KPop - aka Only Scott Cares - aka Not as Good as Metal

GFriend just came back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zll7O1v63aY

My boy D.O. from EXO is going to the military, and he released this song on his way out. See you in ~2 years bro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2aQ_NqeTNw

IOI was finally officially confirmed to comeback without Somi or Yeonjung.

Ailee is coming back soon, and it sounds like it’s gonna be lit.

https://youtu.be/3BypwfOAmGU

This is what KPop has been missing lately.

https://youtu.be/hgL4hUR2Ck8

Just one person playing bass and singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0miC7VmCQA

Just one person singing wearing a peanut on their head.

One more: The cat head rock band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsO_rRutVkw

Also, I don’t know what this guy is on about, but it’s way fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjY99Hv4mG8

M Countdown aired last night, let’s check it out.

Ok, so I posted Chung ha’s music video 24 days ago, and she’s still on music shows, and still winning the music shows. GFriend had a week where they took them all, but then they stopped promoting after that. Now Chung Ha is back on top. Usually groups will get extra time to do a b-side track during the first week of promotions, but Chung Ha has mixed it up. She’s so big, and nobody else is beating her on the charts right now, so she made some choreo for her most bangin’ b-side “Chica” and has done it on music shows a couple times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMxgaaTjQH4

I didn’t like (G)I-DLE’s new song at first, but it grew on me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDMoUhjCQQA

I’m not sure if NATURE’s new song is catchy or annoying. I think it depends on the mood you are in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_NDUcp3f5Q

However, the number one for me by far is the return of NORAZO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm07Bp9z2xo

Gimme more of that wacky nonsense. These guys are basically the manzai of KPop.

Oh yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91fL1yk_WC0

Taemin. He famous, fabulous, and dangerous. Also, he knows it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=F32hhOsJ14k

Sudden huge news.

BigHit, aka: the BTS company, has just acquired Source Music, the GFriend company.

These companies were already somewhat close to each other. Here’s an infamous school uniform commercial they made together back in the day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3tfGe2HH70

The thing is, even though BTS is #1, BigHit doesn’t have any other groups. They just came out with their second group ever, which is TXT, and they are ok I guess. Doesn’t look like they will become BTS 2.0, though.

Source Music is in a similar boat. Their first group ever, GFriend, was a big success (though, not as big as BTS obviously) and they have nothing else. No other groups. They had some male trainees on the latest produce season, and those trainees will probably benefit greatly from this merger.

Not only is it a great benefit for both companies, but it also changes the KPop landscape entirely. Up until now there were “the big three”. SM, JYP, and YG. These three companies were the ones able to produce several hit groups. YG is currently falling due to scandals. CUBE had made a few great groups, but then had a huge collapse.

All the other successful KPop companies that aren’t just small insignificant potatoes have only been able to produce a handful, but usually just one successful group. By having BigHit and Source combine, they are now indisputably one of the top companies up there with SM and JYP.

There is a rumor they might even merge another one in there, and I think they should. I say they should also bring in RBW, since GFriend and MAMAMOO have history together, and RBW has not been able to produce any other successful groups despite several tries.

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Ok, so check this biz out.

New track from SEVENTEEN is lit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=F9CrRG6j2SM

New track from OH MY GIRL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTD_yleCK9Y

Tiffany came back with Magnetic Moon before her solo concert in Seoul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM_t7Y8gBwU

Also all of SNSD got together for her birthday and such. It’s been a long time.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0oQdjGHsN3/

My boy Kang Daniel, who got first place on season 2 of Produce 101 released his solo track after a whole bunch of fighting with his company to escape his bad contract.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QY40Reub8&feature=youtu.be

Also

https://www.soompi.com/article/1343373wpp/breaking-twices-jihyo-and-kang-daniel-reportedly-dating

Oh baby.

Lastly, check out this group DONGKIZ. Their new track is a huge ghostbusters homage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0VIGOnjuhs

When you look at all the KPop idol x fan interactions, they are always awful trite useless stuff. I try to avoid that kind of content as much as possible. Fan questions are filtered and shallow. “Will you come to my country? Yes, if I ever get a chance to.” There is no real substance in these conversations. Fans are just into it because OMG the person I like addressed my existence. Same thing on Twitch people just want to hear the streamer say their name, and will follow/subscribe to make that happen. They even get mad or impatient if they didn’t get acknowledged.

