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K-Pop Thread 2025

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1 hour ago, Odette Violet said:

the payola :deadbanana: 

My favs = "organic hit"

Any group I don't like = "payola, fraud"

 

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Just now, illia said:

My favs = "organic hit"

Any group I don't like = "payola, fraud"

 

:rip:

BTS and Blackpink are still the biggest kpop groups of all time and neither I am stan

 

you never see me screaming they have tons of payola 

 

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BP have filmed something at Universal Studios in LA, could be MV or something for the tour ??

 

yeah i'm finding it hard to believe that Gnarly is just organically taking off like that, k-pop streams have been so suspicious recently in general like the biggest groups used to struggle to chart at all but panned flops like Katseye and Babymonster will casually go top 40 on Spotify?

 

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8 minutes ago, K$Ellie said:

yeah i'm finding it hard to believe that Gnarly is just organically taking off like that, k-pop streams have been so suspicious recently in general like the biggest groups used to struggle to chart at all but panned flops like Katseye and Babymonster will casually go top 40 on Spotify?

 

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Babymonster never entered top 40 leave Asa and friends alone thank you very much.

 

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5 minutes ago, illia said:

Babymonster never entered top 40 leave Asa and friends alone thank you very much.

 

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i just remember Sheesh randomly being payola'd on Spotify I wasn't sure where it peaked but no they suck sorry

 

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21 minutes ago, K$Ellie said:

yeah i'm finding it hard to believe that Gnarly is just organically taking off like that, k-pop streams have been so suspicious recently in general like the biggest groups used to struggle to chart at all but panned flops like Katseye and Babymonster will casually go top 40 on Spotify?

 

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I don't think it's payola for katseye yeah there's some push, but all their videos have million views on YouTube, viral fancams and the girls are liked. 
 

notice Hot underperformed but gnarly is smashing

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the bts/hybe fans who were behind nj are now streaming gnarly it's pretty simple 

the new token hybe gg

:clack:

Gnarly is crazy viral on TikTok too, at this point it's giving Magnetic viralism (although Magnetic was objectively a better song. Still love Gnarly tho)

 

:clack:

 

25 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

notice Hot underperformed but gnarly is smashing

Underperformed - flopped

Smashing - payola

Flopped - should stop idol career

 

Company haters truly idiots

 

Domestic queens. Good karma is coming back for good people :clap3:

25 minutes ago, thirdward said:

the bts/hybe fans who were behind nj are now streaming gnarly it's pretty simple 

the new token hybe gg

:clack:

It suck that JYP bg stans did not support their girl groups like Hybe stans. NMIXX deserved to smash last comeback

The fact that the Lady with an Attitude problem not only married that man, but he also co-written and co-produced that song of her. But the way she keeps passing out like that for 15 years + due to a Vasovagal syncope. Is there any treatment for it?

HOT did underperform worldwide but in Korea it did so much better than CRAZY

1 hour ago, K$Ellie said:

yeah i'm finding it hard to believe that Gnarly is just organically taking off like that, k-pop streams have been so suspicious recently in general like the biggest groups used to struggle to chart at all but panned flops like Katseye and Babymonster will casually go top 40 on Spotify?

 

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They did "viral" marketing by having a bunch of famous influencers post about how "its so bad its good!" :rip: 

 

When it first came out I saw like 10 influencers post "Omg why is everyone dragging Katseye? The song is SO GOOD?!" 

 

And those people have never posted about Katseye ever on their account :rip: 

2 minutes ago, Gaia said:

They did "viral" marketing by having a bunch of famous influencers post about how "its so bad its good!" :rip: 

 

When it first came out I saw like 10 influencers post "Omg why is everyone dragging Katseye? The song is SO GOOD?!" 

 

And those people have never posted about Katseye ever on their account :rip: 

Companies paying influencers to promote the new song of their artists. Totally groundbreaking and never-before-seen indeed

 

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Koki apparently left PNATION
 

 

He's now 16 years old and went back to Japan.

 

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43 minutes ago, fais_2311 said:

Underperformed - flopped

Smashing - payola

Flopped - should stop idol career

 

Company haters truly idiots

 

Domestic queens. Good karma is coming back for good people :clap3:

We talk about Spotify and you talk about some Korean charts :rip: Hot did underperform compared to crazy which smashed internationally it's not rocket science

hybe bots Stans are something else :deadbanana2:

15 minutes ago, Xalric said:

Seeing Katseye with the N-Word Sayer Pokiman

 

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here is the vod if anyone is interested

 

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Oh wao I just heard Gnarly in the background music of a celebrity gossip show in Spain like tf, I guess HYBE's payola reached the national television of random countries too :cm:

7 hours ago, SchmoodRing said:

If anything the crossover commercialization yes but deterioration? No. Let's talk about the mandated plastic surgery, toxic micromanaging, underage idol debuts and lack of general talent is what's actually killing kpop

Ever since Blackpink and BTS blew up there has been a focus away from having vocal talent in groups. Every group can dance decently now, but companies realized all they needed to appeal to a global audience were pretty idols who can dance that release westernized music. Like the only idol I know that can sing at a decent level is sohee…

 

17 minutes ago, Darkling said:

Oh wao I just heard Gnarly in the background music of a celebrity gossip show in Spain like tf, I guess HYBE's payola reached the national television of random countries too :cm:

Spain is so random, like how the f*ck Klaxon was playing in the background while Anita was cheating Montoya with Manuel :ahh: 

2 hours ago, K$Ellie said:

yeah i'm finding it hard to believe that Gnarly is just organically taking off like that, k-pop streams have been so suspicious recently in general like the biggest groups used to struggle to chart at all but panned flops like Katseye and Babymonster will casually go top 40 on Spotify?

 

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Girl just say you're mad no one streamed yves's song after it went viral.

1 hour ago, illia said:

Companies paying influencers to promote the new song of their artists. Totally groundbreaking and never-before-seen indeed

 

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Never said it was something exclusive to HYBE anywhere in my post. 

Now why is XLOV still touring. THEY HAVE ONE SONG, THEY'VE BEEN TOURING FOR MONTHS

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