fan base K-Pop Thread: 2023 Archive

[Zack]

Just now, cloudbusting said:

sisters slaying together iktr
 

even so, they’re hitmakers 9 years into the game 

I'm just clowning Birthday, I really like the song personally. This just proves RV's versatility and resilience.

[Cotton]

11 minutes ago, Zack said:

Chill Kill and Drama are now top 10

Oh the SM girlies are taking it. Nasty company but these bops had to HIT. RV haven't even started any promo yet, I fear a collapse could be upon us after Killing Voice & their first performance.

[Rhyme]

7 minutes ago, katyberry said:

Here we go 

 

Hitmakers 

[hallucinate]

luv to see all the girls smashing

[Zack]

Just now, Cotton said:

Oh the SM girlies are taking it. Nasty company but these bops had to HIT. RV haven't even started any promo yet, I fear a collapse could be upon us after Killing Voice & their first performance.

RV are doing Killing Voice + Wendy is appearing on Lee Mujin's show too today (in Korean timezone), so the promo is starting at the right time

[Rhyme]

So if you think about it, Girls is the only

aespa single that has underperformed on Melon and korean digital charts. QUEENS

[hallucinate]

tbh i’ve never understood why certain users made a big deal out of melon ULs being low (and used it as a drag) when that also means the overall consumption is low 

[OrgVisual]

 

Didn't notice that they kinda switching roles this time around

 

Irene has a lot more singing parts than she usually does. Wendy and Joy having rap parts. Joy has the climax high note instead of Wendy. The VERSATILITY  

 

[hallucinate]

[fromily]

4 hours ago, gigantopithecus said:

Why do people get so triggered when people who stan some SM groups stockholm themselves into liking a subpar song when that's literally a classic kpop fan thing to do? It's not the conspiracy you guys make it out to be. SM ggs + Exo/SHINee just generally have great music and sometimes we have to cope with a bad release.

 

At least their albums are always listenable and the titles aren't consistently bad, lots of groups can't relate!

 

 

Exactly! Like company stans have been around & exist for a reason~ we're not all in this to be objective serious music consumers a la pitchfork or whatever. It makes a little less sense today than it did in the second gen when each of the big labels were (loosely) associated w different sounds (jyp was kind of retro/funky, yg had hippity hop & sm electro pop & ballads) and release schedules (jyp acts = fairly regular, yg acts = crumbs & sm = ceaseless barrage). SM wound up w the most stans because they had the most acts (w the most combined popularity) and released the most regularly while maintaining fairly consistent quality across releases. YG wound up a close second because they really did stockholm syndrome their fans into thinking that releasing less music automatically = superior quality music and it's been that way every since. Then JYP was just always fumbling the bag until they struck gold copy pasting snsd but sacrificing talent for visuals (which is fine, since it's k-pop). Then pd101 and BTS (and maybe loona i guess) changed everything and company stan culture became kind of a legacy thing that new fans just kind of fall into because that's how it's always been?

 

But at a base level - people like what they like. If they like one label's artist then chances are they'll like another artist from that same label because they probably use the same songwriters, producers, choreographers, creative directors and promote their idols in a similar way.

 

But some brave souls can withstand this intense psychological coercion and rise above to hold totally unbiased opinions & look down in pity on us mere sheeple who are a hivemind legally bound to like & stream every new release from their favourite company 

 

Jkjk love to all, we're all just music enjoyers and I love me some good discourse now & again 

 

[Zack]

3 minutes ago, Sept said:

 

Didn't notice that they kinda switching roles this time around

 

Irene has a lot more singing parts than she usually does. Wendy and Joy having rap parts. Joy has the climax high note instead of Wendy. The VERSATILITY  

 

Another proof that they can ALL sing

Joy did what she had to do on Chill Kill's bridge and it's about time she got another moment like that, to silence all those people who keep attempting to shade her vocals. 

 

Irene also sounds amazing throughout the whole album, she was giving sultry vocals and Yeri was doing a lot of heavy lifting in the harmonies, especially on the lower parts. 

 

Wendy and Seulgi excelled and shined as usual too.

