"Free" by RUMI, JINU, EJAE & Andrew Choi from the KPop Demon Hunters OST rises to a new peak of #28 on the Billboard Hot 100

I always see people saying 2nd or early 3rd gen idols “worked harder” and had less opportunity bor had it worse, but isn't the pressure today way more intense with everything being online? New gen idols get dragged for the smallest things, fanbases are ruthless, and everything is instantly global. Older idols didn’t have to deal with TikTok virality, sasaengs hacking phones, or global stans nitpicking every move. Not saying one gen is better, but can we stop pretending newer idols have it easy just because K-pop is more mainstream now or atleast known in a global scale now? Curious what y’all think. Has the pressure really gotten worse or are we overestimating the digital age? submitted by /u/Swimming_Strength727 [link] [comments]

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Make a Kpop group consisting members of Non-Asian singers or dancers You can pick any Non-Asian singer or dancer. Can be either a boy band or girl group. What roles would they have? submitted by /u/Jezzaq94 [link] [comments]

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im saying this as a 16 y/o (fan of "jyps boy group", in my fandom its not as parasocial compared to e.g bts/i accept the 2 jys boy group members wont fly back to australia js to marry me)/ex army, but most comments abt bts on yt i find are all js comments like "omg v be my husband" "bts are our bfs" and even jungkook iirc said smthn like "i dont have a gf bc its army" and even i think to myself, if bts werent as parasocial as they are now, how much fans would they have/fans that dont worship them like deities? less i would suppose, but its an interesting thought its one thing to js generally like them (which i got nothing against as long as u acknowledge theyve been/are problematic/dont try to erase their problematic past), but its another delusion to start thinking that theyre gonna marry u one day (ive come to terms with that) submitted by /u/Minute_Ice_7434 [link] [comments]

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26 days ago exactly, very few people knew who EJAE was. I, like many,listeners heard Golden and immediately wondered « Who IS this? ». There was just one article on line from Koreaboo which did provide a bit of background, but then a well informed Redditor u/EdenKruAllTheWay had obviously followed her career very closely: https://www.reddit.com/r/kpopthoughts/comments/1lvyteu/comment/n3fmk76/ Back then she had about 50 thousand followers on Instagram, she now has 110k. Her name has since been cited in Forbes and other big media, but this now takes the cake: Rolling Stone, first page, UP, UP, UP HOW TWO SONGWRITERS FROM K-POP AND MUSICAL THEATER BUILT THIS SUMMER’S SURPRISE CHART SMASH KPop Demon Hunters songwriters EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick talk to Rolling Stone about the collaboration that birthed their hit single "Golden" by CT JONES -AUGUST 4, 2025 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kpop-demon-hunters-golden-songwriters-streaming-soundtrack-1235397861/ Really wish I had a subscription to access it, but at least the link is here for those who can. submitted by /u/Ploumplume [link] [comments]

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(do NOT hate them) the youtuber IS A FAN OF ILLIT but on this teaser for "cherish (my love)" , they were saying something not good? submitted by /u/imahumanhehe [link] [comments]

To me, it just seems like K-Pop companies will only give a Blasian idol an opportunity if they are Korean-passing. A2K and Dream Academy were both K-pop adjacent shows trying to form a western/global group and neither of had a single Blasian contestant. To me that shows that the that executives from K-Pop companies are so averse to the idea of Blasian idols that they don't even think of them when trying to market/pander to the West. And I know some people might say that there are more Wasians than Blasians but JYPE and HYBE are two of the biggest companies in the industry, it's very unlikely that neither company could find someone who was interested to work with them. I also don't think either company HAD to put a Blasian in the final line-up, it's just sad they don't even get an opportunity. Yoon Mirae will probably continue to be the only mainstream Blasian idol for a long time... submitted by /u/Willing_Permit_263 [link] [comments]

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