fan base K-Pop Thread: 2023 Archive

[LuneMon]

  On 2/4/2023 at 6:01 AM, Adama said:

Biggest 4th gen hit (for now) 

 

 

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in SK yes, the biggest 4th gen hit worlwide is probably hype boy

 

Poppy is so good. StayC always delivers, even Beautiful Monster (my least favorite song by them) is a decent song

 

 

[DanceFreak]

 

luv how everyone just forgot fraudzy exists. god is good.

[LCTV]

These stories and lawsuits lord I'd never want to be a Kpop Slave Musician Product

[Take Me Apart]

all the swiths dropped stayc for newjeans I think 

 

but I don’t blame them, stayc is probably one of the blandest group out of this gen

 

if it weren’t for the BEP connections they’d be on ILY1’s level 

[Fanta]

is this wonyoung? she looks so snatched. 

 

[discreetinside]

  On 2/4/2023 at 3:27 AM, Xalric said:

After Hui in Boys Planet, Pentagon Jinho is in Phantom Singer

 

 

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I will be totally surprised if Pentagon managed to renew their contract with Cube cause let's be real Pentagon was kinda over after Dawn left and well Cube did nothing good to boost their popularity.

[Epi.oxy.]

  On 2/4/2023 at 6:35 AM, LuneMon said:

in SK yes, the biggest 4th gen hit worlwide is probably hype boy

 

Poppy is so good. StayC always delivers, even Beautiful Monster (my least favorite song by them) is a decent song

 

 

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Hype boy is on the track to be bigger in korea as well

[Xalric]

  On 2/4/2023 at 7:09 AM, discreetinside said:

I will be totally surprised if Pentagon managed to renew their contract with Cube cause let's be real Pentagon was kinda over after Dawn left and well Cube did nothing good to boost their popularity.

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I think you missed YEARS.

While Shine was their biggest song in Korea.

Dr Bebe was knowing a reversal on the charts when cube decided to stop the promotion for the song to promote Shower Of Rain (Like imagine I-DLE last year seeing My Bag and Tomboy smashing but cube decide to scrap all the promotion and decide to make them promote Villain Dies Instead). The album ended selling quite good. Both We:Th (which has Daisy as title track aka their biggest song since Shine), and Love or Take (released in 2020 & 2021) were their biggest album in Korea while Invite:U was their biggest album internationally.

 

Their popularity is kind there, but the problem is their fanbase isn't made of typical Kpop fans especially in Korea...

 

Now the bigger issue is how PENTAGON will handle survival shows, promoting overseas with how they keep getting booked in all kind of shows all over Europe and promote their album.

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[Winmill De Kwynn]

The fact that IVE stats are already phenomenal but then you have NewJennies obliterating every IVE's records  

If BAEMON still manages to be even bigger than NewJennies, I swear  

[Witnessed ET]

  On 2/4/2023 at 6:01 AM, Adama said:

Biggest 4th gen hit (for now) 

 

 

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And it deserves every inch of its success for its infectious structure alone. 

[Witnessed ET]

  On 2/4/2023 at 7:01 AM, Fanta said:

is this wonyoung? she looks so snatched. 

 

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Looking like a true 4th gen IT girl. Idk how she manages to have that energy and positivity despite being so hated everyday, doing a thousand different gigs everywhere, losing so much weight and sleep etc etc. But girlie still does it.

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[Witnessed ET]

Also wanted to and say how XG is making me realize how much the girl crush music also needs a beautiful melody to truly be a great song, no matter how much ra ra ra ta ta ta you do with the hardest-hitting beats, the importance of finding that driving melody and balance is really significant. I’m glad they’ve got it down.  

[Winmill De Kwynn]

  On 2/4/2023 at 8:13 AM, Witnessed ET said:

Looking like a true 4th gen IT girl. Idk how she manages to have that energy and positivity despite being so hated everyday, doing a thousand different gigs everywhere, losing so much weight and sleep etc etc. But girlie still does it.

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Her Paris Fashion Week's fashion (especially FRED) and attitude last year was 

Looking forward to seeing her and Yujin look for this year 

[Dialamba]

  On 2/4/2023 at 7:36 AM, Winmill De Kwynn said:

The fact that IVE stats are already phenomenal but then you have NewJennies obliterating every IVE's records  

If BAEMON still manages to be even bigger than NewJennies, I swear  

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After like was like the first 4th gen to chart on Spotify US. everyone was hyping them but as soon NJ debuted people act they’re shelved as if they dont have two songs in the the top 10. After like had more digital points on its 6 weeks but people be like PAK this PAK that.  
IVE need to promote their b-sides. Dear Cupid and royals were wasted. 
 

The random Stayc drag. Oh please. How are they bland ? when they serve quality and they’re talented. Ofc people were interested in the feisty place because BEP have produced so many classics. 

