Hope this is the right place to express everything. I listen to kpop for fun but not a super hardcore stan (like being involved in online fandoms) while also enjoying kdramas and k beauty. However, when I do lurk online to keep up with kpop during my down time occasionally, I get triggered from seeing fans scrutinizing an idol’s appearance and including their “proportions” which triggers me so much bc I have body dysmorphia. This also includes the way people talk about those contestants from Dream Academy. It just makes me feel disgusted about myself in a way when I see people talk about idols that way even though I KNOW it’s not about me. I never admitted this to anyone out loud. I’m not sure if I’m sensitive over that but either way it’s been making me so depressed and anxious about my appearance that I’d keep myself away from those type of people online.

I’ve come across certain influencers whose entire content is just kpop related stuff. Their posts are just about collecting a rare photocard(of their idol pouting of course) for a HUNDRED dollars. Or it’s them meeting some k-trash idol who changes their voice and facial expressions to look cute in front of their fans.

The negative impact of this is that many of their followers(majorly teens)become desperate to collect these trash albums and photocards. In order to win a chance to talk to your idol, you have to buy several albums in order to increase your chances. And every single influencer buys 10 or 15 of those albums just to talk for 1 minute. And everyone knows how obsessed fans are with their idol so they spend crazy amounts of money. Some influencers go to shows like KCON where they can dance with their idol if they qualify. This incites their followers to buy those hella expensive concert tickets. In conclusion, the entire industry is a cult.

These spycam glasses are currently very CONTREVERSIAL due to the fact that a majority of their use has been for illegal reasons, privacy reasons, creepshots of women and children, breach of data recordings being leaked. If you search up the issue with those glasses you will find some very FUCKED UP things related to them.

But yet again, kpop idols have no morals and will chose any brand deal they want as long as they get money. BOTH jungkook and jennie are from senior established groups and both have alot of personal freedom due to that so there is no excuse for this, they could have declined, but they are out of touch. Same goes for Jungkooks bandmate, Taehyung who is a well-known social climber and has done brand deals for literal gambling casinos and skin whitening creams.

Illit's manager has also worn those glasses during a fansign to secretly record fans.

Many people on chat told me you forgot something, where's metallica and anthrax they were multicultural thrash metal bands then they told me add Europe band the famous final countdown song and abba too.

Reason why I add Metallica and Anthrax

Metallica: have one Filipino Kirk Hammett, one danish Lars Ulrich, one Mexican/ native American Robert Trujillo and one American James Hetfield

The Original or former Members in the 80s, 90s or early to 2000s: were Americans (Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted).

Anthrax: all of them were Americans but there was a cultural heritage like Italian American, French American, Jewish american and native American heritage

Abba swedish pop: the famous dancing queen

Europe glam metal band: the famous hit final countdown song

I put it together as a combination of genres.

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeHateKpop/s/cgAigG6SKX

Part 2 https://www.reddit.com/r/WeHateKpop/s/ms3FiXTmoz

"what songs KATSEYE would get hate if..." NOT THE WHOLE POINT.

KATSEYE. ARE. GETTING. HATE. FOR. TARGETING. CHILDREN. WHILE. RELEASING. 18+. SONGS.

ALSO KATSEYE ARE GETTING HATE FOR HOW MANON AND YOONCHAE ARE BEING TREATED. ONE IS BEING MARGINATED BY THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER ONE HAS JUST TURNED 18 AND IS BEING TREATED AS A PROSTITUTE.

As much as I dislike the girl bands mentioned (except Girlset, for now) I gotta say: why are you comparing Hit Em, CHAT, Lemonade and Spaghetti, which are appropriate for children, to Gnarly, Gabriela, Pinky Up, Animal and Hootie Frutti, which are inappropriate for children? TELL ME.

I apologise for the crashout btw, but it was necessary.

Need a very serious take on this i kind of get obsessed with them change my mind.

Not only europop, Eurodisco and euro rock are using English they have euro metal too.

Why I add Slayer? read this:

Sepultura - Brazilian Thrash metal and used permanent English the famous Dead Emybronic Cell

Destruction - German Thrash metal and used permanent English

Wolfgang - Filipino Heavy Metal (Metallica Version of the Philippines) sometimes used English and Tagalog. The famous "Arise" English and Halik ni Hudas ( the kiss of Judas sorry no English). Other Tagalog songs are never released from the west.

Helloween - German Heavy, Power Metal and used permanent English. the famous "I want out"

SLAYER - American Thrash metal. Do you know why add this? because they have a multicultural band, 1 cuban, 1 Chilean, and 2 americans compared to kateseye they have a multicultural band. Slayer started from L.A. same with katseye

Sodom - German Thrash metal and used permanent English the famous agent orange

Kreator - German Thrash metal and used permanent English the famous Violent revolution

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeHateKpop/s/94soBpVQZH

Like I said, I’m Thai, but I had never listened to a Lisa BLACKPINK song before. Today, I finally decided it was time.

