Posts by capybaro

It's a fact that large companies manipulate their own falls in order to make even more money, but in this case the fall seemed chaotic and uncontrolled, so I don't think it was intentional.

Anyway, they probably see that even in the falls there is more money to be made and they will be using this fall to convince their shareholders to buy even more shares by convincing them that they will never be cheaper than now and that it will be a safe investment with the return of BTS next year.

it's the first time I've watched a live performance of Hwasa, her presence and aura is so unique and captivating!!

I listened to almost nothing kpop until I discovered Magnetic and it brought me into this world!

I think the data was taken from here:

Spotify Daily Chart Totals - Japan

If you add all the streams you got the 361M for newjeans and 320M for twice

Newjeans:

Twice:

in short, according to WhyKnock, if there is no 16yo megaidol that comes from a giant company, kpop is dying, well I don't share that take.

Quote from WhyKnock

Yes, the trend did change after Wonyoung, but while Illit is not a minor act, Minju is older than both Wonyoung and Eunchae, making it go back by two generations.

Wonyoung, born August 31, 2004

Minju, born May 11, 2004

Three months difference equals two generations I guess, and why should age matter in being an MC to begin with?

Quote from WhyKnock

Until Wonyoung, the MCs tended to come from smaller acts, Irene being an exception.

But Wonyoung changed the trend , which was reversed with Park Minju.

Illit is one of the main topics of conversation lately and their comeback is around the corner and highly anticipated, their debut was one of the best in recent years, and on top of it all they are backed by hybe, so despite all the recent drama I wouldn't consider Illit to be a "smaller act".

Calculating the average age of the previous MC:

2011 - Uee (born 1988) - 23yo

2013 - Park Seyoung (1988) - 25yo

2013 - Bora of Sistar (1988) - 25yo

2015 - Irene of Red Velvet (1991) - 24yo

2016 - Solbin of Laboum (1996) - 20yo

2018 - Kei of Lovelyz (1995) - 23yo

2019 - Shin Yeeun (1998) - 21yo

2020 - Arin of OhMyGirl (1999) - 21yo

2021 - Jang Wonyoung (2004) - 17yo

2022 - Hong Eunchae (2006) - 16yo

The average would be 21.5yo. Minju is 20 years old, so is younger than the average age of the previous MC, I don't think that only the last two should be taken as a reference.

Also, hi everyone!!! this is my first post, but I was reading the forum since the Hybe/Ador drama.