Posts by bzzz

Quote from nana18

Dude how is did you make it a hybe issue with two of the participants? Hybe groups are probably the reason that there is even crowed there Zico, Ikon and Bi are local artists and Dpr Ian has a very niche fandom

You just explained why. The 2 HYBE's groups were meant to be main sellers but, that plan clearly failed.

I believe most goers went there more because of ikon + B.I/Youngjae.

Zico and DPR were basically fillers.

Promoted as the grandest K-pop concert of the year in the country, Brite Partner, in partnership with SBS, organizes 2-days K-POP Supersound Festival 2023.

Earlier today, the first day of the concert, presenting B.I, Zico, DPR IAN, fromis_9, BOYNEXTDOOR, iKON and Youngjae of GOT7, wrapped up and, these are photos taken at the venue

I think this makes the coziest K-pop concert in ages. Enough space to play futsal + badminton. Fans blamed higher ticket price (฿2,500 - 7,900) and bad reputation of the promoter. Still, I believe this is very extreme.

Bang Sihyuk said he would demote SEA market for lowering numbers. Will he be embarrassed after seeing this?

Luvies are unease as the lineup for the second day (tomorrow) is Red Velvet, Taemin, WayV, WEi, Zico and 8TURN.

Quote from Blossomin88

Should we started to post about our favourite food in this section too? I'm sure all kpop fans love to eat or at least need to eat to survive.

Many K-pop idols love somtam (aka Thai papaya salad). Should I start a thread about the journey of papaya to Thailand?

Quote from Blossomin88

Fried rice is nice, should I cook it or buy it? Hmmm

In China, it may be treated as fridge clearing menu. If you have many scraps in the fridge, may you cook a dish.

In Thailand, fried rice usually comes with a piece of lime. You may try adding some lime juice into this dish. And, don't forget MSG.

RS, once a music giant, has returned to pop music scene through the launch of a new subsidiary, BRIQ.

While the quality of music video production is way above average (for T-pop standard),

The debut stage isn't and too small for the number of performers.

They also covered songs of RS' seniors

The quality of these trainees is questionable. Their blatant lip-synch suggested they were uncertain with singing skill. No one was seemingly excellent dancer nor pretty. The view count is very low too. RS must have been inactive in pop music scene too long that the youth has shunned. Not many wants to be under RS label nor consume its contents.

The music is not good at all, after 1:30 minute, I thought "When will this song ends?", the thought which should never pop up when you listen to a good song.

This is a very underwhelming label debut. I don't anticipate what these trainees may release in the future.

Actually, Le Sserafim is the senior as it debuted IN KOREA earlier. HKT48's Sakura also called Irene SENIOR.

Quote from Dreamer95

Why does the tweet say LSFM is their senior when it is the opposite?

Because she exactly said "Ruserafim sunbaenim". Sunbaenim = senior.

Quote from selfmate

who knows...

depends on YHS I guess...

YG set to hold shareholder meeting this week. Some shareholders definitely are curious and itch to ask some questions.

The Korean media were being racist and misleading. Thai tourists did not have a problem with "strict" standard but insult and discrimination. Korean officer created bullshit bar specially for Thai tourists to reject them. Rejected tourists shared following absurd questions to send them home

- Why do you have so much cash despite your low salary? (Perhaps, because she saved up for 2 years for this trip?)

- Why do you not remember the address number of your friend's home? (Did not allow the person to summon the friend to confirm.)

- The hotel you booked, how many trees are there in front of it?

- Why do you come to Korea so many times?

Some shared the officer just detained them for hours without asking much before telling them to go home, as if just to make them suffer more.

Thai netz also express that to blame the Thai wholly for illegal immigration is discrimination. They are so many illegal Thai laborers only because they are many illegal Korean employers. It takes 2 to tango. (The Thai chooses to be illegal labor because they cannot pass TOPIK. TOPIK level 4 is requirement to be legal laborer.)

