Good experience with OTHER fandoms (fandoms you're not a part of)

I remember the first song I ever heard was "Gee" by Girls' Generation but I entered this world after hearing Mamamoo's performance of "Dalilah" on Immortal Song and listening to their songs. Did something similar happen to you too? submitted by /u/Mayh_3m [link] [comments]

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This is something I've been thinking about for quite some time. I've been a kpop fan for a decade now, and it was very different 10 years ago. It went from being vibrant, varied, and larger than life to...music for tiktok. I made a whole video talking about this and directly comparing "old" kpop to modern, but I won't like unless anyone wants me to; just saying I can back this up with actual examples. But out of everything that's been lost since 2018 (BTS's rise in popularity is, for better or worse, what actually triggered the degradation; the TLDR is mainstream attention is very lucrative) I think what disappoints me is that kpop doesn't feel very "grand" anymore. There used to be quite a few MVs that went big. Everything from the music itself to the costumes to the sets/locations felt larger than life. And now, they just...don't. I'm talking primarily MVs like Xia/Junsu's Flower and BTS's Blood Sweat And Tears and Spring Day, but there's also, off the top of my head and no particular order: Seventeen's Don't Wanna Cry Taeyeon's INVU and Why Chungha's Play Mamamoo's Décalcomanie Akmu's Dinosaur (G)-Idle's Hann and Oh My God Taemin's Sayonara Planetarium Records' Blind Vixx LR's Beautiful Liar Even Kpop Demon Hunter's This is What it Feels Like kind of fits, too. Out of all of these, the most recent one-discounting KDH-is INVU from 3 years ago. The rest are pushing a decade or so. KDH may not entirely count, as I've been told production started back in 2016 or thereabouts, which explains why so many of the songs sound like "old"/gen 3 kpop. I just can't help but mourn the loss of this grandiosity. The MVs themselves I get- everything I've listed has probably been extremely expensive; lots of CGI, shooting on location can be expensive, detailed costumes also get expensive to buy or rent, lots extremely detailed sets that are expensive to dress (again, buying or renting from a prop house; building them is actually pretty cheap- flats are literally just 2x4s and plywood). All this means that shooting in a simple "white box" is significantly cheaper, and kpop is all about maximizing profit. But the music? 90% of title tracks now are just "let's flaunt how rich/famous/attractive we are" while keeping the chorus as simple as possible to make a tiktok sound bite, and often eliminating the bridge to make songs shorter. Nothing is very "wide" or "open" anymore, very few layers to be found in the instrumentals, most title tracks don't build much anymore, and plenty of people have already complained about idols not being very good singers anymore (diehard fans will eat up anything, so the industry gets away with debuting idols with only a year or less of training, and it shows). I miss when kpop was actually interesting and didn't try so hard to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Jonghyun's Inspiration is still one of my favorite instrumentals, but a lot of kpop was still very engaging until about 5 years ago, when the degradation really picked up speed. While there are still occasional MVs that go big (Slay comes to mind, as much as I hate it; that MVs got a lot of shooting on location and detailed sets IIRC), kpop as a whole has mostly lost just about everything that made it interesting pre-gen 4 (no we're not on gen 5; stop fucking saying this). And I miss that variety. submitted by /u/PeachyPlnk [link] [comments]

SJ made businesses but werent dismissed over it submitted by /u/supportshoujo [link] [comments]

I’ve seen a lot of these so I decided to try since I’m bored submitted by /u/Thick-Software-6259 [link] [comments]

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For me Female Idols NingNing&Winter, Hanni (she got the voice of an angel) Belle and Rosè male idols Felix (I love his voice) EXO D.O Jimin, and Ateez jongho Wb y'all? submitted by /u/Skisforscott [link] [comments]

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It just seems like nowadays, fans are trying to one-up each other by comparing concert stops too. For context, my last concert was for Le sserafim a month ago and I had an absolute blast. No joke, out of the six events I’ve been blessed enough to attend, this was the most complete experience and warrants its own positive review/thread. I had the time of my life, and so did everyone else in that building. However, as the tour carries on, and they’ve moved onto the US leg, I’ve seen more and more remarks ranging from saying “[x] stop was the loudest” and “They’re having a more enjoyable/comfortable time in the US, they shouldn’t go back to Asia.” And it's the latter that has greatly bothered me ever since. This issue isn’t even limited to Le sserafim either; I’ve seen it in other fandoms comparing the different stops’ energy and loudness, going as far as to say “They clearly enjoyed their show here more, they had more interactions” and “They did [x thing] that other stops didn’t get.” Yes, I am well aware that foreign audiences don’t get their favorite groups as often as Asia does (hell, even rarely if they’re in EU/LATAM/UAE), but I get this underlying feeling that we were invalidated? Not every country and especially not every person enjoys the concert the same way. Just because some crowds are rowdy and others are more tempered doesn’t mean they enjoyed it the same regardless. This sorta thing just steps on other people’s experiences, in my opinion, even if the competition is friendly and encourages future stops to show out. Personally, I’m more on the silent/casual end who’ll cheer and go silent at appropriate times, much like the Koreans, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it as much as the person who’s screaming every lyric and exhausting their lungs with every passing minute. I’m just not as expressive about it as others are. Does that mean I wasn’t internally losing it and making beautiful memories for myself? Of course not. Every stop is its own unique event, and at the very least, the idols will always do their best anywhere they perform, that’s a given. And before someone says “Well it’s just noise, don’t let others ruin the memory you made” and that may be true, being happy with your stop/show is more than enough; there’s no need to make it some kind of competition with others. We can celebrate others, but this whole comparing who was the loudest and insinuating the group enjoyed their stop/country more than [X] just seems like a detriment to morale when we all love them the same. submitted by /u/tobi_obito [link] [comments]

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lets not downvote if someone actually states their opinion 🤷🏽‍♀️ submitted by /u/Maleficent_Dinner875 [link] [comments]

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So, let me start by saying that I don't usually speculate on other people's sexuality and I would never allow myself to do so. I just want to express my views regarding the band. In my opinion V, Jin and RM are straight. JK and Jimin are bi, Suga is pan, and J-Hope is gay. Obviously these are mere assumptions and I only made them because I love BTS and honestly I don't care about their sexuality but what they do. What do you think? submitted by /u/MatterIntelligent656 [link] [comments]

Drop the kpop choreographies which is soooo useful in ur daily life. I wanna be a ktuber so drop all ur useful favs💗tysm submitted by /u/ArrivalObjective7821 [link] [comments]

since bsides sometimes stay unknown outside of the fandom, this might be a chance to get others to know them. you can comment all your ult/favorite groups, and if you have more than one bside that’s okay but name the ones that are truly THE bside in your opinion 🤲🏼 ill start : Red Velvet - Iced Coffee Blackpink - Typa Girl Twice - Get Loud Dreamcatcher - Sahara BTS - Hip Hop Phile Ateez - Cyberpunk submitted by /u/Own_Measurement2767 [link] [comments]

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