Idols that would win a survival show

So, I've thought about sharing this story for a while, but it's officially been over a year, so I FINALLY took the time to write it all out (it's a long read, sorry!) I guess I should start from the beginning... It was 2016, and BTS was having their first big wave of popularity across the US. (At least, before this time, I'd never heard of them.) I was 14 and living in an area of the US where even now K-Pop barely exists, but there were a good amount of girls in my school who followed the wave. I don't remember what song I listened to then, or if it was even a BTS song at all, but I remember one of my friends showing me a song that was pretty far from my music taste (which was pretty much just alt/indie rock back then.) I didn't HATE it, but it wasn't for me, which was fine. Over the following years, I slowly started to see more of K-Pop in the world around me, but I think it was the internet that really turned me into a 'hater'. I couldn't understand the culture behind following idols to airports (the extreme) or even just decking your bag out with PCs (the less extreme), because it's such a unique thing to K-Pop that doesn't really exist in other music culture the same way. What put me off the most was how fans ACTED about their idols, I won't go into detail because it isn't the purpose of the post, but K-Pop fans will certainly ride or die for their ults, iykwim.... Over time, I began to build a bit of a prejudice against K-Pop and the culture around it, and I stayed pretty much as far away from it as possible. However, I've always been into watching foreign shows (usually period cdramas but sometimes kdramas too). Flash forward to last summer, I'm bored at home scrolling through my Vi-ki app looking for something to watch, when I come across i-Land 2 n/a. Now, at the time I'd never seen any kind of Korean Survival show and had no idea what it was, so when I saw this cover with a bunch of girls and saw SURVIVAL, I was thinking like Man Vs Wild or something and was totally intrigued, so I started watching it..... It wasn't what I expected at all, but it was novel and new to me, so I ended up watching through the first episode. This was where I heard Sweet Venom for the first time, as one of the entry groups covered the song. While I know NOW that Sweet Venom is just a really difficult song to perform live (those high notes!), all I could think when I first heard it was 'does the song really sound like... that?' (The girls did great, don't get me wrong, but the voice cracks had me 😭). SO, I ended up listening to the full song on Spotify, and I immediately liked it. The very first K-Pop song to make it into my League of Legends playlist.... but I figured it made sense that I liked it, since the song has some western vibes to it that my ears are more familiar with. A few weeks later, I was smart shuffling my playlist and XO came on.... honestly, from the first minute the song played, I liked it. The instrumental got me hooked, but as soon as Heeseung's verse started, I was like WOAH, that guy has a really nice voice? Now usually, when it comes to any artist, if they have a few songs I like I tend to check out the rest of their music, but I was hesitant because this was a K-POP group and that was totally cringe and weird right? Maybe it's because of the style of ENHYPEN's songs, but I found them a lot easier to listen to as a K-Pop beginner than anything else I'd heard. And then one day, I felt like listening to the song and just searched it on YouTube randomly. That was when I clicked on THIS Musicbank performance video https://youtu.be/wBT1bKKwPTo?si=YjHgoh9q9mNMGgp (yes I still have it saved.) I'd never actually WATCHED a K-Pop performance before and was honestly just impressed, because in Western music culture, people don't really dance while they sing anymore. I know this isn't something only ENHYPEN does, obviously, but it was new for me! I specifically remembered the PINK HAIRED GUY (Heeseung) because of his addictive vocals and the BLONDIE (Sunoo) because of his facial expressions. At this time I had a close friend who was really into K-Pop and when they heard about the show I was watching and the songs I liked, they informed me about how the group was formed from the predecessor show, i-Land. I became curious, and since i-Land 2 was still ongoing, I was just like 'well, I guess I'll check this out and see how the show works'. Going into i-Land, the only members I knew in the group were Sunoo and Heeseung, the rest I couldn't really remember and decided not to look up. While watching, I immediately came to like Jay. Idk if it's because I'm also American, but I found his personality and drive so endearing and relatable. I've had my own RAS situations and completely fell for his raw honesty. Unironically, if he didn't make the group, I was probably gonna crashout and hate K-Pop forever for putting that poor boy through that mess 😭. Truly, I felt bad for all of them while watching, I never knew the trainee world was so harsh? After seeing them go through this journey, I felt strange. I always took music as something to just listen to and enjoy, maybe add my own emotional connections to it, but I never cared much about the artists personalities or lives. After this, of course, I began to get other ENHYPEN content in my YT feed. The next song I found was the BTHB Music video, and I was really impressed by the creative elements behind it. (I gasped the first time I saw the Ni-ki cooler scene when the doors opened because WOW?) I think after this, my friend