Y'all trying to defend someone saying a slur.
A slur that is so quiet 99% if the people who listen to the song never heard it.
Sis went out of her way to do that lmao.
Its crazy how K-Pop groups have a magical ability to avoid stepping on any Japanese/Chinese toes.
BUT can't stop saying slurs about black people. It's almost as if they don't care.
Iconic. Anyway the group is nugu so who cares.
Just the millionth Korean saying slurs. They can't and won't stop.
For those wondering even outside of album sales Japan wins. The only thing that China has a larger market on is advertisements for musical artist. But making money from their music primarily is where Japan wins. EP's in China cost $0.50 - $1.50 and full albums $2.50 - 4.00.
On average:
1 Japan Single = 20 Chinese EP/Single units.
1 Japan Non-Compilation Album = 14 Chinese Full Album units.
For example Kenshi Yonezu's full album made at the bare minimum $50M USD. That would take 16,000,000 Chinese albums. The highest selling Chinese full album is 3,000,000. That is just one of the many examples. Hence why if someone sells 3M units for a EP in China it doesn't look all that impressive due to the very inexpensive price. BLACKPINK's HYLT only made $1.4M USD which is worth 141,900 single sales in Japan.
stream it so it can enter and stay in top 10
Not you believing I read anything past the first reply.
STREAM TWICE ICSM
Blinks so desperate for validation and approval while Armys are silent asf on this forum. Iconic.
STREAM TWICE ICSM
funny thing is the latest two KOREAN releases from your fave didnt even stay in melon top 10
yeah you need to stream ICSM because clearly you arent streaming enough.
Wait what did you think you did with that? KALMFKLFSKMSKMFSAFSAK.
Shit was lame and random as hell. Chile, Anyways
STREAM TWICE ICSM
I didn't even know this was an issue. I am so out of the loop with K-Pop lmao.
Anyways the cover was so cute.
Girl every modern hit since 2018 has broken Cheer Up records.
It is a new era. The stat isn't impressive anymore. K-Pop and other Korean music is producing greater results each day.
We just had a group with a 600 hour PAK. Like it is over. Y'all need to get with the times.
STREAM TWICE ICSM
Chile
Not y'all arguing on a K-Pop forum over what some random Blink said.
Anyways, Stream
Thats hard because Lip syncing doesn't mean someone can't sing, they could just be sick or focusing on a dance or whatever reason, however its no secret more than a hand full of kpop idols cant sing to save their life so that would be very awkward. I would support because all my favs can sing and love to sing confidently whenever they can! a good singer, loves to sing thats the joy of singing and making music for a job, doesn't make any sense if you're worried about singing your own music live? It's like being asked to readout a story YOU wrote, shouldn't be problem.
ALL I know is aespa, RV, BP, NCT, TXT, Ateez, weekly, Secret number, bling bling and stayc will be more than welcomed to introduce the no lip-syncing policy
The thing is love...these idols don't make the music. They don't make the key, melody, or register. It's all up to the whims of the company. For example, as a Soshi stan SM loved giving Tiffany notes she couldn't hit repeatedly for aesthetic value. Hence why she was repeatedly dragged.
A better example would be "It's like being asked to read a poem you didn't write with a voice you were told to use"
Top 5 Korean Acts in Japan determined by Peak Public Relevancy (PPR)
1. BoA
2. TVXQ
3. KARA
4. Girls' Generation
5. TWICE
Top 5 Korean Acts in Japan determined by Longevity
1. TVXQ
2. BoA
3. TWICE = BTS
4. KARA
5. Girls' Generation
It is that simple. But all of the solo female artist all took the heaviest of hits mid to late 00's.
They were almost completely wiped off the map by the early 10's. BoA was one of dozens to suffer the decline.
It was also some of SM's fault but even if they did everything right BoA would probably only be selling 3x what she is now.
Which...isn't much at all either. Sucks, but the Japan industry moved onto boring folk pop music.
It is what it is. To be honest though, it doesn't really matter.
Y'all leave BP alone lmao.
You can simply look at the revenue made my large venues in SEA by popular artist or even other K-Pop artist like BTS for example. A concert holding 250,000 people in SEA would be equivalent to 60,700 people in Japan. Hence why these are good for boosting and inflating numbers but not making as much revenue back. A stadium in America not going to happen. Only S-tier acts (Drake, Taylor Swift, Beyonce)or acts with mega fanbases (BTS, 1D) can fill those up. It is really hard for even A or B listers here to fill them up. And with Corona, no concert venues will open up until probably the last quarter of this year of starting next year. So not really seeing it. The venues in South America has the similar issue to SEA. But it isn't as bad and can make reasonable profit. Though they would need to have the same qualifications (S-Lister/Mega Fanbase) in Latin America. They go to concerts less compared to their North American counterparts. But it wouldn't be impossible. Just highly unlikely. I am thinking maybe a tour with 15,000 - 25,000 venues in the West (Europe/Americas) and 30,000 - 50,000 venues in the East (Asia) would be just fine and bring in a lot of money for the group. Make a great balance.
And what does that anything to do with?
THEY STILL DOING THAT
KEEP BEING MAD
Not reading all that STREAM TWICE I CAN'T STOP ME
Not reading all that STREAM TWICE I CANT STOP ME
BTS is not "way bigger" than Twice, y'all are absurd to think that way
I wouldn't take it to heart. Majority if not almost all people on this website knows little of the Japanese industry.
So they make comparisons and say random stuff. They do this about every single country.
So it isn't really a big deal. Let them think what they want tbh. I wouldn't care.
Personally, while TWICE is ahead in the public relevance and popularity department, BTS is not really far behind.
They literally had a large hit last year with Dynamite. It was super successful.
Yeah, due to Japan's changes you can't compare to any past hits but it is definitely far from being a minor one.
Not to mention their fandom is extremely large. Bigger than TWICE's fandom which has been killed by JYPE.
So those two factors means they are already TWICE's equal when it comes to Japan.
The biggest "idol" group hit in Japan last year would be NiziU Make You Happy following that was Dynamite.
So I would already say BTS Is on that level. But primarily as group.
I don't think they would have the same solo potential as someone from TWICE or TVXQ would there in Japan.
It would primarily be the fandom carrying any Japanese success not so much public interest.
Not there is anything wrong with that. I personally think its better to rely on Fandom for commercial success.
Overall, I think BTS Is doing just fine. They are definitely on the same level in my opinion.
A boy group outselling two companies who highest sellers are Girl Groups.
