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No. 372309
"She didn't get PS it's just weightloss!!!!"-edition
Rant about Kpop, its creepy fandoms, and/or its fucked up industry. Or just nitpick some idols.
· Don't sperg, complain or pick fights.
· Don't racebait.
· Don't fangirl, save that for the Kpop General thread here:
>>362402· Don't derail about dumb shit. If it doesn't directly have to do with Kpop, don't post about it here.
· This thread is not about shipping or fangirling. Save that for the general kpop thread here:
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These are comments from BlackPink performing on Stephen Colbert video
No. 372328
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>>372318Ok they didn't even try. Those usernames practically give them away. Mukbang, that one with asian characters, this is embarrassing.
No. 372349
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>>372318The comments are really priceless lol a lot of people pointing out how skinny they are with the typical replies from fans "Nooo they eat so much!! watch these videos!!". Come on blinks, they are anorexic as FUCK.
Also lol at this comment, now Colbert is racist for not putting subtitles on a live show. I like the superficial aspects of kpop and I follow some groups because I find it fun, but I can't wait for the hype in America to DIE already so I can stop cringing at my own personal guilty pleasure.
No. 372350
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>>372349LOL fuck me. ARMY stop.
No. 372359
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>>372351They looked awkward, anorexic and sounded really bad. I think they definitely dropped the ball on getting America's attention besides koreaboos. I will give BTS a pass in the sense that they gave the slightest sense of having SOME personality when breaking into America. But Blackpink is really just a bunch of vacant pretty girls. They are also clearly on the brink of imploding considering how much Jennie slacks off and probably prefers to be a soloist, so I doubt they'll last much.
They are also ALWAYS out of sync. For fuck sakes, try a bit harder YG.
No. 372362
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>>372359i can't believe kboos think the average teen and young adult would think this or bts is cool
No. 372370
>>372359Lmao rose is supposedly main vocal and lead dancer but she sings like a goat and is horribly out of sync in this gif.
Apart from loud Twitter stans their "grand American debut" was just thoroughly underwhelming.
No. 372382
>>372349kpop idols kill me with the eating stuff tbh
like..they genuinely think because idols go on shows and gorge themselves, that they eat healthily despite the fact that they have admitted themselves that their companies are forcing them to starve themselves and the eating on shows is legit for keeping up appearances
No. 372385
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top kek so true
No. 372422
>>372259Suga and Jimin are both shy, self-hating gayboys who only act tough in their songs. V and Jin seem more likely. Especially Jin, the guy is so far up his own ass he can't even admit when he does his own choreography wrong without turning it into a full-blown argument about respect.
>>372359>>372403kek without all the Mnet camera tricks you can really tell how boring the choreo is and how little effort they put into it.
No. 372426
>>372399I surprisingly don't… hate this?
The audio is super weird in the vid but finally looking at a group that can dance is refreshing
Lets just hope they don't get lazy
No. 372434
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>>372430truly a woke gay legend, saved lgbt youth from suffering, legalized same-sex marriage in south korea, invented lube
No. 372437
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>>372434>invented luberofl
anyway i'm voting jimin or jin, if that was in fact about bts
No. 372438
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>>372403Total nitpick but Rose's feet look humongous on her toothpick legs. Her head is gigantic too. Her body legit looks like a bratz doll.
No. 372439
>>372436how are suga and jimin socially inept? isn't suga especially known for having lots of idol friends secretly?
put down the run bts episodes, retard
No. 372445
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>>372444please relax. and no those things are not true about them. they're memes their autistic stans think.
No. 372473
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>>372469no offense but they aren't the pale queens their company and fans photoshop them into. they are healthy looking korean (and thai) women
No. 372477
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>>372462I think it depends on the shade anon, this be looking really good (but this is a caramel shade, not exactly blonde)
No. 372478
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>>372473Unbleached picture. They are super pretty, I just don't think blonde hair suits them
No. 372482
>>372462At least SNSD's US debut was in English.
I don't know what YG is thinking, BlackPink singing in Korean won't really get them western (normie) fans. It's even more laughable that he thinks he'll make them into new Spice Girls.
No. 372484
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oh dear god
No. 372485
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>>372484the d o w n g r a d e
No. 372489
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>>372485>>372484the e'dawn effect
No. 372490
>>372481This.
Nobody cares about playback and girls dancing like they have a stick in their asses.
No. 372493
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OP image reminds me of the good old days
This post is fondly dedicated to yoonas forhead impant
No. 372496
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Kekekek don't forget Sunny's implant too anon
No. 372498
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>>372493Can we also get a shout out to g-dragon and his chin surgery cosplaying as Robbie Rotten (RIP)
No. 372500
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>>372496honorable mention to jessica's jaw shave
No. 372502
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>>372496i remember when yeri debuted and it was obvious she had one
before that i had no idea it was even a thing haha
No. 372503
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>>372498Y'all said something about chins…
No. 372508
>>372349>Kpop group makes money in a foreign country without bothering to learn said country's language. A-Okay!
>Kpop group is allowed to perfrom a song in their own language on foreign tv, but foreign tv station dares to not put subtitles and therefore stupid westerners can't get enlightened by superior azn lyrics:Racism!
You can't make this shit up…
No. 372509
>>372484why would you post old Gackt pictures in the kpop thread
>>372482I don’t even think these low effort “US promotions” from BlackPink or NCT are even trying to get them super famous anymore tbh. targeting existing kpop fans of other groups and the 12-16 year olds who would’ve been the fans of girl/boy bands is enough to just get more fans to sell out slightly larger concert venues. Kind of like how the Wonder Girls could’ve done okay if they persisted with touring with the Jonas Brothers and having a Nickolodeon movie, it’s easier to go after that smaller niche demographic harder than trying to get them the success of an Ariana or something. if that’s not what they’re actually trying then they should really just stick to that instead, they’re never going to be actually mainstream. The Coachella audience aren’t going to want to go to a BlackPink solo concert after seeing them, have more reasonable expectations and just chase that
No. 372513
>>372509>why would you post old Gackt pictures in the kpop thread That's an insult, at least Gackt can sing lol
>>372510My thought as well. It feels as if we're on his side by using this as an OP…
No. 372518
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on the topic of bad ps and downgrades can i just
No. 372527
>>372518She looks vomit inducing… That level of self mutilation should be considered a mental illness
>>372514>johnny was the only cute oneSeriously?!
Why is lc so infested with nct thots?
No. 372531
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definitely starving herself
how sad because she had a cute figure
No. 372537
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>>372530all the comments on her instagram are telling her to eat and that she looks sick
reminds me of areum back in the day who had one of the most extreme cases of an eating disorder in kpop even to this day
No. 372538
>>372529>>372533The normal kpop thread is also mostly about nct. I really don't get it…
Isn't that group marketed towards extremely young girls, like middle school age?
No. 372553
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yuri too lots of idols have gone through this and they usually dont address it so i really hope jimin gets help if she needs it
No. 372581
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oof
No. 372623
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Their responses are so predictable.
No. 372637
>>372632I haven't heard about the anger issues, but the alcoholism is definitely something.
While Jimin is the worst alcoholic in bts Suga is definitely up there.
No. 372659
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>>372647This is some scary shit
No. 372661
>>372657Rose was much better than Jennie and all that proves is that Kpop is so fucking fake, I don't think regular Americans will ever take it seriously. What's the point of acting like a badass in your music videos and having articles written about how you're savage and expensive and then serve awkward ten year old in your interviews? This isn't Korea, people won't give you a pass if you giggle and smile. Cardi B can't rap for shit but she is on stage who she is off stage and people consider her to be authentic.
However, some folks saying Rose is a superstar in the making just for being able to speak fluent English and answer basic questions without vomiting all over herself…yikes. The bar is so low in Kpop and yet the delusion is so high. I wonder if those two things correlate.
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>>372659He looked decent enough predebut pic related but he seriously fucked his face up and you can tell he'll age horribly.
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It's hilarious how blinks are blaming the GMA cameras for the mediocre performance of Blackpink.
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>>372724And then you see a sane person who says the truth. Without the camera game of Korean shows, the bright lights and costumes most of the kpop groups have zero stage presence and awful vocals.
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And so it begins. Surprisingly, I have yet to see any delusional fans saying she looks ok. Maybe AOA fans are a little on the saner side.
No. 372789
>>372691I still don't get why they pushed Jennie the most, homegirl has no personality and she looks like she just wants her contract to end and go back to New Zealand, she looks fucking dead and everytime she talks it sounds like she has anxiety issues and she's the ugliest and least interesting of the bunch and she doesn't even fit the korean beauty standard that well like Jisoo does. Maybe her dad invested in BP or something because I heard she comes from a rich family but this is just tinfoiling.
I mean they weren't going to push Lisa because she's SEA but at least they should have given Jisoo the human gucci image, she's more fun than Jennie and she rocks the whole no chin, small face Korean beauty standard and looks good in elegant styling.
No. 372826
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>>372399Interesting how jyp always makes the youngest member to do suggestive dance move. It was like that too with tzuyu.
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Why is this even an article lmaoo. A small stage has nothing to do with the fact the performance was trash.
No. 372861
>>372860They looked so…plain( especially Jennie)without all the editing and lighting that they're used to getting on Korean shows.
I remember being shocked when I saw BTS on American shows, but I don't think they're attractive either way so…
No. 372881
>>372878Nah. They are equally cringy in different ways. BP has more "native" English speakers but are completely uninteresting spoiled brats.
BTS oth is collectively arrogant af and only have one spokesperson (the Rat) who can speak "passable" English. Meanwhile the rest of them seem to have more "personality" but not the kind that makes them likeable.
tl;dr
No personalities vs obviously shitty personalities
No. 372904
>>372868It's such a bad move to have them go on tv shows and interviews before coachella just because yg got
triggered other kpop idols got to step on america's soil. They clearly arent ready for this, and this will totally ruin any chance to steal the GP's attention at coachella. The stupid blinks will still blindly support them though no matter how bad their performances are.
No. 372931
>>372919cringe
there was something like a fan asking jin about a male singer and him saying "i'm not gay". as much as armys see them as feminist woke legends they seem to be suffering from toxic masculinity, jhope said that he doesn't wear earrings because of muh manliness reasons, when one of them has to dress up as a girl for comedy shit they all have a happiness attack when they aren't the one picked. their gayness lasts as far as the female attention they get from fanservice lol
No. 372939
>>372919Kek imagine how pathetic and desperate you'd have to be to kiss your friend/co-worker for fame.
They truly lack self respect.
No. 372962
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Remember that blind item about a group at the Grammys making a translator cry? The one that BTS fans were insisting had to be Lay because BTS didn't have a translator with them (even though they did)?
Yeah, alt.gossip has solved it and you'll never guess what!
No. 372974
>>372962alt.gossip lists the most likely guesses, not actual solutions. Top of the page: 'NOTE: Guesses in italics are only guesses'. It's only confirmed if CDAN posts a reveal himself.
Also in b4 stfu ratmy: I do think it's them too.
No. 372990
>>372691Jennie has continuously choked in every interview I've had to see of her. She's just painfully shy and outside of edited music videos she's never shown some charisma when performing either.
>>372962Imagine being such a beta bitch that you let BTS bully you to the point of crying. LMFAO.
No. 372992
>>372972For those who didn't see the item:
There is a lot of buzz that a member of this foreign based all female group had sex with one of the decision makers at this promotion company which is how they secured such a high billing at a big concert, despite not much output to secure that high of a billing.
Maybe why Jennie looks so terrified in America? I really hope not, no one deserves to be pimped for clout / YG's ego.
No. 373006
>>373002because people in this thread only want to talk about lul v is a hick!!!1
bts always "brag" about jimin and suga being heavy drinkers
No. 373010
>>373006Heavy drinkers really? Are you sure they didn't mention it in the sense of being able to hold their alcohol? I've see other asians talk about that as something to be proud off. It just sounds like the whole "Rosé exposed being anoxeric" when they only talked about fast food in the video just posted. I think anons are making shit up, unless you can show me a video where they say those two tend to be drunks. I'm not defending them, I'm just confused because it's the first time I've heard it.