[Cyanide]

Y’all I met a “straight” guy who just referred to Yunjin as “***** mother” it’s giving gay is it not

[Winmill De Kwynn]

  On 2/4/2023 at 9:48 AM, Cyanide said:

Y’all I met a “straight” guy who just referred to Yunjin as “***** mother” it’s giving gay is it not

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No, cuz she really is everyone's ***** mother 

 

[Winmill De Kwynn]

  On 2/4/2023 at 9:23 AM, Dialamba said:

After like was like the first 4th gen to chart on Spotify US. everyone was hyping them but as soon NJ debuted people act they’re shelved as if they dont have two songs in the the top 10. After like had more digital points on its 6 weeks but people be like PAK this PAK that.  
IVE need to promote their b-sides. Dear Cupid and royals were wasted. 
 

The random Stayc drag. Oh please. How are they bland ? when they serve quality and they’re talented. Ofc people were interested in the feisty place because BEP have produced so many classics. 

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Dear Cupid was a loss cause   and I think IVE really needs new SNS content manager, their Tiktok content sucks...

I'm hoping Teddy Bear's sound will lean toward Stereotype    It's their best song 

[harrythevifan]

  On 2/4/2023 at 4:37 AM, Selenasworld said:

BY4M themselves to face a lot controversies and lawsuits for lying and cheating

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This is the crypto honeypot company that first became known to ktrl because it had acquired the entertainment agency Major9 and 3 months later disbanded Bling Bling.

 

[Xalric]

  On 2/4/2023 at 10:17 AM, harrythevifan said:

This is the crypto honeypot company that first became known to ktrl because it had acquired the entertainment agency Major9 and 3 months later disbanded Bling Bling.

 

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I will never forget them to disband Bling Bling... While everyone was dragging aespa for the lack of open mic, these queens were live (with loud backtrack) on their debut stage.

 

 

[WhalieX]

  On 2/4/2023 at 6:01 AM, Adama said:

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after 10 months whew 

 

  On 2/4/2023 at 9:59 AM, Winmill De Kwynn said:

Dear Cupid was a loss cause   and I think IVE really needs new SNS content manager, their Tiktok content sucks...

I'm hoping Teddy Bear's sound will lean toward Stereotype    It's their best song 

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oh I thought that was problem with Monsta X because they are old but I guess IVE has it too 

[Dialamba]

a classic. 

[Winmill De Kwynn]

  On 2/4/2023 at 11:07 AM, WhalieX said:

after 10 months whew 

 

oh I thought that was problem with Monsta X because they are old but I guess IVE has it too 

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It's Tiktok and they barely use any other hit or viral challenge song on their channel just LOVE DIVE / After LIKE for all these past months  

Isn't that popular Korean Tiktok channel dancekang under Starship management too, they could learn a thing or two with them 

[rapperjennie]

  On 2/3/2023 at 10:34 PM, Zack said:

LSM hasn't been the CEO for quite some time. But he still owns the controlling shares of SM and is their creative director in charge of the overall direction of all artists.

 

Chris Lee is LSM's nephew (and SNSD Sunny's cousin) and the current CEO.

 

There's been a power struggle within SM for a while and I think the board wants to get rid of LSM because of his dodgy contracts and tax evasion etc. They recently terminated some of his production contracts and his controlling shares are in the process of being sold since 2021. HYBE, CJ E&M, Naver and Kakao publicly revealed that they were bidding for his shares. But they all dropped out except for Kakao (and maybe Naver) who are still in the running.

 

Word on the street is, HYBE etc. walked away because LSM is insisting that he remains creative director of SM and this is also holding up the Kakao purchase. The board wants him out and gone for good it seems. This is probably part of why they are moving to a division structure too, so that his "creative director" role becomes unneeded.

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Lee Soman being persistent in not giving up his position says a lot  wouldn't be surprised if Naver actually end up getting his shares either, haven't they been bidding for a long time now?? 

 

What are people's opinions on Chris Lee setting an agenda for 2023? Will it all be fulfilled or is it just to hype the investors up? 

[WhalieX]

  On 2/4/2023 at 11:22 AM, Winmill De Kwynn said:

It's Tiktok and they barely use any other hit or viral challenge song on their channel just LOVE DIVE / After LIKE for all these past months  

Isn't that popular Korean Tiktok channel dancekang under Starship management too, they could learn a thing or two with them 

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Yup they are so lazy and never think outside the box. I remember anytime MX would do something different or some trend on TikTok it would get good engagements but that's very rare. 

You need to keep these young kids engaged and entertained by doing something new and different. 

 

Starship usually has great music but they really lack in some other areas unfortunatelly.

[saucy]

  On 2/4/2023 at 9:48 AM, Cyanide said:

Y’all I met a “straight” guy who just referred to Yunjin as “***** mother” it’s giving gay is it not

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Gay or not he speaks facts