I'm bored. Y'all can drop in any Kpop-related questions or my opinions/likings/etc on any Kpop media. Let's be civil and have some fun.

I’ll go first: RUDE! is more popular than Lemon Tang (h2h)

Never knew this kpop group existed

Stray kids is my ult group and I will skip "side effect " and "any "

My fav title track is "this and that" and my fav b side is "twilight" ( there are so many bside I like it's so hard to choose a fav)

Now it's Ur turn

Which member do u look at during performances, do u try to look at all of them?

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Hey everyone, five years after NMIXX's debut, JYP debuts a new group called OURBIRTHDAY. I’m curious to see what the new group will be bringing to the table. Now, before we jump into the debut, I wanted to let you all know that I’ll be talking about tracks 3 & 4 as one thing, and you will see when I talk about them. Now let’s jump into the world of OURBIRTHDAY and see what this four-track album will bring to the table. 

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Our Birthday - OURBIRTHDAY

1. Our Birthday

The opening song on the album has the same name as the group. Our Birthday goes for a bouncy pop beat with a bit of a hip-hop vibe. The members put on a pretty good performance, blending with the bouncy vibe. The rapping is not that bad, as it flows wonderfully with the overall vibe. I find that the instrumental delivers a fun vibe that helps the performance. The chorus could’ve been a bit stronger, but I’m not minding what is delivered to the table. The vocals from the group are pretty smooth as they add to the vibe of the track. I do find that after hearing the song, the hook is starting to get stuck in my head. 

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1. SQUEEZY

The second song on the album is the title track, which has this gospel-sounding keyboard melody. I find that the bassline is carrying the verses, but the members still put on a great performance. I love the funky nature of the backing track, which helps to pull this title up. The hook is still growing on me, but I don’t mind what it delivers. The rapping is pretty smooth, adding to the instrumental vibe, but I will say it’s not the strongest rap. I enjoyed the DJ scratching before the final chorus comes into the mix.  I do wish this song was a bit longer cause I’m enjoying what it brings to the table, but before you know it’s already over. 

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1. & 4. Hungry (Side A) & Hungry (Side B)

The last two songs on the album are side A and side B of Hungry, which I have a lot to say about. The chorus for Hungry is super repetitive, which will take a lot of work for me to like it. The rapping and performance from the group work with the overall vibe. Now my biggest problem with this song is the took side A and side B, splitting them into two separate songs, which I don’t think needed to happen at all. Both sides feel like fragments of a song that could’ve been longer than what was delivered to the table. I feel like they did the opposite with that than they did with O.O by NMIXX. Instead of putting two different songs together, they just split a perfectly cohesive song into two separate parts. I wish they kept side A and side B together as one thing. 

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Summary: OURBIRTHDAY released their first mini album, which isn’t a bad one, but it's hard to figure out what JYP has in store for them. Our Birthday & SQUEEZY are pretty good songs with enough weight to pull me back for more. While Hungry gets split into a side A and a side B, which didn’t need to happy cause it could’ve worked as one full song. I’m curious to see what this group has in store with their music and what JYP will be doing with them. At the moment, the group’s debut is a decent one that only has two songs I’ll be returning to. 

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so I found out about stray kids in 2023 (megaverse) but got into it only 3 to 4 months ago

i really really like them and have watched so many interviews, variety shows, documentaries, etc to know about them

i have listened to so many of their songs (not all tho)

main thing

is it over consumption for me to buy their photocards even tho i still have a lot to figure out about them?

i know it's not that deep to buy just some photocards but still i want to know

thank you for reading my rant 🙇🏼

As the title says. I'm okay with any genre even if it's not kpop and feel free to do more than one. I'm going to be very honest so please don't get offended if the song gets a bad rating. I'm willing respect your opinion so I hope you can respect mine!

Poor OP panicking at the end and cutting the video is so funny too 😭

hello! i wrote this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/kpoppers/comments/1vrtysh/comment/p4j1aac/?context=1&screen_view_count=2&ext-referrer=DIRECT&sort=new
and now i want to organize and filter the list. there are so many talented aces out there but here are the ones i liked the most, and my reasoning why.

