

 

SM has this weird thing with oversinging and overproduction its insane. Its like they have all these resources, vocalists, production, that they're all trying to stack it all one over the other thinking its gonna be a good product. Absolute ZERO cohesion, less is DEFINITELY more and you can see it with the HYBE girlgroups.

 

YG is the polar opposite, while many consider them noise a lot of YGs sound is definitely minimalistic, lots of just bass and white noise + 808s. SM just abuses autotune, synthesizers and backing vocals like there's no tomorrow its crazy.

 

GOT has been 0/2 so far, Step Back was a dud and so was this.

 

On other news, can't wait for future GLOBAL girlgroup NewJeans next cohesive sounding smasha! They'll destroy Spotify with OMG I fear, see when you make a song that has an actual MELODY!

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13 minutes ago, Sorecer said:

they do and I hate to see it :deadbanana4:

why can't they just care about releasing easy to listen to music like how they were before? 

Hybe is really doing everything right and SM... :rip:

SM’s over-reliance on Western Producers has resulted in a very homogeneous sound for most acts — either a bunch of noise or a junky music production that’s saved by the vocal production. It doesn’t help that the acts don’t really have their own unique sound anymore either. 

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