Why does blackpink feel like they’re much more accepted in the US than BTS?

BTS have bigger fandom but it feels like Blackpink assimilated better. Discuss.

Wdym, Can u elaborate? Give examples.

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Sure

because they are hotter

I feel the same

according to who?

You?

What?

Maybe because you like blackpink and you’re biased? I don’t think any kpop group will ever be fully accepted there.

Probably because BP has actual english speakers, Rosé and Jennie are basically fluid, Lisa is almost there and Jisoo is chamaleonic. I noticed that during they presenting Anitta, girlies felt like an actual act and no, 1 translator and a 6 piece group

Numbers and chartung agree to disagree

asian men are less accepted by the western media I don't know why but that's the way it is

don't think op is talking about awards and charts

it's literally because as a group they are hotter lol we Americans are superficial

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Probably because BP has actual english speakers, Rosé and Jennie are basically fluid, Lisa is almost there and Jisoo is chamaleonic. I noticed that during they presenting Anitta, girlies felt like an actual act and no, 1 translator and a 6 piece group

cos of fluid and chamaleonic.....

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cos of fluid and chamaleonic.....

Better than having Namjoon looking like a employed translator middling between interviewers and 6 korean boys

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asian men are less accepted by the western media I don't know why but that's the way it is

it's literally this

women might have a harder time in this industry USUALLY, but asian men have even more bias against them

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Better than having Namjoon looking like a employed translator middling between interviewers and 6 korean boys

Well, it's one of those "language barriers" that helped BTS gain more fans.

We can't deny their interviews were fun. Like Jhope's fave Sprite, Panda Express etc...

Remember the carpool Karaoke with BTS? That was a fun watch too.

girl groups have ALWAYS had broader appeal than boy groups in the u.s. and hot asian girls are more prevalent in showbiz than asian pretty boys

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Well, it's one of those "language barriers" that helped BTS gain more fans.

We can't deny their interviews were fun. Like Jhope's fave Sprite, Panda Express etc...

Remember the carpool Karaoke with BTS? That was a fun watch too.

Yeah but it put a limitation in their fitting at the us scene, probably not at the numbers but at the way they are seen during awards shows

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Better than having Namjoon looking like a employed translator middling between interviewers and 6 korean boys

wut?

its hard for the general public to accept a group of males who aren't ideal visuals in the west. the only people who hype up the looks of bts members are their own fans. it's hard to market them. doesn't help that they can only do bruno mars type of music with heavy auto tune.

theres a reason why youll never see v or jungkook in an american movie. look at jennie for instance. shes about to get really popular when her movie debuts. the other girls are as marketable since the west has always favored asian femals over males.

I don’t think they’re that accepted

-they all took the time to learn the language

-banger songs

-half of them look good

1. BTS are the first group to break through the west and the 1st always have it harder.

2. They are a BG and fangirls are looked down on in any pop culture.

But this makes BTS's achievements even more impressive because despite all the odds against them, they still managed to make their name known and wide spread.

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I don’t think they’re that accepted

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billboard and rolling stones says otherwise

girlies have international appeal especially rosie jennie lili and they actually speak english, jisoo is more asian but she tries her best

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Is that also the writer that out of nowhere putting rm on front page the other day

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Is that also the writer that out of nowhere putting rm on front page the other day

i think you're confusing the new york post and the new york times

Ig they’re more appealing to the gp because of their visuals. Their fandom is also less obnoxious than armys so that might push a little less people away.

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Ig they’re more appealing to the gp because of their visuals. Their fandom is also less obnoxious than armys so that might push a little less people away.

Only in blinks delusional head.

Blinks= narrative creators

Blackpink has yet to make a GLOBAL hit song not only in Thailang or SEA. The nerve of saying this 💀

I think it's because they are woman. Usually boy groups in Asia tend to not look masculine and look cute and "girly", they dye they hair color to red, pink etc. I know it's normal in kpop and no one will say anything, but when I showed a kpop bg (not BTS) to my classmates, they had different hair colors, had heavy make up, lipstick on, they didn't like it and said they looked like girls, not boys and kinda laughed at them. If same happened in Korea I don't think they would have said that. So I think it's more about stereotypes, because Asian women are always seen pretty, exotic, attractive, they won miss world multiple times etc

so yeah it's my thought

BP are a korean group only in name

BTS are actually all-korean and represent their country more distinctly, at the cost of more obviously being outsiders

also the USA is systematically biased against asian males but have no problem accepting 'exotic' asian women

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jisoo is more asian but she tries her best

Is anyone truly accepted if a part of their fans just pretend they don't see or respect a part of their culture/identify.

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Fancy reading the NY post and actually thinking you have something lol

Anyway, as an American it's easy to explain.

Dudes in makeup will never be accepted, were as hot Asian chicks will every time.

BP never had/have to face what bts faced. Asian women are more accepted than their male counterparts. Despite that bts made it big, that's why their success will always be more impressive.

Asian women have been presented as "hot" by Western media for a long time (which is bad, fetishisation etc, but it means they're more accepted)

while Asian men are constantly ridiculed, especially if they aren't muscly and brawny.

BTS being as big as they are in the West is pretty much a unique situation and people will still call them gay forever, which BP will never face.

Bts literally won aroty y'all getting too much brave over a token award.

Blinks and Kpop stans, always delulu

even western pop boybands are mocked

kpop boybands....? don`t get me started

i actually think the west are less receptive of Boy groups than girl groups. 5H, destiny child definitely made quite an impact and received better as they're talented

Boy groups with good looks like 1Direction, the west views them as joke. Unless you come up with band like Linkin park, you might be viewed more seriously

3/4 understand and speak english and all of them are hot. Plus, girl groups tend to be more respected than bgs in the pop industry, the west doesnt take bgs seriously and never did.