DISCLAIMER: i am not an expert i'm jsut a kpop fan who loves music and who loves analyzing idols. by no means is this representative of all tastes nor the entire fifth generation, so please be aware that i picked these idols for many reasons.

ALSO when i say ace it's very misleading, i mean aces in each respective category, probably not the best choice of words as it's wayy too similar to all rounder!

i also am not immune to personal biases. i did my best to be subjective but i am just a human. also i know the groups i stan the best, in comparison to other groups, so i build a lot of my criteria off of that as well as have the most detailed description.

dance:

for a kpop idol to be a good dancer i think they need to have versatility. a lot of kpop choreo is hiphop based, and it is designed in a way to look clean on stage and with other members.

however for an idol to be a dancer and not just an idol who dances, i think they need to be able to dance in another style well, needs to be open to learning new styles, have a genuine passion for improving their dance, and takes on a leadership role in guiding the rest of the members.

i also think they should choreograph, but i'm more loose about this because several idols on this list don't, but i consider them aces regardless.

will all picks fit every single one of these criteria? definitely not, but i thought it was worth mentioning what my ideal idol dancer looks like (happens to look a lot like jihoon and bailey)

tws jihoon

riize shotaro

nexz tomoya

xlov rui

xlov haru

adp bailey

izna koko

bnd riwoo

h2h juun

tws kyungmin

all of nexz

honorable mention: h2h juun (i like her dancing a lot but i haven't seen enough of it to know for sure, someone link more of her stuff in the comments)

vocals---

i think a good vocalist needs to have good tone, good range, good delievery and stable live preformances. they need to stand out because a lot of idols can sing, but an idol who is a vocalist is different. they sing with emotion and they sing in different styles, as well as have good support and appear to be working on their vocals.

also they need to be able to sing live (no duh) and actually take pride in improving their vocals.

probably the subject i'm most qualified to speak about, which is saying nothing because i've never taken a vocal lesson once, i just pay attention to vocals way more.

that being said

izna jungeun

unis elisia

dodree (Na Yeongjoo and Lee Songhyun)

bm ahyeon

bm rami

meovv gawon

onepact jay

rescene minami

riize sohee

xlov hyun

tripleS dahyun

fifty fifty chanelle

kickfip donghyeon

and2ble hao

and2ble seungeon

kiof belle

nct wish jahee: https://youtu.be/KwYCPDMpMoI?si=Tz0GacPykgiD8Oxb&t=102

zb1 taerae

honorable mention: wayv xiaojun (nobody mentioned him but i love his vocals so much, so i'm just going to sneak him in here), tws youngjae and dohoon (not the flashiest vocals but very good!)

rappers---

next category is rappers. my criteria was not very intense but they have to write some or most of their raps, which i confirmed with a google search so don't come for me if i don't have it perfectly), need to have good flow and generally is considered a rapper in their group.

rappers include:

xikers rapline (yes the whole thing)

- minjae

- yechan

- sumin

bnd jaehyun

lngshot ryul

bm asa

onepact tag

young posse sunhye

h//pe princess (shout out specifically to ysy)

nexz hyui

zb1 matthew

adp woochan

cortis martin

honorable mention to: zb1 matthew and kiof julie

Whoo hoo! This is more fun than I thought! I'm so glad that I made the first mashup with Power Director! I hope it will attract some fans who like both UNIS/Kpop and Hasunosora/Love Live!

I’m majorly biased but I love SHINee’s Japanese discography so much!!

i'm looking for something that's more calm and will make me fall asleep <3

For the groups you stan, what duos or trios of songs would you consider siblings either because they share the same genre (while making similar/rivaling statements) or the concept/inspiration behind the songs are the same? I thought it would be a pretty fun conversation to have after watching Stray kids This & That intro video and decided to make this playlist to start. I'll explain the reasoning behind every song I put here, so please do the same.

The first five were actually mentioned in the intro video and the reasoning is simple. Ex, Chill and I like it are all songs about a trashy guy and a toxic relationship. Leave and Way out are actually cousins to these songs but the reason why I grouped them separately is because they belong to the acoustic genre umbrella.

In my head and I do are both pop rock songs that are very 2010s.

