@omegasuga Artistic freedom? I'm not so sure about that. Most of their songs have 20–30 people in the credits, and BSH appears on almost every track. Personally, that doesn't look like complete artistic freedom to me, but CMIIW.
Aside from its playlist reach of 97M & usage of California Spotify bot farms, HYBE’s 'ICONIC BY MISTAKE' is now utilizing ads to force users to stream the song unknowingly. 👀
Please remember this when HYBE fans celebrate their achievements.
It seems that the HYBE strategy is to set their groups up for hate, and then make songs to "diss the haters" as some kind of underdog comeback story. It's really sad, seeing as they wouldn't be dealing with nearly so much hate if not for their own company.
If an SM group starts gaining popularity, there always seems to be a random smear campaign trying to bring them down. It happened with RIIZE and NCT WISH, and now it’s happening with Hearts2Hearts.
If Giselle and the NewJeans girls were men, everyone would praise them for standing up for themselves.
But the double standard in the K-pop industry will never stop being a thing and that’s why we will always bring it up.
RAKS
aespa - 700+
TXT - error not found
PAKS
aespa - 321
TXT - error not found
Song with #1 on melon
Supernova - 99 days
TXT - entire career in the Pacific floor
Daesangs
aespa - 19
TXT - let's not embarass ourselves
Tokyo dome
aespa - 6
TXT - Moas too busy with aespa
@clover_h2h Ahh masa masa dimana angka dan algoritma bukanlah segalanya, pure art, pure talent, pure joy, ku harap SM masih mempertahankan ini di tengah maraknya bersaing angka dan algoritma
@miumiuthong They do promote in the West, but their approach seems more focused on exporting their culture than aggressively integrating into the American music industry
@miumiuthong I think it's a matter of philosophy. SM helped build the modern K-pop system and introduce Korean pop culture globally. Sometimes it feels like they would rather preserve their own identity than fully adapt themselves for U.S.
One of the reasons SM groups don’t “do as well” in the west is bc SM knows that they’ll risk angering their domestic base with frequent international promotions. That’s exactly what happened w 127 and they were never pushed as hard here like in 2017-19. They’re too inconsistent
If an SM group starts gaining popularity, there always seems to be a random smear campaign trying to bring them down. It happened with RIIZE and NCT WISH, and now it’s happening with Hearts2Hearts.
If an SM group starts gaining popularity, there always seems to be a random smear campaign trying to bring them down. It happened with RIIZE and NCT WISH, and now it’s happening with Hearts2Hearts.
NewJeans ga gabung di 3 grup nugu itu aja udah gacor dan prestasinya bakalan ngalahin 3 grup nugu itu, apalagi kalau misalnya NewJeans gabung di 3 grup nugu itu, pasti yg gendong prestasinya ya NJ 😂 trs dari segi vocal dan visual aja masih menang NJ dan girlgrup SM 😂