Can you be a stan of a popular artist without being called a success/token stan?

It's never a safe place here LOL

I know right! Just because you like something popular does not mean you are a success stan. A success stan is someone that only cares about the success of a group. A lot of people genuinely support the groups they stan and not because the awards they have.

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uh ive never been called a success fan or a token fan loll

Your faves aren't popular enough

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Your faves aren't popular enough

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uh ive never been called a success fan or a token fan loll

Damn Grandma you got roasted.

Just maintain what you mean and eventually the haters will buzz off lmao

Its totally possible to be a true fan even if you joined at their success streak.

Success stanning isn't a bad thing either. Its the gateway to being a true fan!

Problem is, people can't even succeed at being proper success stans. They fail miserably at it by stanning nugu acts like BTS or BP. Baby Shark is the way to go in order to be a relevant success stan. Or PSY, that works too. But everything else? Nugu shit from nugu Korea.

No. Thats not how it works. You can only be a success/token stan. That's the rule around here. We gotta deal with it

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Problem is, people can't even succeed at being proper success stans. They fail miserably at it by stanning nugu acts like BTS or BP. Baby Shark is the way to go in order to be a relevant success stan. Or PSY, that works too. But everything else? Nugu shit from nugu Korea.

Meanwhile my school including my teachers..................

You heard that nursery rhyme babies are into these days? You mean that shark song? Yeah. I don't even know what kids are thinking these days, people should listen to real music like BTS, Blackpink, Ariana, Billie etc. I heard some of their songs, they are really good. I know right!

is this about Olivia Rodrigo again?

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It's about Mariah Carey I even linked 2 of her MVs

What if Olivia Rodrigo is Mariah Carey tho?

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Meanwhile my school including my teachers..................

You heard that nursery rhyme babies are into these days? You mean that shark song? Yeah. I don't even know what kids are thinking these days, people should listen to real music like BTS, Blackpink, Ariana, Billie etc. I heard some of their songs, they are really good. I know right!

I don't know what you're talking about. Baby Shark has been used by politicians, sports people and athletes, musicians and others for their promo work, their entrance themes and all. It's just a fabulous song that turned in a global phenomenon like no other. Your faves can't relate.

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Is she gonna get 19 No.1s? That's the only thing I care ima success stan the hell out of everyone

She'll get 20

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What if Olivia Rodrigo is Mariah Carey tho?

Hmm...this is plausible. Considering nobody knew who olivia is before driver's license, maybe mariah got tired of the success and changed identity to feel the thrill of being unpopular. But she still made a hit again.

Of course you can. 9290_pepe_mad_angry.png

According to your logic then all armys were token stans when BTS was nugu and are success stans now that they are big

It’s all music in the end. Who cares if you love their songs genuinely

I think I can. I just stan for the music but don’t go overboard about it. I don’t care about views and stuff.

people who call everyone a success stan are usually those people whose faves are flopping hard so if that makes them feel better..

You remember your troll thread where you said it is easy to differentiate between trolling and criticism

Same way , it is easy to differentiate between actual fan and token fans, who jump ship to every other artist, if they see chance of group they hate facing competition

So please noone said it's you

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I mean that's what the people in the forum think in the past few days

You apparently can't be a fan of a popular act without being called a token or success stan

If you’re talking about the plant, it’s not that hard to figure it out when we know she has been on the rise since January with DL but suddenly she’s being talked about a lot in this forum this week. Kpoppies ain’t that slick

some users are extremely obsessed with numbers and stuff they like to put their fave's achievements into everyone's face I guess they are success stans. And some people stan nugu groups in hopes of them being super successful cus then they can brag about it. But when those groups show just a small sign of flopping they just drop them. And some stan big company groups cus they think bug company groups will become successful no matter what so they can brag about it in the future. Success stans are more common than we think tbh

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I mean that's what the people in the forum think in the past few days

You apparently can't be a fan of a popular act without being called a token or success stan

You mean in the past few years?

Since I joined this forum and other social medias related to kpop I have seen and being called a success stan because BTS is successful, a mindless horny girl-stan because BTS are hot men and I am a woman, a token stan for even talking positively about a gg by other gg stans.

So... yeah. This is nothing new, this term is alreasy fresh in the consciousness of kpop fans... not coined by ARMYs in the past few days. Why act so surprised now?

Another thing? You have a problem with ARMYs pointing out that it is downright strange how a brand new artist is ahead of BTS in every major streaming playlist of every country, even Asian ones? Never saw you making threads about pop and kpop stans calling ARMY and BTS bots for years now, even when they have been filling stadiums around the world.

Selective much?

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Another thing? You have a problem with ARMYs pointing out that it is downright strange how a brand new artist is ahead of BTS in every major streaming playlist of every country, even Asian ones? Never saw you making threads about pop and kpop stans calling ARMY and BTS bots for years now, even when they have been filling stadiums around the world.

Selective much?

Hey, chill out, icyruious is among the fairest and least troublesome users around here. What are you even ranting about honestly? Is this about Olivia Rodrigo again?

Where was the thread when a certain fandom kept saying (well they still do) that Armys are token stanning Twice - a fellow KPOP group that's been around forever? Just because they think their group is superior and no way in hell someone could actually like Twice...like...

Yet ppl are up in arms that the sudden interest in the new girl might be seen as token stanning? That's where the line is drawn?

Oh okay.

Make it make sense. Everything seems okay if it's against Army's. No thread needed for Army attacks because it's generally accepted.

