Posts by WhyKnock

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He’s been here since one hallyu lol. Senior singer has been here forever and OP as well.

AKP 2012-14

OH 2015-17

AKP (and OH sometimes) 2018-..

At my height I wrote 3 posts every day warning the world the harm [not disclosed] caused to the kpop world

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Somi is popular she isn’t Korea it girl

Thanks to the YG practice of promoting her once in a blue moon.

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As far as I have read, i-fan votes gave the major boost in the final rounds of season 1, hence her thanking in English, in addition to Korean.

And then Mnet shutting down i-fan votes in the subsequent seasons.

I have not kept up, but does GP999 allow international votes.

And I don't why she left JYP, so don't know if your speculation is true.

International fans at that time mostly referred to the Chinese, since Pinky Zhou had a shot at making the top 11.

If JYP thought it was more beneficial to keep Ennik, she would have been kept as intended. But for whatever reason he decided it was better to release her.

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She is still popular and Dumb Dumb is definitely doing well.

That said, I think Somi's popularity with Koreans is overestimated. In Produce 101, 1st season international fans could vote, and it that which caused a landslide for her.

Whereas with Korean public votes, it was Sejeong who lead in popularity. Be it with the consistent ranking, guerilla concert votes or even later when IOI was active.

Somi's popularity came much from i-fans than Koreans -could be many reasons - JYP label-Sixteen, facility with English etc. So was she ever the "IT" girl in S.K. I am not sure.

Post I.O.I, Chungha has been having the best Kpop career as solo and among groups with IOI alums, it is WJSN with Yeonjung, that has been doing consistently well - gugudan, pristin are disbanded without making much waves, Weki Meki/DIA struggling.

Other successes has been more outside music - Sejeong seems the most visible, with variety, musical theater and dramas doing well. Sohye, Mina (Hotel Del Luna), Chaeyeon and Nayoung also are getting roles. Jieqiong shifted to China.

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WhyKnock have you weighed in on Produce series - allowing i-fan votes pushed Somi to top and then the later seasons they block i-fan votes I believe.

Since you champion internationalizing kpop over anything. Any thoughts.

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At that time international votes did not matter too much since it took a while for ifans to catch on the Produce series. If Ennik had been more popular among ifans she would not have been released by JYP

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If I'm not wrong there used to be some rule on Music Bank where a song could not be nominated after 3 months and it was changed just last year. So yeah if it's true then then definitely no one can get #1 as well as #2 unless double singles.

It is Music Core. Which is why Rollin was not eligible for any wins there.

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Legends

I try to mention only Kpop singers in this post so since (not disclosed) is not part of KPop I did not disclose that name

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taeyeon did it too

if vs Gee

At that time Gee was considered a SNSD song

It is definitely a change for the better.

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Source?

In their cams the members hardly do anything with Choown and treat her as if she does not exist

Today's aespa vs aespa at Music Bank was amazing

Only three others managed to do this achievement

EXO

BTS

(Name Undisclosed)

[Although you know who I am refereing if I do not disclose a singer's name)

So, aespa has reached the same level EXO, BTS and (Name Undisclosed) have reached!

It outlived GFriend. It has won.

Next week will have the same matchup

The week after it will be aespa vs KPop's Senior Singer.

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What? Are you implying? That Sangah is dominating whole group. i don't know how you are making these claims.

Sangah has taken the leadership of the whole group, who bullies Choown who is basically by herself.

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If going by precedents, I think BTS is like ABBA.

They definitely brought Swedish music industry into prominence, that even Kpop often gets production done there.

But that's not going to make Swedish music prominent and growing successful.

Like with Korea, the population limits the market.

Sure future there maybe few more prominent acts, but this might be the peak, after which Kpop will be a part of Western allied industry, and not very distinctive.

More about business, production,

More "Behind The Scenes" than "BTS" ☺️

If the precedent repeats.

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Sweden still produced a few hit acts after ABBA,like Roxette and Ace of Base

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by European artists - Wikipedia

And, ABBA was never as domineering as BTS.

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More like discounted tteokbokki got them that win.

Thankfully MSG Wannabe ensured that Laboum won't be only remembered for that with allegations of sajaegi.

Unfortunately Laboum's brief revival went away with the end of the Brave Girls craze and the MSG Wannabe song actually botched Laboum's sole hit

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That is a nice picture.. do you know who all are paying filial duty? I see Twice, Seventeen.. who else?

I remember Got7 and Wanna One were there on that day

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Oh right, let's not forget when Laboun ended IU.

Laboum and Suran (ft. Suga) ended IU in mid-2017

Psy and Lee Hyori had to revive her

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society after bts retires:

More likely

IU and a bunch of acts paying filial duty to KPop's Domesticist and turning inward

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hmm Hina is not korean but she can build their fanbase in Japan. And Sana is also very popular in korea.

The most important issue with Lightsum is the chasm between Sangah, who gets to lord over all of the members except Chowoon, and Chowoon being marginalized in there. Chowoon has too much history, which Sangah and her cohort are not willing to tolerate

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So you got a new name for IU - "The Sphinx of Kpop", nobody passes without reckoning with her.

So who all have passed her test?

Don't say Laboum ..

Other than Laboum, no one yet

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That's great. Hope they will be able to do in person fan meeting soon. Does cube handle non-cute ggs better than cute ggs though? 4minute and gidle both did well. clc also debut with cute type of song. i hope they don't change their sound/ concept frequently like clc. They should highlight Sangah and Hina they both have star quality.Th

The chasm between Sangah and Choown cannot be amended (Hina is the one member who follows Choown, probably because she is not Korean)