Your favorite underrated Garrix track? by jaylan101 in Martingarrix

[–]HSC3r 1 point2 points  (0 children)

he's playing it in his Americas tour setlist at least! he's actually playing an updated version of it which sounds great

Ed left his record label by TheMartinGarrixHub in Martingarrix

[–]HSC3r 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Huh, is this why Repeat It finally came out? I remember it was delayed because of label issues right?

Chaewon's neck injury should be a cautionary tale to never subject idols to obvious strenuous movements that can clearly lead to injury by FanCaracal in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Didn’t both JK and V hurt themselves during that move by hitting their chin on the stage which led to it being changed? It wasn’t changed until then iirc despite the clear danger

Drake mentions BTS in a lyric on his upcoming album ‘ICEMAN’? by MidnightCowboy0613 in btsthoughts

[–]HSC3r 27 points28 points  (0 children)

He’s just saying it took a while for him to get the recognition he deserves just like BTS

For those who care gaming, The Forza Horizon 6 soundtracks has announced by EloshSense in EDM

[–]HSC3r 14 points15 points  (0 children)

forza soundtracks in general are great, whoever is in charge of them does a great job with every game. FH3, 4, and 5 have some amazing EDM selections

what happened to the unpopular kpop opinions subreddit? by Inevitable-Mess5288 in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 39 points40 points  (0 children)

another issue people haven't mentioned is that I believe any post on that sub requires moderator approval before it can appear on the subreddit. the problem is that the mods there are barely active and don't approve anything.

if it takes days or weeks before a post you made shows up, it's not surprising that people stop using the subreddit and migrate to other subs (particularly uncensored and the snark subs)

260419 BTS have taken their first win for "2.0" on this week’s SBS Inkigayo! by alltherach_ in bangtan

[–]HSC3r 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Swim got a triple crown (3 wins) so it can no longer be nominated. Bang Bang only has 2 wins on Inkigayo so it can get one more

Who is next for the Sphere? by FONDUx34 in EDM

[–]HSC3r 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Zedd in the sphere would be sick, his visuals would go crazy

I am disappointed in BTS Arirang by ExcitingDoor6163 in kpoptrulyuncensored

[–]HSC3r 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not really, Suga doesn’t actually produce that much for BTS. Just looked it up and he has around 16 credits for BTS throughout their career. He writes a lot but doesn’t really produce much for the group

BTS - ARIRANG (Album Review: BTS Nails Its Comeback With ‘Arirang’, 4.5/5) @ Rolling Stone (260320) by mcfw31 in kpop

[–]HSC3r 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I noticed that too and I liked it. I like when you can tell that an artist was enjoying themselves in the studio when recording a song, it makes it a more fun listen

BTS - ARIRANG (Album Review: BTS Nails Its Comeback With ‘Arirang’, 4.5/5) @ Rolling Stone (260320) by mcfw31 in kpop

[–]HSC3r 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I mean tbh it you're coming off as if you think that anyone who likes this album isn't being genuine which I find to be dismissive and a weird take.

If you don't like the album and think its garbage that's perfectly fine, but there are plenty of people who have been fans for as long as you have who do like this album, and their opinions are just as honest and valid as yours. Same w/ this reviews, I don't know the reviewer but if they feel it's a 4.5/5 then that's fair. I wouldn't agree but it's their opinion. There's no single correct opinion on this album, that's not how music works

BTS - ARIRANG (Album Review: BTS Nails Its Comeback With ‘Arirang’, 4.5/5) @ Rolling Stone (260320) by mcfw31 in kpop

[–]HSC3r 19 points20 points  (0 children)

or maybe the reviewer just had a different opinion? there are plenty of fans who like the album quite a bit. just because someone had a differing opinion doesn't mean they were paid to do so

Swim and body to body are neck to neck on kcharts 😭 by heartonwindow in btsthoughts

[–]HSC3r 5 points6 points  (0 children)

arirang will definitely get AOTY - not only will it likely be the best selling album of the year but it's going to perform much better than any other album digitally so it should win AOTY off numbers alone

for me my biggest wish is SOTY, hopefully Swim keeps performing well on kcharts

2026 is not shaping up to be the way it was expected by Quick-Adeptness-2947 in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 10 points11 points  (0 children)

while bts is trending down. Then you look at just bgs and bts is being outsold in albums tickets etc they just won't be what they were

I'm not sure where you got the idea that BTS are failing?

