Yes korean charts are largely irrelevant because kpop turned into a global music genre years ago. A kpop artist can be unknown in Korea yet still tour around the world filling 10k venues or even more. Why would a company put more focus on one market if you can attract people from all over the world? Besides that YG is promoting BM in korea for this comeback as the group is now complete again.
Any semi popular kpop bg sells more than 350k in a week.
If you exclude korean charting which again is largely irrelevant in modern kpop they are doing well not just for a new group but kpop groups in general. Also they have been groups that have done worse than BM in multiple metrics and yet sold more than 350k in a week. Besides that BM has been memed since their debut last year and from my observation more people are now willing to give them chance after their 'real debut' which surely boosted sales after the first days.
Another assumption rooted in speculation.
Show SOLID proof. Not a jump to a conclusion.
Well then we can just not discuss anything I guess.
The announcement doesn't make me confident that there will be much content in the future from Blackpink as a group.
Display MoreI think, like I already mentioned, people are making too many assumptions and predictions.
We don't know the scope of the contract YG has with the girls in terms of "group activities". We don't know what it entails, what the specifics are, and what clauses are in the contracts.
If YG had any smarts in this, I would assume (see... assume) that they have stipulations in the group about content release. Either a minimum albums clause for duration of the contract or a minimum releases per set time frame as well as other various promotional clauses and a tour.
But nobody here knows what the contract entails and it's possible we won't ever.
So too assume that this is amazing news for the girls and Blinks and think we will be swimming in new stuff, or to conversely start dancing on Blackpinks grave thinking it's all ogre is jumping the gun completely.
We need to... continue to wait and see.
YG tried to hide/deflect the individual contract situation regarding Blackpink members. YG always does this stuff when they are fcked. Let's be real all 4 members left YG individually. No matter how you spin it this is humiliating for YG and shows that the relationship isn't great.
Why should we care
Because it affects BP group activity? BP can't do activities if YG doesn't even have the budget for it lol.
Yummy yummy blink tears
Most blinks are actually weirdly super happy about this situation because now the girls are apparently freed from the evil YG empire that imprisoned them for 7 years while making the girls ridiculous rich. Not seeing the bigger picture that YG got a shit deal on their hands while their music department is in shambles. YG has no control over BP anymore and can't rely on them. YG would be next level dumb if they don't invest everything in their new groups now. I can even see YG push forward the debuts of their new bg and that japanese new gg.
Chances are in a ideal work 1 year BP , 1 year solo stuff
6 months of touring every 2 years or something.
True but I just can't see that happening. I have some doubts if YG even wants a Blackpink comeback. All 4 members not resigning for individual activity is quite humiliating for Yang Hyunsuk and if you know YHS you know he's a big narcissist. Just making money from the Blackpink brand while not investing resources in BP could be fine for YG.
Display Morethat's not deceiving lol put yourself in their place and we will see them performing again I don't know why you think they deceiving fans
because they still want to be perform as blackpink they just want to be able to explore other areas that have been denied or YG not be able to give them the bare minimum and you know this
you are being extremely radical and seeing things from one perspective things aren't black and white .
do you honestly think they don't like performing as group ? the way I see it they try to compromise and find a way like a middle ground it could work for all of them being a group and still be able to do have solo activities and with YG they couldn't do so
why do they need to pick one option when they can have a second option? DO you want YG to keep profiting from them shamelessly without making any effort? well, having bp brand name is something they gained for themselves and it's 'well deserved and I don't see any issue with that.
I still don't understand why do you want them to renew under YG knowing how bad is YG for solo activities.
You are doing the same though. You are only seeing this from the perspective of Blackpink and not YG Entertainment.
This is an awful contract situation for YG. If there's going to be comeback it will have to be under YG's conditions otherwise it's not profitable for YG. YG needs big concert tours to recoup the money invested in a BP comeback. Album sales aren't going to be enough especially now that BP very likely has a better contract meaning YG receives even less money from Blackpink content.
Now the question is do the girls even want to do big tours while they manage their solo activities simultaneously? Do the agency of the girls want them to do big tours for YG? What if for example Lisa's new agency wants her to do a solo tour instead? There are so many variables now and the stars have to be aligned in the right way for a blackpink comeback. Surely you will also have 2 or 3 of the girls trying to get into acting and that is going to block a lot of time for a possible comeback.
What you will probably see next year is YG trying to milk fans with the Blackpink brand in every possible way without direct or only little involvement from the girls. Merchandise, mobile games, VR & AI, a remix album and more stuff like that.
Also even if there's going to be a Blackpink comeback it will likely be low effort from YG because it wouldn't be smart to use your best ideas and songs on a group you don't have 100% control over anymore.
'global' 32m streams on Youtube after over 2 weeks. 45m on Spotify, barely any increase in monthly listeners.
All of this despite the biggest marketing budget ever for a kpop group. Even BTS at their height had less advertisement.
You mean a downward trajectory right? Though I wouldn't blame Newjeans for that. Kpop hasn't been this irrelevant since 2017/2018. Kpop companies are just much better in milking existing fans these days.
The music part of Kpop has lost so much quality over the years which is down to companies investing more in their marketing budget than the music. Hybe is the biggest offender of that.
Jennie was literally ill and had to leave the stage! Honestly, it's messed up to use such an incident to drag her and BP.
Honestly, Lisa does have more energy and performance skills than the others, but all groups are like that. Why do people act like BP are the only group where that is the case? They all have their different strengths.
Because armys are toxic people. /Thread
https://www.allkpop.com/video/…s-next-plans-for-treasure
Isn't it weird that YG suddenly remembered that he has groups to debut or take care of? And going in front of camera no less to announce it as well. And announcing it for August, with Baemon debuting in September shortly after, the timing of it is just so suspicious. Almost like big shakeup is coming and investors need to be reassured that YG has a future
Of course this could be due to BigBang news as well, since investors were worried about that, so who knows. But Hardy might be cooking something
This is just YG blaming the mismanagement of the company in the past 2-3 years on him not being in charge. He's just feeding his huge ego. To be honest the Babymonster promotion have been very successful and if YG manages to turn Treasure around maybe there is some truth to it.
The song was in the 60s last week so i think the MV really shot the song up. power of Twice beauty
Youtube views are part of the criteria for Billboard Japan Top 100 which explains why it went up.
Twice receive a lot more views on their mv's compared to japanese artists since mass streaming is not a thing in japan.
Anyway the song is nowhere seen on Spotify Japan Top 50 which is understandable as it's another generic Twice song. Twice have actually lost their title as the most popular kpop group in japan at this point. Blackpink made more money with concerts in Japan than Twice and Hybe artists are charting a lot better on Spotify Japan than Twice.
In general I don't understand what JYP has been doing with their groups in Japan for the past 2-3 years.
NiziU went from the next big thing to dead group within 2 years. Twice losing their top spot and what is Itzy doing exactly? Stray Kids is the only JYP group improving their popularity in Japan. Really poor management from JYP.
No, it doesn't.
If you don't provide official data, then it doesn't prove anything.
But, please know, I also understand that you may choose to not believe the information in the OP because it also does not provide official data. If you don't believe, I get that, but none of what you have said provides substantial evidence to completely discredit it.
Yes it does. Please use your brain.
Why do kpop fans struggle so much in admitting that Babymonster is a really talented group?
I had to stop halfway through. The lyrics are incredible cringe. The song itself is fine but I can't listen to it with these cringe lyrics.
People that can't read and think this is their debut 
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..th-thirteen years old
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I was still learning to wipe my own ass till then I'm
She's 14 and 3 months old now. No idea why they used outdated ages. Maybe it was actually filmed last year lol.