What's the deal with Seungri and his club also? I haven't seen much more info on it. Any fans defending that ugly fuck? I can't believe he's still in the spotlight…
No. 373011
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>>373010no idol is going to say LOL IM AN ALCOHOLIC!!! LOL!!!
No. 373013
>>372868I would say it'll be the same thing, but I wonder if ppl will be too high to care.
Then again have we even seen SZA after her disaster of a Coachella performance last year?
No. 373018
>>372991Really? I heard it was Lay hitting Tao, not his stylist.
Anyway, he's honestly not relevant enough in the West for blind items to be made about him so I doubt it's him.
>>372980Speaking of fanfic, there was this one blind which insinuated that a member of BTS fucked Ryan Seacrest/some company executive to get signed to Dick Clark Productions
No. 373019
>>373008I like Hwasa and she sings really well, but she has a certain face she does, mouth open with lips kind of downward and dead eyes that annoy me to no end. She does it constatly on this video. I also didn't like a lot of the looks, especially the yellow pigtails.
I hate the random "look I'm a lesbo" scene she included. She's probably getting a lot of points from the i-fans from that when she only slightly touched the girl, not like she kissed her to stick it to "korean society".
>>373011I don't mean an actual video saying they are alcoholics, but some proof for it, because I'm curious to see it. God your reply is annoying.
No. 373023
>>373016>V lying to Ellen saying they don't screw fansIf she was talking about Western fans I don't think he'd lie, have you seen the average American BTS fan? The only pretty one I remember was the daughter of some radio DJ.
>>373021Also most of the American concerts are on a Wednesday…..good luck to YG with filling those 15k seat arenas
No. 373025
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>>373010This was the latest news:
http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.com/2019/02/seungri-denies-affiliation-with-chinese.htmlNetizen comments aren't an indicator of much but it looks like Koreans are not willing to let this matter go, which is good
No. 373026
>>373024See here
>>372992that was guessed to be about blackpink
No. 373033
>>373002Jimin was straight up drunk off his ass in one of the vlives they did back in May/June 2018. Maybe it wasn't a vlive, I'm not sure, but it was with the whole group and they were doing activities. He had dark hair and was in jeans so I think it was during their Fake Love promotion
>>373010here it is
No. 373036
>>373008I'm so disappointed that she's going with this hip-hop thing, the whole video and everything reminds of CL's "The Baddest Female"
Why didn't she do those classy, jazzy songs she's so good at?
No. 373038
>>373033I would not find this weird if it wasn't for the fact the rest are not drunk. Kind of an odd choice for him to go live intoxicated. I would think their managers would not allow it. Really odd, but I'm still not sure if I would label them alcoholics. But yeah, that's the thing with korean artists, there's so little outside rumors, that's why I would really love some milk from american paparazzi on them.
Thanks for providing some proof at least, not like the other anon getting pissy with me because I didn't INSTANTLY believe them.
No. 373076
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Wonder Girls 12th anniversary
No. 373078
>>372632>>372637can you post caps or sth? i want milk and im only getting some hint of it
i hope this is really something and not based on jimin inhaling a few glasses of champagne and whines how he has a few drinks to take the edge off. because it seems to me he does that for attention only
No. 373080
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>>373076Why does she have to take her dog everywhere?
No. 373110
>>373078To be fair the only red flag that I saw is that he once admitted that he used to drink a lot alone when he was depressed.
Most Koreans drink a lot and treat soju as if it's water from what I've seen.
No. 373126
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>>373121Yubin and Lim were with Itzy for their debut
No. 373215
>>373033oh god jimin's that annoying drunk friend who's always pulling antics to try and get attention.
top kek at jhope getting annoyed
No. 373222
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I can't stand this girl's face, she looks like a middle aged drag queen. Yuna looks creepy too but Lia is definitely worse
No. 373234
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>>373225I know there are various types of fashion, like the instahoe crop top athlesure crap, but when I think Kfashion, I think of this mess
No. 373237
>>373234Damn…people really dress like that
I personally thought anon meant in the sense that it's very mary jane and plain-looking. Esp some of the k-fashion on insta, but now that makes sense.
I'm pretty sure this is how Hyuna dresses.
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>>373008So are we supposed to think she's gay from this video? I mean besides the fact she is touching Wheein and stuff, she's literally coming out of a closet. Is she trying to say something or is it fuel for the fans and nothing more?
No. 373345
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Loona really seems to be trying hard for this cb
No. 373371
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Girl's mouth was scary enough with dark hair, now they think she'll look better with red? I dont get why the sudden change of hair color. Now she looks like Vivi's twin.
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>>373345kek are they trying to start a controversy or win over armys by copying bts’s ugly cover art or what
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another relationship reveal with daisy from momoland and yunhyeong from ikon. I don't think they're very popular so most people won't care.
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>>373372When I was a teen searching for kpop diets one of the first that always showed up was Hyuna losing 40(!)pounds.
It seems like everybody nowadays forgot about that and she keeps getting away with constantly shilling the "Guyz, I'm just naturally so skinny, but I totally try to gain some"-shit.
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TIL that if you want to see an idol speaking English it means you’re racist and xenophobic
No. 373506
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KEK remember when armies found a penis pump in Jin's room?
Sage for old milk
No. 373520
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>>373222Both her and Yuji remind me of Wonder Girls' Hyerim
No. 373551
>>373500if it's an artist who visits a foreign country like once in two years for concerts of course people are not going to expect them to speak their language, but if they are constantly using that country for promotions and has a fair amount of following there of course people are going to expect them to be able to at least handle basic daily conversations in their language. k-pop groups who want to promote in japan learn some amount of japanese too.
and english is not my native language so i'm not an american supremacist or anything but english is the closest you'll get to a universal language, that's just the truth. even if your native language is something completely different than english there are so many opportunities to learn english literally anywhere in the world, especially for millionaires who don't have anything to do other than practice dancing and listen to what their management says. they are not oppressed, they are just lazy. if they are so conservative about their language then they need to stop writing half of their songs in broken english for coolness, giving their songs english titles and flexing about the attention they get from english-speaking audiences.
No. 373554
>>373500Nobody expects you to master the native tongue of a country you're just visiting in, but if you want to make a career in that country that it'd make sense to learn at least to a conversational level, no?
I wouldn't care about idols' English abilities if they were just doing concerts there and fucking off back to Seoul. But if they want to legitimately break into America, what's so xenophobic about adapting to their country's culture? Almost every foreign artist who's had a hit song in America spoke English.
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In other news…
No. 373589
>>373562The way he favoured Jimin on Unpretty Rapstar was so creepy. But of course korean men can get away with everything…
About that "Learn English!" thing: I'm from a non-english speaking country and whenever there's a foreign artist performing, they either don't get interviewed at all OR the host will speak to them in english and they answer in english and then the whole thing gets dubbed or subbed. You can't expect everybody to always have somebody ready who can translate korean. English is simply the standard nowadays. So, why the hell can rich young men from a rich country not manage to learn it? There really are no excuses.
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I swear if Justin Bieber or Harry Styles had been caught going to Mcdonald's in east Asia, people would have flamed them for not trying out ~local food~
No. 373603
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>>373564it's hilarious because k-pop is literally a more manufactured and plastic version of american pop sung in a different language. they mix their language with english in every song, they copy the trends of america, they love being popular in america but when you ask them to show some effort to learn the language and integrate to the culture suddenly it's too far.
your oppars are just a bunch of americaboos stuck in american trends. when the depressed flower boiz thing became trendy bts changed their entire edgelord style ffs but surely it was just pure innocent baby boys figuring out their true selves
No. 373616
>>373595I don't know if it's because the food is so much different from "Western food" but I see this a lot with Korean tourists (taking ramyun with them, etc.)
Other tourists usually try that country's most popular foods because they want that whole experience and all, but I don't wanna generalize.
No. 373830
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what is wrong with chungha's face?
she looks like a 40 year old housewife who had too much botox
No. 373843
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>>373830She's gonna end up looking like jocelyn wildenstein if she keeps messing with her face
No. 373850
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Some idols have tragic surgery…. Eunha for example
No. 373874
>>373403ngl i really like loona but they've been teasing xx for FOUR MONTHS.
FOUR WHOLE FUCKING MONTHS of teasers.
and yeah, I get they had that long ass debut gimmick but at least they were releasing content regularly. Building hype is important, but four months? Nah. I'm definitely not as hyped about this as I was 4 or even 2 months ago
No. 373885
>>373403I'm pretty hyped for this tbh. The album preview makes it sound pretty promising.
Too bad their company is unknown. No one in Korea cares for Loona's promotion. And their intl fans on twt are just irritating, and really do take away from others who try to enjoy them.
No. 373894
>>372309Any thoughs on latest Dreamcatcher comeback? They kind of added a bit more modern rap to their usual "anime theme song" style. I kind of liked it? lol the Piriri or whatever they say bordelines into catchy/annoying but yeah, I like the members every time I see one of their MVs even if I know nothing about them.
The closeups of each idol's face singing really remind me of older kpop MVs lol. And I like their choreos usually, it's a lot more interesting than regular girl groups have.
No. 373912
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>>373910God this girl is unfortunate. What a ripoff of Bboom and Baam from Momoland too. Which is also a ripoff lol
No. 373934
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g-idle is using europe for aesthetics purposes this time
No. 373938
>>373913Honestly, I think the "BTS effect" is making smaller companies go in way over their heads without realizing that intl fans will hype something up one day and ditch it for the next new thing.
They don't realize that rip offs don't work anymore. A lot of pandering, social media presence, and fan interactions sure as hell does.
No. 373944
>>373938The only successful third-gen groups from non-big 3 companies are Seventeen, BTOB, (though Pledis and Cube aren't exactly unknown companies) Mamamoo, GFriend and BTS.
That's 5 groups out of the literal hundreds that debut every year.
No. 374101
>>374065Man what happened to them? First thing I noticed is how tan they are, they look ten times better. Also seems like Rose was always super thin, but she looks healthier here, probably because of the darker skin.
That stage is frightening lol I mean the weird head in the background.
No. 374118
>>374106it's like exo's pathcode teasers mixed with a h&m ad campaign
i just don't get the loona hype at all. so may of their songs are overproduced and really don't stand out nearly as much as fans push their incredible discography. the girls are skinny as hell and the vocal talent is spread very thin, their official promo pictures vs what they actually look like are completely different. they have the busted namie amuro girl pretending she's 22 when nobody could buy that, the super unique deep lore makes armys look well adjusted, and they're so manufactured that the members are assigned backstories to make them less dull. all they've got going for them is a quirky gay stan twitter fanbase, which means quirky gay stan twitter humour like calling the older girls hags. their uniqueness is as shallow as dreamcatcher, who sound like you layered a generic anime opening over a gfriend track
No. 374129
>>374095If you watch ggs from earlier generations a lot (not all) actually tried to be engaging with their facial expressions and had tons of energy but these third generation girls just smile and keep their faces stiff while their dead eyes look soulless. Dahyun by far is the scariest with this along with Mina, looking like they'll be shot if they made the wrong move.
Tbh the big 3 girl groups of the third gen are a massive disappointment on so many fronts.
No. 374130
>>374101might be the angle, but yes they all look healthier. I think beauty standards in korea got to such an unhealthy extreme in the past 3 years along it's getting awkward to watch some of these ppl looking like pale rotting corpses now.
Even the male groups are not immune. How many times have Jungkook and Jimin cried about needing to lose weight?