Some make up conspiracy theory that Korean officer just deport Thai tourists as cover up. If they are truly strict with their jobs, why are they still so many illegal immigrants? Most rejected are simply innocent tourists. Those officers take bribe from Korean employers to turn blind eyes to real illegal laborers and deport actual tourists to pretend they have been working diligently.

Chinese fans of Lisa clarified that Lisa had not been banned in China. Her Weibo account was a property of YG and it was YG deleting it. The Chinese fan account was coincidentally suspended due to massive reports. Brands deleting her pic from official Weibo accounts as the contract signed with YG had expired.

If she had been banned, the Chinese show she was on must have been deleted, all Blackpink and Lisa's mv must have been erased from all Chinese streaming platforms and BigC could not sell Dentiste product with Lisa's pic via its Xiaohongshu account. (Dentiste had Lisa as brand ambassador. BigC is a retailer selling Dentiste among others.)

He was on X' Thailand trend on Halloween but, I did not want to give him any exposure. Now that he made news for dating a daughter of a high profile politician (พีระพันธุ์ สาลีรัฐวิภาค - currently Minister of Energy) anyway, I would like to share a kind of relating news.

After exiled from K-showbiz, Mr. Toilet moved to Thailand and signed with Logbook Entertainment to restart showbiz career.

On Oct 29, CEO of Logbook, Kim Jonghyun, released this statement damning the already disgraced singer. (The statement is in 3 languages, scroll down for English version).

In short, Kim accused Mr. Toilet of betrayal. Kim gave him second chance and even lent him money. Now that he got a powerful bride-to-be, he ditched Kim and all unfinished projects, putting Kim in debt, without ever repaying the money Mr. Toilet owed to Kim. Kim also accused the mother of Mr. Toilet's girlfriend of threatening. Kim said the mother told a Thai employee that Kim must let Mr. Toilet go or Kim could no longer live in Thailand. Kim continued accusing Mr. Toilet of lying, putting all the blames on Logbook when they were Mr. Toilet's own faults. Kim said he would file civil and criminal lawsuits against Mr. Toilet.

To paint a clearer picture, here is the summary of what lead to Kim's damning statement and where the fraud accusation came from

Logbook announced the release of an album of Mr. Toilet and put it up for pre-sale.

Several months passed and nothing was released. Fans speculated of album fraud and asked Mr. Toilet if there was any update. He replied he was scammed too and was looking for a lawyer to sue Logbook on his and his fans' behalves. Fans then pressed Logbook for explanation. Logbook apologized and promised compensation to buyers.

Yet, few more months passed and no action was taken on both Logbook and Mr. Toilet's parts. No buyer was contacted for compensation and Mr. Toilet filed no lawsuit.

Mr. Toilet's manager (his brother) told fans that Mr. Toilet had some disagreement with the lawyer and was looking for a new one thus, delayed filing.

Later (September 2023), Mr. Toilet's manager told fans that he was leaving Logbook.

On Oct 29, Logbook released damning statement.

Mr. Toilet responded saying he would take legal action and could not disclose any detail for now. He insisted he had nothing to do with Logbook's fraud and wished fans would always stand by his sides.

Fans/ex-fans have been debating if it is Mr. Toilet or Logbook lying to excuse oneself from legal repercussion.

Src. 1, 2

Personally, Mr. Toilet and his brainless fans aside, I wanna know if the accusation on the girlfriend's mother is true. This has to be investigated and, if true, the minister must resign.

Quote from hype-girls

mushrooms are kinda hard because they take so much effort to grow. like you need an contained airflow thing to do the petri dish swabs and they require many different stages of growth and care that all has to be completely sterile.

even a little exposure will contaminate a whole batch, and even if you’re careful you have to be prepared to lose at least half the batch. so all of this is done en masse so you have some left at the end

you can’t just get them from your tweaker friend jerry,

I don't think it is hard to grow in this mold paradise. I believe a buncha backpackers come here just for mushroom cocktail. Still, this means we have fu**ing diverse varieties of mushrooms including fatal look-alike. Take it at your own risk.

