u/cherriesjubileees

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disclaimer: i love kiiikiii and this post is not an attempt to spread hate on them, i’m just frustrated at the state of the kpop industry with its generative ai usage!!

i’m mainly annoyed because kiiikiii has been so inspiring and fresh creatively since their debut, and i was really looking forward to this comeback. little by little, their team started using ai in their promotion content and mvs. the best example you can find is kiiikiii’s teaser for the “kiiikiii festiiival.” the song in the teaser is quite literally ai generated😭

since it’s obvious that they have dedicated + hardworking human artists on their team that continuously put their all into kiiikiii’s comebacks, it’s so sad to see kiiikiii’s team haphazardly combine that boundless human creativity with ai slop. it completely overshadows the work the actual artists do.

now, as much as many kpop stans, i hateeee having to point out ai. it’s getting so much harder to spot nowadays (concerning) and it’s sad that ai usage and ai generated content is so common / not taboo in south korea. i do understand that ai hatred is mostly a western thing atm, however there are still korean creatives that are against ai. even worse, so many fans deny that their fave groups’ creative teams / members use ai when it’s so obvious. atp i’ve accepted it’s part of being a kpop stan that consumes content from these music artists, it obviously isn’t going to stop easily. this industry is literally built on the back of capitalism (same with the western pop artist industry obviously), so of course many will use cheap and lazy tools to substitute real artistry to save time / money. tbh i have no idea what to do because i feel so hopeless with the trajectory of ai in this industry, leave ur thoughts in the comment section down below LMAOOO thanks for reading my rant🤗

hi! i’m a newer vkei fan, being introduced to the scene by my friend with bands such as: buck tick, malice mizer (+moi dix mois), dir en grey, plastic tree, soft ballet, and versailles.

essentially, since my taste right now is mostly old school (i’m trying to grow it and listen to more current bands though!), i feel like there’s a ticking time bomb on seeing the tours of older bands or soloists that are still active.

i live in southern ontario in canada, and my eyes have opened to how bleak it is here with vkei bands wanting to visit 😢 since this event is in new york, at least it wouldn’t be an insane hassle to visit (only pretty expensive for me). i really like kamijo and mana, and i’m assuming it’s pretty rare to have an event like this!!

so, is this likely the last time an event like this could happen / how ‘worth it’ is it - in your opinion? thank you! :)