No. 374233
>>373913I think a lot of people (ie. companies) really misinterpret what made BTS so successful in the first place, and that's their ingenuity. Or perceived ingenuity, I don't personally know how genuine BTS are (they're most likely as fake as the next Kpop group), but they give off that appearance to their fans. From their vlives and youtube videos, fan interactions, "deep" lyrics about things they struggle with, showing different sides of them, it's very different than how other Kpop groups have given off an image of perfection and smiles and untouchability. Most ARMYs have shown their distaste for Kpop as a whole by now because they find other groups to be manufactured while BTS, to them, is different. BTS, to them, is real. Watching a small company group rise up the way they have is also what sells that. Which is also probably why they're split on TXT, the ARMYs who don't want to support TXT know that TXT are rising because of very different circumstances to BTS' "real" ones. If companies want a new BTS, they have to show a genuine side to their groups. SM is attempting to do that with NCT by opening a million youtube accounts, and JYP is attempting to do that with Stray Kids by giving them full composing, production, and lyric writing rights. And those are the two big three groups that are rising the most with stan twitter/international fans. However, I'm unsure if it's going to be a big three group that becomes the next BTS, because most people already question a big three company's motives. It's going to be hard to seem genuine coming from a big company. Stray Kids having full production rights and pandering will help them, but I truly think that it'll be a group like Ateez that becomes the "next BTS." AKA a group that's not from an unknown company that no one cares about and has no budget or a big company that people will question. They have production/lyric writing rights, and a decently "unique" enough style to differentiate them from other groups, as well as stage presence that dictates passion for what they do (another important thing for selling ingenuity, which is why BlackPink are getting so criticized as of late), fan interaction and personality are also very important. The more "crackheady" a group acts, the more likely they are to hit it big with an international audience. Which is why GOT7 does very well overseas, but doesn't quite hit it domestically.
No. 374240
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proof of how jaw shaving looks freaky next to a normal person
No. 374242
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>>374240also honda is so much prettier
No. 374247
>>374238Thank you much appreciated, also yeah I agree. BTS were the first group to really harness the power of social media, and I don't think other groups will have the same novelty factor.
>>374240I will never get the hype over Yoona's visuals. She's undoubtedly pretty but nowhere near standout gorgeous like Sooyoung or Nana.
No. 374271
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>>374247Nana is the most beautiful Kpop idol I've ever seen. Yoona wishes she was on this level
No. 374274
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Itzy Yeji always has this angry and "I'm hot shit" look on her face
Also people keep saying that Somi missed out for not being in Itzy, but imo she would look awkward with this group's concept. She looks good with cute, dreamy, slightly sexy/sassy concepts
No. 374293
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>>374281I looked up and found out that miss korea 2018 looked more filipino than korean, probably all the PS
No. 374311
>>372385Lmao the profile fits perfectly with his comment. Absolute disgust.
Also it's not until you see your favorite kpoop idol on American television that you realize how underwhelming their performance is. The cameras, angles and close-ups are what Koreans have mastered so well that they have fooled people for so long to show for their idols' "talents". I will give them props for that, but people are getting sick and tired lol.
No. 374317
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am i the only one who is disturbed at how young this girl is?
No. 374364
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Jimin's lips looks like flappy bird lips
No. 374390
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>>374240It's tragic how the girls in the entertainment industry get plastic surgery when there's no need and end up looking like aliens. I mean jaw shave is such a weird PS and not needed in most of the cases.
>>374271A lot of Koreans think Nana is ugly because she has a "square jaw"
Pic related is Hani which gets praise over her looks but in my opinion she was just average and the dorito chin implant only made her face look longer and more like that of a horse.
No. 374444
>>374282Nah they started off doing the exact same look and sound as all groups that debuted in 2012-13. The only thing that made them stand out was their use of YouTube and Twitter. Then they realized that Tumblr is all about the depression and sadboi moodboard aesthetics, so they took that on and ran with it.
Props to their team for spotting those trends and adapting them I guess. The music in itself is still very generic and their lyrics aren't any more inspirational than Katy Perry's Firework
No. 374450
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>>374390Hani’s jaw surgery is one of the most tragic ones I’ve ever witnessed in kpop. She went from a cute, funny, attainable girl-next-door look to knife-chin gangnam unnie between comebacks. I always found it funny that she did an x-ray to prove she didn’t get ps on her nose because yes it proves that she didn’t get rhinoplasty, but you can clearly see that a huge chunk missing from her jawbone.
No. 374468
>>374463All those groups have way too many members, that's a big factor in their failure. Pristin had the biggest chance of making it because more than half their group were in the final 20 of Produce 101, but Pledis is hugely incompetent and bungled their chances by giving them polarizing songs and then locking them up in the dungeon.
WJSN is currently doing the best out of all post-IOI groups, but Yeonjung was added later, she wasn't the most popular member and barely made it into IOI, and the Chinese members are the most popular in WJSN so they're not dependent on an IOI member's fame like the other groups are.
No. 374483
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Armys brainwashing themselves into believing BTS are A-list American celebrities
No. 374484
>>374483Someone needs to just do one of those videos where you go out on an average high street and ask "Do you know who One Direction are? Do you know who Rihanna is? And do you know who BTS are?"
After about a hundred "Yes, yes, no" replies ratmies should get the idea.
No. 374486
>>374483I really hope that when their fans grow up, that many of them will lose complete interest in them and it'll just become an~awkward phase~ later on.
By then, the younger generation will probably obsess over another(and hopefully more talented) group.
No. 374487
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>>374483Considering Rita Ora, or as I like to call her "Rita Oral" - as there is no way she is present without having served some of that oral to some producer, was invited to the Grammies… It is very apparent that the bar isn't high for an invite. Especially, since Lele Pons also was at the grammies, but in her case I suspect someone mistook her for a Rita Ora sidekick.
When you are walking on the same red carpet as Lele Pons AND Rita Oral, "prestigious event" is not exactly how I would describe it. Instead I would prefer the wording for their invite to be something like "gotta fill that audience for the TV, what?… sure let them walk the red carpet". But sure, if it makes them sleep better, we can call that "foreign A-list".
No. 374534
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>>374520Anon, you're absolutely right.
No. 374612
>>374598Ah…as expected from our ~uwu humble kings~. What would they do if they actually won a Grammy?
They'd probably dedicate a full album to it with that title lol.
No. 374618
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I can't believe armys think this lyrics are deep
No. 374650
>>374610I wanted to see what armies meant by this whole bts and their deep meaningful lyrics nonsense so I just read the english translation for all the songs on bts' love yourself trilogy album and I'm so…wow.
Out of all 28 orignal tracks on all three albums (not including the remixes on their album Love Yourself: Answer) only like 5 songs that relate to this cringey love yourself concept. These songs are Sea, Paradise, Magic Shop, So What, and Answer : Love Myself. (Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the songs supposed to be about fans loving and accepting themselves bc most of the songs I listed talk about bts loving themselves and not the other way around.)
The rest of the songs are either just cringey emo love songs talking about how sad they are without x girl or are songs that reflect how pretentious and egostical bts really are (Mic Drop, Go Go (Go), Airplane pt 2, Skit : Billboard Music Awards Speech and Idol are just a few)
All three albums are just really basic and cringy. The lyrics sound like they were written by a depressed 8th grader who just learned about poetry and doesn't understand the definitions of metaphors.
No. 374723
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and yet his fans still delude themselves into thinking he's all natural
No. 374756
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She's actually scary.
No. 374764
>>374650Idk if it's even fair to judge lyrics of Korean songs by their English translations. It completely omits all word play and cultural meaning/relevancy.
Tbf most ARMIES don't speak Korean either, so idk wtf they're on about
No. 374786
>>374779No they don't. BTS lyrics, like much Kpop lyrics, doesn't make that much sense on a deeper level for Koreans. It's generic popmusic ala Katy Perry, or other mainstream artists from the west.
If they want deeper lyrics they listen to ballad singes like Park Hyo Shin and Naul or in some cases, rap music.
No. 374804
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>>374789This is supposedly her at just 15. She would easily pass as 18, if not 20, even by western standards - and asians usually look younger than their actualy age, so maybe she really is lying.
No. 374818
>>374754>>374776but wouldn't they know better after monstrosities like
>>374364?? for a culture obsessed with perfection, they sure do make some huge fuck-ups
No. 374871
>>374862Oh that's absolutely the case, there's just a particular set of black girls who think they're going to be idols.
Notice how it's almost never boys.
No. 374875
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Taemin is looking so haggard these days…
Does anybody know if he gets lip injections or something? I know his lips have always been kinda big though…
No. 374890
>>374871Why would they ever want to be idols in an industry that is very much against them is beyond me? Self hatred is predominant in most black kpop fans, and the fact they're all delusional just adds to the problem.
Kpop groups always make it all about their fans. So many Kpoppers support their favs in ways that ruin their mental health, and Kpop companies exploit that shit so kudos to them.
No. 374898
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>>374875None of male idols with doughy features will age well. Those round, pasty faces with weak jaws only work on twinks. Older guys using ps to hold onto flower boy image will end up looking like real housewives.
No. 374941
>>374865Why? they're
all ugly and boring at best, extremely annoying at worst.
No. 374963
>>374918the #BlackoutBTS on twt just says it all
it's fucking embarrassing seeing them post selfies thinking BTS actually give a shit lmao
Then they proceed to attack a pretty Korean girl on selca day bc she was getting more attention, and proceed to claim Namjoon's a nigga and that he's one of them in the same sentence.
No. 375002
>>374995dont act like its just whites lmao
and no fully white person has actually been "successful" other than that guy from busker busker and they were a meme indie group that wasnt even considered "kpop"
you could say its more likely for a white person to be accepted into a kpop group than a black person, but that sure as hell aint stopping the black and latino kpop fans from deluding themselves into thinking they can actually make it, as
>>374850 said
No. 375025
>>374835They're definitely going to flop if they don't have at least one fully Korean member.
Also non-East Asians trying to make it into K-pop is pretty absurd and very much is koreaboo behaviour despite what SJWs on twitter say, like you wouldn't see them trying to make it in Bollywood or even Mandopop because they don't fetishize those cultures as much as they do to Korea
No. 375026
>>374863Full black? Where? Yoon Mirae and Lee Michelle are half-black and grew up in Korea. These Z boys and girls have no ties to the country whatsoever, they just came here to live their koreaboo dreams without even bothering to learn the language fluently first. It's all well and good to try and break stereotypes or whatever, but when in Rome do as the Romans do.
Also sidenote as an Indian, that Priyanka chick is an average singer and average looking at best; she wouldn't have any kind of career in India, not even as a singer (singers aren't expected to be pretty here, Bollywood actors are)
No. 375052
>>372859jyp is an african american-boo. he just refuses to face facts. his dancers could do stadium rock moves but he insist on aa. lol. i love his spirit.
>>373061 >>372789
the rumour was jennie family has money and her mom bought her spot in blackpink. it makes sense cause yg is cheap.
>>373603super junior did it better.
>>373910i like the song. i feel bad.
>>374100korea doesnt have strip clubs. thats what kpop shows represent. almost like burlesque without the stripping.
>>374298i think that has to do with the idea that white women can be slutted about. like somi. her father made her flirt with men at a young age. its not acceptable for an asian to be so slutty unless they are sex workers.
>>374444they ripped off BAP.
>>374483"if bts is accepted then i am accepted".
>>374559plus she flirts with everyone. her father started sexulizing her when she was like 6 or 7. he was introducing her to the world. last year or so she even flirted with jae suk from happy together. he got uneasy with her because it was inappropriate. i notice a lot of men shy away from her because she is aggressive.
No. 375054
>>375005Cause it seems non-threatening and less alienating to them compared to western music. Most of the songs don't include adult themes and/or explicit language and aren't overtly sexual.
It also helps that the idols act like libido-less beings, so it's all very Muslim-friendly.
No. 375064
>>374928she is crazy but she is doing the same things other i-fans are doint.
