As Lee Jieun's International reputation rises, her iron grip in Korea gets loosened

  • Something did change and she is now using composers she had not used before, and is trying to attract more foreign fans. There is no more to prove before the domestic audience so she is now trying to use movie techniques in her music videos to get more i-fans

    But how do you know she is trying to appeal to i-fans ? Maybe she is now so big that she is just exploring new sounds, knowing that even if she doesn't stick to ballads she will get support from her fans. You sound as if she didn't have any creative input in her music, and it was all strategic.

  • GFriend was eventually defeated by Twice because JYP did its best to snuff the group ran by one of his former employees. Nobody is going to launch a campaign to bury BG since it does not touch anyone's interest.

    Brave Brothers used to work as one of YG's producers long time ago, didn't he?


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    "And they escorted her to a prison cell..."



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  • Brave Brothers used to work as one of YG's producers long time ago, didn't he?


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    And how the tables turn now.... https://www.koreaboo.com/news/…g-hyun-suk-brothers-diss/


    BTW this:

    GFriend was eventually defeated by Twice because JYP did its best to snuff the group ran by one of his former employees.

    is also not correct. Source Music was started by a former manager at S.M. Entertainment. Bang Sihyuk of Big Hit is who used to work for JYP, and JYP has remained friendly/on good terms with Bang PD.

  • As she changes her song style to be more palatable to the i-fans, Lee Jieun's Korean fans are increasingly turning back on her, which is why Brave Girls' Rollin is still going strong because the domesticists are now supporting BG, which is unlikely to promote outside of Korea.

    Then I look at the top of the I-chart and see this


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    Yeah, the Koren fans have abandoned IU :rolleyes1:

  • Why are people taking OP so seriously?

    Because whyknock's posts are for the most part entertaining =P And if nothing else, people reading the thread might at least get something new from the discussion, even if OP will never change.

  • Brave Brothers used to work as one of YG's producers long time ago, didn't he?


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    Yes but BG is not competing against BlackPink which is geared toward foreigners

  • And how the tables turn now.... https://www.koreaboo.com/news/…g-hyun-suk-brothers-diss/


    BTW this:

    is also not correct. Source Music was started by a former manager at S.M. Entertainment. Bang Sihyuk of Big Hit is who used to work for JYP, and JYP has remained friendly/on good terms with Bang PD.

    So Sungjin, who had founded Source Music, also worked under JYP. So managed Byul, who was a JYP singer, which is why Haha, who is Byul's husband, had recommended GFriend to show up in the running man which read to


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    (At that time GFriend was a nobody so it was unusual for Yerin to appear so early after debut - Haha's help was crucial)

  • By Thu-Fri Rollin has a good chance of taking back #1

    BG are strongly holding to #2, the one that is suffering is Rose, she is down to #6.


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  • BG are strongly holding to #2, the one that is suffering is Rose, she is down to #6.


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    She sang in English, gearing toward foreign fans, so she probably does not care


    But Lee Chanhyuk (YG) should have told IU that Rose is not aiming for Koreans. If he did that, IU would have pre-released Coin and would have snuffed out Rollin


    Failure of doing so will probably cost IU the yearly #1 in Melon

  • ...people see them as a hardworking rags-to-riches Cinderella story that managed to overcome prejudice by not giving up. Similar to Gfriend's 2016 performance where they repeatedly got up again in the rain after falling.

    ..."Rags to Birken bags!"

    Just had to get that off my brain! If it carries (no pun intended), you'll know who came up with it! Run me my karma, cut me that check!


    I think as long as IU continues to put her heart into the music, she'll continue to connect with anyone who is able to receive it both foreign and domestically.

  • She sang in English, gearing toward foreign fans, so she probably does not care


    But Lee Chanhyuk (YG) should have told IU that Rose is not aiming for Koreans. If he did that, IU would have pre-released Coin and would have snuffed out Rollin


    Failure of doing so will probably cost IU the yearly #1 in Melon


    Goddesses like IU do not worry what mere mortals like Rose or Brave girls are doing, IU did what IU wanted to do.

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