Is it just me or I actually feel protective towards illit. If they get bashed at for no reason or when something bad happens to then, I kind of feel sad. I don't watch their content nor do I really listen to their songs.
So many to choose from! Here are some of my favorites.
WJSN - secret (eye contact version)
Enhypen - knife
2pm - go crazy
Kang Daniel - parade
Kai - peaches
Currently there are two songs that I'm listening to, and, sadly, they both weren't really liked by the fandoms, but for the sake of this post, I'll just spill everything.
Bad (ATEEZ): The beat was okay, not their first song that I listened to but the one I came back the most. Tbh the vocal part was the only reason I kept coming back to it (other parts were meh, especially the Spanish rap). An okay song for my daily workout though, but I can see the hate and honestly it's justified.
Gimme Dat Love (i-dle): Another song hated by the fandom, but I really like the vibe it gave. Kinda similar to LSF'S Smart, not as interesting as their previous titles but okay for me to vibe along.
What I mean to ask is, just how much time, money and energy do companies and idols spend in Korea compared to Japan, Chinese-speaking countries (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Southeast Asia, and the rest of the world? This probably varies by company, so I am asking in a general sense, what is the importance that companies place on the Korean market compared with other countries? What would a pie chart of this look like? Would Korea be 50% of the pie? Or is it something different?
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Yesterday I ran and finished the 1st ever SMTown Run Club event and I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand I finished the race and I finished with my best time (84 minutes) and I am super proud of myself that I finished and didn't get injured. Also I got a lot of free stuff from the run kit, the finishers kit, and then they had a bunch of sponsors who were doing giveaways. It was also cool to see all the different idols participating and even getting to high five Minho who after finishing once went and did the Run again so he ran by me 3 times. WayV and Minho's performances were also super cool and especially impressive since they all participated in the 10k earlier in the day.
That being said there were a lot of areas that could be improved on.
For starts the race course.
It was longer than 10km according to my tracker and several other people the course was actually ~11.3 km meaning that it was over a kilometer longer than it should have been.
The race was mostly flat but started and ended with a pretty large steep uphill and there were a couple other slopes. I would guess about 2km had some kind of slope.
Also the location was in the middle of nowhere. I understand wanting to minimize interference but traffic was really bad even taking the shuttle bus and there was not a lot around. Also since it was remote the bathroom lines were crazy long and there was no soap or water to wash hands.
Speaking of the shuttle bus I appreciate that they had free shuttle buses but they needed more and a better schedule. There was a schedule shared with the morning shuttle times but in actuality it was not followed and the schedule was whenever a bus showed up. In the afternoon the performance ended around 4:15 and the buses didn't arrive till 5:30 so they just had everyone sit on the ground for over an hour for the first batch to arrive. I am lucky enough I made it on the 1st batch but if I didn't it was over an hour till the next batch.
Lastly, the performance. It was advertised as H2H, WayV and Minho and as being from 2 to 4:30. However there were also 2 DJs who performed until ~3:15 then H2H came out (tbh their performance was not great. Like I get they are rookies but still I expected better especially since none of them did the run). They performed 4 songs and then WayV came on and performed 4 songs and lastly Minho performed 4 songs. The performance wrapped up around 4:15 and there was less than an hour of idols performing. Maybe my expectations were too high but from the instagram I was expecting longer performances.
Like I said it was a bit of a mixed bag and there were definite organizational and logistical issues that need to be addressed like the course length being wrong but in general I did have fun and am proud of myself for successfully finishing the run. Also the djs were good and WayV and Minho were fun to see. If they do it again next year I will probably run again although I may just get a taxi and bring a change of clothes and shoes
I attended Monsta X's concert in VA last night. I'd like to preface by stating that I watched their debut show stream live on Youtube back in 2014. I have attended every U.S concert that they have held since 2017, Jingle Ball, and their U.S side promotional activities.
After over ten years as a group, I was stunned by them last night. I should be used to their performances by now, but the energy that they pour into their performances is truly incredible.