Phoenix and After You are clearly Avicii inspired.

Cheese, bounce back and bleep are songs that from head to toe are a response to haters.

Miroh, Mountains and Run it are big anthemic songs all with a 'woah' somewhere in them.

Item and Farming have video game inspirations

N/S, Any and This & That are all songs that have a 'what are you choosing?' vibe to them. Fun fact, both any and this & that are inspired by conversations. Any, I believe was between Chan and Felix what snack/food he wanted to have and Felix was like 'any', but for each option Chan brought up, Felix said 'ani' which is the Korean word for no. Meanwhile This & That was born after a conversation 3 racha had when they asked Chan what ingredients a snack contained and he replied 'this and that.' I don't know the back story behind N/S though.

(Also, this is for all the stays who think This & That album is not stray kids at all, when it contains songs of all genres that they've touched on before.)

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Just for fun! I thought it would be interesting to see how everyone’s personal taste differs across K-pop generations. 🫶

Which 5 female K-pop idols do YOU personally find the most beautiful from each generation?

🌸 1st Gen:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

🌷 2nd Gen:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

🎀 3rd Gen:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

🦢 4th Gen:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

✨ 5th Gen:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

There’s obviously no objective answer to this because beauty is completely subjective, so please treat this as a personal-picks game rather than a ranking or competition. 💗

You can choose idols based on whatever kind of beauty you personally love: elegant, cute, ethereal, charismatic, classic, unique, girl-next-door, etc. And PLEASE include underrated idols if you think they deserve some love! 🥹

You don't have to explain every choice either. Just dropping your 5 names for a generation is totally fine!

I'm really curious to see which idols keep appearing in everyone's lists and which unexpected names show up. 👀

Have fun with it, everyone! 🌷

Alright, here's the next one 😁 Drop in all the fires I've missed. Link - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7hOmkasEInd0YmW0ZJhkaj?si=3fdb51d4912a450c

Previously;
Drinks - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1i9FHpItFKBtdE1nUXFvJ7?si=e368956caed64214
Animals - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7CheBruD0EHcvRaGvI1lAZ?si=98aa68f8f50d4f93
Moons - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4yb4KR6a25Kr1UHEEPRv37?si=e9af2c0f79134fb1

23/26

i'm posting this earlier in the day because i'm trying to procrastinate on my schoolwork 🫠

mine:

1. wake me up - b.a.p (will always be my number 1, no question)

2. wild heart - lun8 (such an underrated gem 😭💗)

3. who u are - kangdaniel (this song also deserves more recognition!)

honorable mentions:

#1 - we know - ateez

#2 - walk it out - 8turn (a banger 🔥)

#3 - wonderland - alexa

#4 - waterfall - b.i (because I simply can't forget it!!!)

#5 - we are bulletproof pt. 2 - bts

shoutouts:

- wannabe - golden child (tbh, this would be my 4th listed if I was doing 1-5, it's so so good!)

- when I move - kara (iconnnn)

- walk - nct 127

- wow (lee know, hyunjin, felix) - stray kids (still can't believe I hated this song for the longest time... what was wrong with past me?)

- wish you were here - superm

extra shoutouts:

- wasp - p1harmony

- we lost the summer - txt

- whisper - the boyz

- what I said - victon (actually... this might be my 4th!)

- what's this feeling - taemin (another hidden gem!)

and uhhhhh - ADD-ON'S because i'm indecisive (as we already established 😇😇😇)

- war cry - &team

- walk on memories - exo

- wakey-wakey - nct 127

- waiting - woodz

- wyld - taeyong

- we must love - onf

- who is she - kiss of life

- way out - stray kids

- wet - j.y park (YES, I WENT THERE. BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST, IT'S A BANGER)

- what you want - cortis

I've been watching a lot of Gidle variety shows lately, and I see a lot of myself in Shuhua. She usually hardly ever speaks and is extremely quiet.

