Posts by Kouss

Don’t they only make music for feminist women?

Where are my US Dates

gang gang

No. 95% of the ppl who watched the video didn’t even notice. Calling it a sex scene is a huge distortion of reality lol.

Basically the only good part, is the part they showed in the teaser “Making beats for a boring dumb bitch”.

I mean i like that they are distancing themselves with kpop and a kids/teen group with the cuss words, but the songs just bad.

It’s a missed opportunity to do a song/sound like this justice and they completely failed. Could have been a cool moment for kpop, but they thought they wanted a tik tok meme song that doesn’t even sound good.

i’d be pissed if i were them…..

Did we forget Jennie was that girl?

But honestly, i’m just not excited for Lisa. I’m loved New Woman, but the other singles she released were lackluster. Then you listen to Jennie’s album and it’s well-rounded AND she choose a bi*ch track as her title which can be risky.

I think she or her agency knew the IT girl brand and executed it flawlessly.

Lisa tried to be everything, when she’s not. Plus i saw so many negative comments about Lisa’ album on social media, and while i only saw negatives about Jennie performing, but no one trashed her album.

I’ll use Doja Cat as an example, she talks about how she dislikes her early music, but she still gave fans what sells (pop music), then waited to be more artistic once she was established.

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Why can't you leave le sserafim and illit alone? What they have done to kpop fans? Exist? Is that it?

this part makes you look unhinged.

Please come to the US

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Johnny, Doyoung, Haechan, Shotaro, YangYang, Jaehee

ok Johnny has 100% grown on me, as my taste have matured. Doyoung, i can see why ppl may find him a little plain. Haechan has a great personality and talent >.>. Shotaro is just idk, he doesn't have a strong japanese look, which is why i think SM scouted him, but that doesn't necessarily mean hes a looker lol. YangYang isn't ugly, just a little average. Jaehee has the eyes i like in asian men , but i agree, hes not really an exceptional visual, just a regular korean boy.

Also i know this is a SM thread, but there's ALOT and i mean, ALOT of boys in other companies that are cracked, so its just impossible to find all 10s and have them all be talented. Sometimes talent gets you in a group rather than your visuals.

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And as you said, there is consequences for CBX suing and breaking their contract. But that in itself is a consequence of SM mistreating them.

every idols, in every company ever, has probably been mistreated.

The difference here, is CBX think they are big enough (Baekhyun is), that they don't have to put up with it.

Both parties made big boy decisions, so lets stop acting like CBX are victims LOL

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I don't think SM has gotten any better and what you are saying makes sense. No wonder Snsd members don't do Korean music with other labels just so they can still be part of SM stuff.

They definitely have gotten a little better. They realize that solo activities are baked into the idol experience, and are trying to manage that to make idols more happy imo. Especially when you look at 4th gen vs 3rd gen vs 2nd gen.

And we gotta grade SM accurately. They should be compared to other kpop companies in the industry and the vast majority do not support solo activates, or even attempt to give every member in the group one. All of GOT7 literally left, in part, because JYP didn't think their solo activities would be profitable, so didn't pursue them. And JYP is literally a peer company to SM, let alone the medium/small sized companies that don't do solo work/songs at all or maybe only the viral/popular member gets it.

As for SM being vindictive and mean when idols leave? Of course. Companies don't play in SK. Corporate power and being wealthy is king. They feel they invested/made this idol, and that should come with some loyalty. Its a one-sides loyalty, and SM definitely occasionally mistreats them, but that's the name of the game. That power dynamic exist in literally every kpop company.

Diagnosing people with mental disorders is crazy btw. It shows how much we've commodified mental health in the last decade. Its such a trivial thing.

Wasn't SM leaking information about someone whispering into their ear and trying to poach them?

Its clear CBX left on bad terms, and SM isn't fucking with them. Its that simple. Let's not act like CBX likes SM and SM isn't gonna act like they like them.

IF they wanted to work with SM, they should have seperated their solo activities, while keeping SM happy, they didn't, so these are the consequences.

It sucks for fans, but its just business. And CBX knew what would happen if they choose the path they did, its not like these tactics are new for SM LOL. SM used to be alot worse and vindictive.

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does sm have labels like hype

They don’t need labels. But yes they have sub-labels, but they aren’t gonna use a HYBE approach terms of management and separation. They just need to hire more staff and use a division system like JYP.

But it’s undeniable that HYBE broke kpop with their rapid group expansion. It showed SM you can be rewarded for flooding the market and the old ideas of “letting a group establish itself” is fake. There’s enough kpop fans (if you steal from nugu and medium/small company fanbase) to support multiple groups at the same time.

If the trend continues, it’s gonna be harder for smaller company groups to reach the top.

I think people just hated their concept, which i think it’s a pretty irrelevant and stupid thing to dislike a group for lol.

Plus we gotta remember, LSM was gonna make them sing about saving the planet, so some of the hate was warranted.

Ok hear me out. When i was watching the M/V, i almost couldn't finish the song, around 1:20 i was prepared to call it, but i finished the song.

If you ignore the raps, and the cringe M/V.......

It might be a bop, this also might be my hottest take, because i swore i hated this song on first listen. Listen 3 and its lowkey hitting. i think its a fun song, not meant to be taken so hard, hence the faux hip-hop concept. Maybe im 4D chessing this concept, but idk, the video feels like its made look ridiculous and some parts its hard to tell what is real and what's not lol.

*insert Jay Z bobbing head gif*

I think this song will marinate a bit, and some of you will come to enjoy the fun pointlessness of it.

Just smart song selection, it’s a very cunty song in the age of Brat.

My surprise is why Crazy - LSFM didn’t do as well. Song with a similar vibe, but not received as well in korea.

Some nice pop R&B. Wish JYP had given them this type of music since debut. Their last few releases have been great, but the damage from their confusing musical direction in their debut years is already done.

Honestly this is closer to what i thought H2H would be, when they were rumored to be more R&B.

individualized branding just seems more common now. I think instead of fighting disparities in popularity between members, companies are just accepting it’s a part of kpop.

Uniform outfits makes the lead stan attractor standout as much as the visual hole, and kpop companies don’t think that’s good for business. So they dress accordingly.