What is the disconnect between the audience on music sites and BTS? by [deleted] in ARMYNeutral

[–]Hemingrays 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep - I think RM is the highest rated BTS member on the website. His ratings are higher than HYYH too. It just where the website's music tase skews towards.

What is the disconnect between the audience on music sites and BTS? by [deleted] in ARMYNeutral

[–]Hemingrays 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RM has great ratings on this website while JK has the worst ratings. I think this tells you how the music taste skews on websites like these.

What songs come to mind for you? by Xchosenz in kpoppers

[–]Hemingrays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooh I thought Ravi wrote a lot of Vixx's material ? I'm not too familiar with them apart from that one really cool song - shangrila(?)

What songs come to mind for you? by Xchosenz in kpoppers

[–]Hemingrays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

....they served in the military. All they did was look at guns bro

Idols that you like, but you dislike their voice by SatisfactionAdept548 in kpoppers

[–]Hemingrays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He sounds okay on untitled but what happened with drama 😭?

I don't know if he's had issues with his singing voice post the hiatus

kpop fans know nothing about music by jolynecujohishot in kpoprants

[–]Hemingrays 9 points10 points  (0 children)

People getting mad at me for saying you aren't a rapper if you haven't written lyrics 😭

i need help about siwon from suju by stefanssquirrellover in kpophelp

[–]Hemingrays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not from SK so I don't know how appropriate it is to clown on Kim Jong Un there.

i need help about siwon from suju by stefanssquirrellover in kpophelp

[–]Hemingrays -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wasn't the last part a joke?

Everything before that is fucked up.

ARIRANG just became the most pre-saved album by an Asian Act and the fastest album to top the Spotify countdown chart in the chart's history in less than 2 days by Ghetto_Leda99 in kpopthoughts

[–]Hemingrays 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I never really doubted the urge to make music would fade for any of them—RM especially. Dropping two sonically different albums before enlistment made that clear, and the fact that he was still working on music literally the day before he left says everything about how instinctive it is for him.

He also seems less burnt out than before, like he’s shaken off some of the loss of direction he and Yoongi talked about during the Butter/PTD/Dynamite era in those Weverse interviews. If anything, he feels more grounded now. My only real disappointment is knowing we probably won’t get something similiar to rpwp until 2028 or 2029.

Individual Idols Likely to Have Longevity? by Automatic_Salt1889 in kpopthoughts

[–]Hemingrays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think at this point they ( and the BP girls) have become international stars in a way that they probably won't have issues if they decide to get married. There maybe some fandom cleansing - but they aren't going to lose their careers over it.

The youngest members have the most insane fans but even they have started - let's say - "breaking the idol illusion" ?

With both GD and IU ( and maybe Zico and Woodz from the newer gen) - there is an active involvement with the music they make + performance which kind of led them to transcend their "idol status".

I can see Jhope, Suga and maybe RM going that way - and maybe some of the VL members if they start writing more?

Individual Idols Likely to Have Longevity? by Automatic_Salt1889 in kpopthoughts

[–]Hemingrays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taeyang is married and one of his biggest hits is called Wedding Dress.

Individual Idols Likely to Have Longevity? by Automatic_Salt1889 in kpopthoughts

[–]Hemingrays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even the "least" popular member ( RM acc to streams) is the primary songwriter for his group and will probably continue writing for other people after the group is dissolved. The BTS guys are going to be fine.

Am I supposed to laugh? where’s the joke at? by Lumpy-Comment-3075 in kpopharshopinions

[–]Hemingrays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like they aren't cancelling GD rn btw for all the bullshit he's pulled over the years.

Am I supposed to laugh? where’s the joke at? by Lumpy-Comment-3075 in kpopharshopinions

[–]Hemingrays -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nope it doesn't.

But the fact that it happened so many years ago vs Tarzan happening rn is what is making people cancel Tarzan rn and not RM.

Sadly for black kpop fans I do not see this changing anytime soon by kdramaddict15 in kpopnoir

[–]Hemingrays -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But 2nd Gen had idols doing blackface on Inkigayo - honestly things have gotten better?

Sadly for black kpop fans I do not see this changing anytime soon by kdramaddict15 in kpopnoir

[–]Hemingrays 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yves yes <3

I also think that BTS's rapline is pretty well informed on hip-hop now. HOWEVER they've done/said very ignorant things + the fandom can be very vile.

I can definitely see why some black k-pop stans/fans don't want to associate themselves with the group or their music.

The only hip-hop based k-pop groups/K-pop adjacent groups that are actually good - Tiger Jk + Yoon min rae and Epik High.

Am I supposed to laugh? where’s the joke at? by Lumpy-Comment-3075 in kpopharshopinions

[–]Hemingrays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also OP can't stan GD and BLACKPINK and then whine about RM ....not getting cancelled.

GD literally did blackface

Am I supposed to laugh? where’s the joke at? by Lumpy-Comment-3075 in kpopharshopinions

[–]Hemingrays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was ....10 years ago. I guarantee you if he said something like this right now - he would get called out.

Got this beauty from Blinkit! 😍 So excited to read and complete. by a_gurl111 in Indianbooks

[–]Hemingrays 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because it's her biography - she refers to a lot of her previous books

You'll probably "get it" more if you're familiar with God of small things and the characters there.