recommended me Bite Me, and I began to learn about the Vampire lore elements throughout their music videos for the first time. Slowly, I began to listen to more of their songs. After I heard Fatal Trouble I learned about the Dark Moon Webtoon, and as an avid Webtoon/Manga reader I was both shocked and ecstatic about it. I read it immediately and of COURSE I fell in love with that. The lore ENHYPEN has built around them is like nothing I've ever seen. Right after this was when No Doubt was released. I watched the MV an hour after it dropped and was both shocked and impressed by the unique sound of the song. Honestly, it was a bit jarring on first listen, but the more I heard it the more I liked it. After listening through the rest of their discography, I came to have a big appreciation for the experimental songs they put out. They aren't afraid to try new styles and sounds, some of their songs are kinda WEIRD (paradoxx I'm looking at you) but in the best way possible. Then around Christmas, my friend bought me my very first K-Pop album as a gift. It was Romance Untold: Daydream White Midnight edition. I remember opening it and being surprised at all the cool stuff included inside, I didn't expect posters and PCs (First pulls were Ni-ki and Jake 🥲) and even a signed Jake Postcard?? I don't think any music outside of the K-Pop world sells their albums like this. It was the coolest gift I'd ever gotten, and also the worst, because now I have a copy of almost all of their albums and my wallet is SUFFERING. In others I found pins, rings, there was even PERFUME in one of them. I remember downloading Weverse earlier this year to buy them, and discovering this whole world of Artist media that I didn't even know existed. Being the mobile gamer I am, ENHYPEN eventually brought me to find Rhythm Hive. Through playing the game, I was slowly exposed to other K-Pop artists and songs and found that there were so many I enjoyed (I even came to like quite a few BTS songs, go figure!) Over time, from the door ENHYPEN opened for me, I've come to love K-Pop as a whole, but something else I came to appreciate even more was the FANS. After becoming an ENGENE, I met and connected with so many cool people from all across the world, in a way I never would've expected. The same people I'd been judging before I was suddenly able to view in a very different light. It's hard to put into words, but I think the best example I can give is this: A few weeks ago, I attended my very first K-Pop concert during the WTL tour. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but I showed up with my favorite Jay PC as my obligatory merch ready to be surrounded by crazed fangirls (because that's all I really saw from vids online). While walking around the venue, I ran into another girl who was just as lost as I was who offered me a freebie. Then we ran into another girl, who was also alone and ended up forming a little group together. When she heard I was a new fan, she gave me the Jay PC from her D:U Showcase set just because she heard I liked him. I think within an hour of being there, my tiny bag was stuffed full of some of the coolest freebies ever, to the point that I wondered if I even needed to buy merch. Then, after getting into the very long merch line, the sun began to beat down on us harshly. A mother and daughter pair that was in line in front of us began to share their umbrellas with us, just so that we wouldn't get too hot or sunburnt in the heat. The mom even offered to buy waters for us. The five of us got lunch together after and it was really nice. I've never had a concert experience like that before. The show was sold-out, the venue was extremely crowded, but every single person I interacted with was an absolute joy. Seeing all the cool performance inspired outfits, the pickets, the signs, it was amazing. What I learned was that the K-Pop community isn't just the twitter-addicts arguing online, or the weird saesengs that give it a bad rep. I don't know if it's just ENHYPEN, or if it's the same for other groups, but most of the fans are absolutely fantastic and I now feel very proud to be one of them. Getting into ENHYPEN has changed so many things in my life. Maybe because I'm a newer fan, but I can still remember the part in each of their songs that made a certain member stand out to me, like hearing Jake's FATAL TROUBLE for the first time, or Sunghoon's TTEUGEOPGE SHOUT OUTTT. It's so much fun to watch the members playing around together in EN O'CLOCK on my lunch break, or having my phone blow up just to see Jungwon spamming Weverse comments again. Anyway, that's the story of how a K-Pop hater evolved into a fan, and it's all ENHYPEN's fault. I can't really pinpoint a specific time that things changed for me; it happened slowly, but I think if I'd found any other group, I wouldn't have had the same experience. (Seriously, if you can find another Jay in the world PLEASE let me know, I'm a lost cause.....) There's so much I haven't mentioned here, because there's just SO much to ENHYPEN, but I guess what I really wanna get at with all of this is to give a thank you. Thank you to ENHYPEN for showing me another side of the world of music, thank you to the ENGENEs who have welcomed me into the community, and thank you to you who is reading all of this, in hopes that maybe I've opened the door for someone else, or brought back some of the happy memories that brought you to K-Pop yourself. (Please feel free to share your own experiences in the comments because I love reading them!) submitted by /u/Few_Fun7761 [link] [comments]

