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Why BTS IS CRINGE
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Kpop idols are straight up abused, their contracts are shit, it’s a cutthroat industry. They have to constantly be on the top of fashion trends and make sure they look good, even to the point of getting plastic surgery. The pressure from weirdo fans to be perfect is insane, and the no dating bs is so weird. For female idols it’s even worse, they have to be willing to basically pimp out their body to people in power to get higher in the idol pyramid. In general Asian idol industries are horrible. At least American music industries pay their artists, and in the west, there’s a lot more power in the music industry in the hands of the artists rather than the corporations.
I don’t really have a problem with the grind of making albums and stuff like that, I will say that it’s a little overkill and they should get some breaks but my main problem is with the internal politics of the industry. Idols basically have no rights in the industry and have to do whatever their boss says or they just will get replaced by the next up and coming idol in training. The manipulation is just disgusting
BTS music and most modern Kpop music are just sampled basic western pop. There's nothing special about kpop. Quick experiment, go search a BTS song, let's say Dynamite for example. Now, search "Dynamite audio". The music video has 1.5 billion views. The official audio has 1.2 million views. See the difference? Understand the reason? Kpop isn't real music, nor I will ever respect kpop. One of the recent songs of popular girl group Blackpink sampled 3 different songs, and all of their fans are defending this by saying the blatant copy paste remix is called paying homage.
I have no problem with dance being paid more attention to than music, but then don't call it good music and stuff. It's not. People overhype them so much and completely overshadow everything else. The awards they should be winning are for good dancing, not good music. And they don't even write their own songs. They are literally corporate slaves and kpop fans should protest to free them from the corporate that's controlling them, not fanboy for it and generate more profit so they can keep slaving away their life.
Mumble rap is a very small part of the rap scene. More people know, listen to and respect rappers like Kendrick over Uzi or Migos. This is not comparable to kpop scene, BTS and idols groups like that are not small by any means. They are the majority in the kpop scene now. And there is more than one reason why I find their songs to be not enjoyable at all. It's how they mix language. I find K-rock more interesting and enjoyable to listen to than the average kpop.
For example, listen to one song called 'Chase Me' by this group called Dreamcatcher. It doesn't sound like modern kpop you often hear now. It came out in 2017 and feels like a bit of rock is in there as well. It is a good song. The lyrics are almost always Korean. I find it catchy and the flow is good.
Now, listen to the latest BTS song Yet to Come. 50% of the lyrics are English. Why? Why does no Korean complain about this? Why would you make a Korean song where the lyrics are 50% English? I want to listen to a Korean song, I don't want to listen to English pop when I put on a Korean song. Same thing with Blackpink's new song Pink Venom, which is 95% English lyrics. This is why I find almost all modern Kpop songs to be trash, from groups like Twice and similar popular groups.
Well my favourite team is Tottenham Hotspur and fav player is also Son Heung Min (Korean), favourite KPOP band is BTS for sure and ironically my girl is also half Korean so there's no escaping.
Dancing and singing is very hard so I really appreciate Kpop because the idols can hit insane high notes while killing it with insane choreo.
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