13 minutes ago, Xalric said:

 

The user spilled

 

The problem has been there ever since the establishment of Kpop in the 90s.

 

Despite with the lashings on debuting Leeseo (and Wonyoung and Yujin being another case with Produce 48 participation and IZ*ONE debut), Eunchae (considering their group concept), Hyein, and half of the BM girlies at such early age, I don't think things will change anytime soon.

27 minutes ago, Xalric said:

 

Of course some of these kids before getting into kpop already had careers as musicians, actors, athletes, dancers, models -- getting into kpop is almost a midlife crisis move for them!

 

I'm sorry but no way Sugar Rush is a hit with the GP. Its Unique listeners peak is like 147k  The chart is just empty at the moment so fandom streaming has a more powerful hold than usual

2 hours ago, discreetinside said:

 

 

Korea loves IVE. We love to see it smash hit next cb. But they need to promote like NJ. we need a big era 

SWITHs WAKE UP

 

4 hours ago, Fanta said:

they started to realize all their fave’s records are being smashed & started losing it. not to mention BTS role as the money makers is being filled by several HYBE groups now so they are basically a non factor now. i’m living. 

 

OT: is it zombie hours?

yes, BTS isn't really needed by hybe anymore that's why they're scrambling  

 

album sales: seventeen, enhypen, txt, newjeans & lsrfm

digitals: newjeans and lsrfm

streaming: newjeans & lsrfm

touring: seventeen & enhypen

it girls/brand deals: newjeans

 

what else did I forgot? they got everything they need and more with these 4th gen hybe groups + svt

not to mention, all the floppery left, right and center by the bots' soloists the past year + yet to cum completely bombing. I know its been a rough 2022 for the bots and newjennies snatching all bts records just adds to their stress/worries  

 

OMG still re peaking  Ditto will for sure get the Attention treatment 

 

they will have another 2 big smashes from one comeback 

 

 

 

 

Taeyeon's vocals is heavenly  

 

the way sakura fans spend all that money on their albums just for her to get 2 seconds of screentime nnn

Edited January 30, 20233 yr by Billionaire

10 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

yes, BTS isn't really needed by hybe anymore that's why they're scrambling  

 

album sales: seventeen, enhypen, txt, newjeans & lsrfm

digitals: newjeans and lsrfm

streaming: newjeans & lsrfm

touring: seventeen & enhypen

it girls/brand deals: newjeans

 

what else did I forgot? they got everything they need and more with these 4th gen hybe groups + svt

not to mention, all the floppery left, right and center by the bots' soloists the past year + yet to cum completely bombing. I know its been a rough 2022 for the bots and newjennies snatching all bts records just adds to their stress/worries  

 

I know we don’t like the BOT$ but if you think that the total of all these groups streams, touring and albums sales money are 1/4 of what they brings 

their Hyundai and Samsung contracts alone might brings more revenue than some groups streams. 

Edited January 30, 20233 yr by Adama

7 minutes ago, Flomik said:

 

i'll take 9 good bsides + bad title track tbh  

Just now, Adama said:

I know we don’t like the BOT$ but if you think that the total of all these groups streams, touring and albums sales money are 1/4 of what they brings 

of course its not. i'm just saying if bots decided to leave or flops into oblivion, hybe won't go down the drain since the other groups are also making money the way bots used to ofc (not in their level yet but all are showing huge potential)

Chill. SRR is out for 3 days. Haven't you guys realized that it takes some time for GP to catch up with longevity hits? (Eleven, Attention, HB, AF)

 

Yes, rn the fandom is doing the heavy lifting, but that can change. Just give it time. 

11 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

of course its not. i'm just saying if bots decided to leave or flops into oblivion, hybe won't go down the drain since the other groups are also making money the way bots used to ofc (not in their level yet but all are showing huge potential)

They won’t go down ofc, but BTS will still account for 60-65% of HYBE’s 2023 revenues despite their hiatus (due to member solos and groups endorsements). So if they leave one day it’s going to be a problem

Edited January 30, 20233 yr by Adama

 

Some of y’all are delusional. Bts flop year : over 7M albums sold, 7-8B streams, 3B digital points and countless awards. The fact HYBE had to buy companies so they can match BTS’s success. 

 

we lost 

29 minutes ago, Flomik said:

 

Umm last time they went on IG live, they said they "loved" the title track. 

 

What is this mess?? Clearly SM is panicking about the title track after Illusion ended up doing better than Girls last time. 

 

But the songs have been recorded months ago...? SM has had a long time to finalize this.

 

I feel so bad for the girls, they clearly have no idea what's going on from the management and are probably seeing tons of angry messages from fans about the hiatus. Genius SM strikes again

 

 

6 minutes ago, Narima said:

 

Korea loves Kazuha so much even though she's Japanese. If she were Korean. She'd take over the entire country.

NOT ae1 being delayed FOR REAL

it's really OVER

I'm truly sorry for aespa, that video of Winter reminded me of Jennie talking about her favorite Netflix shows and saying that she was sorry but there were no plans for a comeback.  

what sm is doing with aespa is even worse than YG with BP

I mean BP at least has well established fandom and the climate was different too when they were building their brand

 

now the competition in the 4th gen is so stiff and SM messed up 2022 for them - they gave aespa Coachella slot, but failed to release an ep for it, sent them to US for the promo cycle which damaged their domestic chart run and didn’t help on global charts too > the girls were spoiling that another comback is coming same year and were sorry that fans needed to wait so long between Savage en Girls, told us it won’t happen again > SM failed to provide them at least another ep or single that year > they scheduled multiple concerts at the beginning of 2023, yet it seems like ae1 is delayed too? it’s a big mess… I’m so sorry for them, they have to be so stressed about it all

like what will they sing? unreleased songs? 

3 minutes ago, Axel. said:

I'm truly sorry for aespa, that video of Winter reminded me of Jennie talking about her favorite Netflix shows and saying that she was sorry but there were no plans for a comeback.  

yeah, it gives the same aenergy 

 

maybe SM shouldn’t be THAT precise in following BP print 

SM is so miserable, they are able to plan multiple NCT comebacks in a year, prepare flop solo comebacks for EXO and Shinee members, but pay dust to arguably their biggest act with the most potential

similar thing happens with RV 

it’s painful to see how they treat their gg 

 

it’s even worse than YG, since YG at least mistreats all of its acts