There is also a possibility of someone going cray cray dashing into the street to be run over.

Quote from Lulu_Key

Wait there are more celebs implicated in this case?

I read that 2 female singers were booked for drug. Both had famous husband. One of them was ex-idol. Their drug cases did not relate to GD's case though.

Korean Produce trainees were trainees of music agencies. They for sure received some training.

These Japanese girls mostly are commoners without any proper training.

The so-called trainers are not actually trainers. They do more of "directing" than training. So, those untrained trainees keep being untrained.

The voice in this show is very raw, no heavy edit.

Quote from Alex_Murphy

Wild take.

What did the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995 arise out of? I'm curious.

Also, did Anders Breivik's attack in 2011 Norway arise out of something? If so, does it mean it's justified?

Ain't gonna bothered with Breivik but, sarin attack was not "terrorism" as terrorist is meant to have some kind of political agenda, the fall of a nation, independent new country etc., not simply human sacrifice.

And, it did not pop up out of nowhere and reflected societal "sickness" of the nation. Japan had some internal tension which exploded in such form.

Quote from Caustic

what ever you say Terrorist apologist.

Genocide apologist. Eew.

What are factors to set ticket price?

Artist fee, hospitality fee (for both artist and artist's staff), production fee, staff/usher team, copyright fee and others.

How to calculate the price?

First, we have to count all costs. How many seats, how many tickets we can issue per each zone of the venue. Then, we run P&L (profit and loss) analysis and set the ticket price, what the price of each zone is, what is the percent of sold ticket to break-even.

Usually, we set the price so we can to break even at 60 - 70% of sold tickets. There is always the high risk of not selling out. Some concerts come with very high cost, we may not even break even at 80%. Yet, we dare to go head on if the artist is so popular that we predict sold out. They are times we give up due to the very high cost.

Why may the ticket prices of 2 concerts of similarly popular artists by 2 different promoters be vastly different?

Despite the similar levels of popularity, the fees of the artists can be widely different. Also, they are production, hospitality costs and such.

Why has the ticket price for Korean artists exceeded that of western ones?

Several Korean artists charge higher artist fees than western ones. Besides, the number of artist's staffers, the demand for hospitality and production may be higher.

From promoter's point of view, where is the satiable ticket price for both promoter and buyer these days?

The satiable price for the promoter and the buyer may be different. You cannot compare the price with the past. The artist fee of Korean artists rises every years. The more popular they get, the pricier they are. Sometimes, they are multiple promoters bidding for the same artist and the fee rises. For Thailand, many artists charge higher than most parts of Asia.

I don't know where is the satiable point for both promoter and buyer. But, for promoter, the price must base on the combined cost and the risk of unsold tickets. For this year (2023), I think the appropriate price is 2,000 - 8,000 bahts.

There are criticisms on celebrities' backstage access.

Mostly, those persons are invited by the artist or the artist's label. In the case of promoter's request, it always must be approved by the label first. We can't just let anyone access to backstage. Sometimes, those persons link to the sponsor of the concert.

Have they been times you take the blame for the artist?

To work with Korean artist, we must sign the deal that we will never put the artist or the label in a bad light or we face a hefty fine. We also have to keep the connection for future works. So, no promoter dares to speak out. They are multiple times where the mistake is the fault of the artist or the label. They are times the artist or the label ignore our warning. And, we must take the heat. Mostly, it is the benefit issue. The label has agreed with us to provide some benefits to VIP buyers but cancel that last minute. We cannot defend ourselves nor demand for compensation.

Is it more difficult to work with foreign artists?

The management of Korean artist is very strict and systematic. Thai artists are more compromising. The Korean also is demanding that we must service them as soon as they set feet on Thai soil. The hospitality fee is hugely different. Also, we may discuss with Thai artist for more benefit when the sell is not going well. For Korean artist, there is no negotiation after the contract is signed.