So after merging with the BTS company, GFriend is now on this service Weverse that BTS is also on. The were doing Q&A there. I’m sure most of it was the usual trash. But someone asked GFriend’s Yuju a question and her answer was so clever that people are sharing it around other non-weverse places.

Here is the translation:

#ASK_GFRIEND Do you have any tips to not be nervous on important moments?

For me, I’ll close my eyes & imagine that I’ll regret it if I do a lot of mistakes bcs I’m too nervous. Then when I open my eyes, there’s a 2nd chance in front of me!

Maybe other people have heard of this strategy before, but I haven’t. I always do things better the second or third time around. Doing a mental trick to make the first time into the second time is really smart.

This is one thing I miss about doing a lower-tier convention circuit and then having one or two big PAXes a year. We could run a new talk a few times, refine it, get it really solid, and then do the “real” version at PAX.

Now we have to constantly bring new ones to the table, and usually we do the literal first one of anything at a PAX.

Red Velvet is back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHS9E6JFja8

SUNMI is coming soon.

Oops, I didn’t update in awhile. SUNMI did indeed come back. LALALALALALALALALALALAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrggmyDhWBo

EVERGLOW’s Adios is a banger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gX_p1VkgA4

Chungha and Mommy Son (who is definitely not Mad Clown wink wink) did a song together as a commercial for the Seoul Marathon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdnKoMOPmQY

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BTS vacation is over. They are comin’ back soon I bet.

Super M, the SM all-star boy group, is also coming soon.

TWICE is coming soon also.

AKMU is coming soon.

Jessi and Hyuna who both went to PSY’s company P Nation are both coming soon.

While everyone else is coming soon. BOL4 is dominating the charts with a PAK, as usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrAIqeULUL0

Dreamcatcher also just released their new MV this morning. It sounds like all their other stuff. A hard/rock not quite metal anime opener sung by a KPop girl group. However, this new MV is notable, at least in this community, because it is full of utena homage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6lyRvAgAEo

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AKMU came back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3DZsBw5bnE

TWICE came back. In a glass half-full/half-empty situation, Mina appeared in the music video, but isn’t appearing at any music shows or anything. Not in the dance practice either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ymwOvzhwHs

J-Hope (from BTS) calling up Becky G and ordering Chicken Noodle Soup for the whole gang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i23NEQEFpgQ

SM formed an all-start team from all of its boy groups called Super M. They mastered the arts of both jumping and popping. They call it Jopping. Make of that what you will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnK1y7qjuE

Meanwhile Zico hanging with the mascots/furs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp26FJduCFc

I don’t normally post in this thread, or really pay much attention to KPop, but I saw that this story had made NPR:

Sudden Death Of A Young K-Pop Star Spurs Talk Of Action On Mental Health, Bullying - NPR

Yes, I posted about it in the celebrity death thread.

https://www.soompi.com/article/1361576wpp/bigbangs-g-dragon-officially-discharged-from-military

HE BACK

Super Junior first full comeback since getting all their members out of the military.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yimV9i-dY0

One of the stray kids had to leave the group for unknown personal reasons.

The King returns. It’s really been two years? Time goes too fast when you’re old.

Taeyeon is back. She will probably be #1 on the charts until IU releases her album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP4ga_fNm-E

And all of that huge news is nothing compared to the return of Brown Eyed Girls who haven’t had a release as a group since 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q3RoDYObOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQw7MfX2IlM

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Monsta X lost one of its members, Wonho. From what I can gather, an ex of his accused him of stealing her stuff and selling it online. Regardless of truth, the accusations have cause enough of a kerfuffle that he’s just calling it quits.

Just want to bring this up again because in the US we have celebrities who are accused, or even guilty, of extremely heinous crimes like domestic violence, sexual assault, or even murder, and their careers continue. It’s a problem. But South Korea has the opposite problem where you can wear the wrong color clothes on a Tuesday and your career will be over.

Also, TXT, the boy group from the same company as BTS, is back. They are the only major promotion right now because you have the charts being dominated by Tayeon, but she’s not appearing on music shows or anything. Their song came out last week, but here’s their Halloween dance practice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1zrpn9RpFo

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