the biggest change was around 2016 when bts started becoming big. all the groups before that didn't do very well internationally so obviously bts had the biggest influence. most of the people that know gangnam style didn't check other kpop groups, they just thought the song was funny. the song had impact but not the same kind of impact. even 4th gen groups outcharting and outstreaming most early 3rd gen groups in 2016 outside asia. it's not a coincidence. also, why do you think album sales grew so much the past years, most of them come from other countries now and groups now can rely less on korea, that wasn't the case before bts became big
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Y'all acting like kpop was making any noise in US before kpop. Gangnam style didn't even helped psy to have a stable career in kpop. Bts charted out there, got tons of awards and achievements and then west took interest in kpop groups, signed them under their companies. Pushed their English tracks in the hopes of finding a bts 2.0. If you weren't there before 2016 stfu and stop making shit up.
Kpop was very local before, 3rd gen wasn't even making any noise in japan till twice debuted.
I was there since 2nd gen and they and 1st gen are the ones who paved the way for ur faves but of course u will only say bts paved the way.
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They made kpop popular in sea and Japan maybe in some other parts of the world but not in the US and UK. Give credit where its due.
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The next time i see Army trying to pull a "Pave the Way" thread to discredit the hard work and sacrifice of other idols, imma put these vids up on repeat.
YGE paved the way for BTS and dont y'all forget it
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I find y'all posts ironic because the paving the way argument was not started by ARMY to begin with. ARMY popularised it like they popularised kpoppies and other terms. It was 2nd gen K-pop stans who would camp under BTS early western achievement threads to talk about their faves being "first" when ARMYs were just celebrating. I saw 2nd gen stans boolly an army chart account because they wrote BTS was the first to chart. They genuinely did not know. Then these arguments escalated because K-pop stans in general were so hell bent on discrediting BTS that when they could no longer use their own faves they started using Psy. Which is again ironic because when Gangnam style blew up they hated the fact that people's introduction to kpop would be a horse dancing meme of a song
And when ARMYs would tell them that only Gangnam style was popular and it was a meme whereas bts achieved popularity as a group in the West which was a first for K-pop, K-pop stans felt attacked.
Once again, funny, because Psy said himself that only his song was popular, that he was called the Gangnam style guy 🙄 and that BTS managed to become popular as a group which is way better and an amazing feat in itself.
But since that doesn't discredit BTS
K-pop stans choose to ignore Psy's words and hyperfocus on Suga's humility.
K-pop stans will never give BTS the credit that they deserve for the current K-pop expansion. Not unless another group comes along that they want to discredit and they use BTS in the same way they used Psy.
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They made kpop popular in sea and Japan maybe in some other parts of the world but not in the US and UK. Give credit where its due.
Yeah they all paved the way so give credit to them too.
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Yeah they all paved the way so give credit to them too.
Take the credit I'm not like y'all delusional kpopies 😂 but admit It yalls fave got opportunities because of BTS's Successful career in US, the biggest music market.
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Take the credit I'm not like y'all delusional kpopies 😂 but admit It yalls fave got opportunities because of BTS's Successful career in US, the biggest music market.
My faves are 2nd gen that debuted and got popular way before bts debuted i don't know what u are saying. Are u saying suga is delusional too for saying psy paved the way?
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My faves are 2nd gen that debuted and got popular way before bts debuted i don't know what u are saying. Are u saying suga is delusional too for saying psy paved the way?
2nd gen groups were irrelevant outside of asia in comparison with bts when will you understand
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Its easy to answer this think what happened shortly after 2nd gen all left the US. Not much. Now think about when BTS came to the west. Groups were getting interviewed left and right, they were getting signed to western labels even as rookies, and having appearances everywhere as well.
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My faves are 2nd gen that debuted and got popular way before bts debuted i don't know what u are saying. Are u saying suga is delusional too for saying psy paved the way?
That's called being humble. You 2nd gen fav weren't making any noise outside Korea and sea.
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That's called being humble. You 2nd gen fav weren't making any noise outside Korea and sea.
Lol funny cause 2nd gen paved the way into japan and china too.
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My faves are 2nd gen that debuted and got popular way before bts debuted i don't know what u are saying. Are u saying suga is delusional too for saying psy paved the way?
Suga is being humble. Stop being dense. Ofcourse, they see all the tweets kpopies have made. And probably consoling Psy since some armys are unhinged and are discrediting other artists when it comes to BTS. So, he or some members sometimes compensate for it. Although, the guys know how much influence and impact they had in the Kpop sphere in the US. It's not a freaking coincidence that ever since BTS started promoting in the US- kpop groups started getting traction too. Look at the time timeline- PSY only dominated in 2012-2013 VS BTS in 2017-current. Ever since BTS, Kpop has become bigger and more profitable in the US market. They also tapped different markets such as India and helped Kpop become even bigger WW. All the media talks and hype. BTS contributed the most in making Kpop bigger. Ofcourse, y'all won't admit that. The facts are literally there. The sudden jump in album sales is also the impact of world domination of BTS. It's at that time of kpop getting bigger. Most analysts and professionals did a study on it. I understand that it's a hard pill to swallow, but you do you.
Y'all have no problem saying someone paved the way, but to BTS? Lol
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