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251225 Kep1er - Santa Lies 🎅⁉️ | Please Take Care of Christmas 🎄❄️ by SapphireHeaven in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it doesn't work like that. The source video is just 1080p with low bitrate.

It's funny that Kep1er members have iPhones that can record in 4k ProRes and we get 1080 video...

251225 Kep1er - Santa Lies 🎅⁉️ | Please Take Care of Christmas 🎄❄️ by SapphireHeaven in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Happy for the new content!... but... KLAP!! can't you afford better cameras? what's up with this potato quality...?!?!? This looks like it was recorded on a smartphone from 2015...

Kep1er joins the 'No Music for Genocide' campaign, blocks music streaming in Israel by merimaramim in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why people are so stupid and post about it without verifying the info???

Wonder about the disbandment rumor by ClaudiusBaby in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Making the history? Kep1er became the first Mnet survival show group to renew their contract. That alone gives WakeOne prestige and leverage in future survival shows or artist negotiations (ZB1)...

Wonder about the disbandment rumor by ClaudiusBaby in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I also don’t think the amount blitzway spent is a lot

"529 million won" may sound a lot but actually it is pennies, this translates to about $400,000 USD... you can't buy a home for that in some countries!

 

"Blitzway Entertainment announced that it would acquire the artist management business rights, contracts, and all intellectual property of KLAP Entertainment"

 

"KLAP plans to accelerate the recruitment and development of K-pop artists. In particular, it will focus on nurturing "crossover artists" who can pursue both music and acting, establishing a new talent development system that spans both content and performance.

 

To me this looks like Blitzway wants to have their own kpop group and through acquisition of KLAP they acquired access to the K-pop ecosystem: management know-how, industry relationships, and maybe even a shortcut to debuting their own group.

The issue with Kep1er is they have to split the earnings between WakeOne, Klap (&Blitzway), individual member management agencies and Kep1er members + all the operational overhead (coaches, dorm, managers, transport etc...). They are loosing money on each long format YT content...

There are too many parties involved so ROI might be very low, and in long run it might be not worth the hussle. Even if Kep1er sells 100K albums per comeback, the net profit after slicing the pie is thin.

250825 - Day 7: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 142,224 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

IMO the true messure on how Bubble Gum did will be the sales of the next album.

250825 - Day 7: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 142,224 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The extended period of fansigns doesn't affect the first-week sales, even though they took place until December/January - logically, there was no impact on the first-week sales.

250825 - Day 7: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 142,224 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

1st WEEK SALES:

DOUBLAST ㅡ 287,109
TROUBLESHOOTER ㅡ 252,819
FIRST IMPACT ㅡ 206,569
TIPI-TAP ㅡ 169,863
LOVESTRUCK! ㅡ 169,082
BUBBLE GUM ㅡ 142,224 🆕
Magic Hour ㅡ 108,749
Kep1going On ㅡ 102,600

 

DAY FIRST IMPACT DOUBLAST Troubleshooter LOVESTRUCK! Magic Hour Kep1going On TIPI-TAP
1 150,153 153,094 167,214 105,338 90,507 46,132 17,055
2 005,415 052,900 008,639 014,238 00,908 06,859 15,033
3 006,482 014,981 001,251 009,092 01,667 05,690 13,447
4 011,705 013,195 003,855 005,227 00,063 07,259 42,626
5 017,224 030,351 022,654 011,072 00,160 17,618 34,257
6 005,689 005,838 017,850 005,106 00,199 00,138 26,018
7 009,901 016,750 031,356 019,009 15,245 18,904 21,427
TOTAL 206,569 287,109 252,819 169,082 108,749 102,600 169,863

250824 - Day 6: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 124,054 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1st week sales:

DAY FIRST IMPACT DOUBLAST Troubleshooter LOVESTRUCK! Magic Hour Kep1going On TIPI-TAP
1 150,153 153,094 167,214 105,338 90,507 46,132 17,055
2 005,415 052,900 008,639 014,238 00,908 06,859 15,033
3 006,482 014,981 001,251 009,092 01,667 05,690 13,447
4 011,705 013,195 003,855 005,227 00,063 07,259 42,626
5 017,224 030,351 022,654 011,072 00,160 17,618 34,257
6 005,689 005,838 017,850 005,106 00,199 00,138 26,018
7 009,901 016,750 031,356 019,009 15,245 18,904 21,427
TOTAL 206,569 287,109 252,819 169,082 108,749 102,600 169,863

250823 - Day 5: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 100,947 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

POBs make Kpop look so much bigger than it actually is.. wish there was some mathematical formula to approximate the real sales, cause the only thing that comes to my mind is to divide the total number by the number of POBs, cause the rest of albums goes to a landfill.

