Truthteller
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I used to be a a casual kpop fan when I was younger, grew out of it, but have listened to a bunch of kpop bands BTS included. My younger sister was a more enthusiastic fan of Kpop, BTS included and would watch variety/reality shows etc that are a huge part of Kpop culture. She introduced me to their shipping/crack videos as she herself was a Taekook shipper. TBH i never was and still am not a fan of the music, though they do have some decent songs, but the over autotuning just kills it for me. Colorful kpop music videos and coordinated choreagraphy were not new to me, so BTS didnt stand out in that sense. However I am not going to lie, the shipping videos and subsequent analysis videos was what grabbed (and kept) my attention. I later became interested in analysing some of the memebers and their dynamic plus other aspects such as sexuality. Still the quality of music/vocals did not impress me enough to understand why they were so heavily promoted by the American music industry. Idol was a mess of a track imo, much like the new music is underwhelming and generic. Yet they seemed to get more and more successful and recieve mainstream media exposure, which to me was mind boggling. I just did not understand what these people had done to get invited to the UN (and give a terrible speech) and be on the cover of Time magazine and constantly promoted. I knew something was up, why were they being pushed so heavily with essentially minimal competition and zero critique while the general public seemed to not care for them ? (in no other period has there been so little competition for pop sensations). I became curious as to what the agenda was and wanted to keep analysing the content, bringing me among other things to this thread. I have figured it out at this point and learned a lot about the industry and media along the way, just waiting to see where it ends and what the next scheme is.
Nevertheless the quality of content has decreased both with regards to the music/dance and their own variety shows/interviews. Perhaps because everything feels more manufactured and scripted, especially as of recent. Even concerts feel scripted and preplanned with a loss of free interactions and spontaneity which takes away the authenticity. The members have changed, mostly not for the better, guess fame and money and overworking gets to them. I am losing interest in them tbh. They are no longer fun, espcially since this comeback. Only interesting thing was Taehyung’s mental state, but he seems better nowadays.
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