>>374997alex reid didnt try to insert herself. go read up on who was behind that group. just an fyi but some of kpop biggest hits was written by black people. so their journey in kpop is different. just like koreas ballet and boxing journey would be different.
>>375002can you not bring your indian/european racism in here. you are too new to write like this. the fact that you brought up busker busker as your kpop white person. go read some of the korean entertainment news sites. look up white korean entertainers. dont dismiss others when you know nothing.
>>375026not op but yes there have been half black/black entertainers there since the 80s. i wont give you sources lazy, go look it up yourself. its not hard to find.
No. 375067
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Speaking of Muslims and Kpop
No. 375070
>>375061delusional stans will continue to spew that he had nothing to do with the club, despite the proofs of staff and owners calling him ceo, despite the pictures of him with the woman who is suspected for distributing drugs at the club and despite the fact that he used his name to potentially lure Bigbang fans into a club where they could get raped.
absolute trash.
No. 375085
>>375083Even if him not being the CEO of the club turns out to be true, he called himself the owner as a way to promote the club, which is shady advertising business regardless.
There are also stuff not really making sense if he wasn't involved such as the them first saying he resigned as CEO to suddenly he was just the face of the club. Also why would Seungri's mother be in charge of the club's finance if he was just the face of the club?
No. 375092
>>375083>>375085i buy that he has nothing to do with the shady stuff, or at least nothing shadier than usual club stuff. i see him as more of an ambassador or promoter than anything else, but if you want the positive aspects of “owning” a club then you need to accept the bad parts like this. if he was happy to be attached to the club when it had a good image then he can’t ditch when it gets bad. maybe he wouldn’t get in legal trouble but he should’ve given a good statement and apology right away and not try to act like he didn’t have much to do with it. the apology he did issue came from him at least, i hate apologies that come from the company like the apology for jimin’s bomb tshirt - it’s going to go through PR people anyway, at least make sure the idol has some part in it.
when seungri’s dance school had a scandal with a teacher dating a student he shut it down immediately even though it obviously wasn’t his fault. sometimes as a representative you need to make sacrifices even when it isn’t your personal responsibility
No. 375095
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got7's Youngjae has packed on some pounds recently and look dead inside in most recent photos of him.
No. 375103
>>375061apparently his show recently after the allegations was PACKED full completely sold out, so its very apparent that all his old fans are coming out of the woodworks to support the piece of shit
he's definitely getting away with it in every way
No. 375104
>>375064you sound retarded or underaged if not both honestly
big yikes
No. 375118
>>375114That's SUCH a waste of money, seriously. Do these kids really have no other use for all that money?
As if an average pedestrian gives a shit about some nobody from Korea. But I think they probably do that in hopes of getting some attention from the idols.
No. 375122
>>375095If it was a girl group member she'd be ripped to shreds.
He looks like an ugly, doughy potato.
No. 375123
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>>375114Glad I haven't heard of any beyond the Jennie times square ad (old milk.) I wish I could genuinely laugh at it like other kpop fan shenanigans but the amount of money being dumped into something so stupid is so appalling.
No. 375153
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I honestly hope BP play to empty venues with these ripoff ticket prices
No. 375175
>>375153I don't know much about concert ticket prices but isn't that what you'd usually pay for a huge successful? I don't know why people are so stupid and actually attend these concerts.
Are they all dying to listen to the few songs over and over or do they wanna see lazy Jennie?
Say what you want about the other companies but at least they don't shamelessly scam the fans like that.
No. 375181
>>375153I remember reading that Guns N' Roses sold the tickets for their much awaited reunion for 250 and thought it was a complete rip-off.
Yet here we have some kpop girlies, only a couple years in the business who haven't spent a second contributing to the 3 songs they're "performing", yet asking for the same amount…simply unbelievable. Who do they think they are?
No. 375182
>>375175It's just more blatant ripping off coming from a group that has 9 songs to their name. Someone on Reddit said their concert lasted 90 minutes at best, with a KIA ad every 5 minutes and plenty of breaks.
I saw Beyonce live for much lesser, and I got a 3 hour-concert with most songs sung live. I couldn't imagine shelling out $500 for the mediocrity that is Blackpink
No. 375192
>>375187I like how they took mirror selfies together and shit, as if it's just a casual girls' night out or something lol.
These people really need help.
No. 375198
>>375196The only reason the trend shit constantly is to keep BTS' #1 spot as Top 50 Social Artist kek
BTS wil never win an award in America for their music, and if they do, that just further proves the illegitimacy of American award shows, who only ever care for ratings.
No. 375232
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damn dude, idols can't even speak fluent english now
No. 375264
>>375259I don't know what is the bigger joke: BTS or this comment? Because as much as BTS sucks, the idea that BlackPink will somehow compete with their American achievements when they can barely even get their chopstick legs to wobble in sync is ridiculous. NCT fans said the same thing when NCT was in America for a few days last October and at least they had a song/album to promote. The only thing Blackpink were promoting was bulimia.
BTS's time will come and go quickly enough but ppl need to stop uplifting random shitty groups in a desperate attempt to pretend as if they're competition. You'll just end up embarrassed watching your faves dancing with Mickey Mouse.
No. 375276
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I was looking through the comments on an article about Beenzino and his white gf (because usually the salt is strong with her, "reee azn fetishist" etc.), when I found pic related kek.
https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/beenzino-disses-bang-si-hyuk-reveals-refused-join-bts/This just goes to show again that Bighit isn't as much of a family as they love to claim, they're quite ps-happy.
No. 375284
>>375276*"During my underground days a producer came to me and said this
If I work with him all my wishes will come true
The last thing he said was the punch line
I could join him if I just got jaw reduction surgery
I don’t need your bullet proof
Like that, I declined to be your boy”*
damn i haven't heard of this before, he's hard. props to the rappers who were about to make it into bts but didn't, chose not to starve, lose some jaw bones, act like a kindergartener while being an adult man, do faggot shit with their coworkers for attention unlike rm and suga who get credit for being ~~not just idol rappers, actual rappers~~. i think most of these guys who didn't make it into bts became druggies but at least they still have more self-respect than bts
No. 375288
>>375284I can't find the article but a foreign reporter wanted to interview Glam once back in early 2013, and Big Hit prevented the reporter from asking the group anything about plastic surgery, or boyfriends, or anything remotely personal.
I don't know why Armys think BTS is allowed to express themselves any more freely than Glam were just because they write about edgy sadboi pandering
No. 375306
>>375284>i think most of these guys who didn't make it into bts became druggies but at least they still have more self-respect than btsDo we know for sure that bts are
not taking drugs though…? kek
But yeah, big props to anybody who doesn't give in to the temptation of the promise of quick cash. Especially Beenzino, he seems to be really successful and popular with the general public now, even though he's dating. Bts will never have that amount of freedom.
No. 375344
>>375153Kek Red velvet tickets weren't even this much
fucking YG
No. 375384
>>375344seriously, most of their audience is teenage girls, how the fuck are they expecting to get a full arena?
I'd much rather buy the Red Velvet tickets (which were like 200$ at most i believe, and they have a large discography) than watch the laziness of Blackpink.
No. 375447
>>375379>talking about rammstein in a kpop thread???
Also more like 30 years.
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>>375153Red velvet's ticket prices for comparison
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Hot off the presses
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I didn't create this but damn they match each other's botched faces
No. 375592
>>372530>>372518i used to be a really big aoa stan but this is the true reason i stopped stanning besides choas departure. jimin's obvious eating disorder is VERY obvious in the recent comeback. she stands out in a not very good light. she obviously is sick and any lies of "working out and eating healthy" is moot.
the other girls look bigger then her and are normal skinny but look so much more alive. jimin was always a big part of why i loved aoa she had a very fun and energetic vibe even in interviews but its like gone.
No. 375601
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Even though stan twt humor is annoying, their constant policing of what other people can or can't say is ridiculous. I don't remember Justin Bieber or One Direction stans being this insufferable though they were hated on a lot, why do kpop oppas get to have special treatment to the point where nobody can joke about them?
No. 375605
>>375592>>375594Both of these vids just insured how much I hate Korean music shows and their camera work. Besides that, mini skirt was one of Aoa's best singles.
Jimin really does look sickly in the Bingle Bangle vid, whilst the rest of the members do
look healthy, no way in hell am I believing AoA's company is not overworking them and just sweeping their shit under the rug.
Some members are just better at hiding it than the others.
No. 375610
>>375539>>375592Bingle Bangle is a seriously terrible CB but watching this makes me realize how much stage presence even AOA has over the newer girl groups that are debuting today. Never been a fan of them and never will but that’s just shocking to me considering I’ve always thought that they were pretty bland. Yet somehow this is like a breath of fresh air. Anyone else feel this?
Then again after the Blackpink GMA performance, idk what to believe in regards to judging the stage presence of idols. It’s not like BP are great performers anyway but I have to wonder how much the special cameras are helping each group.
No. 375634
>>375610AOA is a talented group overall despite the very obvious fact their leader is now skelly and sickly. they have a few dance practice videos on their official youtube.
they are a pallet cleanser from watching the BP girls try to keep in sync and failing.
No. 375635
>>375605the biggest thing is that jimin is the leader of the group. the fall back of their lead vocal choa leaving and their company probably sweeping things under the rug is a factor. yet jimin looks very in need of some medical attention before she passes out live or in dance practice (AOA being well known for their dance routines)
but it's obvious the company knows shes not okay and is covering
>>372731 No. 375659
>>375610Music shows are crazy when you realize there are like 10 cameras and they alternate every second nowadays zooming in and out and cutting to planned spots, old shows weren't this crazy.
Now if feels as if I have ADHD when I watch misic videos.
It's pretty funny when you watch fancams and you see the idols focus more on the camera
See this example
Red Velvet's RBB Music Core's "offical" fancam (notice it's another camera lol)
Within the 1st 5 seconds and throughout the video notice the cameras zipping all over the place.
No. 375663
>>375659And here's the result, their live performance ready for television~
Can't help but laugh at how cameras change perceptions easily when you don't pay attention.
Blackpink and BTS performing in America really woke some people up (those who aren't mentally retarded).
That's why you have fans crying about "uwu racist america and rhey're shitty cameras"
If you're a talented artist (any other artist in America) you already have stage presence and you don't need the cameras to do the work for you.
No. 375666
>>375663ALso I forgot to mention that it's a thing on these shows where there's a certain red light idols look for, that's what gets shot on TV and this is why you all get them to almost looking straight at you perfectly for that eye contact idol gaze. It becomes noticeable when they don't catch it in time / aren't paying attention.
Here's another on of Red velvet this time go to 1:35 during Wendy's part, the camera decides to zoom out and focus on the other members. Seulgi catches it on time but not Irene at 1:47 .
Also if you read the comments people complain about it as well (kek)
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Forgive me for phoneposting but these comments under BP's performance are hilarious
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No. 375694
>>375659Is it normal that they look so lifeless? Yeri and Irene look like they're bored out of their minds, I thought it was a dance practice but then I heard the fanchants.
Wendy and Seulgi are the only ones who seem into it.
No. 375695
>>375679Some serious cheerleader effect going on with Twice - Tzuyu is the only legit pretty one in the group, (sometimes Jihyo depending on her styling) but somehow all of twice are called visuals by association.
If I remember correctly twice's popularity (and male fanbase) stems from their "girl-next-door/relatable" visuals, if they were plastic pink princesses like SNSD they probably wouldn't gain much traction at all
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>go on twitter
>See #presidentsday is number one trendinig
>click on the tag
>first thing that pops up
I don't even know if people are joking or not anymore tbh
No. 375797
>>375772Seconded, Dua Lipa can be excused for her nonexistent stage presence because people like her songs more than her as a performer. As long as the public can bop to New Rules they don't care about her shitty dancing and probably won't pay money to see her perform live ever.