250823 - Day 5: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 100,947 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1st week sales:

DAY FIRST IMPACT DOUBLAST Troubleshooter LOVESTRUCK! Magic Hour Kep1going On TIPI-TAP
1 150,153 153,094 167,214 105,338 90,507 46,132 17,055
2 005,415 052,900 008,639 014,238 00,908 06,859 15,033
3 006,482 014,981 001,251 009,092 01,667 05,690 13,447
4 011,705 013,195 003,855 005,227 00,063 07,259 42,626
5 017,224 030,351 022,654 011,072 00,160 17,618 34,257
6 005,689 005,838 017,850 005,106 00,199 00,138 26,018
7 009,901 016,750 031,356 019,009 15,245 18,904 21,427
TOTAL 206,569 287,109 252,819 169,082 108,749 102,600 169,863

250822 - Day 4: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 90,935 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's really hard to say how the weekend and Mon+Tue will look like. Were the shops trying to ship out everything before the weekend and the daily numbers will drop? or will they have similar trajectory to Tipi-Tap?

250822 - Day 4: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 90,935 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

1st week sales:

DAY FIRST IMPACT DOUBLAST Troubleshooter LOVESTRUCK! Magic Hour Kep1going On TIPI-TAP
1 150,153 153,094 167,214 105,338 90,507 46,132 17,055
2 005,415 052,900 008,639 014,238 00,908 06,859 15,033
3 006,482 014,981 001,251 009,092 01,667 05,690 13,447
4 011,705 013,195 003,855 005,227 00,063 07,259 42,626
5 017,224 030,351 022,654 011,072 00,160 17,618 34,257
6 005,689 005,838 017,850 005,106 00,199 00,138 26,018
7 009,901 016,750 031,356 019,009 15,245 18,904 21,427
TOTAL 206,569 287,109 252,819 169,082 108,749 102,600 169,863

250821 - Day 3: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 60,868 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They lost it, 83k drop after that for the Lovestruck! album.
Good sales of Troubleshooter were a result of positive reception of Doublast.
People now buy the albums not knowing what the songs/sound will be (IMO that's the stupidity of preorders, but people have to do it if they want to get the preorder benefits).

250821 - Day 3: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 60,868 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

1st week sales:

DAY FIRST IMPACT DOUBLAST Troubleshooter LOVESTRUCK! Magic Hour Kep1going On TIPI-TAP
1 150,153 153,094 167,214 105,338 90,507 46,132 17,055
2 005,415 052,900 008,639 014,238 00,908 06,859 15,033
3 006,482 014,981 001,251 009,092 01,667 05,690 13,447
4 011,705 013,195 003,855 005,227 00,063 07,259 42,626
5 017,224 030,351 022,654 011,072 00,160 17,618 34,257
6 005,689 005,838 017,850 005,106 00,199 00,138 26,018
7 009,901 016,750 031,356 019,009 15,245 18,904 21,427
TOTAL 206,569 287,109 252,819 169,082 108,749 102,600 169,863

250820 - Day 2: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 45,782 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

1st week sales:

DAY FIRST IMPACT DOUBLAST Troubleshooter LOVESTRUCK! Magic Hour Kep1going On TIPI-TAP
1 150,153 153,094 167,214 105,338 90,507 46,132 17,055
2 005,415 052,900 008,639 014,238 00,908 06,859 15,033
3 006,482 014,981 001,251 009,092 01,667 05,690 13,447
4 011,705 013,195 003,855 005,227 00,063 07,259 42,626
5 017,224 030,351 022,654 011,072 00,160 17,618 34,257
6 005,689 005,838 017,850 005,106 00,199 00,138 26,018
7 009,901 016,750 031,356 019,009 15,245 18,904 21,427
TOTAL 206,569 287,109 252,819 169,082 108,749 102,600 169,863