[youresotoxic]

11 minutes ago, Odette Violet said:

Don't let @youresotoxic see this 

 

will never forgive everyone for the Birthday floppage...

deserved a PAK!

[Gaia]

10 minutes ago, Rhyme said:

So if you think about it, Girls is the only

aespa single that has underperformed on Melon and korean digital charts. QUEENS

Girls has so far peaked higher than Drama  

[Rhyme]

7 minutes ago, fromily said:

Exactly! Like company stans have been around & exist for a reason~ we're not all in this to be objective serious music consumers a la pitchfork or whatever. It makes a little less sense today than it did in the second gen when each of the big labels were (loosely) associated w different sounds (jyp was kind of retro/funky, yg had hippity hop & sm electro pop & ballads) and release schedules (jyp acts = fairly regular, yg acts = crumbs & sm = ceaseless barrage). SM wound up w the most stans because they had the most acts (w the most combined popularity) and released the most regularly while maintaining fairly consistent quality across releases. YG wound up a close second because they really did stockholm syndrome their fans into thinking that releasing less music automatically = superior quality music and it's been that way every since. Then JYP was just always fumbling the bag until they struck gold copy pasting snsd but sacrificing talent for visuals (which is fine, since it's k-pop). Then pd101 and BTS (and maybe loona i guess) changed everything and company stan culture became kind of a legacy thing that new fans just kind of fall into because that's how it's always been?

 

But at a base level - people like what they like. If they like one label's artist then chances are they'll like another artist from that same label because they probably use the same songwriters, producers, choreographers, creative directors and promote their idols in a similar way.

 

But some brave souls can withstand this intense psychological coercion and rise above to hold totally unbiased opinions & look down in pity on us mere sheeple who are a hivemind legally bound to like & stream every new release from their favourite company 

 

Jkjk love to all, we're all just music enjoyers and I love me some good discourse now & again 

 

I think what's really funny is how someone could care so much what other people like and dislike in a post about their own thoughts on an album. Imagine listening to a K-pop song, disliking it, and thinking "well if another group released it you guys would dislike it like me" rather than give reasons as to why you didn't enjoy it

Edited November 14, 2023 by Rhyme

[Rhyme]

1 minute ago, Gaia said:

Girls has so far peaked higher than Drama  

So they really have no flops or underperformances. 

[Gaia]

1 minute ago, Rhyme said:

So they really have no flops or underperformances. 

Illusion made up for Girls underperforming. Just add their points together and its a smash  

[Dialamba]

14 minutes ago, Rhyme said:

So if you think about it, Girls is the only

aespa single that has underperformed on Melon and korean digital charts. QUEENS

Black mamba 

[Rhyme]

1 minute ago, Gaia said:

Illusion made up for Girls underperforming. Just add their points together and its a smash  

Experimental yet still chart topping queens 

[Gaia]

2 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

Black mamba 

It had massive longevity near the Top 100 and has a decent amount of points considering its peak  

[Rhyme]

2 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

Black mamba 

I recall it didn't do too bad on the year end digital charts. It had a respectable amount of points 

[Spears_Stan]

4 minutes ago, Rhyme said:

So they really have no flops or underperformances. 

 

#49 Black Mamba

#2 Next Level

#2 Savage

#8 Girls

#2 Spicy

[Cheers]

MV is giving Drunk Dazed ahhhhh!!! So good I might ******* kill myself

 

[Dialamba]

Just now, Rhyme said:

I recall it didn't do too bad on the year end digital charts. It had a respectable amount of points 

Well you cannot say girl is an underperformance when BM is their least successful title. 

 

2 minutes ago, Rhyme said:

I recall it didn't do too bad on the year end digital charts. It had a respectable amount of points 

NL saved BM but it was definitely not a major debut 

[Cheers]

 

&TWINK has lost it unfortunately. Sounds awful! 😢 

[Rhyme]

8 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

Well you cannot say girl is an underperformance when BM is their least successful title. 

 

NL saved BM but it was definitely not a major debut 

There's the saying it's  not about how you start but how you finish.