AKP will never change.

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Dont know why you wanna attack me about BTS but ok here goes

I don't bother making threads about those bots bullshit because I don't bother trying to make threads to rebutt trolls

I focus my energy to make appreciation threads for BTS instead what did you do?

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RE: Wait ... Butter is already Melon Top 5?

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JB Daesang when

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May 21st 2021

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Can you DYNANANANANANANA better than this grandma?

LIGHT IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE



https://www.tiktok.com/@mhabz_…eb_id=6907226476887983617

icyruios

May 9th 2021

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#JusticeForHeartbeat

Should have been like a properly promoted title track



youtube.com/watch?v=aKSxbt-O6TA

icyruios

May 8th 2021

I even promoted their MV in my guess the mv game

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Guess The KPOP MV (BGs and GGs of all gens) - WIN SOME AKORNS

Let's see if this flops I'll start if there's enough replies/reactions that indicate interest





Mods please don't move this to the flop arcade section





1 correct guess = 2 5 AKORNS. If it's too hard I might increase the akorns for the hard ones





@Mortis
@SailorVenus
@blingyblinger
@SailorVenus
@blingyblinger
@superyeah
@blingyblinger
@superyeah
@kingkook
@Mortis
@icyruios
@suavek
@SeniorKpopper
@SendFoodPics

Just some general rules

• Group + song title, spelling mistakes are

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icyruios

May 3rd 2021

And had a nice civil friendly competition between their songs

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#10: KPOP Artists Song Battle: BTS "DNA" vs "Idol"

Vote for your Favourite Song
Let me know if you want to be tagged in future battles


BTS - DNAyoutube.com/watch?v=MBdVXkSdhwU



BTS - Idol
youtube.com/watch?v=pBuZEGYXA6E



Previous Battles

1. #1: KPOP Artists Song Battle: Twice "TT" vs "Yes Or Yes"
2. #2: KPOP Artists Song Battle: GOT7 "If You Do" vs GOT7 "Never Ever"
3. #3: KPOP Artists Song Battle: Kara "Mister" vs "Step"
4. #4: KPOP Artists Song Battle: (G)I-DLE "HANN" vs "HWAA"
5. #5: KPOP Artists Song Battle: BlackPink "As If It's Your Last" vs "Lovesick Girls"

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icyruios

Mar 13th 2021

Even included BTS in my AKP Playlist series at #4

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Create an AKP Playlist with me #5

Hi, here to continue my mission to promote my faves, and also allow you the opportunity to promote yours. This is part 5 of us, creating our AKP Playlist #5. As per usual, name your faves album following the below rules. After 10 albums, I will post the playlist for all of you to listen to so that you can also listen to some new music promoted by other users here

• Only the first 10 replies (that followed the following rules below) in this thread will be chosen
• You can only post 1 album in this

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icyruios

Apr 24th 2021

So yeah go ahead and attack me for 'not making a thread to defend them for people calling ARMY bots'.

I promoted BTS multiple times I don't know about you? So I don't need your validation on how I am 'selective much?' I'm when it comes to making threads.

Kthxbye

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All your history of hyping BTS shared... because I said you never talked about how BTS is racially targeted by western fandoms and ARMYs sexually for years now, even in this forum?

Didn't prove a single thing. Stop acting like the concept of token stanning is freshly brewed in this kpop forum during the past few days... makes you feel ignorant.

PS: I never attacked you, just asked you a simple question of why be so selective in outrage? You felt attacked... your problem.

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All your history of hyping BTS shared... because I said you never talked about how BTS is racially targeted by western fandoms and ARMYs sexually for years now, even in this forum?

Didn't prove a single thing. Stop acting like the concept of token stanning is freshly brewed in this kpop forum during the past few days... makes you feel ignorant.

the saddest panda ever

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Guess you have selective vision because I already clearly stated I don't bother that much with dealing with troll posts about bots or racial shit that trolls use to incite hate because I'm not dumb that way to be baited unlike some.

I focus my energy to promoting my faves tyvm

And also, I didn't said the 'concept of token stanning' is freshly brewed these few days, I'm just saying suddenly this is a topic for conversation ain't no way I suggested that this was a totally new thing that was 'freshly brewed'.

It's like saying 'why does your place smell so shit these few days', doesn't mean that you place didn't smell shit the past few years. Same analogy.

So get over it and watch Mariah Carey like I mentioned in the OP

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I am not talking about trolls, but respected journalists and western/kpop fandoms. You bother in some cases while you don't bother in others... seems very selective to me. Ciao!

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

- Albert Einstein (allegedly)

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So tell me which particular 'non troll fandom post' and 'journalist post' I should have defended them? Maybe if you post it out I can take notes to do better in future. Also, didn't see you doing anything for them either

Im glad you take so much time to investigate which specific BTS related drama I made threads for and which I didn't. I see you are also very selective in commenting on my threads which you think is against them, but obviously dodged all my appreciation threads for them. Selective much?

Maybe you should start a fanclub for me since you manage to find out what threads I made.

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This is too funny not to reply, sweetie you have more than 30k posts in a tiny, niche forum, and are found in most BTS related threads, that's the group I follow on this forum. Is it rocket science to have an idea of what you talk about generally... just like other active users in BTS threads? And you shared your history yourself... that I didn't even ask for. So no, I didn't 'dodge' or 'investigated' anything.

And my original question still remained unanswered... well that's life. Have a nice day! Xoxo.