stop talking about whats popular in korea

unless you're living in korea right now, there is no possible way for you to know.

all companies do insane mediaplay so going off articles and made up achievements doesnt count.

charting can give a more reliable measure but at the same time, it has its flaws. just to give perspective, one of nicki minaj's most iconic songs, with lyrics that everyone and their mom knows, super bass, never reached top 5. imagine a bunch of koreans saying super bass wasn't popular because it peaked at #8. theyd sound dumb as hell. or like rn the number one song is drake's jimmy cooks. as someone who listens to the radio all the time and is pretty into western music, ive deadass never heard that song. just to give perspective on how charting isnt the accurate measure you guys want it to be.

a similar thing applies to album sales which is honestly just whoever has the biggest fandom and doesnt have anything to do with how popular a song is.

and pls for the love of god, stop using korean comments you saw. thats obviously just fans talking. i can find probably a thousand comments claiming that amber heard was a popular and successful actress before johnny depp and is that the truth? no, its literally just her fans saying whatever they want.

i dont mind ppl hyping up their faves and saying theyre popular in korea but i hate when ppl put down groups for their korean popularity and start talking about korea and koreans like they live there. you dont. you dont know whats popular there or not.

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Can depp dickriders stop bringing up amber heard every chance they get, like move on, i don't want to hear about either of the two.

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Can depp dickriders stop bringing up amber heard every chance they get, like move on, i don't want to hear about either of the two.

Hear? you're not hearing anything, it's not like anyone in the real world is talking to u, all you're doing is reading. So if you don't want to read about them, click the x.

post this on main you're right

But there are things u can pick up on to know if an idol or a group is popular domestically.

Whether the idol gets lead roles in TV dramas, how often they guest or host variety shows, have they been chosen to host year-end award shows, do they reguarly get CFs, do they get referenced alot on shows also tell u how popular and well-known they are.

Its really not that hard. If you follow the Korean entertainment scene, u tend to pick up whether the idol is popular domestically or if its just online fans bluffing things up.

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Hear? you're not hearing anything, it's not like anyone in the real world is talking to u, all you're doing is reading. So if you don't want to read about them, click the x.

Go back to reddit

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Can depp dickriders stop bringing up amber heard every chance they get, like move on, i don't want to hear about either of the two.

the fact that that's what you pulled from everything i said tells me u need to move on. the world does not revolve around amber. also, i literally also talked abt nicki minaj and drake. i was just pulling popular celebrities that even korea obsessed kpop fans would know abt so its rlly not that serious

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But there are things u can pick up on to know if an idol or a group is popular domestically.

Whether the idol gets lead roles in TV dramas, how often they guest or host variety shows, have they been chosen to host year-end award shows, do they reguarly get CFs, do they get referenced alot on shows also tell u how popular and well-known they are.

Its really not that hard. If you follow the Korean entertainment scene, u tend to pick up whether the idol is popular domestically or if its just online fans bluffing things up.

all those things you said are mostly just idols who get pushed a lot from their companies which goes to my first point abt mediaplay. you'll never really know whats popular in korea and u sound stupid trying to act like u do because you "follow the korean entertainment scene"

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all those things you said are mostly just idols who get pushed a lot from their companies which goes to my first point abt mediaplay. you'll never really know whats popular in korea and u sound stupid trying to act like u do because you "follow the korean entertainment scene"

Well what do you determine to be the "real" popularity then? It's the same when you're in Korea. They watch the same TV variety shows or drama series, idols get CF jobs etc. Of course I'm not dismissing there are some inevitable differences from not being there in-person like festivals and things, but if you claim everything is mediaplay then what's real? Mediaplay still exists whether you're really in Korea or as a spectator from internationally.

And it's stupid to say most popular idols are just those who get pushed from their companies. Most smaller entertainments do not have that kind of power and push to just put their idols on TV or on shows. If they're popular, they're popular, those are the ones that the PDs and directors want for their shows and dramas. I'm not claiming to be a know-it-all there are things to pick up on to know what's popular when you see who's the ones on TV and those sitting in their dorm waiting for their next non-existent comeback.

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Well what do you determine to be the "real" popularity then? It's the same when you're in Korea. They watch the same TV variety shows or drama series, idols get CF jobs etc. Of course I'm not dismissing there are some inevitable differences from not being there in-person like festivals and things, but if you claim everything is mediaplay then what's real? Mediaplay still exists whether you're really in Korea or as a spectator from internationally.

And it's stupid to say most popular idols are just those who get pushed from their companies. Most smaller entertainments do not have that kind of power and push to just put their idols on TV or on shows. If they're popular, they're popular, those are the ones that the PDs and directors want for their shows and dramas. I'm not claiming to be a know-it-all there are things to pick up on to know what's popular when you see who's the ones on TV and those sitting in their dorm waiting for their next non-existent comeback.

theres no point in arguing with you because you're not even taking in what im saying. im literally talking about putting groups down for their "korean popularity" when the korean popularity you're talking about is just whoever gets the most mediaplay. you're not in korea, stop acting like you know shit to put idols/ groups down. im sure the groups that do get a lot of mediaplay end up accumulating fans but thats literally not what im talking about. lack of mediaplay=/= not popular.