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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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  • aespa #1!    MYs can have arts AND charts now No chart updates on Spicy from you then?   I think not. Nope. They're at #1 now. Consider your points deb

  • Also @Mel. now that thread banning is back your two week ban starts now. 

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    some of the new members not giving new at all 

3 minutes ago, Save-Me-Oprah said:

this thread has become basically just people re-posting tweets with very little added comment or value

 

just... hit the retweet button or something. don't they already have a twitter account?

 

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I mean, 6 likes, no gives a ****.

 

also back to posting about toddlers, someone call the cops :celestial5:

1 hour ago, Lightbringer007 said:

This is so cool! They always deliver with their concepts

 

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This is so fun, I'm not a big fan of g-idle, but I like how they always bring something different every comeback. :clap3:

 

3 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

I didn't really enjoy the BTS enders' new release I liked Hot, Darling and World better but whatever

 

 

glad you enjoyed their other releases and i appreciate your thoughts on the new song. i hope you give it more spins tho and hope it grows on you because honestly i wasn't feeling it at first and i say this as a carat.

2 minutes ago, fauxtography said:

I mean, 6 likes, no gives a ****.

 

also back to posting about toddlers, someone call the cops :celestial5:

idk if those children are even old enough to be on tiktok

 

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2 minutes ago, LuneMon said:

This is so fun, I'm not a big fan of g-idle, but I like how they always bring something different every comeback. :clap3:

 

Oh wow, I didn’t know they released a teaser, but same! not really into them, but that was cute

28 minutes ago, Mel. said:

I didn’t lie tho.

name a group as big collectively and solo wise.

 

the closest would be BIGBANG

i hope you don’t think anyone in SM is a candidate, cause they aren’t.

They were literally a drop-in replacement for another kpop group with the same sound and a very similar image with the exact same positions. It would be like saying SM has never made a group like NCT when they've already made 900 of them. :dies:

1 minute ago, Century said:

They were literally a drop-in replacement for another kpop group with the same sound and a very similar image with the exact same positions. It would be like saying SM has never made a group like NCT when they've already made 900 of them. :dies:

half their early discography is 2NE1 rejects anyway

 

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Wait, because why does Chiquita look exactly like Lisa in these pics. What in the gene splicing is going on here :biblio: lol

 

 

 

I wonder when are we going to have a 4th gen boy group like exo, bts or big bang? stray kids and txt are successul, but their success doesnt feel as big as those groups. Maybe ZB1 or the new SM boygroup? 

Just now, Save-Me-Oprah said:

half their early discography is 2NE1 rejects anyway

 

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I was a fan until that milk demon yt lady and teddy conspired to make the noisiest trash since NCT for them.

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2 minutes ago, Century said:

They were literally a drop-in replacement for another kpop group with the same sound and a very similar image with the exact same positions. It would be like saying SM has never made a group like NCT when they've already made 900 of them. :dies:

Doesn’t matter.

my point still stands.

 

love 2NE1 they are the queens and my OG favs, but BP is bigger than they ever were. 

2 minutes ago, LuneMon said:

I wonder when are we going to have a 4th gen boy group like exo, bts or big bang? stray kids and txt are successul, but their success doesnt feel as big as those groups. Maybe ZB1 or the new SM boygroup? 

BIGBANG? Never.

I don’t think they will ever be another BG like them or even come close

1 hour ago, Save-Me-Oprah said:

 

wait 

 

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ciara loves to fail huh who told her short blonde hair was ever her thing :deadbanana4: ciara should've linked up with an equal worthy of her like boa, CL, hell even HYUNA 

1 hour ago, Save-Me-Oprah said:

people stanning a CGI character need jesus

 

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yeah i agree, i can't tell if that user is being sarcastic or not

56 minutes ago, sunmimi imfurst said:

IDK why I find the Aespa teasers such a kii, maybe cause it seems so pedestrian to me in the local Australian locations :chick2:

 

These ones look like MySpace photos from back in the day :rip: the random street and trolley :rip:

 

(I’m living btw, it’s just funny to me)

 

 

 

they serve so much when they're not limited to worshipping a female wreck it ralph as some god 

46 minutes ago, Mitsuki said:

Glad to see one more person appreaciating It's greatness here :clap3:

 

It's probably one of my favorite releases of the year so far 

yeah it's great. it's like they're serving dynasty army visuals idk how one could be disappointed lol

9 minutes ago, touya kinomoto said:

glad you enjoyed their other releases and i appreciate your thoughts on the new song. i hope you give it more spins tho and hope it grows on you because honestly i wasn't feeling it at first and i say this as a carat.

didnt like World and Darling at first too they just grew on me so i'm sure this new release will be the same. 
 

rewatching an mv with mingyy, hoshi, scoups and wonwoo always helps :gaycat2:

16 minutes ago, Save-Me-Oprah said:

this thread has become basically just people re-posting tweets with very little added comment or value

 

just... hit the retweet button or something. don't they already have a twitter account?

 

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People here just spam non-important tweets of their faves

 

Makes me wonder if they faves don't have an artist thread on ATRL like everyone else?

Or are they desperately trying to convince people here of something?

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5 minutes ago, LuneMon said:

I wonder when are we going to have a 4th gen boy group like exo, bts or big bang? stray kids and txt are successul, but their success doesnt feel as big as those groups. Maybe ZB1 or the new SM boygroup? 

Right now boy groups are going through what happened to 3rd gen GGs. Their predecessors are too big to go away anytime soon and are monopolizing the market that would normally consume bg music, that's why there's very few HUGE 4th gen BGs. 