this is the clip i will be referring to - TXT (투모로우바이투게더) Starkissed - Concept Clip 'Uprise' the whole thing is objectively very beautiful and the guys look majestic as always but... i can't help but be frustrated? hybe is doing them dirty with these bland vanilla concepts. like, they are so much better than the same, cliche overdone concepts. take cortis, for example– granted, they're a new group but we can already hear their unique sound in the music that they've put out because they are the primary producers, lyricists and they have a voice in everything. txt 100% has the skill set to pilot their own projects independently and i truly believe that they would come up with concepts that would showcase each member's unique traits and talents. it just makes me sad :(( (sorry for the lack of punctuations and capitalisations) submitted by /u/topshaggy6 [link] [comments]

I have about 50 mutuals on Twitter and it's like a little community and we're all fans of the same idol, but I only retweet their tweets all day and never interact/express myself/post my own tweets. Whenever there's something new like an info or picture they post and share it immediately, meanwhile I'm just here enjoying their contents passively but at the same time I'm chronically online and retweet their tweets all day and might have cluttered their feed lol. Do you think I would give the impression of being a less passionate fan or even a fake fan? submitted by /u/Flimsy-Baby-7992 [link] [comments]

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Bit of a dead topic right now, but I actually liked Pit Stop, the lyrics were a bit lackluster without a catchy hook which NewJeans do really well with other songs, but production wise I really liked it (although there's no studio versions, people have used ai/pieced snippets back together to produce versions that are at that quality). I think most people are disliking it due to the massive concept change calling them a 'downgraded version of aespa' and that one clip at the end. I also wonder if people think the song would ever be released. submitted by /u/Impossible_Cable_862 [link] [comments]

Just here for the music though 😬 submitted by /u/friendlyfire_may [link] [comments]

┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Hey everyone, today Hybe debuts their third-ever boy group, one that a friend on Discord has been hyping up. The last time Hybe debuted a new group not from a sub-label was in 2019, when TXT entered the scene. I remember enjoying the TXT debut as I had it on repeat like crazy that year. Today I’m curious to see what Cortis has in store for us with their first-ever project. I don’t want to wait any time, so let’s jump into the Cortis world and see what this debut delivers. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ https://preview.redd.it/bswsre22dznf1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d94ecc51d3d574600aca2b1ea1db2e563999d7f COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES - Cortis 1. Go! Go! is the opening song on the project, a pop-trap tune that is centered around a vibey beat that blends wonderfully with the members. There are vocal effects on the members’ voices that help them blend into the instrumental. The hook is pretty catchy as it’s one repetitive section, but it still works for this type of trap tune. The rapping is pretty decent, flowing wonderfully with the vibe that the producers crafted. I find that this tune does a great job opening up the album with its vibe and performance that the group brings to the table. https://preview.redd.it/txysvom9dznf1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d20d05cb5ece9107d24d89074dfd0e7dc11ded09 ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ 2. What You Want/What You Want (feat. Teezo Touchdown) The second song on the album was the pre-release track, giving us two versions. An original version and a Teezo Touchdown version. A guitar opens up the track, bringing in the bouncy vibe that fits this group so well. The smooth vocal fits with the vibe of the instrumental that has been pulling me back since it was pre-released. The hook has grown on me as it’s starting to get stuck in my head. In the collaboration version, Teezo comes in for the second verse, fitting perfectly as that version has been on repeat a little more than the original. I find both versions of the track to be enjoyable as I’ve been coming back to them when I remember to do so. I’m glad this was the pre-release single, cause it’s one that got me hyped for the rest of the debut. https://preview.redd.it/isobnaohdznf1.jpg?width=860&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b945dd57cd569d1f1a7168400044910922bf960d ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ FaSHioN Fashion is the best song on the album, reminding me of something Sik-k and Vangdale would put out, which I’m a fan of both artists. The vocals are processed to the max, but they fit the vibe that the producers craft. I love the rapping as it fits with the boucy trap beat that keeps pulling me back since I first heard it. The more I hear this tune, the more I can see a version of this with Sik-k on it, which would slap. Cortis does a killer job with their performance, making this another excellent tune on the album that I will be having on repeat for a long time. https://preview.redd.it/vzn61dkydznf1.jpg?width=204&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccd1f9f64a9dee035cf89c57840987d0dd590b9e ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ JoyRide JoyRide is where the album starts to fall a little flat for my liking, as I find this tune to be forgettable. The instrumental is way too chill, feeling a little dull as nothing much happens in the beat to make this tune stick with me. The vocals are decent not do much to help elevate this tune at all. The hook is pretty forgettable, as I don’t remember it even though I’ve heard this tune a few times. I was hoping another excellent tune would cause the first three songs to be bops, but JoyRide fell to meet that for me. https://preview.redd.it/m2to7mw4eznf1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cfd1ed3a2f790414bddbffe306177bb3e5fa50f ━━━━━━━━☓ ━━━━━━━ Lullaby The closer is another track that fell flat, as it’s another tune that is forgettable. I don’t mind the chill nature this tune brings to the table, but the instrumental makes it hard for me to get through this track. The song goes at a slow pace, making it feel like this tune goes on forever. The vocals are decent, but don’t do much to elevate the tune like they should. The guitar melody is pleasant, but it’s not enough to make me like this tune. I find that this album doesn’t do a good job closing as it did with the opening. https://preview.redd.it/53ppo5mbeznf1.jpg?width=732&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54967355028b17afad17e3e7dd6cc73bb6fdacf3 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Summary: Cortis debut with a mini album that only gave me three songs to like. Go! opens up the album with a bouncy. pop-trap beat that does a great job opening up the project. Lullaby is the closer, and it’s so uninteresting that it doesn’t close out the album in a strong way like the way Go! opens up the record. The pre-release single What You Want got me excited for this project, and the Teezo version was a great version to add to the album. This debut isn’t bad at all, but one that I can see on that would knock this out of the park, but at least there are three songs for me to like from this album. ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ https://preview.redd.it/6lc322wheznf1.jpg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e20ed9b8093cb548f3257578db48bf385db6dba5 submitted by /u/Maltifandom23 [link] [comments]

One moment y’all say Lisa is a Kpop idol and will always be seen as a Kpop idol, and will never be taken seriously as a pop artist. Then, she wins best Kpop, now all of the sudden she shouldn’t be in that category because her song is in English and has no Koreans in it? Now it’s, “she can’t win because she ain’t Korean”? If we are being technical, only Stray Kids, Jisoo, and/or Aespa should win that award because they actually had korean in their songs. submitted by /u/Spare_Property315 [link] [comments]

Wondering if anyone else is having the same thoughts, was relistening to their latest EP and they went 6 for 7. Songs such as tell me are incredibly catchy, and lips hips kiss is a banger too. Not much other groups are doing the rnb/girlcrush sort of concept and very few in 5th gen are doing it this well. I'm curious if people are still listening to them are have tuned out due to their controversies. submitted by /u/Impossible_Cable_862 [link] [comments]

Unicode released the song "Let me love" which has over 700k views and now they released a Japanese song called "Aing" which only has less than 10k views, so let's help them and save them from disbandment!!! https://youtu.be/aZt6AJfdRJY?si=UCpYEPofm20icVYu submitted by /u/Ambitious_Sink2194 [link] [comments]

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As a person who was there from the beginning, I very clearly remember a lot of people, and I mean A LOT of people, making fun of her vocal abilities during their debut promotions. Specifically that one clip where she's singing live during those interviews they do at music shows. Like I very clearly remember people calling her not talented enough. Her situation was unfortunate and because of how she left the group, I feel like people kind of forgot the shit they were saying about her. Not to mention how when news first broke out, it was a mass calling of her to be dumped from the group. It was a mass calling of her to not promote with them. So when I see people (specifically on twitter) say how much they miss her and how much she would've added to the group, I always scratch my head in confusion cause... that wasn't consensus before she left. Like at all. submitted by /u/cocochanelism [link] [comments]

