what do you think of this "kpop now became based on popularity now"? (now more than before)

I can feel to what group these tweets are aimed to lol

I am sorry but I have taken a break from comprehending diffucult writing since reading hamlet, someone translate into modern english for me??

My take on this. No one is forced to buy and listen to anything.

If these acts are dropping music and selling a lot, it's 'cause many people are liking it. Either this being your (in a general way) taste or not.

Also, it's good to mention that many Kpop groups have better marketing, better promotions and money to spread their music and image. This makes a huge difference too.

It's really hard for an artist that came from zero to hit big. That's why plenty of Hollywood acts have influential people, family members, whatever, behind them (take a look on Nepotism in Hollywood).

Kpop artists have big agencies behind them. This helps A LOT.

The analogy is pretty stupid because people buy cheaper food because they can't afford to buy anything else.

I would have taken OP seriously if (s)he wasn’t an orbit

But seriously my favs released a shit ton of bad music but their overall discography is good...

the main problem is that some fans arent honest if you have to listen 61782 times the song to say the song is growing on you do you really like the song ??? we don’t have to force ourselves to like every songs that idols pull

this is giving me "i was born yesterday" energy.

the POP in Kpop stand for Popularity. You would think with the invention of the interne,t people would know more, not less.

This is the case of literally everything in the world

The popular sells, the lesser known needs more effort to be able to match

Kpop is not special, and was never not based on popularity...

This is ridiculous. Yes bigger groups will originally do bigger numbers but whether or not the song is a success depends on the song. Apart from IU I haven't seen anyone always do amazing on the charts. For example Black Swan and ON by BTS weren't national hits because they didn't resonate with the korean public vs dynamite which smashed everything. Even for BTS to have a national hit the song needs to suit the taste of the korean people (even if people here say dynamite is generic and shit people in SK seemed to really like it). Also even BTS, in 2014 Boy in Luv was a fairly decent hit and 2016 Blood, Sweat, and Tears did really good. This proves that if you have a good song it will do good in the charts. Momoland's Boom Boom is another good example. People will recognize a good song. The main thing with Momoland is they weren't able to follow it up so they didn't get popular. Monsta X came from a small company and are still relatively popular. Yes groups from big companies have an advantage and the industry isn't always fair. Guess what that's the same in any country. You have to accept that and move on.

idk if it's just me but those tweets exude karen ''what's gonna happen with our children'' energy

This rant is stupid.

This person is probably a new kpop fan who doesn’t know how impossibly hard it was for non big 3 groups to break out pre-BTS. BTS had to do something different to break out too. Their success didn’t come dished to them in a silver platter.

But I do agree about the crappy music bit. Most top groups are doing the absolute minimum and yet their fans will eat it up. Harsh reality.

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This is the case of literally everything in the world

The popular sells, the lesser known needs more effort to be able to match

Kpop is not special, and was never not based on popularity...

for real no shit sherlock this happens in the west too, Justin Bieber or Ariana Grande will always do bigger numbers than indie artists

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for real no shit sherlock this happens in the west too, Justin Bieber or Ariana Grande will always do bigger numbers than indie artists

Kpop stans often act like if they live in a different reality it’s quite embarrassing.

Popular things are popular?? When did this happen???

I mean? I guess? I think the problem is that some producers aren't trying as hard as they used to and that's seen through their work, not really popularity...