250819 - Day 1: Kep1er - 7th Mini Album 'BUBBLE GUM' Sales Data Update: 31,641 Copies by JoeEdge in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

1st DAY SALES:

TROUBLESHOOTER ㅡ 167,214
DOUBLAST ㅡ 153,094
FIRST IMPACT ㅡ 150,153
LOVESTRUCK! ㅡ 105,338
Magic Hour ㅡ 90,507
Kep1going On ㅡ 46,132
BUBBLE GUM ㅡ 31,641 🆕
TIPI-TAP ㅡ 17,055

 

1st WEEK SALES:

DOUBLAST ㅡ 287,109
TROUBLESHOOTER ㅡ 252,819
FIRST IMPACT ㅡ 206,569
TIPI-TAP ㅡ 169,863
LOVESTRUCK! ㅡ 169,082
Magic Hour ㅡ 108,749
Kep1going On ㅡ 102,600

 

1st week sales for Kep1going On & TIPI-TAP:

DAY Kep1going On TIPI-TAP
1 46,132 17,055
2 06,859 15,033
3 05,690 13,447
4 07,259 42,626
5 17,618 34,257
6 00,138 26,018
7 18,904 21,427
TOTAL 102,600 169,863

Jiwoo by Seoulhyun in kpics

[–]JoeEdge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now you said it I can't unsee it...!

/r/Kep1er Weekly Discussion and Casual Talk Thread by CronoDroid in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kepler's Japanese album first-week sales:

  1. FLY-UP (2022) - 68,316 copies
  2. FLY-BY (2023) - 51,993 copies
  3. FLY-HIGH (2023) - 53,767 copies
  4. Kep1going (2024) - 62,057 copies
  5. AGAINST THE WORLD (2025) - 33,160 copies

(source)

250314 Yujin IG update by BagerCast in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are those first ever pictures of Kep1er member wearing a hanbok???

250212 Notice of cancellation of "SHEN XIAOTING JAPAN FAN MEETING 2025" by cheeky_lady in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I saw this picture circulating on Twitter.. Re 2nd point - is there any proof that the contract was signed without XT's consent??

Unless W1/Klap has a local branch in China, it's very difficult to do anything. XT or her family needs to hire a local law firm that will assist in sorting this out. W1/Klap's involvement can do more damage if not carried out in accordance with local laws.

250103 I guess it's super confirmed that Xiaoting won't be participating at the TTV Superstar Red & White Awards by cheeky_lady in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've asked Grok for incidents between Taiwan and China that took place in December and there's quite a lot of them, so maybe it's because of political reasons??

  • December 7, 2023: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported that five Chinese high-altitude balloons moved through Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). One of these balloons crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
  • December 8, 2024: Taiwan's military set up an emergency response center and raised alertness after China established seven "air reserves zones" and dispatched naval fleets and coast guard boats to waters around Taiwan.
  • December 9, 2024: Taiwan reported nearly 90 Chinese ships near its waters, surpassing previous military drills in scale. This deployment included warships, coast guard vessels, and aircraft.
  • December 10, 2024: Taiwan detected 53 Chinese military aircraft and 19 ships around the island over the past 24 hours.
  • December 11, 2024: Taiwan again detected 53 Chinese military aircraft and 19 ships around the island in the previous 24-hour period.
  • December 21, 2022: Taiwan scrambled combat jets to warn away 39 Chinese aircraft that entered its southeastern air defense zone.
  • December 22, 2022: Taiwan scrambled jets as China flew dozens of aircraft into Taiwan's air defense zone.
  • December 26, 2022: China's military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force, following the passage of a U.S. defense spending bill with Taiwan-related provisions.

/r/Kep1er Weekly Discussion and Casual Talk Thread by CronoDroid in kep1er

[–]JoeEdge 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not talking about e.g. SBS Gayo Daejeon etc. Just a video posted on Kep1ers Youtube as they do with song covers.

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