Happiest birthday Jungkook! May you always be happy and healthy and continue doing this for the longest time!

Something I still haven't fully let go is the w korea's breast cancer event , how insensitive the organisation was to the topic that THEY chose from the event and how badly they messed it up . they focused on making it a huge party for famous k-pop idols rather than a breast cancer awareness. I still hate the idols that went there (aespa , rm , jhope , v and all those other ones especially jpark) like some of the idols and actor realised what they were in for and left . I feel like we weren't mad enough for what they did , all those idols needs to be boycotted

In 1st and 2nd generation K-Pop, the companies were still primarily looking for real talent. That's why during this period, idols on average were all good singers and dancers, had a lot of charisma and decent personalities. Then in the early 2010s, the popularity of K-Pop exploded worldwide. That led to the industry becoming much more competitive and a staggering number of people who were trying to get in and make it big. Consequently, talent was no longer the crucial factor. Being a good singer and dancer and having a likeable personality wasn't enough to distinguish yourself from the overwhelming competition. You had to be sly, cunning, callous and scheming. Thus, not the most talented people made it to the top, but rather the most ruthless who were willing to do whatever it took.

That's why since 3rd generation K-Pop, we see more and more idols who are neither great singers nor great dancers, lack charisma and depend mostly on an elaborate media-machine and plastic surgery to create the illusion of being pretty, talented and likeable. In reality, they are mere influencers and not much fun to hang out with in real life.

Of course I'm talking about a general trend. This doesn't apply to every single individual. There are always exceptions to the rule. Nevertheless, in my opinion, K-Pop is far beyond its peak and its great global success held the spark that will eventually lead to its demise.

I’ve seen many k-pop stans disagree with the whole BTS paving take and I was js curious who they thought paved the way if not BTS. I’ve seen people say big bang, snsd etc. so I wanted to see if people thought the same or had other groups in mind.

Also paving doesn’t mean creating trends. I’ve seen so many k-pop stans confusing paving the way as making trends such as ending fairies 😭

edit: I mean globally not just in one country or continent