 

The current GG explosion didn't start until Twice declined domestically, BP proved they're never getting steady releases, SNSD crashed and burned, RV never fully happened, all the others fell off, etc.

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there's nothing 2NE1 in BP's discography other than Forever Young's outro, Really's reggae vibes and AIIYL :toofunny2:

 

its been 7 years let it go :deadbanana:

 

 

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It would be interesting to see a comparison of Blackpink's peak market share of K-Pop vs. 2NE1's peak market share back in the day.

 

I know Blackpink are bigger than 2NE1, obviously. But a large chunk of that must be able to be attributed to the whole K-Pop industry in general growing exponentially since the late 2000s/early 2010s. 

 

2NE1 was breaking into the international market when BTS was still sperm in Hitman Bang's testes.

 

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7 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

there's nothing 2NE1 in BP's discography other than Forever Young's outro, Really's reggae vibes and AIIYL :toofunny2:

 

its been 7 years let it go :deadbanana:

 

 

First of all more than one person has left YG and said basically everything from their first few years other than Whistle was a 2NE1 reject.

 

Second of all it goes way deeper than music. 4 members. The leader is also the rapper and a sub-vocal. There's a SEA appeal member that keeps the group famous even when they were in 2nd or even 3rd place domestically.  There's a visual who debuted with literally 0 talent and seems to only have been there at first to take on endorsements and TV roles eventually. They also directly moved a lot of 2NE1's day to day team like assistants, managers, and stylists straight to BP. I was a fan predebut and into their first few years.

 

Nobody cares anymore but saying Black Pink is the most unique group and nobody is like them is absurd when they're literally another group's understudy who was given the spotlight after Park Bom started importing amphetamines into Korea under the disguise of gummy vitamins using her family as drug mules.  :deadbanana4:

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2 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

there's nothing 2NE1 in BP's discography other than Forever Young's outro, Really's reggae vibes and AIIYL :toofunny2:

 

its been 7 years let it go :deadbanana:

 

 

I mean, the group’s curator himself explicitly referred to them as just a revamped, more expensive 2NE1. It doesn’t get any more incriminating than that.

Just now, Century said:

First of all more than one person has left YG and said basically everything from their first few years other than Whistle was a 2NE1 reject.

 

Second of all it goes way deeper than music. 4 members. The leader is also the rapper and a sub-vocal. There's a SEA appeal that keeps the group famous even when they were in 2nd or even 3rd place domestically. They also directly moved a lot of 2NE1's day to day team like assistants, managers, and stylists straight to BP. I was a fan predebut and into their first few years.

 

Nobody cares anymore but saying Black Pink is the most unique group and nobody is like them is absurd when they're literally another group's understudy who was given the spotlight after Park Bom started importing amphetamines into Korea under the disguise of gummy vitamins using her family as drug mules.  :deadbanana4:

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But anywho I’ve been getting into Ive more 

 

what icons :jonnycat:

 

Is Charlie pith now the biggest western act in SK now :dies:

39 minutes ago, Mel. said:

Period!

I don’t think there’s ever been a kpop group like BP

2NE1 was the original and had the opportunity to do so until YG ruined everything. while BP as good and great that they are I hate how gatekept they are being their management and label. we need more music asap. in between eras let the other girls as soloists or as a group do features and collaborations please. i know that they're tired of performing the same old songs. also that way 30 minutes of their shows aren't interludes and can actually be filled it with their actual music that aren't covers

38 minutes ago, Mel. said:

I didn’t lie tho.

name a group as big collectively and solo wise.

 

the closest would be BIGBANG

i hope you don’t think anyone in SM is a candidate, cause they aren’t.

i say if handled accordingly AESPA is on their way

30 minutes ago, Selenasworld said:

So Kakao won't cancel Naevis debut? :rip:

They need to scrap debuting an AI or a computer generated idol, why won't SM just debut their kwangya alter egos, release a single album and a music video per year and call it a day

a NAEVIS debut would make sense since the girls are in the REAL WORLD now but then why not make NAEVIS debut her human counterpart and be voice and and done by an actual fellow SM trainee? i don't want their kwangya alter egos to debut because we already have that with KDA and again it'd just takeaway from the girls and i don't want that for them. they need to keep their jobs by actually having them. not loosing them to ******* kpop terminators. why SM is already trying to invest in something else that's not their proper full length debut is beyond me!

23 minutes ago, Mel. said:

I know the Pinks have a show tomorrow in Mexico, but can Lisa and Jisoo fly back to SK after to give us a performance of “SHOONG” and more “Flower” promotions juseyo!

 

Taeyang is going back to music shows and I need to see a live performance. I also don’t think YG expected Jisoo to smash and she’s not slowing down, she’s still gaining new peaks in SK. We need more promo!

that's gonna literally be impossible. you're asking for too much. especially with the passing of that k-idol we need to be more considerate and not overwork these people

25 minutes ago, Rhythm said:

I’m pretty sure all of those articles that came out announcing it were referring to this feature on aespa’s (then-delayed) comeback. It would make the most sense, as opposed to them actually being daft enough to attempt to pursue a legitimate career for a literal plot device. 

yeah she's gonna unfortunately debut as a feature on the track welcome to my world. at this point i can see SM being daft enough. watch all the non kwangya track outdo it. if they know anything about how to run a business they'll be seeing the response and finetune their brand so further clean up their management skills of what's very clearly the next big kpop global grossover that they have in their hands which is AESPA

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