TXT (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) Huening Kai - MAPS Korea (2025 Fall Issue No.195 Covers)

Lately it feels like songs under 3 minutes have become the norm, around 2:30–2:40 seems standard now. And honestly, I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. A song doesn’t have to be longer than 3 minutes to be good. But sometimes the shortness is just… too much. Like, the song can be amazing, but it still feels incomplete, something’s missing. And that’s frustrating because it kind of wastes the full potential of what could’ve been even greater. This year I felt that with Hot by Lesserafim, This is for by TWICE and especially Beautiful Strangers by TXT. These are some of my favorite songs this year, but if they were just a bit longer, with a bridge, one more chorus, or even an outro they could have been on a whole other level. They’re already incredible, but it almost feels like a crime that they’re that short. For me, the biggest loss is definitely Beautiful Strangers. How is that song only 2:18?? TXT are my ults, so I’m extra picky with them (just because I love their music so much 💙). Beautiful Strangers has everything I adore in a TXT title track: meaningful lyrics, a melodic yet powerful chorus, and that beat during the dance break is perfect. It’s basically flawless but then it suddenly ends, right at the moment where it should’ve built into a climax. You can’t build a full song with a proper structure in just 2 minutes, you can tell something’s missing. This track needed a bridge, another chorus, and maybe even an outro. And don’t get me started on that piano + choir from the teaser… if they had used that for a bridge, it would’ve been legendary. After Love Language I really thought BigHit would stop releasing songs this short (even shorter that Over the moon !?), so it was a bit disappointing. And I still don’t understand the tactic of making title tracks so short. Like, this is the promoted track, the one even non-fans are going to hear. Wouldn’t it make more sense to polish it and make it feel as complete and perfect as possible? Cutting it short feels like such a strange choice. I just hope producers/agencies stop doing this “unfinished song” thing, because it really can hold back a track’s full potential. I hesitated to write this because I don’t want to sound like I’m just complaining or being negative, but I had to get it off my chest 😮‍💨. submitted by /u/Technical_Walrus9158 [link] [comments]

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So I frequent film photography, piracy and kpop subreddits the most and this was a post I saw on the analogcirclejerk subreddit and found it funny and agree that there's so many people unaware of how search works or how to search for keywords relevant to what they're looking for. I've seen people just post cameras and ask what camera is this with the entire name of the camera on the face of the camera or they post a picture of someone who has direct flash on them and ask how they get the effect when it's literally just direct flash on someone as if it's something special??? Or if it's kpop subreddits people who ask if there's any safe kpop stores they can order from but don't indicate what country they're from or if they're fine with international stores with free shipping over a certain amount or what the general budget is. There's also questions about group members on their activities and solo projects or asking about on a groups subreddit about lore/history or earlier content even though you could look to the right and see an archive list or member profile page linked. meanwhile the piracy and datahoarder subreddit have people asking what they should pirate or save not even just how like ?????? why are you asking other people what you should download or save are you ok??? Like I get it if they want to get subjective answers and just talk to people about a topic but there's an insane amount of people asking about the same objective questions everyday or ask questions that have been answered before and it would be quicker to make an effort to search for things rather than make a post and wait for someone to maybe answer but nah lemme post another one. Something something this one is mine and shiny. Is this like a UI thing like people just miss the search function up top, tech or like website navigation literacy? Do people just not bother to look for hobby wikis, blogs or old forum posts about their interests anymore? Anyways please start using that bar above it’s really useful and you don’t really need spam your own thread to something that has decades of news articles and conversations around it. You can also find a lot of fascinating conversations that were held in the past. That’s what makes forums so fascinating. This is my attempt to get it out there begging people to use their brains lmao submitted by /u/moomoomilky1 [link] [comments]

Let’s take a break from all the heavy discussions—drop any random number (1–100) in the comments, and I’ll suggest a K-pop song for you to check out! Or, if you’d rather, tell me the last K-pop song you listened to and I’ll recommend one based on that. Just for fun, no bias or fandom wars—let’s spread some good music today! 💿💖 submitted by /u/Anonymousdepresser [link] [comments]

