Posts by Kariyu

It makes sense, when someone we cherished is gone suddenly - we want to know what happened. Especially since Moonbin was so young, it makes more sense you want to know. In those cases where you are wondering if you did something wrong as well, we tend to freak out a little bit more as well and want to keep speculating. So, everything you're feeling makes sense.

At the same time though, we will never know everything that was going on in Moonbin's life. KPOP idols reveal so much of themselves on the daily that we can almost forget that they have their own private lives. They choose what they want to reveal of themselves, and in this case Moonbin's family chose not to reveal what exactly happened. We will never have all the details of what happened and our part - so all we can really do is see if we have changes we think we need to make.

All we can do now as fans is take this time to mourn those we've lost and also take a chance to reflect on ourselves in the ways we operate in this cyberspace :)

In some ways yes, in others no. On the one hand, it is true they can't go for more vocally complex songs bc they're weak in vocals but I'd argue it hasn't really been an issue for them.

They're designed as a performance group first, so most of their songs have been designed around being concept and performance heavy. They've shown they can still produce a variety of good music and be successful even with weaker vocals. This is kpop, you can get by with weaker vocals if you can perform.

What's holding them back at this point: JYP and their questionable group direction. 🤦‍♀️ Sneakers was a nice callback to their older style, but Boys Like You makes me question what they're trying to do with this group.

'Lately'.....

Bud, in 2015 they accused just about every other group of plagiarizing BTS - they been complaining. The problem is as the older/longtime fans have mellowed out, the new ones keep complaining 🤦‍♀️

Sarcasm aside: there have been a lot of issues with HYBE coming up over the years so there a lot of legitimate complains stemming from there as well

They're considered 'bigger' in terms of time in the industry and knowledge of the industry as well.

If we're talking numbers and overall popularity numbers, Twice and Blackpink dwarf SNSD any day.

If we're talking relative impact and influence, then it's a more complex discussion:

SNSD literally brought girl groups back on the map and are the original 'Nation's Girl Group'. The members are still regularly in those monthly top influence rankings as well, and many trainees and current idols still look to SNSD as role models. This is all after 15 years in an industry where 99% of groups don't make it to the 5-7 year mark. Even more rare, all of the members have successful individual careers and individual fame as well, even without the group name.

Now for TWICE and Blackpink - we can't say as much about staying power yet bc both groups are still at 7 and 6 years respectively. That being said, they are making it to where 99% of groups can't. Both groups have expanded KPOP onto the global stage - something SNSD never fully accomplished. TWICE has become the new nation's group and taken over Asia while Blackpink has exploded internationally into the west. Many new idols will also state various TWICE/Blackpink members as their role models too and learn their dances as trainees.

Long story short:

Your idol's idol is TWICE and Blackpink

Your idol's idol and their idol's idol is SNSD

Bruh, they have minors - and that's not their concept

meeee

This is the first time a song has legitimately made me mad lol. The vocal melody itself is amazing and the girls did amazing, but that instrumental is def something, they were going for noise music for some parts and they literally served noise music in those parts. So, strictly speaking, they did what they came to do - it's just really not my style and I'm not sure yet if I'll keep listening to it.

Edit: What's jarring is that distorted church bell motif, which is on purpose but I can't get around it. The instrumental in the bridge I will say though is really good, I like most of the last third of the song.

I can respect if other people like this, but it's just too jarring for me atm. I think part of it is mixing bc that backtrack is really loud in the stage video, maybe the official audio is mixed differently and that changes things but still a no for me atm.

Tbh, the song isn't really mixed well - the vocals are too loud rn and they don't really mesh with the instrumental.

Honestly, imo her only weak track is probably Birthday. The song felt like it was trying to do much at once, trying too hard to be unique and quirky and just came off awkward in the end. It had the potential, but again it was trying to do too much. They decided to go a bit simpler with her other tracks and it's definitely paying off - they're focusing on just making good music and it shows. All her other releases have been straight hits one after the other.

Jisoo will get a solo T_T

(this is just me manifesting at this point)

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This is Kpop and the artists are Korean. It's interesting they would say that.

It's becoming more and more common for Kpop artists to hit Billboard charts so it makes sense. Obviously, throw in the amount of success BTS has had over the years - more and more groups are seeing it as a potential reality.