We all know kpop is a derivative genre based mostly on black culture in the West. Just look at the top performing girl groups now. They sample from a black artist, they use rnb and rap which originated from black musicians, they imitate the styles and mannerisms of black artists from decades...
These perverted fangirls trying to live through Jennie while at the same time judging people. This is what a conservative society does to people.
https://dailynaver.blogspot.com/2022/08/foreign-media-report-blackpink-returned.html
Not deliberately but more like "oh, this *popular group* is performing/coming back, better check'em out". So a bunch of other people who aren't fans or not interested will just increase their views and buzz.
On the other hand I almost never follow any popular kpop groups since the 2nd gen, I...
Twice became the nation's girl group during better times. But people change, the public's perception changes, things change. The world has changed. The era of Twice dominating in the Korean public has been some years now. They have a strong fandom supporting them and buying their albums and...
In terms of impact to the genre, not lifestyle obviously.
In the early 90s grunge bands used to dominate American music but then Tupac and Biggie came and changed the public’s musical taste. No grunge bands of mainstream level have been heard of ever since.
In the early 20’s “noise music”...
Considering how much IVE was able to achieve in Korea and globally by being from a small mid tier agency. People will bring up SISTAR but they were only known for being great on MelOn and not anywhere else. The never had the global popularity or it girl like IVE does. With HYBE's money and...
It's well known that compared to previous generations the current new lineup of boy groups are incredibly unpopular. Big 4s will still do fine and there will always be a niche market for BGs but the public as a whole have turned their eyes away from BGs. Most of the public that consumes this...
Potentially a popular idol who has been in the industry for years could have already dated hundreds of people. Even regular attractive guys can get hundreds of matches on Tinder. How much easier it is for idols who’s personality is already known by people. Every time I travel to Korea and go to...
I was reading this article and I couldn’t but help to see the parallels with kpop. Just replace anime with kpop and Japanese with Korean.
https://animemotivation.com/anime-fetishization-weebs-japan/
This also reminded me of the news of women going to Korea to find boyfriends, due to the...
Koreans hate her because she doesn't fit their beauty standards, ifans hate her because she said the n-word, Japanese hate her because she is mixed, suspicious observers think she got into Aespa with nepotism. The amount of pain she is holding in, I can't even comprehend
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