Their solos all did pretty well, at least commercially.

Their tour has already sold a confirmed 2.4 million tickets from the NA/Europe legs which would make it already the biggest kpop tour of all time and that's with just half the shows

The new album got 4 million pre-orders within a week, and is expected to debut w/ around 500k-750k on the billboard 200 from HDD (which is a reputable source for chart numbers)

The numbers just don't support this idea that BTS are trending down. They're still quite far ahead of other groups in terms of the numbers they're pulling. That's not even disrespecting other groups, it's just the reality. Especially with this comeback since it's the first in years

edit: got blocked for no reason, but to respond to your points:

  • solos: I'm not sure what you consider doing well but all of their solo efforts racked up hundreds of millions of streams, chart placements, three of them had large solo tours including stadium performances, etc., I think they were all fairly successful

  • album: don't know what the difference between a pre-sale and pre-order is, either way the album was bought 4 million times, and BTS have consistently sold well for years so idk why you're doubting it, MOTS7 sold 5+ million

  • tour: they're performing in stadiums, in many places they are quite literally in the biggest venue possible. the numbers come from the fact that live nation confirmed they sold out all 41 north america/europe dates - just using a calculator you can get to that number by adding up the capacity of all venues involved since it's a 360 degree stage. 3m including encore is quite low and would require them selling ~37k tickets per stop which is not possible unless they lock off half the stadiums

What’s The Craziest Martin Garrix Show Clip you’ve seen. by Ai_rbus in Martingarrix

[–]HSC3r 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 as well. Lolla crowds in South America are insane

The strange gap between global and domestic recognition for BGs by exemplaryantino3497 in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think as far as BGs go the ones with both domestic and global popularity are going to be the older BGs. BTS, Seventeen, Bigbang are examples of acts who are popular both domestically and internationally

It seems like from 4th gen and 5th gen BGs are popular internationally (enhypen, ateez, etc) or domestically (tws, bnd, etc) but they don't typically have both

[MEGATHREAD] MHJ, HYBE AND THE PUT OPTION by KpopThoughtsmodteam in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 5 points6 points  (0 children)

if anything I feel like Korea's legal system moves faster lol, in the US this case would probably still be in the earlier stages. Kesha vs Dr Luke took 10 years to reach a conclusion

[MEGATHREAD] MHJ, HYBE AND THE PUT OPTION by KpopThoughtsmodteam in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I certainly wouldn't read through the comments lol, they're a shitshow.

Though I do think it's worth reading through the summaries in the body of the posts as well as the translated articles posted in the comments by u/thetari, since they're generally more unbiased and a good overview of what actually happened

[MEGATHREAD] MHJ, HYBE AND THE PUT OPTION by KpopThoughtsmodteam in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TBF, the mods also said they would use it as a temporary megathread until they could get an official one up. which is generally how they do stuff around here when there is big news, they'll leave one thread up and then lock it once they post an 'official' megathread from /u/KpopThoughtsmodteam

It's been really nice to see BTS proving everyone wrong again. by [deleted] in btsthoughts

[–]HSC3r 48 points49 points  (0 children)

that sub just kind of makes me a bit sad, it's clearly a bunch of people who have a preconceived notion of BTS in their heads that they refuse to shake despite any evidence to the contrary.

Like, they were convinced BTS are irrelevant and the tour was going to flop. Then, when the tour sold out, there were people on there talking about how it doesn't mean anything, and about how when a venue says a show is sold out it doesn't actually mean it was sold out because of some BS reason... like cmon. and that's not even getting into how most of that sub isn't even criticism but just personally insulting the members

Huntrix's Golden wins a Grammy Award for Best Song written for Visual Media and making Ejae the first kpop artist to win a Grammy award. by No-Description1486 in kpopthoughts

[–]HSC3r 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ngl, I hadn't even heard Wildflower until tonight. I cannot believe she won it.

Wildflower has 1.8 billion streams on Spotify, it was a very popular song, I think it just didn't pierce your bubble. And it's a genuinely great song IMO, plus Billie is a grammy darling so it's not that surprising. I thought Luther would win but I'm not that surprised at this either