Kpop idols are specifically marketed as these amazing all-rounders who can do everything and are worth spending thousands of dollars on - in their case the results almost never match up to the hype
No. 375829
I get confused sometimes, I keep hearing that Korea is this misogynist hellhole. Then I go to watch K-Pop and K-Variety shows. Women are provided with blankets so no one upskirts them, they wear bike shorts on stage. I recently heard the PM appointed Women to the heads of several portfolios. Charges against women who give false rape accusations have been removed. Investigation and Prosecutory powers are being handed over to the SK Ministry of Women.
Sounds more feminist than any place on earth to me.
No. 375830
>>375829yeah and ~conservative~ men who beat and cheat on their wives in america still claim to "honor and cherish them and protect their femininity".
its not a korea thing its a man thing and tbh thats only losely related to kpop
No. 375831
>>375695they are doing jihyo soooo dirty with the styling lmao. chaeyoung as well, but she's pretty ugly anyway so it doesn't matter as much.
yeah, guess it's the japanese idol thing to some degree, where the looks don't matter as much as "personality" (fake uwu kawaii bullshit). no wonder they're popular in japan
No. 375832
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>>375829This thread isn't for Korean culture, but you had me
triggered anyway. You obviously haven't been to Korea and it sounds like you need a visit.
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>>375840Yeah you white women would never spend your money on such trash would you.
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jungkook is looking very odd lately. admittedly bad picture but his facial skin is looking more and more like plastic stretched over bone. its sad cause he always seemed one of the more natural kpop idols, altho he definitely had his eyebags done. imagine thinking you need anti-aging surgeries at 21 and then ending up looking like this. the guy cant even smile properly anymore, he's already starting to look like a botoxed-up aging woman. why does south korea do this to their perfectly fine-looking young people?
No. 375868
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>>375864another pic from yesterday (?)
No. 375871
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>>375864>>375868lol the bb cream
i dont understand why this is still a thing when it just makes idols look like crap even if they're attractive generally
No. 375907
>>375904id wager 98% of male kpop fans are pedos
the other two percent only like female groups that present themselves in overtly sexual ways, like rania used to do back in the day and stellar etc
and those groups always end up disbanding because the main appeal is always in female idols who either are, appear, or act underaged.
No. 375934
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Just seen this on my Instagram explore. Have no idea how old this picture is because I don’t follow Loona shit. But anyway, that chin is a lethal weapon. She can stab someone with that chin.
No. 375966
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>>375934Loona fans are literally turning me off Loona.
No. 375978
>>374723THIS, THANK YOU
My friend who's an army got me into kpop about a year ago and I've had this exact thought about bts+ps so many times
But they got defensive both times I brought it up so I just stopped talking and started lurking
No. 376010
>>375917You from kpop predictions, Anon?
Although there was something about jk slitting his wrists/trying to off himself a while back.
But I'm not sure whether that was legit or just the usual ~uwu sad sensitive baby pls protecc~ treatment.
No. 376035
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Now I know this isn't the Korean culture critical thread (the thread is dead anyway), but the phenomenon must have been
triggered by kpop nonetheless, along with other things.
>Lipstick in kindergarten? South Korea's K-beauty industry now aims for super young.http://flip.it/obcAID No. 376037
>>376016All natural, pfft. I just don't get why they keep denying it. It's not getting ps itself that gets hate, it's botched/excessive ps.
Jimin basically looks full on reptilian there's no other way to describe it
I actually thought jhope was good looking predebut-early days before they messed up those cheekbones, damn shame
JK still looks cute imo, though I feel he may have gotten something done recently, cheekbones? Could just be weight loss lol
Suga is fine I suppose, they haven't botched him completely, yet
Don't have anything to say about RM and Jin but what's the general opinion on V?
Hick personality aside he IS handsome and ppl say it's au naturale. Maybe he grew into his face? But personally I think he looked rather like a chimp before, there has to have been at least some work done on his jawline
No. 376048
>>376038Yep never said it wasn’t the case outside of Korea but there is already no body positive image in Korea, don’t target the most vulnerable part of the society?? This isn’t right.
There are so many angles to this horror : sexualisation of children obviously comes to mind, teaching kids that they're not naturally beautiful and they must wear make up to be accepted by society's standards, and whilst we're at it how about plastic surgery .. so disgusted with this whole totalitarian-consumerist-dictatorship it makes you sick to the bone.
I don’t see advertisements of beauty products targeted towards young girls in the department store the way it’s happening in Korea. Those girls use products targeted towards women or adults. But now you can see natural lipsticks and blush specifically advertised with child models to a child audience.
No. 376058
>>376010Yea, there's some pics where you can see he self-harmed or something like that, I remember they were posted in an earlier thread. But in the pics posted above he looks fucking dead behind the eyes.
I know this is just me tinfoiling but he already showed red flags with the self-harm stuff and he's also the youngest and his parents probably forced him into the industry when he was a kid plus he seems to be an all rounder and a perfectionist.
No. 376062
>>376059saying something remotely positive about a bts member
triggers ppl here
No. 376083
>>376071Compared to BP's recent live stage in the US, I'll give this one a pass though the song is still shit and they shouldn't have created the English version of it cause it just didn't work and ended up sounding very awkward.
I don't get why with all the money they have, Korean agencies can't just make a song that suits American standards (like Dua Lipa's Kiss and Make Up, it's still not a BP song btw) and just decide on transforming their Korean songs into English. I'm sure the GP won't give a fuck much about how they look like, as long as they can produce bop songs.
*Though I've seen SM tried once with BoA's Eat You Up, and it was ridiculous despite it being an original English song. Couldn't they have afforded a better songwriter, composer, etc?? The top 3 are filthy rich dammit.
No. 376106
>>376102Probably a bit nitpicking but I'd also like to add that they added a race reference into this song, which wasn't a good start for a Kpop artist' debut in the US lol
>It don't matter where you come >from babe>Im kinda like MJ>I like them black or white (wh-white)Should get this played on some SK's digital screen/billboard to remind them how Kpop was a shame once in the US and always will be.
No. 376124
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>>376121I'd call that the "Leeteuk syndrome"
No. 376143
>>376058Yeahhh idk, does anybody have sources or images that are not tin foiling or look like something dredged up from the depths of sasaeng central
inb4 I am not asking for self harm or cutting pics don't even try it with me
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>>376143literally google image search jungkook self harm marks and no they're not shopped
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No. 376155
>>376071say what you want about snsd, they worked really hard
well most of them anyway
they clearly did a shit ton better in terms of cohesive dancing and singing even if they werent pros at it than a lot of the newer groups
No. 376158
>>376154>>376153this has already been posted
>>376147as has this
what is it with anons itt and reposting the same old stuff over and over again in every. single. thread?
No. 376164
>>376062>>376069>>376074This is a discussion thread though, since when did it become bashing only? Literally was just speculating on their ps, not melting into a puddle of uwu
I'm really not sure if this anon was shushing me for daring to imply their faves are half plastic or for saying some ppl in bts are miraculously still sort of passable
No. 376165
>>376161Maybe if you guys spent less time policing the thread replies it wouldn't be so dead in here
But that's just my opinion anon, you do you
No. 376174
>>376165it's not dead, if it was the post quality might actually improve. it
is full of retarded undesirables though. hopefully the mods will purge you guys during hellweek.
No. 376185
>>376147First of all what kind of ridiculous pose is that and why are there hearts on his feet lmao
Second that doesn't look like any self harm scarring I've ever seen. It's what my wrists look like if I bend them forwards. Guess I'm just old and wrinkly…
>>376149>>376173>>376176Pretty sure no sane company would let an idol walk around with visible marks if they were legitimately from self harm. Blatant bulimia/anorexia is one thing, cutting is something else
No. 376186
>>376165Seriously every time there's someone crying
>no milk>old milk>stfu>gtfo "x" fandom stan>no bts>nobody cares about these nugusand you all wonder why each thread gets more and more shit
No. 376187
>>376186i have a feeling its always the same autist thats asspained that someones not talking about their obsessions
just ignore it
No. 376191
>>376186Lord forbid there be redundancy on lolcow
Ffs do they really expect people to read 10+ threads before posting anything?
No. 376199
>>376194I mean - it's pretty predictable that in kpop thread will be people who are stans or listen to kpop, they know the most about the industry and want to discuss why is it so shit?
You're complaining that there are only bts,bp and hyuna but you don't care about 'nugus' bands. So what did you want?
No. 376206
>>376199Seriously wtf do you idiots want us to talk about if not bts and not other kpop groups? If I start talking about red velvet/twice/black pink people will call me redundant and a stan.
If I talk about nugu/no-names I get bashed.
No. 376235
>>376213Ok now I'm positive you don't have basic reading comprehension and that was tldr so
Jimin and jhope - tragedies
Suga and jk - ps but least botched
Rm and Jin - very obvious so no comment
V - general opinion is he's pretty and natural, what do ppl here think?
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this thread is a goddamn travesty
No. 376244
>>376196Kek
Does she also believe the thing about him not being into drinking?
No. 376256
>>376255…Armys really are delusional.
BTS have never done anything nor are they great at speaking on anything that involves other ppl besides "uhhhh…equalitee is great n stuff"
And I'm not saying the Loona girls are any better, but their company doesn't seem disingenuous with this concept to me at least.
No. 376341
>>376269>>376273>>376269Did you see Loona reacting to the video? My god half the members were so sad they didn't even any screentime. You could say they were backup dancers any no one would know.
I felt so bad for them.
No. 376345
>>376223The scenes with foreigners look so out of place, what was the point? I'm white, but I don't look for representation in fucking Korean music videos. They should promote for asians, that's the audience that will support them and pay for their music. I'm pretty sure i-fans don't bring in that much money in comparison? It just feels forced and calculated to me. Stans are going to go crazy with "woke" comments now.
LOONA had some cool visuals with their MVs, this one just looks so out of place to me compared to the rest.
No. 376348
>>376345When the video started they prominently displayed Converse shoes then Sony Walkman, then went into a weird Global Big Brand "be yourself" cliche montage.
Made me think it was produced by a marketing team than anyone from the Kpop industry.
No. 376357
>>376345>what was the point?Pandering to their loud international "fanbase" for woke clout was the point. And you're right, in the long term they'll need Asian fans if they hope to make it at all.
Gonna go full tinfoil for a moment and say that maybe Loona is just some money laundering scheme made up by their parent company (Ilkwang Group, an arms manufacturer), because not even the Big 3 would spend this much money on solos and units and reality TV content. Plus some trainees were literally recruited weeks before their MV debut which is why they don't mesh well as a group. Overall they just feel like a mess to me.
No. 376407
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>>376397I can't believe Leeteuk isn't gay. I would had bet money that he was gay as fuck, although Ryeowook is clearly the gayest one from Suju. Also, what a fucking creep.
Can anyone tell me what happened to Yesung last year?? He had some ps and went full alien, he's so scary. He uploaded this photo himself too. I have no idea what idols think when they upload such terrible selfies.
No. 376410
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>>376407He's starting to look like that Junji ito horror member from Winner. He literally looks straight out of a Ju on movie WTF.
No. 376418
>>376407Yesung's always been desperate for attention. Long ago when I was a Super Junior fan I remember noticing that every time the camera settled on another member during a performance, Yesung would appear out of nowhere to inch his way into the shot.
I guess now he's hoping getting PS will revitalize interest in him.
No. 376434
>>376422Heechul strikes me as the "will fuck anyone" type to be honest. He's too nonchalant with it, gives me fanservice vibes but maybe he's just one of the only gay guys that own it in Korea.
I mostly meant it in a "looks gay" way when I said Leeteuk. You can tell with some by a mile away. I guess my gaydar was wrong with Leeteuk.
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>>376410winner has to be the worst and ugliest from YG yet. mino literally repulses me, he looks like a mix of pennywise and the villain from zoolander. and did anyone else catch his pedophilia scandal? disgusting.