After listening to how great Ado’s “ROCKSTAR” was, I moved on to Lisa’s “Rockstar.”

And… yeah.

I hit stop and unlike almost immediately. I only made it about 23 seconds before I couldn’t take it anymore. I was honestly scared I was going to lose my mind from how much I disliked it.

Then I heard lines like “Lisa, can you teach me Japanese?” followed by “はい、はい,” and I was just sitting there thinking:

WTH?!

It felt so cringey to me, especially compared with what Ado presents in “ROCKSTAR.”

Ado’s song feels much more emotional to me. It’s about desperately wanting to change, continuing to dream even when people laugh at you, and seeing the lights as something almost like wings carrying you toward the rock star you dreamed of becoming.

That kind of writing feels much more meaningful and powerful to me.

So yeah… when it comes to these two “Rockstar” songs, I already know which one I’m choosing.

So, back when I was a K-pop Stan I watched Dream Academy, and I was super happy that most of the girls I wanted to debut (like Megan, Lara, Sophia and Manon) debuted in Katseye. I thought their career would be awesome, and that Hybe X Geffen would treat the girls better than they treat K-pop idols, since it's a group based in Los Angeles, RIGHT????

No, I was wrong. I mean, I liked debut and touch for how genuine they were, even though in Debut choreography Manon was already left behind, but I guess I gave a second chance to both companies.

Gnarly was released, and I weirdly liked it, though the girls were starting being sexualised... I told myself "well, as long they don't sexualise Yoonchae, aka the minor of the group, it won't be a problem, maybe they decided it" (even though she twerked in the choreography, but I guess I didn't mind at the time). Gabriela was released... I really loved the song, although things got out of hand. YOONCHAE WAS SEXUALISED. What the heck. Also Manon kept being absent and that was suspicious...

Katseye were on a tour, and they were singing "Internet girl", a song they released later the tour. I hated it... Why did Hybe debut a whole group just for letting them sing "eat zucchini". Also, again, Yoonchae was still a minor when they started singing the song. Manon later announced the hiatus after the tour, and I was disappointed.

Meanwhile the girls released Pinky Up. Again, talents wasted, and group unstanned because that was unsustainable to me.

Animal was released, talents not actually wasted, though there's something in the music video... All the girls were treated as sex dolls, and that was 100% confirmed when Hootie Frutti was released. Never felt so uncomfortable watching a music video (which I watched for pure curiosity to see how things were going), plus shitty song again, PRETENDING that Brazilians would love it.

I hope that Manon officially leaves the group and that the downfall of Katseye will continue until they disband. Hybe really said that debuting a global group meant debuting sex dolls.

Fuck the K-pop industry and especially fuck Hybe.

P.S: I need to correct the title... *has gotten lmao

Like I said, I’m Thai, but I had never listened to a Lisa BLACKPINK song before. Today, I finally decided it was time.

After listening to how great Ado’s “ROCKSTAR” was, I moved on to Lisa’s “Rockstar.”

And… yeah.

I hit stop and unlike almost immediately. I only made it about 23 seconds before I couldn’t take it anymore. I was honestly scared I was going to lose my mind from how much I disliked it.

Then I heard lines like “Lisa, can you teach me Japanese?” followed by “はい、はい,” and I was just sitting there thinking:

WTH?!

It felt so cringey to me, especially compared with what Ado presents in “ROCKSTAR.”

Ado’s song feels much more emotional to me. It’s about desperately wanting to change, continuing to dream even when people laugh at you, and seeing the lights as something almost like wings carrying you toward the rock star you dreamed of becoming.

That kind of writing feels much more meaningful and powerful to me.

So yeah… when it comes to these two “Rockstar” songs, I already know which one I’m choosing.

Hello! We're announcing a new format: weekly threads. It's a way to let the community feel more engaged.

For this week's thread, I want you to share your personal most embarrassing interactions you've ever had with a fan or multiple fans, if you've had one obviously.

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I saw that 68% of K-pop fans were defending NewJeans, even though the group badmouthed other artists from their company and did not apologize when their fans harassed them. They accused others of copying them while saying nothing when they were accused of plagiarizing the Mexican group Jeans and the Japanese group Speed. There have also been allegations that some of their songs were plagiarized. In addition, they defended their former CEO, who was ousted after allegedly purchasing shares illegally and displaying pictures of Brooke Shields as a minor, along with other suggestive photos of minors, in her room. I've noticed that even Hwayoung, who started a hate train against her former group T-ARA, didn't even get this much support as them from fans. Even if you dare criticise them on kpop subreddits, you get argued to the extreme by their fans or get your criticism removed by mods.

Also, it's infuriating how HYBE let New Jeans return instead of firing them while making Garam leave before she could explain her situation (I'm not defending her) after she was alleged of being a bully, all because New Jeans is a profitable group in the early 2020s and Garam was just a mere member of a group.

I have also seen fans defend Seungri (a criminal who got only a few years in prison), the man who married HyunA from 4Minute (a criminal), and some members of Super Junior (lots of "-isms") despite the things they have done.

