I don’t know if this the right flair but whatever. Context: Lara was just minding her own business posting a photo of her at the beach and received the first text in her comments. HYBE was smart by not calling them a Kpop after all because if they were branded as such they wouldn't be as popular. I don't think they have much more freedom than other idols under HYBE except swearing and coming out but if you look at Kpop groups with mostly non Korean members, they never go far and it's not really because of the music but simply because a lot K-pop Stans fetish South Koreans. They can't project their fantasies on foreigners. That's why KARD that isn't Kpop is much more considered as such, because the members are Korean. It's no wonder Eyekons are so strict about KTS being a global group. (There are also underlying stereotypes of SoKoreans but we already talked about this here) It's much easier to just say « Katseye isn't Kpop » than to deal with those type fanatics. It puts an end to the conversation before it even starts. Here I don't know wth that person is talking about. What do you mean « I don’t want my idols to have that type of freedom. » ? It just reinforces my idea the real Idols #1 enemy isn't the company but the so called « fans ». Whenever I think about idols restrictions (weight loss, dating, fanservice, etc...) everything is manufactured to please the fans and actively fuel their delusions. I bet this person isn't even Korean and has a twisted version of "pure" of Koreans. (The original post was on r/kpoopheads but it’s a circlejerk sub so the post gets deleted if you put too much serious stuffs.) submitted by /u/yofavcity [link] [comments]
I think this is why Katseye is branded as a global group
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