Posts by imean

Quote from versatile

Blackpink disbanded

whut?

actually aespa tts are becoming more public friendly ever since lsm left

Is this reverse psychology?

both title tracks are chosen well + If I could one choose one from the rest I think prologue is

somewhere between aespa sound and easy listening sound

in short another BIG BOP

SM suxx

listen in Spotify first

Armageddon - The 1st Album

aespa · Album · 2024 · 10 songs.

open.spotify.com

it's starting

Quote from randkpopstan

What happened with armageddon US pre orders? Is not listed on their offcial store, is SM giving up in the US market for aespa?

Nobody knows till now SM hasn't opened the links but still we can order on weverse but the shipping fees are unreasonable

Quote from randkpopstan

Kakao is the reason they have no pre orders and distribution in the US market then? Huge mistake

I guess Kakao has problem with US label since lsm left, warner dgaf

Quote from randkpopstan

I'm reading the cbars are boycotting and not contributing this comeback, that's probably a little exaggerated thought.

No, all aespa members cbars are boycotting this cb and there's still zero preorder availability outside of Asia. Kakao as distributor made things increasingly difficult compare to dreamus and warner's

Quote from Adelaidestevsn

Thankfully MHJ was there to save you guys from nugu status 🤭

Based on your own judgement, ain't this is an irony that MHJ could saved aespa but couldn't save her own group ?

Lol I guess MHJ didn't pay enough to her shamans and minions

Quote from foreveraespaaa

does anyone know what roof hit means? Some have it and some don’t and it’s quite confusing

meaning the number of people streaming and downloading reached the max that Melon charts on it's graphs

aespa played the long game

I'll be seated

Based on the snippet it sound really great

I noticed that this guild only added 2 pages since I was gone for nearly half a year

this guild really is dead huh

hi it's me again

I forgot my password for a while ago but now it's all resolved

too bad for my original acc I can't opened it again

Quote from babydoll23

That was my original point. They lost the lead when they had it and have failed to recover since. Unless they make a dramatic change in who they're working with, they're going to continue to be behind. I would say maybe they should focus on China/Japan but they don't exactly have the best track record of treating their Chinese idols well lol

yes I agree , I was just adding my point .

Since they already succeeded conquering China/ Japan market before now only 1 big market left they hasn't conquering and looking at other company succeeding in US, they wanted to have their turn too. Like SM today is the same like SM before (only minus LSM) so their obsession doesn't change. I predict riize will be soon send to US like aespa's . They already signed to RCA records.

Quote from babydoll23

Disagree. They fumbled the bag way before HYBE even came on the scene.

SNSD was HUGE back in 2011/2012 and they chose to release The Boys as the internationally-marketed song. While the song is amazing, it is not suited for Western audiences. That sound was already dated back in 2011/2012. Then you have EXO, who out of all SM groups had the biggest potential to go viral in the West and SM, again, released practically nothing that would appeal to western audiences.

We could even go further and talk about how Pink Tape, f(x)'s album, could've went somewhere internationally but their absolute lack of understanding what is suitable for Western audiences is their pitfall. Look at Aespa's english releases... they are cute songs but not the kind that are going to top the Billboard Hot 100.

you are mistaken my point

Yes before they had chances but fumbled the bag. But now, I am talking about todays situation. They had 0 chance to make it in US rn. Maybe they will had chance If they work with someone who has influence in the west

Quote from babydoll23

SM is absolutely terrible at understanding the Western/International market. Where SM thrives is in Asia. However, with kpop becoming more and more global, unless they switch things up and change strategies, they are going to continue to lag behind.

there's no way they could compete with Hybe-Scooter Braun influence in the west. Look how much work he's done to promote their artist in Spotify, radios and tiktoks . The difference is heaven and hell. Besides lack of casuals interest in the west, SM is terrible to promoting their new music (for example: the song was put at the bottom rankings in Spotify playlists, lack of paid promotions in yt shorts & tiktoks, no spotify premium merchs and booth all over the world to gauge interest, no collaboration with major artist/ major company for a song and didn't send it to the radios etc etc) so the exposure was minimum . So how do we expect some new listeners to tune in?

Maybe just maybe if SM is smart , they should take a punt and work with Simon Cowell .