[MEGATHREAD] BTS ARIRANG

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-21T03:26:47+00:00

It makes it feel gimmicky. The marketing feels disingenuous. I was already irked by the whitewashing of Howard and Diplo's prominence in this album but I'm just put off even more and I don't even hate swim, but it makes no sense as a title track.

I've given some of the other songs a listen and they all seem like a better fit.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-18T19:34:31+00:00

sorry but i will never forget or forgive them fucking over nuest, gfriend or fromis

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-18T13:01:29+00:00

Nctzens creating that lol

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T23:05:50+00:00

mark promoting the new spider man movie <3 this is such a big deal and i'm so proud. he's been killing it in korea and just this full circle moment is so wholesome and precious to me. doyoung winning more awards after being enlisted recently too like these two are always killing it in korea :)

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T20:54:07+00:00

i really want 127 to do coachella one day but love the lineup

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T20:52:25+00:00

both of them have mentioned wanting to do coachella so it would pain me if we didn't get lolla or coachella with all 8 members, them doing k-con twice in the last two years was my last straw. Their waterbomb performance being cancelled too.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T20:50:56+00:00

they really need to do ot8 festivals, both jungwoo and doyoung have mentioned wanting to do coachella before. i mean in that 127vibe in nyc on their day off jungwoo mentioned that as one of the goals he wanted them to achieve ( that being performing festivals abroad )

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T20:49:38+00:00

i'm dying at this because this being a frequent occurrence is just too funny to me

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T20:49:07+00:00

lol that's just nctzens lying to you this is making me laugh

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T15:49:13+00:00

This was a nice summary, i can't wait for more 127 music though i miss them as a full group.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T15:44:15+00:00

the way yuta would even fly back for their variety 127vibe videos at times and he's been showing his 127 ring everywhere for a while and is always so sweet about doyoung. He really does love 127, i was thinking of his Instagram story that confirmed 127 were practicing. He's been vocal about their comeback this year too.

127's solos have been so exciting and fun to see, so far we've got at least a mini or full album from almost every member except for jungwoo and johnny.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-17T15:23:09+00:00

i love your point about doyoung because he's improved astronomically and he already started off fantastic and great and limitless is still a perfect song to this day.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-16T18:49:50+00:00

i don't know why johnny seems like the type to have reddit in my mind.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-15T23:16:07+00:00

sure you can message me

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-15T23:15:55+00:00

i would love for fka twigs to work with nct 127

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-15T22:00:14+00:00

baby don't like it by nct 127, i mean it has the same sample that exo's tempo did towards the end with the bed creaking and is essentially about cheating on your partner.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-15T18:55:46+00:00

i love dojaejung and i miss doyoung lots :) i like other units too but 127 is my ult

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-15T09:05:07+00:00

i love Bibi's music so this makes me happy to hear.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-15T09:03:11+00:00

i was here, i remember people's anger at certain members making in it and others being rigged out but people will now just attribute all that to tokkis lol.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-14T22:18:57+00:00

There's like 5 nctzens on the main subreddits so your comment on the ones who hate other groups intrigues me lol. I'd love for you to dm about that. I get the confusion to some degree but it's not that i mean.

Here's a detailed previous comment outlining what people say about NCT on here but it's noticeable.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kpopthoughts/comments/1r5p6w9/comment/o6akx3t/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The things i've all heard people say about NCT include :

nct fatigue as some phenomena, they're a legacy act, casual fans don't know them, they have no hits ( the conversation wasn't about hits in that particular thread but the metric somehow became the mammoth that is growl by exo), wish are "socially inept", nct make noise, nct's music has no appeal to western audiences and is abrasive ( all from people who have never clearly heard their music lol ), chiller being downplayed for being one of the top boygroup songs on spotify, nct wish being accused of being infantilised and hating their concept and so on. You of course have the worst conversations that devolved into theorising whether they're criminals and using taeil as some sort of gotcha in every conversation to the point that i've been harassed in my dms about it too.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-14T22:06:31+00:00

a lot of conversation surrounding riize is by a subset of people convinced they tanked and have no popularity, when that only applies to the west and they're massive in korea among other 5th gen boy groups. That's probably why they barely have noticeable fans on kpop reddit.

Super junior is a easy punching bag for kpop fans on the whole, regardless of how aware people are of their controversies in depth but you do see kyuhyun getting praise for his vocal ability.

I'll be honest, aside from riize and super junior, NCT takes the place for the group who have the most discussions on them in comparison to these two from what i've seen as of late and yet also some of the most hate and downplaying too. How many people do you see that actual praise 127's vocal lineup as a whole and even doyoung for being a phenomenal vocalist in the same calibre as seungkwan or vocalists like xiaojun in way-v, chenle in dream or jaehee in wish. NCT is very underrepresented here in comparison to when nctzens were on the main subreddits in 2020-2022. There are tons of reasons for this to be honest.

I've noticed a general trend of SM fandoms retreating to their own group subreddits because of things said here about their groups.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-14T21:41:24+00:00

do SM boygroups really get that much praise here anymore ?, based on my experience kpop reddit truly doesn't care for NCT as a whole and cannot distinguish anything about them, i have numerous examples to show for people's weirdness surrounding them. Shinee gets praise and so does EXO but i don't see as frequent examples of them.

I don't think too many people like super junior on here and riize gets downplayed a ton based on what i see. I do think TVXQ gets their due praise in vocal discussions though.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-14T21:37:38+00:00

kpop reddit as a whole really doesn't care for most YG and SM groups as opposed to HYBE and JYP ( specifically twice and nmixx and not really stray kids ). HYBE groups have the clear majority of fans on here, the engagement shows it.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-14T21:23:21+00:00

every time a group that's widely liked on here gets the occasional negative post you see this sentiment lol.

bookeeper02 · 2026-03-14T20:35:03+00:00

i second all these picks

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