The member's fervent passion for performing shined brightly. From start to finish, the show was electric with non-stop, high energy, and interactive performances. Monsta X is a group that truly lacks nothing. Their lives vocals were immaculate and they didn't rely on a backtrack when singing.
What I love about them is the fact that their love for monbebe is sincere. They also keep their promises.
If you have a chance, please go see them perform in person. I can say without a doubt that you will utterly not be dissiapointed.
*Reposted, because apparently original question led everybody to focus on different thing.
Just a note: I have no idea about how Grammy works and what other categories it has, I just got this idea and wanted to ask for your opinions.*
So what if Grammy instead of making "Asian pop" category (and potentially lately "mid eastern", "African" or "latam" (not Latino) categories), would make "USA edition" for their major categories? For example:
Song of the year (USA edition) + Song of the year (global edition)
Album of the year (USA edition) + Album of the year (global edition)
USA edition: artists should be born and/or raised in States (+only English, if they want it so much) Global edition: anyone can get no matter of their nationality and the language.
This way they will guarantee for an American artist to get an award, but also include any other musical act that was popular enough.
So, what are your thoughts?
P.S. I just did some quick research (on Wikipedia) and now I'm even more confused with their categories. Like, some genre-specific ones I get, but "Latin Rock"? Am I missing something here?
And apparently, new Asian category is only for "Pop and Dance".
as the title says, what is your favorite and least favorite lightstick?
I’ll go first! I love Seventeen’s 10th anniversary lightstick, it has beautiful colors.
my least favorite lightstick is enhypen’s lightstick. its is simple and there isn’t much variety to it, and as much as I do like simple, I like meaning behind lightsticks too, which I feel like enhypen’s lightstick lacks
I love both groups but I just expected a little more from enhypen!
I feel so weird but Juun is my bias! She’s such a talented dancer and rapper. Like she is one of the most underrated idols of the fifth generation of kpop! I love her savage personality.
This might all be common knowledge or just common sense to a lot of people, but I've been a bit obsessed with Reddit over the past few months, so I thought I'd share some of what I've learned from using it as a multi fan.
The safest and most enjoyable places are usually the individual group subs. They tend to be wholesome communities with very little drama, and you can get most of the information you need about a group there. People usually do a great job of posting updates, performances, variety content, interviews, old clips and other things to watch or listen to. That is true even for groups that are no longer active, like Loona or IZ*ONE.
Those subs are generally positive spaces. Some are more open to criticism than others, which is understandable. Groups that have gone through major hate trains or have a lot of dedicated haters often have communities that are more defensive and quicker with moderation or bans.
If you want more open discussion, or you're interested in things like legal disputes involving a group, properly moderated general K-pop subs are usually the best place to go.
The main Kpop sub and its related subs, for example, do a good job of allowing a wide range of discussion while still keeping things under control. Of course, no amount of moderation can completely stop fan behaviour. Mass upvotes and downvotes, people swarming certain comments, and fan wars can still happen.
The more important thing is what to avoid.
Snark subs, "uncensored" subs, and communities where the name and description already tell you that the main purpose is negativity are best approached with a lot of caution.
There was one conversation in a sub that summed this up pretty well:
Person A: Objecting to a positive post being deleted and saying it's nice to have some positive posts sometimes.
Person B: This isn't a place for positive posts. Positive posts, by definition, aren't harsh.
Mod: Yes, positive posts and comments have no place in this sub.
That pretty much says it all.
Even if you think you can handle those kinds of communities, it isn't always that easy. Negativity is incredibly easy to get pulled into. In the same way that it's easier to eat unhealthy food than healthy food, or easier to get out of shape than to stay in shape, being negative is often easier and more addictive than being positive.
Spend enough time in spaces built around criticism, mockery or outrage, and they can slowly change the way you look at groups, idols and even the hobby itself.
So the main thing is to be careful about which communities you spend your time in. Reddit can be a really fun place for Kpop if you curate it well.
One thing that isn't really Reddit related, but has also been a godsend as a multi, is playlists that are updated daily with new comebacks from different groups. I'm not sure if link sharing is allowed here, but they're pretty easy to find and they're a great way to discover music outside the groups you already follow.
