Posts by xviper2k

Quote from superyeah

Man, not this again...

"Off the Record" was released in "American time," meaning 9pm PT or 12am ET. It's geared towards western listeners.

The song itself resembles "Cupid" by FIFTY FIFTY. Koreans just don't like that sound because they don't understand it. For Americans, it's different. Americans love it because songs like "Cupid" by FIFTY FIFTY and "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat, SZA have familiar vibes to the beloved classic "Lovefool" by The Cardigans.

Different sounds for different demographics. That's all there is to it.

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I would hardly call midnight on a weekday "American time." Great for west coasters, I guess?

I really can't stand the chorus of this song; her voice is so damn nasally. The rest of it isn't very good either. Should've stayed unreleased. Also, why release a "performance video" for a song she's done nothing but perform? A proper MV would've made more sense, no?

Quote from Daisy_Queen

The poor execution bothers me more

There's nothing wrong with her showing off her body more, no matter who it's catering to.

But she seems to think boobs will fix everything and it won't, which is why she's not seeing the same (and right) kind of vitality that Exid, Hyosung, Sunmi, Lee Hyori and Brave Girls had.

This is so true; boobs won't fix everything.

You need butts too.

Not very inspiring, but let's be real, as an all-English (G)I-DLE track it could've been SO MUCH worse.

Quote from TheHeretic

aespa hasn't peaked yet.

That's debatable. They're certainly not on a constant upward trend like some other groups.

Interesting that everyone associated with Kpop was named along with their group except for Yoona & Taeyeon.

Uhm... do these venues even allow male performers?

Regardless, I think anyone who sees Lisa as a trailblazer who's started a trend is kidding themselves. No one else is doing this.

Not feeling it.

Quote from silentmoon

I thought it was strange too, she has a lot of potential as solo. I remember there was a rumor that she only renew her contrat for 3 years, maybe JYP doesn't want to invest in her since she is leaving earlier? It could also be because of the china issue

Everyone typically re-signs for only 3 years, not just Tzuyu.

Quote from OnceMidzy4ever

And yet, she renew, even if she will have 0 solo activities. I believe because she dont want to. What you think? Why you think Tzuyu resign?

Because she wanted to stay with Twice. And as detrimental as JYP has been to all of their carers up until they re-signed, I'm sure she's smart enough to realize there are also outside factors preventing her from reaching her full potential.

Quote from OnceMidzy4ever

You believe she cant do this things because JYP is behind, and yet she still renew the contract. I know OP thinks she is stupid. What this makes Tzuyu according to you?

I said she was being held back for political reasons. JYP has been a big part of it, but he isn't the only one. She should be the most visible member, but instead she's being treated like a hot potato that no one wants to touch because everyone is deathly afraid of big, bad China.

I don't care what the OP thinks.

Quote from randkpopstan

This comes directly from them, they are the source of this like sana mentioned this in that variety show with the single's inferno dude. I didnt say every single schedule and endorsement is managed like this, but some part of them are. And the songwriting thing is something they mentioned and once even joked about it, of course not every song they respond in their chat ends in the album just like dahyun mentioned she wrote 6 songs for one of their recent album but not every one make it to the final cut.

I think you misinterpreted which activities were decided this way. I can tell you with absolute certainty that not a single endorsement is decided on a first come, first serve basis.

Quote from OnceMidzy4ever

Lol. Not even a fashion event? Mmm, i think you people underestimate Tzuyu.

We're underestimating Tzuyu? We're not the ones saying her lack of activities is her own fault because she's too shy & introverted to do anything. I mean really?

Taeyeon just attended a fashion event in Paris and she's infamously a homebody, much more so than Tzuyu. You genuinely think Tzuyu would refuse to attend these things if she were getting invited? I think you're the one underestimating her.

Quote from littlemissnoname

And yet neither are on Lisa's level of success and let's not act as if natty didn't change her whole face lol.

Quote from keyboardwarrior7

Someone from Twice did say something similar to what that person mentioned about the group chat. It was in reference to some variety contents during comeback rather than individual activities. For certain activities. It was one of 3Mix, but I can't remember which.

I could see them deciding variety show content based on who actually wants to do it (although they mostly do their own as a group.) But brand deals, photoshoots and such? No way.

Quote from Daisy_Queen

I remember her mom coming down on jype really hard over the DVD thing. I thought they'd be more stringent during renewal if not pull her out all together

If she's not popular enough for Korean work and say she can't work in China/Taiwan for political reasons, I don't understand why they don't work her in Japan more. She's popular there

She was the most popular member in Korea -- by far -- before JYP sarted to torpedo her career after the flag scandal. If he can't find work for her in Korea now, that's entirely his fault.

Quote from randkpopstan

I dont know anymore, jyp being trash is for sure a part of this, they being scared shitless of china so they avoid anything related to taiwan if a factor too.

But even if this sound crazy she probably have some responsibility, the twice girls have said lot of times most of their schedules are shared on a group chat and the ones that want to do it are the ones that respond faster, so some of them can avoid doing some things by simply ignoring it and letting others respond first. So they have lot of input in the schedules each one do, for example in album music credits where tzuyu have less than the rest you would think is jyp purposely mistreating her by not letting her participate in writing songs for the group but the reality is that the staff send the instrumental of a song to a group chat and the one that respond faster in tasked with writing the lyrics, the others are simply more attentive to that kind of work and tzuyu isnt. Something similar could be happening, except for brands that directly choose 1 of the twice girls the rest of endorsements are distributed by who respond first.

tzuyu is one of the most popular members in twice, and for sure lot of brands want her but she has to fight for her own career and honestly she doesnt look like that assertive type.

I don't know where you heard this, but that is... definitely NOT how their individual activities work. These companies aren't just asking for a random member who's first to respond to a group chat. There's too much money on the line for such randomness. They are asking for specific people. That's not how song writing works either. They have to submit their lyrics to JYPE and they're either accepted or turned down. Tzuyu has explicitly stated that all of her attempts at writing a song have been turned down.

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Quote from OnceMidzy4ever

I just find illogical that everybody got something except her. Blaming JYP? Why they are going to isolate one of the most popular members of group?
I always find Tzuyu very shy, very introverted. Maybe thats why she dont like to do those things. Maybe im wrong, who knows

It's all political. Her being shy has nothing to do with it. Her career has been offered as a sacrificial lamb to political appeasement.

Quote from unbannBLACPINK

this looks like local cute girl vs international celebrity

Very shrewd of you to not say which is which.