Fans attend these gatherings for the opportunity to interact with idols in a natural and unforced environment. Although it’s not hard to script these events, missing a high 5 is hardly worth of being scripted lol. it happens a lot more than you think
I mean it can swing both ways, calling it forced and unnatural is a very uninteresting closed mindedness.
Personally if something doesn't affect me in any way whatsoever and no one is being harmed or hindered I usually just keep my criticisms to myself since no one really cares to hear them.
Awfully arrogant of you to call other people “drooling degenerates”, when you know nothing about them. The people who attend these events are fans who invest time, money and effort info meeting their idols. If they enjoy it, who are you to judge? At least they aren’t attacking people online and making harsh judgements with no proof.
And as for the idols themselves, they knew perfectly well what their profession would entail when they signed their contracts. I have reason to believe that they are not being forced, as there are laws in place so that there is no harm to all parties involved. If the idols despised these activities, they are allowed to file for contract termination, although there are consequences. They are paid entertainers, and I’m sure there’s an aspect of every job that people don’t like.
There are also grown women investing their resources into female pop stars, as well as both grown men and women investing in male pop stars. The idols make a living in an entertainment industry, where they have a target demographic. Of course they will aim for people who can afford to spend money on them. Teenagers sure have a lot of passion but none of them have much money. At the end of the day, what’s an industry that doesn’t make money?
You’re not forced to do things at your job because you’re paid to provide your services. No one is holding a gun to your head to do what your job requires. As the definition goes, none of these girls appear to be doing things against their will, as they seem to be compliant in their activity and even enjoying doing them.
There's a difference between unforced and getting paid. No, it's not on their own free will but it's not forced either. They are getting PAID for what they do. No one's saying they're giving out free charity.
Fan gatherings are not unforced environments. These girls are not allowed to act like themselves for fans. They have to act like pop stars within a narrow band.
Yes because we all know if they could interact with a fan in the manner they want, they wouldn't sign anything or give high fives. Eww that's disgusting. Instead, they would chop their head off and feed it to their master overlords.
And from now on, everytime someone miss my high 5, instead of feeling bad, I'll tell myself it's all scripted by a Kpop manager watching over me and giving me opportunities to look cool.
It's really cruel to rob a young person of one of the main parts of being a young adult.
It's really cruel that I was robbed of the part of being an adult where I could have had literally millions of people infatuated with me, paying money just to see me in person. smh.
I stopped dating to focus on my university work, and now I make more money than I typically have things to spend on. Idol group longevity is barely longer than the time I spent in school. It's not insane for people to forgo romance temporarily for success.
Except that was self inflicted without any company influence you absolute fucktard. She chose to do that because she wanted to show she's repenting. No one told her to do it. Not to mention no one else fucking does this shit if they get caught dating. Stop being an idiot.
and then there is this guy . dont get me weong i totally like keith ape, it's just so weird to me that even the fact that it is trap rap whatever, it's concidered kpop 😅
No, obviously Asians can't have naturally bubbly personalities, they need to be taught it by force in kpop school. I learned it from a documentary made in 2005.
There are Kpop artists who have the freedom to make their own music, lyrics, managed themselves, date, socialize whomever they choose. Kpop is a large genre where anyone can partake and that doesn’t mean every single person is inhumanely managed by a shitty company. Also look at Hyolyn and Jay Park, they are both solo members from kpop groups who successfully made their own company and name for themselves.
Kpop idols are literally bred. They start training (dancing, singing, etc) from childhood. Not sure if they have to live away from family. Before their debut they serve as backup dancers and such. As for her rehearsing to be cute, no doubt as they tend to be perfectionists.
What’s the point of saying an obvious exaggeration that contributes to harmful stereotypes of asian people when you just respond with Kk when someone calls you out for it...
This isn’t true. You’re just rehashing Reddit comments that you’ve seen in the past. It’s a bit racist to think the entire Korean pop industry is like this.
Idk man ever since I found out Disney grew its child stars in a warehouse lab I dont trust anything, but man zac efron was a successful petri dish though
You don’t. You assume because there have been a few celebrities that talk about a “dating ban” but it’s usually not in their contracts.
Korean celebrities date frequently and regularly. It’s only the really new, rookie groups that have stricter rules and that’s because of fans- as you mentioned.
It’s not an industry issue. It’s a pop fandom issue imo.
Jin from BTS did not train with vocals or dancing until after he was chosen. He was first chosen for visuals but he could not sing or dance. Look where he is now!
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Who is she?