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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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RV and Twice stans in here fighting over who is more useless in both groups while BP has 4 IT girls :flower: main pop girls things 

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1 minute ago, MonsterNavy said:

crackstink disbandment canceled?

 

 

it says that she said that in 2020 :gaycat6:

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53 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

Red Velvet - irene & yeri none yet or does the sm stations count so all their solos are complete now too? If not, 3 out of 5 solos

I mean all members have released solo material in one way or another, but only Wendy, Seulgi and Joy have had official debuts. Plus Irene had a unit debut with Seulgi as well.

 

All of them have participated in OSTs, Station songs and other solo releases though.

 

1 hour ago, DelRey said:

Some users take this site too seriously, imagine being a hater of someone in a forum

It's laughable to be honest. Some people hurling personal insults and making such a spectacle of themselves over K-Pop forum members.

 

27 minutes ago, Cotton said:

Kpop album sales are inflated across the board, this is just facts and applies to everyone not just one company :rip:

Yeah I think sales are inflated in general. Though inflated doesn't necessarily mean fake.

 

The ones verified through official channels are obviously not fake, even if it's coming from bulkbuying. At this point nearly all of the K-Pop industry is supported by some element of bulkbuying, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's just a side-effect of Korea's export culture.

 

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1 minute ago, ItsJustMe. said:

it says that she said that in 2020 :gaycat6:

crackstink disbandment uncanceled then :gaycat6:

2 minutes ago, Hazy said:

RV and Twice stans in here fighting over who is more useless in both groups while BP has 4 IT girls :flower: main pop girls things 

Every member of BP is average at best in any talent they have (though Jennie has still managed to become the standout, as she should!), so there’s nothing to debate about with them :cold2:

3 minutes ago, Adama said:

Kai can outsing a lot of these new idols :dies:
 

Also he got the most viewed solo on yt right? And SM didn’t buy ads for Mmmh! 
 

He manage his solo career very well.

outsinging 4th gen idols is not hard to be honest :rip: but I will always say he has one of my favourite tones in EXO matter of fact I’m always asking for a KaiSoo subunit.

 

 

Kai knows music and his favourite type of music reflects in his music which also is the genre non stans also enjoy, everything fell in line correctly for his solo career.

I would love for the Seulgi, Jeno, Karina, Kai co-ed unit to do a special single album and promotion together.

 

They fit really well and cover all areas, vocals, visuals, dance, performance and stage presence :clap3:

 

 

1 hour ago, cloudbusting said:

everyone stop fighting and stan Yukika

 

 

the talentry and mothery she displayed here

9 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

crackstink disbandment canceled?

 

 

They will not disband but it’s not like they will release more music 

 

10 minutes ago, Hazy said:

RV and Twice stans in here fighting over who is more useless in both groups while BP has 4 IT girls :flower: main pop girls things 

I promise some idols are famous and are still not super talented :cm:

6 minutes ago, Hitchhiker said:

outsinging 4th gen idols is not hard to be honest :rip: but I will always say he has one of my favourite tones in EXO matter of fact I’m always asking for a KaiSoo subunit.

 

 

Kai knows music and his favourite type of music reflects in his music which also is the genre non stans also enjoy, everything fell in line correctly for his solo career.

The songs who showcased his vocal the best are Amnesia and Vanilla! Can’t wait for his album, he said that it was his favorite of all the 3 he did :duca:.

 

I need a Kyungsoo album after Exo cb. I also need promotions this time and more importantly, WE WANT RNB tracks 

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1 minute ago, Adama said:

I need a Kyungsoo album after Exo cb. I also need promotions this time and more importantly, WE WANT RNB tracks 

Say it louder please! D.O has my favorite voice in EXO.

 

But his solo album wasn't really giving for me, not him personally but just the songs SM gave him, though the title track was okay. I wanted more of the vibe he showed in Tell Me (What Is Love), he would slay an album like that.

Imagine a KDRAMA with them together :jonnycat:

 

The views in just 1 day, whew! 

