u/Bluewooo

Hi! Very new here and new to Heeseung in general, so sorry if this question is already obvious to answer or not!

Anyway, I recently started getting into Heeseung after the whole kerfuffle going on with him departing from Enha. At first I was like "Oh, that's shocking." and I didn't really think much of it... but after coming across some of his song covers I think I'll start stanning him too, lol.

On the topic of getting into him though I was re watching his live yesterday and I noticed that he has an almost Aussie like accent when he specifically speaks English. After looking some things up, I can't find much about why. And it's not like he ever lived in Australia either, as all the sources I find just say he was born and raised in Korea.

So I'm curious, does anyone else notice his Aussie accent? I'm wondering if it's just natural even, as maybe the way he pronounces English words just comes across with a slight accent to it that just happens to sound Australian? It's not like it's very pronounced either, but to me at least I can definitely hear at least a hint of it in his words.

So, is there a reason why? Does he just really like Australia or? (And again, sorry if this is a common question and easy to answer, it just has me curious.)

I always see people saying that Kpop Twitter is bad, Reddit is bad, Insta is bad, basically all the social media apps, but I don't see anyone taking about how bad Kpop Youtube is.

First off, you got these terrible clickbait shorts content that is so lazily made. They have these awful thumbnails and 90% of the time the content in shorts is just "Idols who are bad at singing" "Idols who got plastic surgery" "Idols who lip sync", I swear it's like every single negative topic and that's all these videos focus on. Don't even get me started with the amount of misinformation in these videos, I have seen stuff that is straight up lies and yet everyone else in the comments seems to just believe it and say some nasty things. Especially on those short vids that talk about idols who they claim to be "problematic", only to show some of the fakest put together clips ever... and the comments all eat it up. But in general the Kpop short content is a virus on Youtube and is full of some of the worst comments ever.

On the topic of comments, second off Youtube comments are terrible, which I think we all know already. You got comments on music videos just spamming the same thing 10 times over and over again, and don't even get me started with the "Every time someone likes this comment I'll re watch the video!!" stuff, which why people obsess over likes on a comment will never make sense to me.

The comments on short content is again, not great. People saying some of the nastiest things ever, and hardcore fans of idols who will attack a creator for simply stating that they don't like the way a song sounds. Which honestly, the over protective fans in these Youtube comments sections are the worst of it I find. I find on Youtube you will barely find any criticism of anything because the comments will just glaze it endlessly, which I find is 10 times worse on Youtube than it is anywhere else, probably because Youtube has a much wider age range but still, the amount of times I have seen comments spamming angry emojis as a reply to any criticism comments is so funny.

Third, reaction channels. I am completely fine with reaction content tbh and I even watch some and find it funny, but the amount of Kpop reaction channels that just pop on a Kpop mv and just sit back and watch with little to no reactions is painful. Like the least you could do is look like you're enjoying it. But honestly this is a problem in all reaction content but the amount of Kpop reactions being pumped out nowadays just ends up in more of these "reaction" channels doing absolutely nothing but staring at the screen and smiling every now and then. Just plain laziness.

Fourth, are those Kpop essay channels. I find these are the absolute worst channels. These channels will have some aesthetic Kpop name and make "Kpop opinions that will get me cancelled!!" videos and just regurgitate the same 10 opinions over and over again, and a lot of them I find follow the same way of video making. It honestly feels like some sort of content farm. Plus I find the people who run these channels that revolve around opinion based content are always some of the most toxic people ever who just throw shade every chance they get. They'll have some random idol as their pfp and act all high and mighty, and it is so annoying and how people watch this stuff is beyond me. Like no, I don't want to watch the 50th "Kpop idols can't sing live anymore" or "Kpop idols that give me the ick" vid. Pack it up already.

Fifth, is the terrible Kpop news channels that are just full of AI generated bullshit and insensitivity. The amount of misinformation in these videos is comical. Like I swear they are literally making up their own fanfiction, having awful thumbnails of an idol crying but they over edit it to make it look butt ugly, and then have some stupid AI talking voice to use for commentary. These channels honestly feel like satire but they are literally just making this stuff for views, and it's sad. And don't even get me started on the videos of deceased idols that they make and have some AI generated picture of said idol in like a coffin with angel wings or something. Come on now.

Anyways, that's all I had to say. I just feel like I don't see enough people talk about how buns Kpop Youtube is. I swear I very rarely find actual good content because it's all just slop content and it's sad.

Okay so yeah, having a big fanbase anywhere in Kpop is considered good, but I'm genuinely curious onto why Kpop fans say China is basically a fanbase that you want to have most.

I'm mostly asking this on the topic of Heeseung/EVAN. I see a lot of Heestans (Heeseung fans) saying that Heeseung is already safe and in good arms because he is massively popular in China. They say that just having a big Chinese fanbase on it's own is good enough for a solo career, and since Evan is so popular in China it seems I see a lot of people talking about how this is a really good thing for him. Some even saying that if Heeseung has this big Chinese fanbase then he won't really need to worry about his popularity in Korea or globally.

Not just Heeseung but with other artists too I see fans saying that them doing well in China is very good.

All I know about Chinese fans is that they are weirdly rich and also mostly like to solo stan members instead of the group itself (or so I've heard, feel free to correct me!)

So anyways, why is having a big Chinese fanbase such a big deal with Kpop artists?