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There’s been a big shift in K-pop recently—shorter songs, more English lyrics than Korean, and groups with more foreign members than ever. We’re even seeing “global groups” from big companies like HYBE. Do you think this is just natural evolution as K-pop goes global, or is it losing the charm that made it stand out in the first place? submitted by /u/Anonymousdepresser [link] [comments]

I'm so scared to to write this cause I feel like I'm gonna get down voted or something but this is just what I've observed from where I live (Australia) and my own personal experiences. I have been a fan of kpop since I was very young, but I started getting really into it around 2020 and the first kpop group I stanned was BTS. Now, at that time, in Australia, being called a kpop Stan was not a good thing. Like I remember listening to kpop and people asking me "Oh, is that BTS?, but not in a curious way, but more like they were mocking me. Like seriously, at that time, kpop was really looked down on, at least from what I experienced, and my friend agreed with me saying it was the same at her school. I took a break from kpop in 2021 and came back around end of 2023 to start of 2024 and I was so shocked to see just how respected kpop had become in about 2 years. I saw so many people, who were not kpop fans before, all suddenly kpop fans. They were literally wearing merch and everything. However, none of them were BTS fans. They were all fans of Seventeen, Enhypen, Ive, Twice, TXT and Stray Kids. That was kind of when I realised that there were so many more kpop groups than just BTS that spread kpop internationally and I feel like people might not realise that. I agree that BTS spread the idea of kpop but it wasn't like they were necessarily viewed positively. It's through other groups, particularly 4th gen groups, that spread a positive idea of kpop rather than the idea that kpop fans are weird. I think it's because of them that kpop started being viewed as an actual music genre worth listening to. I'd also like to point out that, although BTS spread kpop internationally, it didn't really boost kpop popularity of other groups. I'm an NCT fan and I remember that video of them having to explain to people that they were not BTS in the US and it was really heartbreaking to see. BTS paved the way for kpop but it's hard to make it big internationally when you're always overshadowed by a more successful group. It's almost impossible to get your name out there when you're competing with a group like BTS. I'm glad that so many kpop groups have been able to spread internationally now and I'm grateful that BTS did what they did. Kpop wouldn't have been able to grow outside of Korea without them, but I don't think people should undermine the contributions that other kpop groups, like TXT, Stray Kids and Twice have made that allows for smaller groups to have a little bit more of a fighting chance outside of Korea. submitted by /u/CookieFar1807 [link] [comments]

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BOYNEXTDOOR will have at least one Japanese smash hit as well as a South Korea GP mega hit Reason: ‘Count to Love’ topped the Oricon Singles chart and the Billboard hot 100. Furthermore it has multiple songs charting on Melon most notably ’If I Say I Love You’ is in the middle ranks despite it originally releasing back in January NCT Wish will get a GP hit in Korea Reason: the entirety of their recent album has charted on Apple Music South Korea Cortis will get a proper global viral song Reason: ‘What you want’ has topped the global viral 50 AHOF will become and especially JL will become national darlings in the Philippines and will have at least one song top the charts potentially multiple Reason: AHOF top the Spotify viral 50 in the Philippines with there entire album at one point and sold out an 10,000 seat Fancon there in 30mins ‘Siren’ by RIIZE will haunt survival shows as a challenge song Reason: The songs tough and RIIZE is fairly successful and already have had multiple songs in these shows If you have your own or info that supports mine feel free to comment below submitted by /u/ARG_obesessed [link] [comments]

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Hello! I saw an ad for this event but I don’t really know anyone in London who’d be interested, hoping Reddit might have a few people who might want to join me? I’m 27F and more of a 3rd gen fan but I do love a bit of the new stuff that’s out ☺️ DM me if you’re interested! submitted by /u/AdmirablePumpkin1729 [link] [comments]

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