Posts by Icaro_Ribeiro

This is the best possible outcome for NJ I think and makes me feel at peace

MHJ will keep the group creativity and promotions and Hybe won't dare to keep the group at bay for very long

That's a huge win for NJ and NJ fans

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When did autoplay start, does anyone know? I first got it 4 or 5 days ago, and i was really confused why espresso, lunch and birds of a feather are in my playlist

January of 2023

The first song to experience the massive boost in popularity was Flowers by Miley Cyrus

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Look who’s shown their head again how goes the going

I was purposefully avoiding this board during the MHJ vs Hybe drama, but comeback last week when I realized this thing will last a lot. I think you just missed my last posts (haven't posting much tho)

LOL, Tic really hit you in the nerve in the other thread

It will happen if chinese fans start bulk buying again

Otherwise, I don't see this happening

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someone needs to make a thread doing a poll for the worst/most toxic fandom on akp again because after reading this thread i'm sure onces have taken the spot

This has been the reality of this board for at least the last 3 years

I believe with the obvious decrease in popularity their few sane fans left the forum, and the insane ones like Rand and TheBitter are all that left. Those onces left have nothing to lose (as Twice is experiencing their final downward popularity trend, understandable since they are such an old group), hence they can attack and troll every single group they find even remotely threatening

This year they already attacked LSRF, NJ and even G Idle (don't ask me why)

bubble gum finally debuted

How Sweet got a new peak too

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So what are NewJeans actual spotify numbers nowadays? I see so much doom and gloom surrounding them but have they improved since that much maligned first day? It seems so early to count them out after they had such an explosive first (nearly)2 years.

'How Sweet' by NewJeans reaches a new peak of #81 (+57) on Global Spotify with 1.57M streams

This is the last update

The doom and gloom is mostly made by 3rd gen stans who were salty and pressed even with the possibility of their faves being surpassed for 4th grn

4th gen GG stans have been (un)suprisingly more realistic, as they have experienced fist-hand that ups and downs are part of the career path of 4th Gen GGs (granted nobody was expecting a decline for NJ before all the MHJ x Hybe drama started)

The decline of Chinese sales affected them the most

Yeah NJ is over

They are not the focus of their own doom-thread anymore, we're back to discuss BP payola allegations it seems

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My only error in that lesserafim thread was not considering hybe will plug the payola because they were planning to axe newjeans, something not one of us have idea that time, so I was right in almost everything so I don't even know why you guys keep mentioning that thread like is a gotcha moment.

Oh yes the old payola and fraud theory

At this point I'm convinced you guys believe no group in kpop must be really popular or profiable and companies are surviving from unknown income sources

Oh rand you're back

Thought you have learned your lesson with your last LSRF thread. Wait at least a few days before shading a group, it can backfire rather quickly

For female idols I think it's a fair battle, but I'm more inclined to say 3rd gen. It's more that 3rd gen talent is somehow locked behind unsuccessful groups, which tends to be overlooked

For male idols is 3rd gen by far. All relevant 3rd gen Boygroup are talented as fuck

All this drama is stressful as hell and is removing attention of their comeback in a few days. I can't even concentrate on their career because everytime it's gets intoxicated with all this Hybe and MHJ battle jeez

They are avoiding saturation due to have way too many hit songs released very closely

I'm not going to elaborate further because I'm not in the moody of picking fights atm

But it has mostly to do to what attracted those fans into to fandom in the first place

In the case of Twice I think a small part of the fandom come to them because they found a particular member attractive (I'm not talking about how they look, but attractive here understand "I want to be your fan"), whereas for BTS and BP many fans were drawn specifically because of 1-2 members and learned how to like their interactions with other members rather than being fans of the other members themselves

And it's not exactly a subproduct of individual activities, as this is a well observable case even when the group only promotes together

BOP, their best song yet

I do care in the sense I'm aware they need a minimum level of success to keep getting quality content and budget, and I'm also self aware companies have certain expectations that need to be met, not meeting such expectations the group will just be quickly replaced or becoming a non priority inside the company

But otherwise I don't give a damn about my favorite groups being the top sellers or anything alike. If my group is popular enough to have long term stable careers with a good influx of quality content I don't really care whether or not other groups sells more

Reviving this thread

My thoughts didn't changed at all

Riize, TWS, BND, ZB1

All have so far displayed significant results

I think we can fairly call them 5th gen already, they don't look related to Stray Kids, TxT or Treasure in any way

FATE got a PAK? I had no idea