the irony is nobody outsides the fandom seems to really give a damn about them
Curiously, the interviewed people could recognize better, their older songs (before let's say, western songs) than the newer ones. Obviously, people couldn't care little if they won the Grammys or any other thing. Only the fans care about that.
I don't get why their producers are that lazy. Nothing is original anymore in Kpop and the music just keeps getting worse.
Why work? Regardless of the quality of the songs, the fans stream like crazy and buy all the merch, so, why bother? Was something original in Kpop since the start? Because the thing about boybands are girlbands came from the West, the original thing, maybe, was the industrialized way of Kpop (trainees and creating lots of groups).
not even south korean population itself listen to kpop to begin with. every fandom is solely built on people who are in their 10s and 20s. i guess thats why these kpop idols dont do well anymore once they reach their 30s cause their music is only sold to their cult circle and once the circle decrease its number, the idols' music career also fade away with it...then u'll see some of these idols trying to break into acting careers instead
With few exceptions of some idols, the rest never actually are recognized for their singing talent. Most of them, end up being in variety shows, recycled as actors or mc's.
The 7 year cycle of a group seems well thought, guess they have calculated how many years a group last. The last years of the group are for releasing solos and see which one will be the most successful. Guess, it isn't cute anymore to see a 30 year old doing aegyo or other stupid stuff for fans.
The age of the fans also, is more or less, when people are studying or don't have too many responsabilities. Later, there are too many things to do, than to be streaming a song or remembering when is the birthday of an idol.
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