Sometimes, the artist skips Thailand in Asian tour. Why?

They can be different reasons. The artist fee may be too high, as I've mentioned that the artist charges multiple times higher for Thailand. Sometimes, it's schedule conflict. Some artists just do not want to visit Thailand.

Source.

After first listened to Baddie, I felt so familiar, as if I had heard a similar song before. I finally realize what song Baddie resembles

I remember Cosmic Girl was initially meant to be a hiphop girl group until the partnership deal with a Chinese agency happened. Baddie may be something Kim Shidae had wanted to released for years.

Thailand's top supermarket chain, Lotus', has launched a campaign where 250 persons spending most money at any shop within Lotus' will attend Park Seojun fan meeting event.

A woman named Khemjira reportedly led the board with 50m THB (roughly 1.36m USD).

Khemjira, who was an online merchant, gave an interview that she did not really spend that much. She bought and sold gold bars at a goldsmith's inside Lotus' daily.

Her record was broken today with another woman named Jinattha topping her at 78m (roughly 2.12m USD). I guess she used similar tactic.

The spending will be concluded tomorrow.

Quote from nana18

The entire XG strategy is to promote as a K-pop group so it makes that they promote in Korea but not for dream academy

LMFAO

Avex’s CEO Katsumi Kuroiwa on the Challenges of Creating Global Hits: Interview

Billboard Japan interviewed Kuroiwa in recognition of his selection for the 2023 International Power Players list.

www.billboard.com

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You were selected for the 2023 Billboard International Power Players list in recognition of the success of XG’s debut and their appearance in the Mediabase Top 40 Radio Airplay charts, the first time ever for Japanese female artists. Could you start out by discussing some of the challenges you faced with XG’s debut?

Kuroiwa: We launched XGALX, a global artist project behind artists like XG, six years ago, in 2017. This was when the world’s attention was first turning to K-pop. Of course, K-pop already had its fans at the time, but this was about when it started to establish an overwhelming presence due to BTS. Avex has a long history of producing K-pop artists such as BoA, TVXQ, and BIGBANG. We formed a partnership with S.M.entertainment in 2001, and we created a label with YG Entertainment. The strong impression I got through our activities with them was that they were keeping a close eye on the Japanese and global markets. Leveraging this experience, we launched the XGALX project with the aim of creating global hits. Initially, we were aiming for a 2020 debut, but the COVID pandemic but a halt to any major moves, so the debut ended up being in 2022. We built up even more knowledge in the intervening time, so in the end it turned out for the best.

XG is based in Korea, but all of the members are Japanese. How does it differ from K-pop?

Kuroiwa: We have a great respect for K-pop, but what really sets XG apart is their originality and freshness. We built the group together with our partners around the world, taking the best elements from Korea, Japan, and the US. The potential of the members, the music production, the video, and the fashion all came together, overlapping and giving birth to XG. We didn’t want to make them a J-pop or K-pop group, but instead create an all-new genre, X-Pop.

The members of the group had a lot of different ideas about what language the lyrics should be in. Some said that since the members are Japanese, they should sing in Japanese, but ultimately they came to the conclusion that since they’d be targeting the global market, including the Korean market, English would be best. None of the members are native speakers, so we really focused on pronunciation from the very start of their artist development.

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If DA ain't gonna be promoted on Korean shows, where will it be? America's Got Talent or Good Morning America, campus showcase tour, radio play and magazine interviews?

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.

They did not have to since they could comfortably work in Thailand.

LMFAO. Since Lisa is natural beauty goddess.

Quote from ElephantPlan

Blehbleh, jealous and delusional.

I support you continue being a fool.

Quote from chaelisayadom

why this thread is not banned? The comments reeks

Because they desperate for traffic. Many outright troll threads and accounts have been intact.