is it what everybody call payola ???

This is what I noticed during my drive this morning. Magnetic keeps on playing like 2 or 3 songs in between. I got lots of Jimin song too.

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My playlist is always the Top 50 Global

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Well,i don't use spotify so i don't understand the struggle

its a good app.. Perfect for driving especially like me who has a lazyass in making my own playlist. lol

If you search google for the definition. Payola means hybe

do these things happen on apple music too?

apparently it's the most "organic" one and they're doing well there too

to me if it's related to spotify then it means the company paid to have a song playlisted

to me there's nothing wrong with that - it's just promotion no?

If there's one thing I've learned about kpop stans, it's that they love using words they don't understand the meaning of. Case in point: "payola"

Kpop fans don't know what payola is so it's hard to reason with them.

its meant to mean secretly paying for radio spins but kpoppies like the word so much they use it for anything in the music industry they consider cheating

When a song gets more filtered streams than you would like on Spotify.

when rival groups does better than their faves... its payola!

When its their fave, it s organic...🤷‍♀️

I don't know much about charting, so any chart nerds here can explain the high spotify US stream numbers Magnetic got on their first and second day debut? Like 5-700k streams on your first week is VERY HIGH. They're basically rookie, no one knows them. Even Newjeans with that explosive popularity after their debut + playlisting have to climb pretty hard to reach that number with OMG. The song isnt even that great. It's a good song but thats it.

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If there's one thing I've learned about kpop stans, it's that they love using words they don't understand the meaning of. Case in point: "payola"

Agreed. Some even call a group visiting a fashion show 'payola' nowadays.

Imagine saying that about Western artists: "that singer had payola because they got invited to a fashion show." They will laugh in your face.

Kpop fandoms are crabs in a bucket. They still have far less advantages than artists signed under American labels (yes even the biggest groups/labels), but they'll pull and tear at each other at any perceived bit of success.

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Agreed. Some even call a group visiting a fashion show 'payola' nowadays.

Imagine saying that about Western artists: "that singer had payola because they got invited to a fashion show." They will laugh in your face.

Kpop fandoms are crabs in a bucket. They still have far less advantages than artists signed under American labels (yes even the biggest groups/labels), but they'll pull and tear at each other at any perceived bit of success.

It's especially funny to see them act like companies actually promoting their artists is a bad thing....as if that's not the point of record labels in the first place?

If Hybe could reliably pay their groups to the top of the charts, why haven't they done so with TXT? No offense to the guys, but Bang PD was really out here claiming they could hit #10 on BBH100 with the Jonas Brothers song.... just completely out of touch and tone deaf to boot!

Is anyone going to complain about Babymonster being sent to Knowing Bros when their song isn't even a hit? Or does payola only apply to Hybe groups?

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It's especially funny to see them act like companies actually promoting their artists is a bad thing....as if that's not the point of record labels in the first place?

If Hybe could reliably pay their groups to the top of the charts, why haven't they done so with TXT? No offense to the guys, but Bang PD was really out here claiming they could hit #10 on BBH100 with the Jonas Brothers song.... just completely out of touch and tone deaf to boot!

Is anyone going to complain about Babymonster being sent to Knowing Bros when their song isn't even a hit? Or does payola only apply to Hybe groups?

Tbh, I don't know what was going through his mind when he said that. TXT hasn't even gotten Hot100 entry but he expected them to enter Top 10. Not only did he put pressure on them but he set them up. Like did he even forgot how BTS first entry was at #85 before they had top 10, top 5 and #1s in Billboard hot 100.

if I could pay for bibi's radio spins instead of calling the station all day back when she released weekend it would have made life easier fs

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It's especially funny to see them act like companies actually promoting their artists is a bad thing....as if that's not the point of record labels in the first place?

If Hybe could reliably pay their groups to the top of the charts, why haven't they done so with TXT? No offense to the guys, but Bang PD was really out here claiming they could hit #10 on BBH100 with the Jonas Brothers song.... just completely out of touch and tone deaf to boot!

Agreed about TXT.

Didn't know Bang PD said that, but best not to crow before you actually get anywhere on the charts. Don't think the Jonas Brothers are on the same level as they were before.