Are there idols who became more popular as soloists than they were in their groups?

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I still can't believe I got to immortalise the Saja Boys on my wonderful clients leg! In their Soda Pop outfits no less 😍 I hope you love it as much as we do 😅 Who's your favourite Saja boy? Mines definitely Jinu 🖤✨ submitted by /u/emilyfaithtattoo [link] [comments]

Just read an NBC news article about the announcements for suspension of many US-bound international shipments, including from South Korea, due to the recent rule changes for the Trump Tariffs. Aside from many, many (way more important) issues that this is gonna cause (obviously) but pertaining to our shared interest here, US Kpop fans will probably have to find alternative ways to get new album releases or even skip getting new albums altogether and just support their faves with streams and digital purchases and such. And with touring getting that much tougher for many artists (not even just within Kpop) these days, could this lead to Kpop companies increasingly deprioritizing the US and maybe shift towards opening market spaces like China (who have been slowly opening up their restrictions on K-media)? Not the end of the world for US Kpop fans, of course, but it might have ramifications across the Kpop industry. Any thoughts? submitted by /u/NomadPrime [link] [comments]

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By that I mean the one who keeps everyone together and helps the dynamic function. I know most people would say that a group wouldn’t work without even one member, which is fair, but what member do you think really solidifies their relationship as a group? For my 3 groups: I believe a few members of Ateez have all said Wooyoung fills this role, which I totally see Shinee’s was definitely Taemin- they could hate each other at points but came through for him so many times. K-pop equivalent of doing it for the kids With seventeen I’m not too sure, I think there are a few options but would like to hear other carats opinions submitted by /u/jakylln [link] [comments]

I have been watching some clips and some comparisons between reddit fans vs yt fans vs twitter fans vs ig fans of a particular group. And the thought crossed my mind that one day sooner or later these fans will have to satisfy themselves with their idols getting married and moving on in their life. Older groups who are active for more than 10 years have been slowly shifting to that part of their life. Fans back then used to be much more mature than how it is now, where 80% of newer fans being teenagers who can’t think past 4-5 years when it comes to their future. They get so much attached to their idols that it turns into unhealthy obsession. Harming oneself for the person who doesn’t even know you exists in particular. Twitter stans are such examples to take and learn to what things NOT to do when it comes to stanning an idol or a group. Anyways, so yaa idk how these so-called diehard fans will take in when that day comes but as I say it’s what reality does. submitted by /u/Daddy1007a [link] [comments]

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I saw Big Ocean live on August 9th in Raleigh NC! I got to meet them as well which was amazing! They are genuinely so talented and underrated! Stan them! Also the Yes Or Yes, Fancy You, Two Taste Of Love, and Two Eyes Wide Open albums I got for free! With all the inclusions too! submitted by /u/Confident_Growth406 [link] [comments]

Disclaimer: this isn’t a hate post towards the girls. They’re doing their jobs well. Full hate towards jypusa and the people making decisions. When I say ‘they’ that’s who I’m referring too Also I’m super happy KG is free from jyp and that situation has been resolved. You don’t get happy endings like that often in kpop —————————————————————— I don’t know what is going on inside the minds of the creative directors at jypusa, but they’re addicted to setting up these poor girls for failure. Credit where credit is due, redebuting under a different name and concept is a great idea. Girlset is a better name if not generic, certainly better than Vcha. However, you put these girls on a hiatus for well over a year on top of the previous hiatus since before KG left and go radio silent. And when you do make your grand rebranded debut and it’s a 2 minute song? Not even a music video? Filmed in a dressing room? They didn’t even label this song as a pre release or whatever so either they: 1: don’t know how to set expectations 2: they’re struggling financially and can’t afford a proper redebut 3: or they actually think this songlet is enough to satisfy fans Speaking of fans, besides the incredibly vocal vlights, I can’t imagine vcha’s casual listeners are gonna get much out of this either. The song itself is a hookless, generic nothingburger. It’s not even like, so bad or out of pocket it twists around into being good like Gnarly. It’s boring. The styling also isn’t doing anything for anyone other than Camila. Though Savanna’s hair during their first live performance looks good. I’m not a fashion person, but the MV outfits just aren’t eating. The only explanation I have is that they don’t show the girls personalities. Like they were chosen from a generic four member girl crush outfit pin on Pinterest I can’t imagine locals grabbing onto them either. They aren’t offering anything Katseye or more independent girl groups are offering but better. Especially with the controversies that dwarfed literally everything else either their names attached. With the new concept, it’s hard not to imagine that eyekons will think Vcha rebranded to better compete with katseye or ‘reheat their nachos’ or whatever. So that’s more shit they have fresh off their redebut The only was I see the creative team fixing this is if they get a really good creative director in tune with what the members want to do as a group and or let the members make creative decisions. But JYPUSA hasn’t given me a reason to think they’ll do that submitted by /u/LavaRoseKinnie [link] [comments]

