Posts by pwswan

Quote from wsoet

"P Girls" is a bit of an unfortunate name for a girl group.

I think that's just the code name for the trainees, ala SM Rookies or Trainee A.

Quote from sveznalica

We are getting old

Getting?

This was technically released, as there was an MV, but it's been 18 years and still isn't available for streaming or purchase:

APT

Quote from JesseAlex

Finally GS was knocked out!!!!!

English-language songs with a smattering of Korean get more radio play than Korean songs with a smattering of English.

Quote from what-if-i

oh, Koreans gonna be mad abt this

the news also was released after his birthday…

anyways, is he gonna go to prison for this?

Probably not, but he might have to redo his service in active duty.

I'm just going to watch the fans of the second-gen group I have a visceral hatred for and the fans of the third-gen group I have a visceral hatred for rip each other apart.

The denim tops with the baggy pants. The denim shorts/skirts can wait for another performance, and the tops they're wearing with the baggy pants can go in the recycle bin.

Quote from Tru-Multistan

well while some people are manifesting sinkholes, I'm trying to manifest a BP comeback

I'm rooting for the sinkholes.

If you don't count EXO or iKON, then probably Got7

I say I'm a company stan because my ult is the CEO. I'm supporting his boy group and want them to do well, but I don't actually stan them.

Quote from JiminieKookie

I played a website where you guess songs, you ad a artist, it randomly plays 5 seconds of 1 song and gives you 3 options to pick from as answer and here is my results:

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is this good or nah?

You wouldn't still have the URL, perchance?

Quote from bbgc

With SME 2.0s apathetic treatment of senior artists like Taeyeon back in news, there are discussions that Taeyeon should get out and create her own agency.

This also matters because many 3rd gen idols like from Blackpink are taking the route. LLOUD, Blissoo etc.,

There are pros and cons to both the Big company model and dedicated small studio model.

The best case scenario seems to have a dedicated label, but backed by a big house with deep pockets.

IU's EDAM backed by Kakao M, is the best example of that hybrid model,

But Kakao does not seem to interfere with operations, whereas YGE/SME and of course HYBE with ADOR have proved that they are not big fans of independence.

SISTAR Hyolyn and Kang Daniel, went totally independent, Konnect even signed up Yuju, Psy with P-Nation as well.

But they don't seem to do any better than being under a large tent.

So let's discuss, what have the various models and how well they have succeeded or failed.

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P Nation was never intended to be a single-act label. Psy's goal from the beginning was to produce and write for acts who aren't Psy; there are rumors that there's a Shinhwa version of "Bird" somewhere in SM's vault.

Quote from BlackpinkHouse

Imagine a group called Starshit lol.

There's an American group called Starship; they were an iteration of Jefferson Airplane.

If Permission to Dance counts, I heard it at the grocery store yesterday.

2018: Psy (2x)

2019: South by Southwest Korea Spotlight (iKON, Chungha, Hitchhiker)

2023: Immortal Songs Newark, Psy (3x)

Quote from David33

What do you mean? It's not like boy groups are extinct or something. They're still more popular and successful than girl groups. I'm pretty sure more boy groups are debuting every year than girl groups.

I didn't want P Nation to debut a boy group either, but I've grudgingly accepted that TNX exists. I'm mainly disappointed that P Nation is creating idol groups in general; I would have preferred that they either become a straight-up hip-hop label or their original concept of "Jaesang's Home for Wayward Idols".

I hope that the group never comes to fruition; I thought Psy was going to run a company that didn't insist on kowtowing to the expected K-pop company tropes. Nothing against Soyeon, but don't we already have enough girl groups?

Since there are idols debuting who are younger than my grand-nephews.

Psy. Just Psy.