All the Gnarly stanning on this forum the past month has been fraudulent and performative

Quote from crystalblues

did you not understand that the song is purposely a parody of pop music? The writer of the song is known as one of the most outlandish and creative artists to come out of China, and has been making social commentary tracks for years by mocking her subject matters.

Hi,

I respect the take—but IMO, I don’t think "Gnarly" really works as a parody.

For something to feel like a parody, there’s usually a sense of intention behind it—like, a wink to the audience, or at least some cleverness in how it exaggerates or flips the script.

But with Gnarly, I just don’t see that. The lyrics, the production, the delivery—none of it signals “we’re in on the joke.” It sounds more like it’s playing the pop game straight, using all the usual buzzwords but without any irony or commentary. It’s just... doing the thing.

I get how some point to the songwriter’s past work and say that’s the clue it’s meant to be satirical, but I don’t think that really works either. A song should be able to stand on its own. If I have to go dig through interviews or bios to understand that it’s parody, then it probably isn’t pulling that off effectively.

When I think of actual pop parody or satire, I think of folks like Little DIcky or early Tyler—where the weirdness or exaggeration is baked into the performance and style in a way that clearly sets it apart. Gnarly, on the other hand, just sounds like another over-produced track trying to go viral.

If it was supposed to be a parody, then yeah—it kind of missed the mark IMO. Instead of holding up a mirror to pop’s excesses, it just sort of becomes another example of it.

-knysom

Quote from knysom

Hi,

I respect the take—but IMO, I don’t think "Gnarly" really works as a parody.

For something to feel like a parody, there’s usually a sense of intention behind it—like, a wink to the audience, or at least some cleverness in how it exaggerates or flips the script.

But with Gnarly, I just don’t see that. The lyrics, the production, the delivery—none of it signals “we’re in on the joke.” It sounds more like it’s playing the pop game straight, using all the usual buzzwords but without any irony or commentary. It’s just... doing the thing.

I get how some point to the songwriter’s past work and say that’s the clue it’s meant to be satirical, but I don’t think that really works either. A song should be able to stand on its own. If I have to go dig through interviews or bios to understand that it’s parody, then it probably isn’t pulling that off effectively.

When I think of actual pop parody or satire, I think of folks like Little DIcky or early Tyler—where the weirdness or exaggeration is baked into the performance and style in a way that clearly sets it apart. Gnarly, on the other hand, just sounds like another over-produced track trying to go viral.

If it was supposed to be a parody, then yeah—it kind of missed the mark IMO. Instead of holding up a mirror to pop’s excesses, it just sort of becomes another example of it.

-knysom

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This is a completely you problem.

“This song is so lame, congratulations” Lara literally oozes her sarcasm in it

Same with other verses. Look at all the members and their expressions everything is exaggerated and their vocal inflictions show case that as well.

As Kpop fans we are so used parody lyrics being taken seriously that you can’t identify a real parody.

I genuinely like the song, I had zero interest in Katseye before it came out, but now I’ll be checking out their new music.

But I respect that you hate it and are committed to letting everyone know you think everyone who likes it has terrible taste!

welcome back yama, glad to see GNARLY still got you pressed

boring dumb bishes are too busy vibing to GNARLY than discussing it in a ded forum

Come join the dark side, you will get the bragging rights if nothing else

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I fully suspect that Hybe bought this song not even realizing how ridiculous the lyrics were. Was it originally meant as a throwaway joke song? Obviously. Have Hybe actually treated it like one? Not really. And perhaps the girls themselves are "in on the joke," but I'm willing to bet they would have much preferred to be given a genuine attempt at half-decent music instead.

Wouldn't the fact that they didn't care about that achievement lend it to them actually genuinely liking the song and not just its numbers though? It's still doing 2m+ daily.

If it had charted higher or a 2nd week on Hot100 I probably would've made a thread about it, because that would be reeally pushing it. At that point idk if it'd still be as fun to me, like ok now you can calm down..

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