kpopped was recently released and i binged watched the episodes this morning during work 🥲 it made me think though during Patti LaBelle’s episode that mamamoo would have been a great addition to the show! i know obviously they’re doing solo stuff currently and possibly for the foreseeable future but they would have done great. who would you want to see? submitted by /u/user37532 [link] [comments]

just saw the other post and was wondering if any idols have explicitly said they’re atheist..? would be interesting to see, since afaik korea is mostly irreligious but a lot of people still believe in god submitted by /u/kkazugyu [link] [comments]

Apologies to all the actual good Girlset fans Also saying Girlset isn't kpop does not change the fact that the comeback was disappointing (and yes I have seen many fans use this excuse) submitted by /u/SnooOranges829 [link] [comments]

this isn’t hate to the girls, but rather the company. and yes ik katseye isn’t kpop whatever. but this is more so abt hybe x geffen. the girls obviously can’t choose to be born a certain skin tone / ethnicity so this isn’t on them whatsoever, but rather the company and their attempt to profit off of the guise of “diversity”. katseye is definitely diverse in terms of the members being of different backgrounds, but more than half the entire group is of asian descent (one of them being half white too). the latina in the group is white passing, and the black girl in the group is light skinned and mixed with white. i can’t help but feel a disconnect with the diverse and global marketing of the group because it feels like a sneaky way to profit off of being “diverse” while still making sure certain types of diversity aren’t shown. the girls themselves are extremely talented though and are deserving of being famous & recognized for their skills, so i don’t wanna take away from that at all. it’s really more about the way the company handpicked the girls & the trainees in DA. as a black woman i do get tired of never seeing people who look like me, and having a light skinned or biracial person as my “representation”. now clearly katseye aren’t dolls made to represent every person of color, but the company DOES want them to be “relatable” to the masses, their race included. or they wouldn’t have made a global group with other races besides EA. yet i feel nothing. i do look at fatou as inspiring because she does look like me, but i don’t think she gets the attention she deserves. and it really gets me thinking sometimes like, do darker skinned people / black people never audition? i doubt it. they just get overlooked because companies never want their appearance in the group. i really wish companies weren’t so afraid to show what a lot of us people of color really look like. it’s another attempt to claim diversity while still trying to build a group of beauty standards. it’s fine if i get hate for this, this is just my opinion and i don’t expect everyone to agree or understand my point. at the end of the day this isn’t a significant issue but something i had thought about. submitted by /u/Affectionate-Link436 [link] [comments]

No MV. Two minute song that was spoiled for a month. What were they thinking? You have a grand redebut but you are not spending any money.. Why are you so cheap JYP. If you are going to release an Itzy reject then release a reject with dressed in a high budget package. Like Lesserafim’s Unforgiven! And you can tell losing two vocalists did a number on them as Kendall’s voice just doesn’t gel in this song at all. Maybe Camilla’s too but she fits the concept at least. While Katseye’s Debut was also short and had a low budget MV, at least it HAD an MV, wasn’t spoiled to death for a month, and was unique sounding compared to what kpop had at the time. And no one was saying members didn’t fit the concept. They all did and were able to sell it. Hope Girlset release a Touch level song a month from now and recover like Katseye did because it is not looking good. submitted by /u/mauvebliss [link] [comments]

First off, don’t come at me coz I just came across this while scrolling. So wanted to share it and also share my thoughts about it coz it’s been more than a month now. And twice had one more comeback for Japan in the midst of it. submitted by /u/Daddy1007a [link] [comments]

winners from last time: Soyeon (idle) Moonbyul (mamamoo) Exy (WJSN) Today’s is the leader of the group. Happy voting 😊 submitted by /u/No-Recording-3274 [link] [comments]

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