Just to clarify I having nothing against the group but the music is just not my cup of tea. Despite this I keep seeing them or their music on my for you page. Is everyone experiencing this or is my for you page weirdly persistent despite me not interacting with Cortis content at all? submitted by /u/ARG_obesessed [link] [comments]

Since tbl revived coed groups with adp and they saw great success,especially on kcharts,do you think more companies will ride on this wave in the future? Do you see coed groups staying niche and sparse or do you think more companies will take up the challenge in the following years? submitted by /u/Alive-Pitch-9180 [link] [comments]

So there's this japanese group that promoted in kpop called "UNICODE" and they're the one who sing "Let me love" produced by Jinyoung and it's a good song and a fresh take on kpop and some kpop content creators also said that if japanese groups are the future of kpop. Fast forward to now, they have 5 members back then but now 2 member have left and the remaining 3 members have a japnese comeback called "Aing" and the official mv is like 10k views and at this point it's a 100% disbandment, so I need help from you guys to watch the mv and promote them by word, I really love them and their song "blur" have become my biggest hits this past year so I just want them to survive to have another comeback again. "You can watch them on YouTube or promote them by word" "UNICODE JAPAN OFFICIAL" "UNICODE - AING" submitted by /u/Ambitious_Sink2194 [link] [comments]

So there's this japanese group that promoted in kpop called "UNICODE" and they're the one who sing "Let me love" produced by Jinyoung and it's a good song and a fresh take on kpop and some kpop content creators also said that if japanese groups are the future of kpop. Fast forward to now, they have 5 members back then but now 2 member have left and the remaining 3 members have a japnese comeback called "Aing" and the official mv is like 10k views and at this point it's a 100% disbandment, so I need help from you guys to watch the mv and promote them by word, I really love them and their song "blur" have become my biggest hits this past year so I just want them to survive to have another comeback again. "You can watch them on YouTube or promote them by word" "UNICODE JAPAN OFFICIAL" "UNICODE - AING" submitted by /u/Ambitious_Sink2194 [link] [comments]

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("I literally posted this in other groups but I just want it to reach more people)" When the talk is about Star quality, 30% of the comments will be about h2h and this is my personal opinion and breakdown on H2H as a Naya/Izna fan. H2H is always dragged down when it comes to discussions about star quality so this is my opinions on h2h members... (I watched some of their contents before this!) Ana - No hate but even though many says she's insanely beautiful I found her to be normal and kinda bland (no hate), she's quite entertaining but not something that would pick off your interest. Juun - I think she's the strongest dancer of them all or maybe even the most talented but being an idol is not only about talent, you also need to build an interesting image and for me she looks cool and gives off ace vibes but overall quite boring to watch (no hate). Yuha - She looks innocent and gives off dreamy vibes and talent wise I love her vocal tone, she is quite entertaining to watch but gets easily overshadowed by most members. Stella - She is a good performer and is very charismatic, her smiles are very cute and she's very aesthetic, almost gives of Illit Moka vibes and talent wise she's good in dancing and singing and also has good stage presence, she's very enjoyable to watch. Jiwoo - Her visuals are insane almost like AI, I find myself always looking at her when they perform, she doesn't have that insanely high stage presence but her beauty and execution of dance moves is enough to catch your interest, she's very smooth on dancing and very satisfying to watch. Ian - Personally I think she has strongest stage presence of them all and when she's in the center of a formation, it almost looks like she's a soloist, also very good facial expressions almost like second Tsuki from billlie, she also as a very interesting personality and overall a very interesting person, she's the one I personally enjoyed the most watching and will probably be my bias wrecker if I stan H2H. Yeon - No hate but it's almost that she doesn't exist in the group, she has the lowest fans and also not that interesting to watch, she's the maknae and she's literally so young so there's no point in hating her (don't hate her), but I think she needs to start improving (I'm not saying she's not talented), it's just that h2h has many members and it is very easy to be overshadowed by other members and for me I think she gets overshadowed by all. Carmen - Insanely strong fandom and is the most popular member in Indonesia (of course she's indonesian) same as Gehlee Dangca that has a very strong Filipino fandom. Carmen brings uniqueness in the group and she's also entertaining (very goofy), can't say anything else she looks very cute though, and she looks like Yoona. What are your thoughts on Hearts2hearts? submitted by /u/Ambitious_Sink2194 [link] [comments]