Thanks for reading, and happy multi-stanning to everyone.
I live in a country where k-pop is highly ridiculed till this date it's growing but still the level and amount absurd opinions and thoughts like racism for koreans is still high. I don't have any real life kpop stan friends as well one fomo is that.
Secondly, I'm an adult but still not earning and ngl being a kpop fan is expensive for someone like me, I can't just simply ask anyone to fulfill those requests for me.
As I said it's still growing and somehow something big is definitely coming, it's gonna be announced in few days, it could be anything atp really we don't know any artist's concert announcement, a kpop music festival etc., it's gonna be announced soon.
Currently a lot is happening, but it's only limited upto few metropolitan cities and selected states, which my city and state will never be a part of anytime soon. So whatever is gonna happen I will again have no chances to attend it and definitely I'm gonna miss it due to my situation. And suddenly this fomo of missing all those activities is really eating my brain...
I only have one simple wish that is to see my ult group live and attend their fanmeet atleast once in my life but looking at the circumstances I'm in rn it really seems next to impossible...
Yesterday I ran in the SMTown 10K today I woke up at 4:30am to go to the airport and fly to Tokyo so I could attend Xnghan&Xoul' Japanese Debut Showcase - Ignite. My body hurts in places and ways that never has before. All that to say I love Xnghan&Xoul so much and it was totally worth it.
Before my review I love him so much. He is such a good performer and always gives it his all. This is my 8th event of his and I can't wait to attend more! I need him to have more events in Korea so I can attend!
I was at Xnghan&Xoul's Japan Showcase today and it was so good! It lasted an hour and a half and he performed all of his songs with choreo! Songs that didn't have choreo before like WishList and Light the Fire had choreo that were really good. It went well with songs and Seunghan and all the members of Xoul are such good dancers. The song that really stood out to me was Dancing Anyway. The choreography blew me away. They used chairs as props and had some really cool moves including one where Seunghan was being tilted back in the chair and another where he walked across them. I am not good at describing what happened but it was really cool.
Other than his own songs Seunghan also performed a cover of a Japanese song. I did not know the song but a lot of the Japanese fans did and at one point were singing along with him. The song was more of a ballad so he got to show off his vocals. Speaking of his vocals, they were incredible. He was singing live and you could tell! Even with all the complex choreo he sounded really good and stable!
As far as language goes he spoke in Korean a lot but he was really trying to speak Japanese. You could tell that there were moments where he got flustered and he kept saying yokatta (I/it was good). It was really cute to watch. He also made the translator translate names of Pokémon. He was saying what Pokémon all the Xoul members were and the translator was translating the Pokémon names from Korean to Japanese (I know it's her job but I found it pretty funny to see). Also one of the Xoul members was teasing him about his love of Pokémon. In general the 4 Xoul members all had a good vibe and I liked them a lot. There was also a short segment where they all got to show off their dance and all 4 of them were incredible.
The performance was fantastic and I was able to get all the merch I wanted. Overall the only thing that annoyed me was that the venue required that you buy a ¥600 drink to enter and it had to be cash or suica card. It should have been part of the ticket price if they were going to require it.
So... i've recently discovered this canceled JYP group after seeing so many comments of it on Youtube and TikTok and oh my god, i can't believe that was real like...... imagine Yuji (EXID/U.ji of BESTie) and Hyolyn (SISTAR) in one group with their vocals and star power, ughhhhhh and i didn't know they were trained together! Also this shows that Hani have really huge connection in Kpop industry since very early, that's wild. I don't know much about Jieun but i checked her and she also has a good vocals too as main vocalist in Secret, so i see why this was JYP's Big Mama in a way.
But i want to know when was this group even circulated? I would like to have any articles or anything about it. Also, what would happen if this group debuted, would Miss A still debut (it is before or after Miss A?) ? What would this group be like other than "young Big Mama", i've imagined it would be like Kiss&Cry which are another unfortunate group but at least they able to debut even for short amount of time. Lastly, if this group debuted, what are the changes that would happen?