Anyone knows who Morgan Wallen is? Kpop fans are calling him fraudulent

He’s not fraudulent. He's just Amerikkka’s poster boy.

some country singer? i don't really know him at all but a google search is enough. he has been caught using the n word apparently, which celebrity hasn't at this point. i don't know why he's famous but guess people love country music. i don't think he's fraudulent on the charts because i know how crazy people are for country music.

Also, people who don’t know him obviously know nothing about American music and should not be taken seriously.

I remember him from The Voice. He tried to be a pop/rock singer and wasn't good enough, then switched to country and became a super star. I would say being eliminated from The Voice was the best thing happen to him.

He is a country singer and is very popular in some parts of US. Dude said the n word and it didn't do any damage to his career. His last album released in the beginning of 2021 is still top 10 on billboard 200 apparently.

I'm from the midwest and I've never heard of this guy before there was a thread on here about him getting #1 of billboard 200 or something. And that thread was made because of Twice.

country music is huge in the US and he's the biggest there is. He currently has 34 songs charting in the global 200.

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i don't know why he's famous but guess people love country music. i don't think he's fraudulent on the charts because i know how crazy people are for country music.

I think every country has this ... I mean the equivalent for American country music in my country is also that type of genre that some people hate and say "ew why?" but than on the other hand there are millions who love it

He was both inspired by iu and lim youngwoong to challenge kpop

In Korea, there is a small but dedicated fandom of country music. However it doesn't seem that Wallen will be in any hurry to visit the country of the 1,344 years old singer.

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He is a country singer and is very popular in some parts of US. Dude said the n word and it didn't do any damage to his career. His last album released in the beginning of 2021 is still top 10 on billboard 200 apparently.

His sales actually like tripled or doubled when people tried to cancel him for saying it too.

I've started using dating apps again, and any guy who lists a Morgan Wallen song as their theme is an instant "nope" for me.

Never heard anything by him, and don't plan on ever streaming or contributing to his unfortunately successful career in any way.

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He was both inspired by iu and lim youngwoong to challenge kpop

galaxy brain take

You just know that on some country music forum, the same exact thread is being made about Jimin

That's just how vast the US music scene is

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He's huge in many parts of the US unfortunately and his use of the N word only got him more dedicated rabid fans. They felt he was unfairly treated and they were determined to make sure he was successful. And pretty much everyone else just kinda forgot about his scandal.

it wasn't because of his use of the N word, it was because mainstream media tried to cancel him even after he apologized.

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You just know that on some country music forum, the same exact thread is being made about Jimin

That's just how vast the US music scene is

Unlikely, since those likely to follow country music are not going to pay attention to some Asian dude named Jimmy.

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galaxy brain take

The execs do read about other genres, and unfortunately because IU had fought the KPop acts so often and won a lot, her story probably inspired some execs even though the singers are unlikely to know her and Lim Youngwoong.

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Unlikely, since those likely to follow country music are not going to pay attention to some Asian dude named Jimmy.

They're fans of John Cook

ive heard of his sucess not of anything else

A hateful racist

They may have a point. He's mid, i dont see how he's selling so many records.

I went through a massive country music phase about 5-10 years back, back when bro country was the main thing, with acts like Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, etc. It was the only music that was still relevant that featured the guitar based music i loved in my youth. Basically the last remaining vestige of hair metal/arena rock you could still hear on the Hot 100 or mainstream radio stations.

I can't imagine his average music somehow outcharting and outpopularizing megabops like these:

I just think the demographics that listen to and are interested in Kpop and the demographics that listen to American Country are so wildly different that there is only a miniscule at best amount of overlap.

And hence both groups would be mostly ignorant of the successes and going ons of the other.

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some country singer? i don't really know him at all but a google search is enough. he has been caught using the n word apparently, which celebrity hasn't at this point.

Uhm... the vast majority of them? That's kind of a big deal, at least if you aren't black yourself.

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Also, people who don’t know him obviously know nothing about American music and should not be taken seriously.

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I don't have to know who the hell Morgan Wallen is.

Is that how that song goes? I wouldn't know, I know nothing about American music apparently.

It's funny, this is actually oddly topical, because it reminds me of international Kpop fans thinking their favorite acts are household names in America just because they manage to chart on Billboard. No bueno. That's not how it works. This guy is American himself and I still have no flippin' clue who he is.

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They may have a point. He's mid, i dont see how he's selling so many records.

I went through a massive country music phase about 5-10 years back, back when bro country was the main thing, with acts like Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, etc. It was the only music that was still relevant that featured the guitar based music i loved in my youth. Basically the last remaining vestige of hair metal/arena rock you could still hear on the Hot 100 or mainstream radio stations.

I can't imagine his average music somehow outcharting and outpopularizing megabops like these:

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how do you go from FGL to izone like what is the transition point

In some ways country music and kpop are similar when it comes to the US charts

Both are semi-novelty to the average city dwelling normie, but have massive niche fanbases that make them hard to completely ignore

the fanbases just come from different parts of the US and read different news sources, use different websites etc etc

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What does IU and Lim Youngwoong have to do with some country singer in the US?

hit songs for older locals

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some country singer? i don't really know him at all but a google search is enough. he has been caught using the n word apparently, which celebrity hasn't at this point. i don't know why he's famous but guess people love country music. i don't think he's fraudulent on the charts because i know how crazy people are for country music.

If he is a country singer then that explains it. 50% of the US is big on country music. 5% and most probably less of the US listens to kpop. Taylor swift started as a country singer as well.

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Also, people who don’t know him obviously know nothing about American music and should not be taken seriously.

The less I know about American music, the better

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What does IU and Lim Youngwoong have to do with some country singer in the US?

He is now challenging the order in USA

His company exec mostly referenced the examples of IU and LYW and saw a chance for a country singer to dominate entire music scenes

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hit songs for older locals

Yes, he knows his clientele who will never listen to KPop or anything coming out of the Red States.

Again, somewhat like IU and Lim Youngwoong.

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They may have a point. He's mid, i dont see how he's selling so many records.

I went through a massive country music phase about 5-10 years back, back when bro country was the main thing, with acts like Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, etc. It was the only music that was still relevant that featured the guitar based music i loved in my youth. Basically the last remaining vestige of hair metal/arena rock you could still hear on the Hot 100 or mainstream radio stations.

I can't imagine his average music somehow outcharting and outpopularizing megabops like these:

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Same reason Lim Youngwoong basically sent all these old trottists to the back burner.

Morgan tried to become a pop/rock singer but didn't pan out, so he chose Country which was still kinda stuck in the old way .

He became a new face, and has overcome Florida Georgia Line (which did inspire him)

At least in Korean Trot there was a change of generation , but the in KPop soloist genre someone a few days younger than Morgan (although she might be actually 1,310 years older ) has held her stranglehold for the 14th year so in that aspect USA is ahead of K-O-R-E-A.

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But everyone knows Taylor and she has hit songs like Blank Space. Have you ever heard any of these songs yet they’re so high on the charts?

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No one outside of country music fans knew her songs until she went mainstream pop with her second album.