No. 376437
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>>376432He was caught trying to contact a member from Momoland but accidentally dm'ed a fan account instead who posted it on their story. see pic
Theres also a Korean girl who posted messages from him where he asked her if she knew who she was and if she liked shopping.
No. 376439
>>376437Where he asked if she knew who he was*
sorry
No. 376443
>>376432According to that anon only, unless they were still thinking about Leeteuk and not Heechul. Heechule's purposely an enigma about his dating life because he cares too much how fans will react, though he's been talking about marriage more and more lately. I wouldn't put too much stock in what he says on shows because he's savvy enough to deliberately stoke the cameras with misdirections. snsd implied on Knowing Brothers that his gay rumors are mostly an act to get closer to women.
>376435the pedophilia scandal was bs spread by dumb armys.
No. 376448
>>376389Harassment of women is rampant in just about any entertainment industry. It's sad but practically a given.
I was actually curious whether male trainees/idols go through this too
>>376437Why is she all hearts and uwu this is cringe af
>>376443Yeah same I honestly feel like heechul is just putting it on. Implying you're gay in a homophobic country gets you pussy, topkek right here
No. 376456
>>376214Does that anon not understand that critical =\= criticism? Both good and bad points and personal opinions are included in critique.
Discuss comebacks or mvs you're a stan derailing the thread
Talk about nugu/smaller groups nobody cares stfu
Bring up bp you're a blink
Pick at looks or ps you're boring
Talk bts you're an ratmy
Say anything even slightly positive you're creaming yourself over your oppas and unnies
Might as well rename the thread to Only for Kpop Bashin
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>>376436Hopefully it’s vivi
No. 376527
>>376436Vivi: a career hopper
Haseul: not "commercial" enough even though she has great visuals
Yves: seems like she just wants to get connections to go solo. Plus she only trained with the company for three weeks before getting thrown into Loona.
Kim Lip: again. she can market herself as a soloist and is rlly popular amongst k and intl fans
The rest are pretty forgettable tbh
No. 376529
>>376517It was on MixNine. Heejin blew up thanks to the show, but Haseul was basically thrown under the bus by YG + her company cos she can't dance.
And, I believe it was Hyunjin who became less popular bc they pinned her against Heejin
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>>376581
honestly Vivi is the ugliest kpop idol I refuse to believe she is 23 you could tell me she is 28 and id still think you’re lying honestly she reminds me of yumi king. Left pic of Vivi and right is Yumi king try and tell me they don’t look alike
No. 376608
>>376595sorry for my sperg every time I see Vivi’s face I get
triggered by her botched chin same for yumi except it’s with her bullimia cheeks
No. 376631
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He literally looks like a mannequin (txt’s taehyun)
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>>376637Is this attractive to you anon?
No. 376669
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Major kek
Also wow…He is not even kind of good looking
>>376657 No. 376678
>>376669Taemin was really good looking just a year ago. What happened? I also hate how kpop idols look slightly different each comeback. My brain can pick up that something is off about their faces but I have such a hard time picking up what exactly it is most of the time. Like I really don't know what he did to his face to make it look so weird, his live stages for "Want" have some scary close ups.
R.I.P Tsundere Taemin.
No. 376691
>>376688lool anon, you're right, almost like bigger features eunwoo. I find it really bad he's so young and already looks so plastic. But I guess it's what's expected nowadays with idols…
In a decade there's going to be some weird ass looking korean celebrities lol at least the ones that make it that far with their faces intact.
No. 376720
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I know I am super late, but DAMN - Rose is scary in her US appearances. No doubt in my mind that she's ana. Which is a shame, she seems to be the less shallow between the four of them, maybe because she can speak better than the others.
I mean, she was always thin (I remember being shocked at their debut stage), but she is legit spoopy now. Shitty photo for comparison, the first pic is from the interview video and I swear I didn't edit anything, her knee is really that pointy.
No. 376751
>>376720honestly rose looks so much like ellin from crayon pop but with less than a third of the personality ellin had lol
i am still bitter soyul got knocked up because crayon pop was so fresh compared to the shit groups being promoted nowadays
No. 376756
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>>376624It's not like they're giving a concert in Saudi Arabia during ramadan for god's sake, it's Britain lol
Or does this mean that even in a european country most bts is stans are non-white? I noticed that the audience of bp's american interviews also consisted of mostly black and asian people. Asians I understand, but black?
>>376720I looked through the comments in their american debut videos and while most of them called her goalz there were also a few who said she looks sickly. However, in response to that there were always multiple stans writing that she a) eats the most in bp or b) is "in a relationship with food". They always use the exact wording, it's like they're a brainwashed cult.
Also, koreans called out Jennie for obviously not having such great proportion as korean shows etc. make her out to have. She's slim, but other than that nothing special.
No. 376757
>>376756> However, in response to that there were always multiple stans writing that she a) eats the most in bp or b) is "in a relationship with food". They always use the exact wording, it's like they're a brainwashed cult.eating, even though it is one of the most basic functions of human life, is yet another thing koreans are super weird about in the same vein as sex almost
like…they dont understand how it works or something?
the way idols eat on shows is so weird because they're all starving themselves and the way the audience screams and oohs and ahhs like they've never seen a pot of ramen before is weird af
No. 376773
>>376657lol sorry i was just confused if "mannequin" has a positive or a negative connotation in this case
>>376756rosé's neck bends at an unnatural angle, probably because of her anachan body
No. 376800
>>376763 I just think that people have had enough with that high-class princess image she's going for. She also had the lazy and dating issue so that's enough reasons for them to go off on her.
Also, being short is a death sentence apparently.
No. 376802
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Z-girls revealed their last member who isnt Korean, and they only have one member who is fluent. However their vocal line is absolutely amazing, and 2 of them are good dancers (the rest are real bad). New thoughts?
No. 376809
>>376804She's supposed to be around 162 cm(5'4) or so( there comments about how she's actually shorter than that though), and Jisoo too.
The only tall ones are Rosé and Lisa.
They always bring height up in Irene's articles as well..must be a big deal to them.
No. 376812
>>376809Irene is like 155 (5'1) which is pretty short tbf, but they like her face well enough to overlook it.
People can't help their heights much so I don't get why it's some fatal flaw to be 2-3 inches shorter than average anyway
No. 376823
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>>376802I just can't with the height differences tbh. SNSD differs in heights as well, but at least they are distributed evenly. Unlike this group, 1 girl is like 175cm while the others are 150 to 160cm kek.
No. 376829
>>376599Agreed. She's not even ugly imo, there are definitely worse looking/botched idols out there.
>>376809That's strange, aren't most idol girls around 5'3-5'4? Wonder Girls (most of them except for Sunmi and maybe Ye Eun), Mamamoo (the tallest is 165 cm), Red Velvet (all of them except for Joy), probably Twice too, Hyuna…
No. 376834
>>376826You know, what makes it more impossible for them to succeed is that they insist on using the crypto currency system to pay for everything (music, concert, etc), at least according to their promotional website. We just know it too well that this group will not gain the attention of the Korean GP, thus making international fans their main source of income. The thing is, kpop fans from those countries (where the girls and boys are from) are cheapskates, they will only pay for huge and familiar names only.
They might be able to hype them up on social media, and that's the end of it. Easily impressionable teens are already hyping up one of the girls' insta but I doubt they can have/(are willing to get) actual access to the crypto currency system. This whole project is just doomed to fail.
No. 376843
>>376827So I guess they can actually sing. Now i feel bad they are trapped in that shady company lol, but it's their choice anyway. I expect to see their "debunking kpop tranings" and "kpop got me depressed" stories in the following years.
tl;dr
I remember around 6 years ago there was this Kpop group consisting of Korean and Singaporean members. The sgean teenagers thought of them like they're role models or something just because they're the first sgeans to enter kpop.
They disbanded 2 years after their debut with very little success. 1 girl came back to SG and resurfaced with "how kpop messed with my mental health" stories not long after they disbanded. Of course the stories only reached the sgean GP. The other girl desperately seek for validation in korea by joining idol school, only to be eliminated because she's "too old" already for kpop standards.
The point is, unless the company is huge and there is a good portion of korean members, a multi race group in kpop is never gonna be successful. I'm happy at least I don't see any sgean lurking hopelessly in kpop anymore after Skarf's failure. It really taught them a lesson, and was such an eye-opener also.
No. 376986
>>376979I think she's fully Taiwanese, if she was of Korean descent they'd make sure to advertise that.
>>376977EXP edition can sing fairly well too, and how did that work out for them?
No. 376998
>>376977First off please sage because I think you’re the one making all of these posts
Also the teaser is literally a snippet of the instrumental and a few shots. What did you hear that made it sound promising? At this point it seems they’ll be singing in English which honestly isn’t bad but good luck getting Koreans to actually pay you any attention if you couldn’t bother singing their language
No. 377104
>>376750Legit some of the netizen comments about rose sound so delusional and cult-like. Even Knetz talk about her amazing proportions (LMAO) and how pretty she is (um) and completely ignore her huge head, scrawny-scary limbs with huge feet and hands because she's food deficient. They go on about how tall she is but she's drawfed by Doyeon and Sowon. But then these are the same people who claim Twice Nayeon is a visual so idk anymore.
I think people also fell for yg media play about how talented their artists are. Her voice has been wonky and tough to listen to from day 1 but they went on and on about how she's a top vocalist and yet where are her osts? She was on a show with other vocalists and behind the scenes btob sungjae literally had to teach her how to sing. A fucking embarrassment.
The problem is Koreans have a sheep mentality and once the mediaplay convinces them of something that's it. YG mediaplay told them YG artists were talented. According to that Koreaboo article a few of them are getting a wake up call but it's way overdue
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/blackpink-good-morning-america-stephen-colbert-late-show-criticism-lack-talent-us-debut/And as for the constant refrain of "she eats the most in blackpink" I think the fans know she's deeply unhealthy and in need of intervention but they clearly care more about living vicariously through their idols then the idols themselves.
No. 377144
>>377099Seems like he's tryna get in her pants or is already in em lmao. At least Baekhyun could actually sing.
Whoever is watching this can't positively think he's an excellent singer. They only say that thanks to his face.
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No. 377202
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>>377188Probably because she didn’t. If her nose was really broken she won’t have sang the way she did recently. She probably fractured it and judging my this picture it doesn’t look anywhere near deformed. I know Koreans are good at makeup but not enough to fix a fucking broken nose.
No. 377264
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He looks like the guy who wants to be Jimin
No. 377296
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Do you guys also get annoyed by these grammatically incorrect, random sentences in kpop songs?
Like…ok add English but can it please make sense?
Pic related, it's Hwasa's "Twit".
No. 377328
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>>377185In Mixnine she was bad too. The hype is most likely because of her looks.
>>377187Koreans are all about being flawless and having good proportions, and she does. Ideal face shape, ideal nose, ideal lips, ideal eyes. Nothing looks weird or out of place, while each of the other girls has at least one minor flaw (always according to Korean standards, not mine). Many times it can end up resulting in a "boring" face, but that's what they like, see Irene.
No. 377329
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>>377296Literally pic related
No. 377347
>>376624imagine thinking a korean group would give a fuck about a muslim holiday hahaha.
also they're coming to the UK, not a muslim country. The uproar is hilarious it's the UK not Saudi Arabia they've no obligation to consider Muslim holidays.
No. 377354
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>>377347i'm living in a muslim country and a lot of muslims aren't even fasting in disguise if they are working, going to school, have important shit to do or whatever, these muslims who live in the west are interesting. if you want to see your oppars so bad just don't fast for one day then. it's not like they are going to mecca during ramadan or whatever, they are going to london, how many british muslim fans can they have at most?
pic related is bts trying to pander to muslim fangirls for some reason idk. i guess they have a considerable amount of muslim following but i think these fans are probably sea and middle eastern, not western
No. 377360
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idk if it's maybe the lighting but is that an implant in jisoo's forehead?
