KPop's future in the second DJT administration

the hell you talking about Kpop got more bigger in USA around 2016-2019. BTS is everywhere in the usa at that time. More kpop group start touring there and last time i checked it was trump who is the president at that moment

I think KPop is the last thing anyone should be worrying about right now. My fear is how quickly Ukraine will be handed over to Putin. I fear it may no longer exist in a few months and more suffering for people who did nothing to provoke this war.

But most "Pop" acts tend to go Left, look at all the endorsements to Kamala Harris (BTS did the same thing when they aligned with BLM. ) Does that not go against your theory that Western Acts gang up against Kpop intrusion, if not then they should have aligned with Xenophobic Trump.

So things are not that simple.

Anyway, there is a lesson to fans, celebs and parties. People might be influenced by a singer/actor to buy accessories or dresses, but it is immature to rely on celebrity endorsements when it comes to politics.

Very few idols are respected for any intellectual capacity nor are they known to have relatable lives to common folk, given the bubbles they live in.

Entertainers are only for entertainment. Very few have the dignitas/autocritas to impact beyond consumable stuff.

I don't think political win/loss matters that much to Kpop in the West. IMO Kpop in West peaked around 2020 and will slowly decline or rather get mainstreamed and lose distinctiveness.

Absolutely cooked content from a cooker

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I think KPop is the last thing anyone should be worrying about right now. My fear is how quickly Ukraine will be handed over to Putin. I fear it may no longer exist in a few months and more suffering for people who did nothing to provoke this war.

At this point, the Ukrainian people don't even want to war to continue. They already lost a whole generation of Ukrainian men. Their economy is in shambles and many of their cities and towns are basically rubble. A growing percentage of the population wants a ceasefire, even if it means conceding some land.

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It influences how popular music is perceived

On early 2014, hiphop was the rage in Korean pop, and it seemed it was finally going to be the major theme of KPop

Then the ferry accident occurred

With the entire country in mourning mode, IU's style of music once again became hot and she became strong enough to attack Exo, all the way to the Lifetime Achievement Award

and, more importantly in the longer term, BTS found hiphop was no longer that hip and began to change its genre

The general ethos of USA has changed. It was already changing when Morgan Wallen began to become popular, but a big transformation has taken place and the pop scene in 2025 will be verry different

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Sure there will be impact, but I don't think pop music will take a huge hit. Young people still want to listen to pop and not country.

Pop itself is not any specific genre, so will incorporate country into it. After all Beyonce herself has gone country.

Agreed that Kpop will find it far more difficult to do country, which is far more culturally rooted than pop, but my point is even otherwise, Kpop has peaked in the West. BTS 2020 was the peak.. so even if Kamala had won, Kpop wasn't going any higher.

APT is the best model for Kpop.

Bish kpop is the last of our worries with this lunatic back.

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Bish kpop is the last of our worries with this lunatic back.

Take other worries to other forums.. here everything is about kpop.

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Not you making Trump winning immediately about KPOP

ofc.. just be glad he did not make Trump's Winning a conspiracy by IU- calling her album the Winning.

He could have spun that she did the US tour only to drum up support for Trump.

American democracy is dead and all you're worried about is how will it effect BTS legacy

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The general ethos will be hostile to KPop and KPop concerts will be more shunned than before

Absolute nonsense

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Take other worries to other forums.. here everything is about kpop.

well makes no sense to bring it up as it will have zero impact on Kpop, like it did back in 2016-20.

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well makes no sense to bring it up as it will have zero impact on Kpop, like it did back in 2016-20.

I think so too, but nothing wrong in debating it.