An observation of being a fan for the past 6 years. You notice a pattern but not everyone is like this.
Category Archives: K-Pop
Issues with relationship variety shows
Konno posted on his blog a short while ago about the issues with shows such as We Got Married and it made me think that there wasn’t enough pointing out about the show. Not only in We Got Married do people see it as a dreamlike world for themselves, but also Mnet Scandal and The Romantic & Idol. These shows have similar elements but also bring a lot of issues with it. Netizens, fans and other viewers don’t seem to realise how sucked they get into watching these shows and thinking it’s a reality.
Of course I’m not talking about every person who watches We Got Married. Most of us enjoy watching it and realise it is not real.
JYPE’s current status as a ‘Big 3′ company?
In life, there are things that are usually more popular than others. People, events and even trends. In the music industry, this happens quite often with idols and artists being more successful than others and their companies given the spotlight too. In K-Pop, I think it’s the opposite where most fans focus upon the label of where the idols came from. The Big 3 companies (SM, JYP and YG) are an example of this being the most popular music labels in Korea.
After reading this article, I’ve noticed JYPE in the last few years has been in the decline. It used to be my favourite label of idols but 2PM and Wonder Girls are the only groups I like. Even these groups are slowly becoming irrelevant and the fault is in JYP and the company. Home to creating stars such as Rain, Wonder Girls and g.o.d, it looks like JYP may lose its reputation as a Big 3 company to other competitors. Well, at least that’s the way I see it.
Resolutions and Hopes for 2013
Gorgeous girls! Sad there won’t be a comeback of theirs in 2013 ;__;
Did you guys have a nice New Years? My annual report has been completed thanks to WordPress. I think it’s pretty cute so I wanted to share it with you all! After taking a look at Nia’s Hope and Dreams for 2013, I thought I would do my own plus share with you all my New Year Resolutions since we are all in the new year now.
Best & Worst of 2012: End of Year Review
Sunye is getting married, I’m crying tears
Literally of happiness. Being a fan of 5 years and to see a member of my favourite girl group get married, I’m so happy for her. You can read the announcement here! She is also the first second-generation idol to get married.
UK K-pop fans – how the others “see” us
Remember back when MBC festival was held in June? Do you remember the day before the concert when fans followed EXO-K around Oxford Street and got bashed for it? After that festival, they got labeled as crazy fans who don’t know how to keep their distance.
You must be joking.
K-Pop companies and their “World Tours”
A word of advice, never believe a world tour is a “world tour”.
There are a lot of international fans who have not understood that when K-Pop companies say World Tour, why do you all believe it’s going to be every city in the world with at least two or three countries in each continent? Please, wake up! Let me take this upcoming Big Bang Alive Tour in London as an example.
I want to explain to some of you guys how to prepare for these poorly planned K-Pop concerts instead of complaining to each other.
…Junsu changes his name to Minjun?
That smile…I saw this live at Music Bank Paris.
You should have seen me today sitting in my room when I go onto tumblr and see Minjun everywhere. The first thing I think is that it’s a OTP name coupled with someone else and then I see this:
Bloody hell was I confused as ever…
Workaholic society of making an idol
Being an idol is not an easy task. The K-Pop industry covers up a lot but in recent years, it seems to be easier to see how idols are created in Korea and the work behind it. The workaholic society of an idol really interested me so there are three points that I thought about while writing this: Song production, Pre-debut trainees and Economy leading to idol life.