 

He’s an incredible kisser btw :WAP:

 

 

The gaslighting is STILL going on with that user :dies: and then there are people who fall for that crap lol

 

anyway

 

its so funny how Aju Nice is their biggest song in Korea @kendoll2001:gaycat6:

 

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52 minutes ago, MonsterNavy said:

I mean, you can say BLACKPINK's album sales are fake too but with their massive popularity, humongous streams and tour gross etc - you can say there's atleast some truth to their album sales :foxaylove:

 

Red Velvet's and NCT's streams are :rip: their mv views are fueled by ads then the views suddenly stops :rip: they're a non event outside of korea and I think the members aren't really known individually like the crackstink members. their touring stats are a mess (nshitty kinda okay in this department though)

 

you can :ahh: all you want but blackpink is NOT like those sm acts and you know it :rip: 

 

edit: i'm sorry to my faves adspa and nshitty I had to sacrifice yall to prove my point :weeps: 

"They are non event outside of Korea" then clinging on "Fake Chinese sales"

 

Like pick a struggle :redface:

31 minutes ago, Adama said:

The songs who showcased his vocal the best are Amnesia and Vanilla! Can’t wait for his album, he said that it was his favorite of all the 3 he did :duca:.

 

I need a Kyungsoo album after Exo cb. I also need promotions this time and more importantly, WE WANT RNB tracks 

Kyungsoo said his album album after the EXO cb, I think EXOs comeback is going to be in June/July again, Kai hinted on an insta live today that there isn’t much time left for him :(

9 minutes ago, Witnessed ET said:

its so funny how Aju Nice is their biggest song in Korea @kendoll2001:gaycat6:

 

 

Truly Korea’s national anthem :heart2:

 

Edited by kendoll2001

5 minutes ago, Zack said:

Truly a legendary comeback, you had to be there :clap3:

 

 

all ruined by SBS :biblio:

2 hours ago, Zack said:

I think Birthday just didn't connect with the public for whatever reason, but they already had a smash that year so they could afford to be more experimental with this one I guess.

I revisited birthday yesterday for the first time since it was released and... It's an okay song. But I still stand by my opinion that they should've never released it, especially not as a title track. Like... Who even tunes into RV for a sound like that (especially in 2022)? Who asked for it? The lyrics and outfits also felt very How Do You Do Fellow Kids? Like... "Swag? Check"???? Grating as hell. Irene's 30 now. The whole thing felt like a massive step back in direction after psycho, queendom (giant woman concept) and FMR. You can be quirky AND still be mature! PAB is right there!! :rip:

 

Would've probably liked birthday much more if it were some aespa album track. At least with them, cringe is a part of their brand. 

Thank you Red Velvet for giving Hyunjin his most viewed fancam with 10M views and makinh him go viral, and also making more people tune into SKZ :ghostface: 

 

3 minutes ago, Shou7 said:

Would've probably liked birthday much more if it were some aespa album track. At least with them, cringe is a part of their brand. 

aespa are not an orphanage for horrible SM gg songs

 Abby Lee Miller GIF - Abby Lee Miller GIFs

 

30 minutes ago, Adama said:

He’s an incredible kisser btw :WAP:

 

 

i just need one kiss with him please:jonny:

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2 minutes ago, ANTisocial said:

all ruined by SBS :biblio:

Don't get me started on that. Wendy's nail artist revealed recently that she was so badly injured after her accident that even her nails couldn't be removed in the hospital. And she had been super excited about her new nails for the comeback just the day before. :!ohno:

 

Still it's so impressive how she bounced back from all those issues and shined in her solo debut and GOT The Beat debut.

 

Just now, Shou7 said:

I revisited birthday yesterday for the first time since it was released and... It's an okay song. But I still stand by my opinion that they should've never released it, especially not as a title track.

I think it's partly linked to the mess behind the scenes that was going on. Obviously we now know just how bad it had gotten at the company.

 

Birthday was supposedly filmed in March and meant to be released much earlier. I think it would have been fine as a stop gap comeback before a 3rd one, but it is what it is. It peaked in the top 20, but without promotion (they did barely any) and no real push it wasn't given much of a chance by SM.

 

The ongoing theme of the ReVe Festival is to celebrate RV's overall discography so I guess it fits with that. They've had GP misses before, such as ZZB, OOTN etc. which steered either too experimental or too mature. But one of RV's strengths is that they try new things and if it doesn't work so be it.

 

But they do need to revisit the Velvet concept again. Bad Boy and Psycho were great evolutions of that sound. Their tour concept looks promising so hopefully it carries through into an album.

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