Posts by amico
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Personal opinions and satisfaction of the performance will be subjective. So, I think the OP can enjoy whatever the outcome is and give it a good review.
That said, As vocally talented as they are, I think it will be a mediocre/underwhelming performance from the girls. Definitely a non-believer, from watching all their performances so far. Hope they prove me wrong.
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Physical sales? Of course. Song performance? It will depend on the song, I think Ive is the only group (2020 - 2022) that killed it on the charts with their debut.
They'll be successful though, their engagements are already huge. All that's left is handling the "scandal" and good music.
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This is a really good album. Escape, Polaroid, and Already are the songs that I really like so far.
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For majority of the groups/soloists, doing well in the Korean market and flopping in US might be the preferred outcome due to their nationality, culture, language, etc.
But, For a foreigner, I.e. Lisa (one of, if not the only exception so far cmiiw), doing well in the WW/US markets might be the most desirable outcome as the foreigner will likely leave SK after their idol years. This may also apply to groups with more foreign members than South Korean members.
That said, from my perspective as an ifan, the WW/US markets (BTS/BP/Psy/Lisa are some examples with mainstream level success) will give the idol the bigger audience reach, popularity, pop cultural relevance, more money, and may eventually give them relevance in the South Korean market.
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A toss up between Purple Kiss, Aespa and Billlie for me. (GG only)
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Good vocals, good performance, but it's such a missed opportunity by SM. The song will likely be successful, like Savage, but it is an underwhelming song for me from the first listen. Although, I can see the 'Step back, step back' chorus being catchy. Anyway, all the women held their own and did good.
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"Noise" music Everglow are back! One of their weaker title, but I like it.
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Not for me after the first listen, should have gone with "Take it" as the title track.
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Maybe Lisa got sinovac which kind of explain why she couldn't attend Paris Fashion Week.
Correct me if Im wrong but I think Sinovac isn't accepted in a lot of European countries?
She traveled to France but had no event planned for PFW as Celine didn't have a show.
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I'm just curious if BP really don't have power in YG that they can't release music just because YG don't want to, because it seems like the girls are pretty passionate about music, especially Rose.
Personally from my observation, I think it's a mix of teddy and YG limiting their releases. I'm pretty sure they have lots of recorded songs but with teddy's "quality over quantity" bs you can see why it's like this.
Also their documentary last year answered any questions (there was something that teddy said, from my understanding his goal is releasing hit singles) about music, unless teddy decides to reduce his participation since he basically manages BP or they start exploring with more producers, their music releases will be limited till their contracts are renegotiated.
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A lot of misinformation here. Just a quick search on the US cdc (https://www.cdc.gov/coronaviru…tizens-US-air-travel.html) will show she should be eligible to travel there unless she used an unacceptable vaccine.
Also for traveling what matters is the location the individual was within the last 14 days to a month, therefore her Thai citizenship shouldn't affect her since she has been in South Korea/France. Although I'm not certain but I also don't think she'll need to quarantine (if Jennie and Rosé didn't need to) if she's fully vaccinated and has a negative pcr test since she has been in SoKor for the last 14 days.
Now there might be other reasons of her not traveling to the US that are unknown to us but that's left to YG and her. Anyway, I think it's best to wait before making assumptions on the reason she may not be attending if true. I doubt any official statement has been put out on her being unavailable for the event and also her upcoming schedule isn't known yet.
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The pixy erasure but Purple Kiss is a tier above other rookies for me.
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Gagnam style was probably my first introduction to Kpop (although there are some songs I heard through music TV channels about 7-12 years ago but only found out it was Kpop last year).
My first proper introduction into kpop is Sour Candy(put me on too BP and I followed Lisa on ig but didn't check their music till HYLT promo from Lisa's IG) - - - > HYLT (decided to check out their discography and kpop in general).
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Kpop market is bigger, streaming is the primary method of music consumption currently and the role of Social Media (virality) shouldn't be underestimated. The pandemic has also been a big catalyst for Kpop too.
I don't know if they are stronger but they have more visibility (Rollin' being one of the biggest song in SoKor this year while it was released more than 3 years ago is an evidence of that) than the previous generations due to the points I mentioned previously.
You can't really compare them, it's like comparing YouTube (or Spotify streams) views currently to views of the previous generations it just won't be accurate because of how different the industry is/was.
I'll say though, more companies might be willing to invest in groups since the market size has grown and the possibility of carving out a niche (dreamcatcher? ) or sizable fandom is higher so that can also be another reason you get to see groups from smaller companies getting more comebacks this year and as someone mentioned the 4th Gen top groups haven't been solidified yet so everyone is scrambling before the big companies come in.