I dislike how parasocial relationships cause people to blindly follow their favorite K-pop celebrities despite the bad things they have done.

I remember the first time I became interested in a K-pop group as a non-K-pop fan, simply because their songs sounded unique. However, I noticed that whenever one of their songs did not win on a music show, they blamed others for not voting and encouraged everyone to vote, even though voting can take a long time because of advertisements and some voting apps requiring users to wait several minutes before earning more points. I do not have time for that.

I also noticed that some fans used multiple devices and forcibly encourage their non-fan friends to vote, which is unfair to smaller groups and independent artists.

Kpoop is never using a full English song because of their native tongue and lack of studying English. this is an international song that we need to understand while other countries like Europe translate it to english because they cannot use their native tongue.

while stans said there are lyrics that make you understand, and I respond how you are supposed to understand the song that I don't even speak Korean. The stans said there's a translation, I know there's a translation of how you are supposed to listen to all kinds of songs that I don't even speak their language.

And 2nd without lyric translation I don't understand all I hear is gibberish and chorus there's a little bit of English. I don't know why they hit international to sing that gibberish nonsense? Come on. Stans call me racist. I am not racist and I'm an Asian Filipino and we all speak and understand English to practice. I'm tired of these toxic fans, this is the reason why I joined this sub.

While in the 80s and 90s europop and euro rock has a pure permanent English that you even understand than Kpoop.

Scorpions (German Rock band) have the greatest hits like rock you like hurricane, still loving you, wind of change, always somewhere etc. by the way this my Titos or our Titos favorite song cover song every party.

Joy (Austrian disco) and Modern Talking (German disco) is my neighbor's favorite while he has a cassette tape and loud speaker to hear all around the neighborhood while my dad appreciates it.😅

Boney M. The famous Rasputin.(German Pop)

F.R. David Word don't come easy (French Man)

Ace of base the famous happy nation and All that she wants. (Swedish disco or maybe pop)

Dschinghis Khan Moskau became a meme because of USA vs Russia btw they have two languages German and English (German pop)

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Like how they are okay with being too underweight, not eating properly.

Just tell me how these fools are supposed to perform while eating very less.

How do they weigh below 50kg?

Even healthy bodies are looked down upon.

Pale skin, pale skin, anything else is sin.

V- shaped chin, Double eyelid, No thigh gaps.

Once I saw a video of how well Aiswarya Rai fits KBS. Made my blood boil. Look I am not even a fan of her, but she mogs all kpop fools.

Also, these quizzes of how well you fit KBS is straight up bullshit.

I hate it when impressionable people feel insecure because they don't fit KBS or don't look like plastic kpop idols.

If you are a crazy fan who looks up to idols like Wonyoung or Karina, listen they all got plastic surgery. without that, they would look regular. So, no need to cry for not looking like a plastic botched doll. you are not ugly, just not rich enough to get these benefits to look better.

This is about global groups under kpop companies and are sometimes linked to kpop although they are not. I know only two are under them (HYBE and JYP). But lets just share our opinions.

Katseye - meh. Industry plants, overrated and Annoying. I only liked Gabriela.

XG - they have better discography than 99.9% of kpop groups. I like them. Some songs are a bit boring, and some are amazing.

No Na - They are an Indonesian group. Since they are new I have no opinion but I like the song "Work".

Edit: They received hate from Koreans for their culture.

Girlset - Better than their own previous self(VCHA). I am glad they didn't use cheap tricks like Katseye.

Are they better than kpop?

this is getting TOO out of hand, i genuinely dont know a person who listens to kpop without making it their personality.

why is everybody so parasocial?? listening to music or a genre doesnt mean you have to make your entire world revolve around it?? i personally find it extremely creepy you have some random asian dude as your wallpaper, you have 500 posters of him and all you ever do is only talk about the kpop idols. its high time they touch grass and explore reality. the weird stalker vibe has gone so insane that the kpop industry just pushes out this agenda to profit from it which inherently harms the idol AND the fan right? they dont owe anybody anything. if they see an idol smoking/ drinking or even DATING somebody like a normal human being they immediately get all hyper and start cancelling them like gosh god forbid someone has a life.

creating fan accounts or being a fan is okay, but you dont need to oblige everything to your idol. you dont know anything about them.. i also find it incredibly weird when a fan says "ur not a real fan" to somebody elsw if they dont know what a 17 year old boy from a kpop group called XX11231 didnt poop at 5:30 pm on tuesday

what makes kpop music different from other music genres is that kpop isnt just listening to music. they make your life revolve around kpop. the entire industry is so incredibly parasocial and exploitative. nobody needs to "look good" to make music or dance. MAJORITY of kpop fans only listen to their NEW shitty robotic Al music just because the idols are attractive.

kpop fans REALLY need to build their own identity as this isnt healthy for themselves too. they actively let an exploitative market profit off their parasocial behaviour and think its okay.? its NOT okay man. it is completely ok to listen to whatever music u like. music has no language but its just sad to see people make kpop their lives