No. 377361
>>377354Is this for real or fake? Cause if it is, it's just more reasons to dislike them.
Imagine being a Muslim girl who is already considered second class due to her religion, and having zero autonomy over your body, and some Korean men come and praise your religion and your "choices" to keep that insubstantial woke-crap image they're pushing.
They even made sure to still compliment them on their looks …uwu so ~empowering~
This would actually be good material for the radfem thread.
No. 377399
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>>377372That's the issue. He doesn't even have to openly discuss these things for fans to jump into conclusions. He shouldn't touch (foreign)social and political issues when he's clearly too uninformed for that.
If he's so woke and so passionate about social justice maybe he should bring attention to relevant issues in his country. But then it would be too risky for them, right? Lol.
No. 377426
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I don't hate Suga, but wtf lol, that hand movement. He looks like a retard. I follow several kpop groups, and BTS are the cringiest ones.
No. 377455
>>377429Thing is that Dispatch is not the only outlet through which a dating scandal can happen. That one 17 member got hacked by a random and got his love message video towards 'minkyung-noona' leaked. BamBam/Mina got leaked by people too. Idk if they were dating or not but the picture got leaked nonetheless. Sasaengs are mostly loyal and don't leak dating information, but they're also not the only ones who can get a hold of that information.
This is especially
problematic for BTS who have a massive global fanbase. Not only do they have to worry about this on a global scale but paparazzi in other countries might want to get a hold of information about them too for the clicks. Didn't one pap take a photo of Jungkook when they were in Berlin or some European company? So the thing is you never know.
Speaking of JK, the rumor all across weibo last year was that he dated Rose from BP from March to September. Chinese fans usually have the tea but doesn't make it true. Still, though they probably have taken measures to protect them, never say never. No matter how big a Kpop star is or how much money they are bringing into the government, if some geopolitical shit really goes down I have no doubt that the gov would throw BTS under the bus and force a dating scandal out there to distract people like they allegedly used Bom to distract from the Sewol incident. Thing is, even though a BTS dating scandal would generate plenty of frenzy it wouldn't harm the group all that much because their fanbase is too big and they are too big to get taken down by something like that. Even EXO, a relatively smaller group was able to survive 2 dating scandals and 3 lawsuits. So if push comes to shove BTS could easily be used as a sacrificial lamb to cover whatever major scandal the gov might get into. In that case it wouldn't be BTS but the girl that gets caught with them that has to worry.
No. 377462
>>377455That's my point though. It doesn't have to be dispatch. NOBODY leaks shit about them. It's disturbing how their company went from near bankruptcy to having this much control
Don't paps normally take pics of them when they're out of Korea though? Or did you mean a really scandalous pic?
But yeah I agree with you on the amount of damage they'd take. Bighit should just let that shit go public. At least then they'd lose a chunk of their brainless fandom because oh no oppa betrayed them kek
No. 377468
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AOA Jimin's update. Damn.
No. 377469
>>377455Chinese fans always have the wildest "tea". One of them claimed that Chanyeol, a grown man in his early 20s, fucked Yeri when she was still 15-16. Another claimed that BI of iKon and Lee Hi had sex on the rooftop of the YG building and were so loud that everyone heard them.
Chinese fans are nuts and it's best to take their "leaks" with a huge grain of salt. It's fun to read though.
No. 377470
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>>377328ITZY is mostly compromises. Jiwon left for Fromis_9, Jeon Somi left for YG, Natty left for Idol School
No. 377496
>>377473Ratmys are mostly younger yes. But I think there is a small portion of non-rabid fans are those who grew with the group since debut and have matured out if the insane stan mindset? IDK I probably have too much faith in humanity
>>377474They would lose all the delusional fangirls. Better for the fandim but bad for business, because those are the ones most willing to shell out buckets of there parents' money. That and the old lady fans. Not sure how that group might react
>>377476Speaking of sasaeng tea, any idea if that girl from the recent live was really found to be a stalker? They're saying that she might actually have been an escort…but if she could get on camera like that the company has really lost control of these boys kekekek
No. 377507
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kpop uwu baby boy marketing is so successful that people see a girl in the background of a male musician's video and they automatically think she's a stalker and not a groupie who is about to get dicked down. just lol.
No. 377511
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RM's 'work office' is as cringey as the man himself.. damn
No. 377534
>>372359If you go back and watch the ddu ddu music video, they are all surprising out of sync in their own m/v.
What happened between their promotional choreo vids and now?
No. 377542
>>377541Bearbricks, they've been around much longer than Funk Pops and
some have decent artist designs (but a whole room of random bearbricks looks like total autist shit)
No. 377552
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I honestly feel so bad for Wendy cause what the fuck
No. 377553
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>>377552Like what could they have possibly done to her chin
No. 377605
>>377500it might have been an actual staff member who stepped in to take a look at what members were doing but that person in the door was kinda weird. i'm not sure if she had a black mask or was holding a phone but if it's the latter why would a
staff member quickly step in a door with a phone?
>After confirming the facts, we found out that (the person) was a staff member. The area is off limits to outsiders. We are very strict on the protection of our artists.>We are very strict on the protection of our artists.is that why they get mobbed in airports all the time or why a staff member sold jimin's clothes to a sasaeng lmao
No. 377623
>>377620Also wanted to add that the biggest hole to me in both groups are the indian girl and boy. Sorry lol but they are the most jarring to see and will probably get the most bullying. Hopefully they won't.
Will they be doing lives? Since songs are in English I doubt it right? Are they even living in Korea? I know nothing of the groups.
No. 377626
>>377609>>377611They're all ugly by industry standards (especially the guys), average looking in general and the vids, songs, and choreos are lame.
I don't understand why they keep getting brought up here. The only things that make them stand out amongst other groups are that they're extra ~diverse~ (for bonus sea points) and a literal scam.
No. 377628
>>377626I've seen uglier korean idols to be honest. At least some of them look more natural. They won't last long I'm sure, since koreans are brutal.
Are they labeling themselves as actual kpop? Because maybe they are trying the "kpop formula" somwhere else?
No. 377650
>>377611Lol the indian guy already said nigger online, good start with americans, which are probably the only people that would give these groups a chance. Yeah I know some kpop idols say it, but we all know fans would defend them to death because of being biased.
>>377644They are Z-pop or some bullshit like that, so I guess they are trying to create a loophole to justify that they are not koreans. I guess they are trying to make it on all asian countries, they are not particularly aiming for Korea. So I will give them a pass, considering most asian countries are stealing kpop concept as well. It's diferent from EXP Edition that specifically wanted to be labeled kpop and wanted to sing in korean, while they were middle aged looking whtie guys.
I've already seen people saying both songs are too childlish or something like that lol that's what happens when you understand the lyrics, all kpop songs sound like that.
>>377648I was impressed too, at least as much as I can be comparing it to debuts from other non top companies. Not saying they are good, but they are decent compared to what is already out there.
No. 377651
>>377647But why shill such mediocre scam groups? I'm genuinely confused. The least you two or three who're doing it could do is take it to the gen thread.
Also, you can reply to multiple posts in one single post fyi.
No. 377653
>>377651Who's shilling the group? Anon asked what we think about the MVs and we replied. In a minute anons will go back to shitting on BTS and Blackpink. I just gave my opinion, move on, complainig only causes derails as always.
Provide something to talk about if you're that interested about changing subject. I'm sorry we didn't talk about how mediocre Blackpink for less than an hour.
No. 377688
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It'd be pretty entertaining to see ratmys sperg over him when he's all tatted up but still has that plastic baby face
No. 377700
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I think Rose's face has been discussed here and she doesn't look much different from her predebut pictures, but this jawline doesn't look natural at all
No. 377710
>>377700They all have the same jaw shave that makes the lower half of the face look unnaturally elongated.
I'm guessing they feel it makes faces look more feminine? But then why do guys get it done too? I thought square jaws on men were supposed to be attractive
No. 377722
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I really feel like IU is tired of being "the daughter of Korea" and she wants to a mature and sexy image.
The ones that look the cutest hate being the cutest.
No. 377732
>>377725Same tbh. Whether it's in dramas or in music- the ps is so apparent that it's distracting.
Most of them look so..artificial.
That's why it was so refreshing to see all those normal, imperfect faces in the Japanese entertainment.
Too bad I'm not into their dramas or the music.
No. 377733
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This reminds me of woke twitter stans or pull saying shit like "kpop is for ALL asians", but honestly? This has nothing to do with anything "korean" anymore. They just look like bollywood singers.
Also, seeing as she's "woke" enough to call out the indian dude for saying nigger, I guess she does know about social justice and therefore also about the blatant racism in korea, so why is she doing this to herself?!
When people there already call Seolhyun and Tzuyu dark, what will they call her? Neither her features nor her skin look anything like what they consider the beauty standard.
All of them are in for a lot of bullying and hate comments…
No. 377743
>>377722I always had the impression that she pretty much enjoyed that "soft" image because she always sings in this playful, child-like voice (maybe that's just her voice idk), and her recent music video concepts aren't showing a very mature side of her either.
If she truly didn't like it, she would stop with these concepts so people don't accuse her of liking Lolita stuff. She's in charge of her own music after all.
No. 377788
>>377732It's sad though, because if Koreans did have those unique, imperfect faces they'd be absolutely ragged on until they got plastic surgery.
Every single member of Perfume is pretty, but I just /know/ if they were K-Pop they would bully Kashiyuka for her jawline.
No. 377806
>>377767This is IU we're talking about, not an SM idol like Taeyeon. IU has her company by the balls at this point and successfully negotiated for her entire team in her contract renewals. Chat-Shire was primarily written by her and that was in 2015.
That being said I find the og comment weirdly out of place. It's been clear she wanted to shed her image since she posted that pic in 2012, probably longer. The Red Shoes and twenty-three has a sexyish vibe. It's been a long ass time since IU relied solely on a forced cute image and not a mature one.
No. 377807
>>377780Optimistically, one would hope they picked her for vocal/dance ability more than her looks. That mv was awful, and prettier Indian obviously exist but she's objectively not that bad-looking.
>>377790Guessing the laxatives are for weight loss? I actually don't know much about this Korean diet stuff, aside from the basic idea that they take pills and 'vitamins' to stay thin a la those pill-shaped med tins.
>>377792The idea that somebody might die that young is just plain sad, cringey overhyped idol or no
No. 377817
>>377743>>377806Even the nations uwu baby boy has been known to say he wants to be seen as more mature, when he clearly loves the coddling
Iu has been in the industry for much longer and as a woman she probably feels more pressure to maintain the cute image her industry generally prefers. She's what 25 now? The whole sk's little sister act has got to be chafing. But she still has to work and if cute is what kpop wants K-pop will probably get.
That said, she already had a scandal when she was younger. Pretty sure sk wouldnt be too traumatized if she tried out more mature concepts. This is me just tinfoiling at this point, but maybe she doesn't want to rock the boat since it's her bread and butter
No. 377819
>>377552I will never forgive whoever did this mess. She looked really pretty before that cursed jaw shave, even more than Irene imo.
How does she even chew?
>>377559Is there a video of this? I can't find anything about it
No. 377822
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Txts already started gay baiting fans
No. 377831
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>>377828i thought that he was gay too but he got caught with a girl half his age and size
No. 377850
>>377831In all this time the only sort-of scandal from bighit was about their CEO
Once, just once I'd like to see bts fuck up. Like, anybody remember that wanna one vlive incident?
No. 377854
>>377850i remember hearing about that on an earlier thread, i found it hilarious. i would LOVE for more kpop fans to get their bubbles burst. if bts were accidentally recorded laughing about getting free handjobs from fans i would probably jizz on the spot, armys really deserve it for being such wilfully deluded and insufferable bitches.
