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So I typed into Google ‘BTS Suga is my favourite BTS member’ and much to my amusement, an old thread of mine popped up in the Google search:

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Suga is my favourite k-pop artist.

This is it.
I have genuine respect for this man. He is dedicated to craft, and his lyrics are heart touching. Even if you don't understand what he is saying, his voice alone compels you to search the lyrics. And this is very hard for a foreign artist to do. Not many artists can make people search for their lyrics translation, by speaking/rapping alone.
I never found kpop rapping appealing, and its partly because rapping doesn't have much melody. But Suga...he is different.

ps: His singing doesn't…

Zsh

Apr 25th 2023

So here Is the 2024 edition. Lol

I have realised that me and Suga share many personality traits. In public I can be aloof and not open up to people too quickly (or I go in the opposite direction too fast 😅)

Introverted, introspective, would rather write about feelings than tell them to other people. But honest when asked about them.

But I swear….we have a friendly and warm side. Give us some time. Loool

I think the thing that struck me about Suga. Is that he simply isn’t afraid of being himself. He doesn’t go out of his way to be super extroverted and

J-hopesque, or maknae line crazy. And I really appreciate that.

Introverts are often pressured to act all jolly and talkative in public, when in actuality they would rather be a listener.

Suga fits that category, and he doesn’t pretend.

Also his songs, his lyrics, all amazing!!! ❤️

Ps: dare I say…..If Suga was a woman he wouldn’t get away with it very easily. People are more forgiving towards men when they are apparently ‘cold’ and ‘Aloof’

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Imagine being 22 and having to be in a group with a 12 year old

If I was her. I would be mothering them 24/7. I literally would not be able to see them as ‘equals’

Chen and xiumin doing activities via Baekhyun Company?

Sounds great, if you ask me.

The Ul are apparently 245k now.

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I think this will be the peak. I don’t know if it can go any higher?

It has potential but surpassing no.1 might be a challenge. 65k+ people will have to jump in to listen. And Exo UL growth has been steady rather then quick.

People still be doubting Exo? Really?

I don’t think people realise how big this really is. A TEN YEAR OLD song did this!

I remember people calling Exo has-beens. So called Has-beens can’t do this.

#1 on Melon daily next!

Omg wow! This is amazing!

First snow was the actual comeback people. Not cream soda.

Honestly this charting is insane!!!

Top 10 in all of them!

This really is a miracle in December

Now we just need Universe or don’t go to get this treatment.

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Melon 100 is real time and works from 8 AM to midnight I think. It's a mix of cumulative 24 hours ULs (half of the points) and last hour ULs (the other half). It's a semi-realtime chart

24 hits is just thr last 24 ULs and appears from midnight to 7 AM. It's a static chart I think

What is the song position on melon 100?

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The doubt is for getting PAK or getting ack from EXO? 😭😭

PAK might be easier actually 😭

Pfft Exo are only at No.10. They will never get a PAK!

#EXOFLOP

Ps: ExoL really be treating first snow like a 2024 comeback. 😂

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Exo was really popular among kpop fans back in their heyday but they had been little popularity outside of kpop. When the kpop expansion in the West in 2017 happened, the SM made a huge mistake but having them disappear for more than a year. Despite my dislike for the song, kokobop was well received by kpop fans and was a hit so while they could have followed up on this success by releasing a good song, they released Power that did nothing for them.

And then they disappeared.

Their fans were another issue. Exols were too stubborn, only focusing on domestic or Asian popularity. Instead of taking advantage of the then current kpop wave in the West, they loved to make fun of 'Western Validation ' and 'No 24 Daesangs no opinion ', believing it would be impossible for the group to be surpassed.

Also other great opportunities like the Olympic games didn't work out, mostly because of SM incompetence.

Still, they reached a high that very few bgs have, and their success and popularity back then won't be reached by most bgs, despite kpop being much bigger now.

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I understand where you are coming from. But the dynamics of Sm/Fandoms and bighit/Fandoms are very different. Bighit was new at the time so there were eager to take any opportunity, and thus listened to fan feedback.

Even if ExoL did ridicule and criticise, SM would still have remained stubborn even if the reaction was opposite because their goals for EXO were completely different. ExoL could have trended and be as passionate as Army but SM would still refuse to move Exo above and beyond. And we can see the same patterns repeating with their other groups. E.g. red velvet. Reveluvs constantly protest and beg for more promotions and larger venues, but Sm don’t give an F.

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Some of y'all are ..... weird

‘ Some of y’all’ meaning that one person who starts with J?

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you are right in all of what you wrote

I've once seen a street interview with Koreans and they've shared a stories about it, that many couples break up just before men entering military. It's kind of a sad thing.

But why would couples break up before military.