Posts by spark

Quote from Disevidence

Just amazing in general that people listen to Korean music but have zero fucking idea about Korea sometimes. Ignorance is RIFE in this latest thread, holy hell.

You've got Bozo over here going "OnLy ReAsoN iTs ChARtINg in KoREA is ThEY DoNT UnDersTANd EnGLish".

Like I've never met a more paternalistic, look down the nose kind of attitude then that. My Brother in Christ, they understand English far better then you understand Korean.

You know how people talk about racist attitudes? This kind of stuff here, where Spark tries to foreign-explain their own music.

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Lol I really don't think you even read what i said... Lemme quote some of the stuff I said "I actually like alot of the aspects of the song sonically" : "And I do agree that the song is good, maybe even amazing, in terms of just the instrumentals, melody, etc., but the lyrics make it really fall flat for English speakers.". So clearly I don't think the only reason its charting is because they don't understand English in Korea.. Like I said myself, IMO the song bar the lyrics is quite good. And I know Korea incorporates English into their language all the time so they obviously understand at least some of it, my point was that they wouldn't understand it at a deeper level like a Native English speaker would. The same way a Native English speaker probably wouldn't get cringy Korean lyrics like a Native Korean speaker would. You're also making the assumption that they understand English far better than I understand Korean when you don't even know me... Not saying I'm fluent in Korean, but I've picked up a fair amount to the point where I can read, write, and understand a good amount. Also hello??? Am I the only one who's saying this about the song? There's a reason why there's so much criticism coming from the side of I-fans about the song's lyrics, I was just trying to expound upon that.. To quote another important thing I said "I mean at this point, Kpop doesn't just cater to Korea but globally, so either the companies or the artists need to make sure (and I always say this) to hire a Native English speaker to vet their songs for them before releasing them if they want to have English in their songs." It's just constructive criticism like? If you can't take constructive criticism about a group that you like, maybe you shouldn't be on a kpop forum where people have said things a million times worse than I have.

insane

Quote from Alex_Murphy

Hey this isn't a personal attack on G-idle, I'm just explaining to you why I think Tomboy receives criticism.

Quote from Alex_Murphy

Focus on the instrumental, problem solved.

Honestly this criticism against TOMBOY's lyrics starts to be real tiresome. It's kinda nonstop since release, as if it was the worst thing ever; even though there's an ocean of nonsensical English lyrics in kpop out there. At least TOMBOY is meaningful and tackles a real issue that few groups dare to.

Plus, I think TOMBOY is one of their very best songs, in terms of composition and arrangement. The song flows so flawlessly, each part is a killer part up to the big finale. It was such a perfect change of pace after HWAA's abrupt (and frustrating) ending, and Oh my god's and LION's looping structure.

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You're absolutely right that there's a slew of cringy English lyrics out there in kpop, but with the majority of those, it's just here or there and doesn't overpower the song. Imo with Tomboy, it's bad enough that it takes away from the pleasure of the song for me as I do like to sing along to songs alot of the time. I don't think I could force myself to sing along to some of those lyrics even if I tried. I think another reason it gets so much criticism is because this song was supposed to be G-idle's revival song and it got so much attention for that. After losing Soojin and going on hiatus for over a year, they were supposed to comeback with something amazing. And I do agree that the song is good, maybe even amazing, in terms of just the instrumentals, melody, etc., but the lyrics make it really fall flat for English speakers. I mean at this point, Kpop doesn't just cater to Korea but globally, so either the companies or the artists need to make sure (and I always say this) to hire a Native English speaker to vet their songs for them before releasing them if they want to have English in their songs.

For their best b-side I'm surprised you didn't mention:

Anyway ofc Miniskirt and Heart Attack are iconic.

Quote from Dreamer95

As an Idle stan, if that song ever goes viral in US, we're screwed hehe

Lol, hopefully not! I'm not really a fan but more of a casual stan and they've had many great releases before, so here's to hoping Tomboy was just a fluke

Quote from Dreamer95

I feel like the reason why there is such a divide between i and k fans over this song is the cringe English lyrics of it. Like I really wish I didn't understand any of it, I'd probably streamed 2x more if I didn't.

Sammmeee for Tomboy. I actually like alot of the aspects of the song sonically, but the lyrics really screw it up for me. I can't even listen to it because of that. I think the reason it's dominating so well in Korea is because that obviously doesn't translate over to them. They won't really understand that the English lyrics are cringy and just think of the English lyrics as just English, so it's really just left to the song itself, and maybe the overall message that can be gathered from it. Anyways, I'm just disappointed that the song that made G-Idle skyrocket is one that has bad lyrics...

Quote from bangmenah

I see people kind of coming at Jessica for not prioritizing SNSD, but she was originally supposed to be in TTS and was shafted AND THEN started working on her own thing.

Is there proof or documentation of this? I never knew about this, and if she was supposed to be in TTS, who was the member that wasn't gonna be in it? I'm assuming Taeyeon would've gotten a spot no matter what, so was it Tiffany or Seohyun who wasn't supposed to be in it?

Like actually debut? As in promote with them and continually be in a group, or is it just a one-time thing for the show?

not this..

Quote from ISaidISaid

Haven’t heard the albums but I > Pop. It’s the only taeyeon song I like actually.

Surprised to hear that .. What other songs have you heard of Taeyeon's? She has a pretty versatile discography so I'm surprised you only like I

gonna be honest, I don't get the trend of drawing fake freckles over peoples faces..

What is a muggle king?

naur

imo INVU > Heart Burn > Sparkling > Pop

Apink were 7 at debut, became 6 early on, and prospered for a really long time before becoming 5 now. 2pm were 7 at debut, became 6 early on, and did well after becoming 6 too. Beast/Highlight were 6 from debut and did really well until they became 5 and now 4. It maybe seems to be more of a new gen thing for some reason..

I don't think Bbi Bbi and Celebrity are similar enough to the other songs to be considered plagiarism.. However Red Shoes took me by surprise, it actually sounded pretty similar . Not sure what'll happen here, but I only think a case for plagiarism could be made for Red Shoes.

Quote from MrAkimo123

SNSD is most likely to comeback on their anniversary date

Literally what I was thinking, although it's Aug. 5 and that's early August.. Just wondering why there aren't any teasers or anything out yet

It's a full album too!