>>377852afaik he only asked women older than him not to call him oppa. some people say its because hes aware that its a fetishy thing but i guess thats kind of reading into it. Speaking of which, why do kpop fans read so much into what idols do? its not just with shipping, ive seen clips with idols crying/laughing/etc that could be for any reason and people make commentary like theyre in their head: 'hes crying because x!' 'she's laughing because y did z!'. is it just projection?
No. 377856
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Do sm artists really get just 5% of physicals because what the fuck
No. 377859
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>>377722This is old news, in Chatshire, there were numerous references to the book and movie lolita.
Even afterward, despite the backlash, she was still prepared to play 12 year old Mathilda in a themed show of Leon.
She could've gone for the mature sexy concept, but she enjoys the "lolita" themed concept.
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>>377856>>377856Why do you think SM Town has those regular world tours. That's that they put all their stock in.
No. 377866
>>377853Joy never came off as the empathetic, caring one in the group, so it's surprising to see this side of her.
It does seem quite genuine to me though.
No. 377872
>>377856Lol and they still recruit Chinese trainees, knowing that they'll leave after gaining some fame, and then become millionaires in china shortly after.
I'd do the same tbh.
No. 377877
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>>377870Yeah, even the pic from the OP was from 2017, she came out in an innocently styled high collared outfit, but her top was seethrough with some pasties.
If you go back further you can find she often repeats these themes even after all she outrage she got over it. She obviously likes that image.
No. 377883
>>377866I think so too. Their personalities are bland af, but they never came across as not liking each other (maybe minus Yeri). In general I think that the smaller the group, the higher the chance that they get along well.
>>377877She's simply disgusting. I remember everybody wk her during the zeze controversy, saying she's the real victim and that she's calling everbody out for sexualizing her since she was young, but it's quite clear that all this lolita shit is her thing…
I think she'll turn 26 already (nearly 30 according to lc kek) so why is she constantly portraying herself so childlike…? There's no excuse for that, korean netizen have long got that, it's only international fans trying to still see the good in her.
No. 377890
>>377852I think all 3 are coddled in general, but the older 2 get more of the daddy thing while jungkook is babied the most
>>377854If I remember correctly they said that sasaengs exist to give out free handjobs. The knetz were pissed but they apologized and it was written off as boys being boys.
It was basically frat boy talk, which from bts would leave their fandom in shock and generate tons of milk
There's literally nothing on then though. While I get that their company is keeping things hush hush, this stuff takes money. I get that bighit is crazy rich now, but wasn't bang since hyuk broke as fuck in the early days? They're always saying it's had nothing started from scratch etc etc, so where did he get the money to grease journalist hands back then?
No. 377968
>>377966sm are really pushing nct hard huh
other than their unneeded asses i think it's pretty good
No. 378097
>>378013Idols are fucking stupid honestly, willing to risk their sanity just to get some gifts from fansite masters.
Sulli used to be good friends with that one crazy sasaeng fansite she had, that one woman was like 40-something and managed to bully all the other Sulli fansites into closing down. Then when Sulli left the group she turned on her and spilled some nasty tea about how she hated promoting, didn't really like her members and other stuff. That crazy bitch tried to latch onto Irene later but Irene had a lot of fansites from her predebut days so she couldn't weasel her way in to become Irene's only fan.
No. 378103
>>378086Hyuna/Edawn kind of ruined dating scandals for me. Kai/Jennie was amusing at first because all the new kpop fans couldn't comprehend a dating scandal where none of the fans reacted poorly so they either had to dredge up stale old drama (mainly the Taeyeon and Krystal stans) or acted like H/E magically made obsessive fans change their mind about idols dating. It's funner when the fan reaction is underwhelming so overly performative fans don't have the opportunity to do their 'let idols be human!' circlejerk.
Though it'd be nice to have another higher profile dating scandal. Dispatch miscalculated Kai/Jennie because they're both super bland and that iKon/Momoland couple was a nonevent.
No. 378122
>>378103Jennie/Kai flopped because Kai has already been caught once and EXO is passed their peak. If it had been Jennie with a BTS member the reaction would have been far more insane. Usually the reaction depends on the status of the idols involved and whether or not they're seen to 'match' to the Korean public.
I don't know about Kang Daniel making that much of a splash anymore since there was already a dating scandal with that one rapper girl who was on Unpretty Rapstar. But it depends on who he's caught with and how big he gets as a solo.
No. 378129
>>378122Even Jennie's pretty boring despite being an upcoming it girl because most of bp's popularity is smoke and mirrors boosted by sea fans. Maybe if it was Irene or a Twice member with one of the bts maknae line it would have been different.
Good point about Kang Daniel and that girl (jidam I think). His fans didn't have that bad of a reaction but maybe that was only because it was a previous some instead of a current relationship. He also has a lot of noona fans too that transcend the idol fan label. Hwang Minhyun has a bunch of crazy akgaes on the other hand.
No. 378142
>>378113Here you go anon, a collection of crazy shit that Sulli fansite was up to
https://onehallyu.com/topic/132774-the-reason-why-sulli-only-has-one-korean-fansite-despite-her-popularity-added-more/http://www.asianjunkie.com/2015/06/28/sullis-own-annie-wilkes-jinnabit-has-been-ranting-about-her-again/After Sulli she tried to latch onto Irene and some Twice members but that went nowhere. I haven't heard of any Red Velvet fansites being batshit insane yet .
No. 378188
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Christ
No. 378223
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Taeyong is just so fucking ugly and his shooping skills are just TOP KEK. His head looks like the alien emoji
No. 378260
>>378241They should've made NCT U a permanent group and made similar songs like that. I really like that song and the concept, and so did many I-fans.
But the rotation thing will never work, when will SM learn?
No. 378269
>>378265Exactly. Lol I legit don't know how Winwin's voice sounds like cause I never hear him speak or sing.
It's basically Mark and Taeyong(with his annoying ass "rapping")+ background dancers.
The rest (except for the main vocals) are pretty much there for nothing.
No. 378274
>>378269Johnny trained for 7 years only to be some tall ass backup dancer. It’s weird seeing how he’s trained the longest yet is the most talentless. Fans like to pretend he has some and get
triggered when he has a few seconds like would would he even do? He can’t rap nor sing and he dances like he has ants in his pants. Although he does translate a lot so there’s his calling
No. 378275
>>378269Johnny trained for 7 years only to be some tall ass backup dancer. It’s weird seeing how he’s trained the longest yet is the most talentless. Fans like to pretend he has some and get
triggered when he has a few seconds like would would he even do? He can’t rap nor sing and he dances like he has ants in his pants. Although he does translate a lot so there’s his calling
No. 378287
>>378281Taeyong looks like a flesh eating alien. He was already weird looking but SM just couldn't leave his face alone and chopped him up and made him look 10x weirder and then on top of that he goes and shops half his jaw off. If they wanted Jaejoong they should have just treated him better back when he was in TVXQ. Most of NCT are scary looking and some of that is SM's fault. Why would I sign up to that company knowing that if they want to hack off my jaw or implant a block of wood into it, I'd have no recourse to say no. Look what they did to Wendy!
NCT's fandom is wild af. Talked shit about American validation until SM announced their week of desperation in America back in October and suddenly fans were so sure they'd blow up. When NCT got #80 on the BB200 after all that payola the only thing NCT fans could brag about was them being the 2nd highest bg on the billboard charts (before EXO came back). That entire NCT fandom is made up of SM stans, ex-EXO fans and BTS antis who deluded themselves into thinking NCT isn't some kind of freakshow failed project with shit music. Simon Says starts with a group of men sounding like they're threatening to murder the listener before the song starts. What the hell was SM thinking?
SM put millions of US dollars into NCT, countless promotions, projects, videos, high budget music videos, sticking them everywhere, giving them pre-debut promotion to (like when the japanese member stole that other japanese idol's Abnormal Summit job, and all the music show mc gigs for the NCT trainees before U debuted) only to end up with a middling group that can barely compete with groups like Got7 sales wise. They've got 18 members in NCT127 and can barely compete with Twice. SM got too greedy.
No. 378298
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>>378281Sure, Jan. A completely normal chin …
No. 378312
>>378287SM put all their money, time and energy into NCT while giving Red Velvet the barest minimum promo, but Red Velvet is a top 3 girl group with one very famous member (Irene) while NCT have yet to chart on Melon and nobody knows who the fuck Mark and Taeyong are.
Lee Soo Man probably has sleepless nights knowing that his favourite Mark is still a nobody kek
No. 378352
>>378349For those who aren't aware here's the video of Taeyong pushing a girl. Sage for old milk
(Another video was posted from a different perspective saying the guard actually pushed the girl but imo it really seems like Taeyong pushed the girl.)
No. 378379
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Chuu is looking weird as fuck lately, I can't point my finger on what exactly
No. 378382
>>378294i think this is about to
trigger a lot of kboos but what the heck it has to be said
"naturally blessed" kekkek
nobody in kpop is PS free Janet, not even uwu visual king oppar V
No. 378389
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>>378379Maybe she reminds of you of Lee Jong suk.
No. 378398
Alright I like Loona somewhat but people are absolutely delusional if they think Loona will be the GG BTS in terms of future popularity and trend-setting. I see Loona taking the path of Oh My Girl or worse, WJSN, since 1) the general public will not care to pay attention to a girl group with more than 9 members, 2) their label is apparently running out of the budget which could be seen in the Hi High outfits, 3) they have a bunch of filler members that detract from the main girls.
If BBC is smart and considers this, they'd be better doing the subunits and marketing the girls in smaller groups to form the big group for concerts and stuff for their fans. On top of the subunits they have now, I'd say that they'd benefit from making a group of five with Heejin, Chuu, Kim Lip, Yves, and someone else not totally useless (Olivia Hye, Jinsoul?) to create a super group out of the members that they currently have. When it comes to the full line-up, I'd say that getting rid of Yeojin, Gowon, Vivi, and Haseul would be progress already. Choerry isn't especially talented either. Before people rip into me for including Haseul, I'm aware that she's a good vocalist but her performance on stage is pretty bland and she'd be better off not being an idol imo.
I write this as someone who wants the best for the group, however I justify this as a critical post considering Loona fans would screech at my suggestion to cut members from the group since they're the most useless. Tbh this isn't the first group that I would suggest that for as most groups have filler members which is why we have so many ~incredible~ rappers in kpop.
I don't stan them and probably won't because I know that Loona is likely going to fail unless they downsize and appeal more to Korean GP. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
No. 378404
>>378393Yuta, Kun, and Johnny. Taeil is too in the visual and dance departments (and because he's about to hit the wall) but he's easily one of the best singers in the group.
>>37839780% sure Winwin is the most popular member if not 2nd only to Taeyong because China
No. 378416
>>378312>SM put all their money, time and energy into NCT while giving Red Velvet the barest minimum promo, but Red Velvet is a top 3 girl group with one very famous member (Irene) while NCT have yet to chart on Melon and nobody knows who the fuck Mark and Taeyong are. Not completely sure of the point you're trying to make, but mid tier boy groups earn more than the top tier girl groups because boy groups do better in physicals. Public recognition alone doesn't pay the bills.
Although admittedly NCT is kinda flopping by SM standards
>>378414>male idols always butcher high registerslol
No. 378420
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>>378379She's always looked like a fucking freak. Her eyes don't look like normal human eyes.
No. 378423
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Samefag but this is some horror movie level shit
No. 378455
>>378451cool story bro
>>378454Take a guess
No. 378467
>>378457Given that 1, multiple existing groups have been shown to not have talent yet still sell and 2. company stans exist and are retarded, more news at 11, shoudn't you know better?
Also
>waah muh talentWhy is this such a recurring theme here lmao? It's fucking kpop
No. 378473
>>378393Anybody not Mark or Taeyong kek.
But seriously Winwin,Johnny, and..Jaemin I think. I'm only saying him bc when he was m.i.a bc of his injury Nct Dream was still doing fine.