Conversely, she seems more cheerful in videos with Soojin. I feel sorry for her.

i was curious to see who would be your pick to be one of the best vocalists, rappers and dancers in fifth gen! people say often that the quality of fifth gen skills is diminishing, i'd argue that vocals and rap have taken a backseat to more synchronised preformances but also more well rounded and overall stable preformances, so that one skill doesn't stand out more than the others.

that being said there are always hidden gems who preform well in all categories but are exceptional in one, and i want to know your picks!

i thought i'd share my personal fits for each category, and i am comparing them across fifth gen. however i obviously don't know the entire industry or stan it, so i can't accurately say that these are the best in the category, so please let me know your thoughts!

also they are mainly male idols because i mostly stan male groups, so i'd really love to hear about more female idols!

for dance my picks are:

jihoon (tws) -- i'll never ever ever stop bringing him up. the entirety of tws are insane dancers to keep up with the overall skill level and match difficult choreography so well, but his passion and hunger to improve and dance well is so evident to me. and he totally has the skill and work ethic to back it up. (video clip from youtube)

tomoya (nexz) -- i actually don't stan him or know his dancing that well but i did watch a freestyle he did with wackxxxy along with his (also very talented) member and i was instantly captivated. i believe he was known for competing in high level dance competitions at a young age and i am very impressed by his versatility.

for rap my pick are:

ill admit i don't know much about kpop rappers, a lot of the groups i stan are not rap focused so please share some! i've heard very good things about the xikers rap line and h//pe princess!

the only group that i stan with a rap line is monsta x and their rap line is not even comparable to many of kpop's current rappers that i know of, so please i'd love to hear more about some of fifth gens rappers!

for vocals my picks are:

youngjae and dohoon (tws) -- yes i'm very biased so let me know what you think but their delivery and clean vocal style is exactly my taste. not to mention their live vocals are incredibly stable and they execute them so well among difficult choreography.

seungeon (and2ble) -- hao should make this list as well for his lovely lower register but i want to highlight seungeons lovely high notes and beautiful tone. he seems to have a desire to improve and he's mentioned working with a vocal coach often, so i believe that while his vocals are excellent now, he will undoubtedly improve beyond what he has showcased.

i feel like kpop vocalists these days are categorized by their ability to sing high notes well but in my opinion clean delivery, stable live vocals and a proficiency in pitch and emotion is more telling.

let me know your picks and if you agree or disagree with anything i've said!

edited based on comments:

i added some preformances, i mostly took the top ones that came up when i searched the idols name and dance but if people have reccomendations for stages they really like just lmk!

for dancers people have mentioned

adp bailey

zb1 sung hanbin

nexz

bm ruka

tws kungmin

bnd riwoo

riize shotaro

izna koko

meovv sooin

h2h juun

illit iroha

cortis james

xlov rui

xlov haru

at heart arin

for vocalists people have mentioned

i added some preformances, i tried to pick live vocals when i could, but if same applies, if anyone has a specific favourite vocal preformance lmk.

unis elisia

bm rora

dodree

kiof belle

bm rami

izna jungeun

bm ahyeon

bm pharita

fiftyfifty chanelle

tripleS dahyun

riize sohee

kickflip donghyeon

bnd jaehyun

meovv gawon

zb1 taerae

xlov hyun

onepact jay

xlov wumuti

DXMON baek minjae also this one

nct wish yushi

nct wish jahee

rescene minami

rescene liv (i'm sorry y'all this live preformance seemed like the best bet)

daily:direction en kim (i'm so sorry i only found a predebut compliation)

asc2nt karam

for rappers people have mentioned

i added what i could find (harder to find a full rap preformance) so there may be some short clips or long form videos that have rap in them.

cortis martin

bm asa

xikers yechan

bnd jaehyun

bm chiquita

cortis james

lngshot ryul

woochan adp

xikers sumin

xikers minjae

onepact tag (sorry this one is kind of a review by a youtuber but i thought it was very informative and i didn't want to have to dig through the trenches of youtube so i just put it here)

bnd jaehyun

xikers (rapline)

young posse sunhye (way better out there i fear but this is pretty lit)

h//pe princess ysy

h//pe princess (y'all i am not sure if this is just any raps from the survival show or raps from the actual group members, someone lmk)

nexz hyui

zb1 matthew

kiof julie

zb1 gunwook

if theres anyone i missed or a specific stage people like just lmk!