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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 

2 minutes ago, katyberry said:

Spot on :clap3: This having 1.3M views just shows how everyone was camping and had their notifications on expecting them to tank 

 

No wonder antis are mad

There's a few users who come in here just to post aespa shade. It would be less odd if they were posting often here like the people that hate on BLACKPINK. 

1 hour ago, Dialamba said:

playlists reach 1st day 
 

Spicy had 5.6M 

Unforgiven 7,5M

i am 6,7M

OMG 5.9m :hoetenks:

why can't Hack Antonoff stay away from my faves

 

somehow he always stays there, I can't stand it

 

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The difference between 5.8 million playlist or 8 million playlisting is negligible. 

8 minutes ago, Butters said:

https://theqoo.net/index.php?mid=hot&filter_mode=normal&document_srl=2797319466
 

now why did they get 900 comments on that encore for :deadbanana: it girl energy though!

What are they saying? Are the comments good or bad?

 

The encore was fine, Yunjin slayed, but they do sound a bit off when they sing the chorus in unison

9 minutes ago, Butters said:

https://theqoo.net/index.php?mid=hot&filter_mode=normal&document_srl=2797319466
 

now why did they get 900 comments on that encore for :deadbanana: it girl energy though!

Most of the comments there are positive and complimentary, Koreans are stanning:clap3: (I personally think they could sing much better than this lol But I'm glad this still received well)

skskksks I love my girls but sorry Spicy not even debuting on Spotify is a diaster :gaycat6: Some of yall were trying to argue they have a big cult following WW but why are the streams still not matching the sales? 

 

But as long as they get another hit locally, theyll be fine

Kazuha is clearly Christina Aguilera’s heir apparent 
 

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A magic was lost in trying to secure that yen :chick3: a cute chorus but idk if I'll go back to it; Rei Minaj underutilized again I fear

1 hour ago, newaespa said:

Poor aespa going go BROKE with such horrible Spotify numbers

 

don't get so defensive doll

The comments on how the sales don't match the streams in kpop should stop, we all know kpop is driven with mass buying for photocards, c bars and for fan wars credit,  the only groups that have high streams ww are the ones that are known every where like bts and blackpink 

25 minutes ago, Shou7 said:

All of them actually actually sounded decent but why did they look so awkward :rip:

I don't follow LSRF much but it looks like the Korean girls are not very close to the Japanese

The two users who post just to hate on aespa posting the same tweet at the same time. It's so weird:rip:
 

Edit: One of them hiding the post. :gaycat7:

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4 minutes ago, State of Grace. said:

skskksks I love my girls but sorry Spicy not even debuting on Spotify is a diaster :gaycat6: Some of yall were trying to argue they have a big cult following WW but why are the streams still not matching the sales? 

 

But as long as they get another hit locally, theyll be fine

It's not a disaster by any stretch, plus they are clearly targeting Korea specifically this time, which is a market where Spotify is a total flop as a service. 

 

Expecting "sales match streams" is a logical fallacy anyway. Digitals and physicals have always been distinct in K-Pop. 

 

Their sales are record breaking, their Korean digitals are doing great and they're selling out arenas and playing domes overseas. There isn't an argument for fraud or failure in aespa's case :cm:

2 hours ago, newaespa said:

Yeah as local as Taylor swift/Beyoncé 

well she must be local to "global" cuz she has 10 songs on Spotify Global right now :coffee2:

3 minutes ago, Spears_Stan said:

The comments on how the sales don't match the streams in kpop should stop, we all know kpop is driven with mass buying for photocards, c bars and for fan wars credit,  the only groups that have high streams ww are the ones that are known every where like bts and blackpink 

Yes, album sales are cute but they are more of an indication of a healthy fanbase (in aespa's case, in China) than actual impact on a country's audience

 

Stray Kids have massive album sales but literally no one knows them outside their fanbase

 

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NMIXX sold 800k albums but can't sell out a 2k seats fanmeet :bibliahh:

1 hour ago, jqnetto said:

:deadbanana4:

 

they don't have a 120M song there since 2019's Psycho. 

 

aespa is definitely doing better than that this decade.

120M is such a specific benchmark like..and Psycho was released in the last week of 2019 :rip: FMR will get there by the end of this year. And mind you RV have only had 3 comebacks this decade anyway.

 

BM, NL and Savage did great, Illusion did cute. But the facts are Spicy not debuting on the charts isn’t a great sign. And mind you they also have the advantage of most their music being girl crush.
 

Either way SM acts across the board just don’t perform as well bc SM has no idea what the WW audience wants lmao. They’ve got great album sales & a local hit so they’re fine.

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