It's not the kind of song that I'll ever add to my playlist but I totally get why it's so popular.
It has popular artists from different regions so it's reaching a larger audience. It's got the nostalgia factor in the sound, it's fun and catchy. I've already seen it being used in reels of non-kpop circles.
It has even reached the anime community. It is charting high in Japan which is the market that BP or Rosé has not able to touch.
for the younger generations it’s their main source of info. If anyone can get something to go viral globally on TikTok it’s instant success
for the younger generations it’s their main source of info. If anyone can get something to go viral globally on TikTok it’s instant success
Instagram reels is huge and APT went viral there as well aside from TikTok.
Rosie angried Community
Tell me that I live in a dark antisocial basement without telling me that I live in a dark antisocial basement
aka not an apartment
It's Bruno Mars, dude is a hit machine
so I don’t believe all its success is simply organic.
The cycle of purity tests is reaching peak nonsense.
APT is a song pushed by labels, and some playlisting, and a big name collab. So no, not "simply organic". But at the same time, it's a catchy song that has also clearly HIT, and hit hard, and therefore it's mega successful despite getting a bit of a headstart. Both things can be true.
Worldwide, or near monoculture songs that are "simply organic" are almost impossible to get. You're talking about something like Gotye from 10 odd years ago. Maybe the closest you have in modern times is Roan Chappell. It's an incredibly rare feat for an artist to hit number 1 without some sort of push or big spend on them. This is obviously not one of them, and no-one sane on earth is pretending it's some pure organic success, and if you find (insane) people that are, i'll sell them a bridge.
A big kpop artist collabing with a big name is never going to be purely organic, but it's still a big hit because it's a catchy song people apparently seem to enjoy alot.
You people continue to remain fucking exhausting.
Instagram reels is huge
This made me realise we dont have a good vomit memoji, catmemoji or dogmemoji
A viral hit for Bruno Mars and a Blackpink member doesn't seem too shocking.
What's suspect for me is the monthly listeners stat for Spotify. Both Jennie and Rose passed Fifty Fifty recently, and I thought it would make sense for Rose. But Jennie got to 38 million, and it just screams pumped up, especially since Lisa didn't go as high. But I guess that's relatively meaningless at the end of the day.
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