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what is this. I need two more crying cats to make you see how many tears are purong down my eyes, wait.

Wait, Minho doesn't have solo cards??

no, I mean have you seen the new "which cards do you wanna collect?" you can include Japanese cards and Chinese and Western but apparently no Minho as a soloist despite everyone else can be included even though they had like two solo songs? pfff.

Just for clarification Brekker the amount isn't the problem it's that it has to be an official debut which having a proper MV and promoting it on music shows is their criteria and SM Station songs aren't promoted usually is the problem with Minho.

is that not a video enough for you? it DID have a promo and it was officially released by SM.

but hey, it absolutely makes sense that people are gonna have an option for a WESTERN artists on a kpop forum, but sm station is just not good enough?

It's a video but it wasn't promoted on The Show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Show! Music Core or Inkigayo which is the second part of the criteria which is why it doesn't fit and I had to ask about Yuju for those rules as well since she had an "official" solo debut but the lack of a proper music video and proper promotions for it means she couldn't get cards either.

That's SHINees comeback showcase isn't it?

How was it supposed to be promoted when he released it before his enlistment????? how exactly was he participate in the promotions when soldiers are not allowed to work during their military training? unless he would do everything for free and it wasn´t commercial he was not allowed to do it. that´s what he also explaind during his isntagram live. he could do that as instagram was for free but as long as his activities are paid by someone he could not promote or do anything he would receive income for.

Well it's unfortunate circumstances but it is what it is and all you can hope is that Minho releases something that would meet the criteria

but surely they´d just find something else to excuse that ... something like "oh well that´s unfortunate but too little too late" or "well, we have to make all these Japanese cards before!" that´s just ... dumb, ugh. it doesn´t matter that there are other artists who have 4 variations of cards though despite having two singles because TWO is what matters. I´m just sure if I write 2pm, someone would go "weeeelll, but their comeback is not ... too sure sooo" or something like that. I just can´t believe that someone would choose Billie Eilish or Dua Lipa rather than a kpop artist on a kpop forum, like how is that? if it was stricter for everyone, that´s fair and square but it´s not. it´s just all subjective as heck. and I don´t have a problem with Billie or Dua as artists, they are lovely, it is more a question of a principle ... is this a music forum or a kpop music forum?