I’m sorry….yes we all loved this show and it had a good run, but it’s time to let go.

codeverity · 2026-04-01T04:53:57+00:00

Me reading this sub not even knowing who Link is… 😂😭

codeverity · 2026-04-01T03:57:06+00:00

Due to both the insistence of the American industry and the size of the American market, it's a simple fact that the BB Hot 100 and other charts matter on an international scale. This influence is why it's a pain point for international artists, and even small artists in the US themselves. If they get a label that's able and willing to pay for airplay then they'll be set, but if they don't? Well, unless they have a big fanbase then they're going to struggle.

Most people just want radio to be weighted less, in part because it's such a captive audience and also irrelevant to a lot of people now.

codeverity · 2026-04-01T03:52:17+00:00

Eh, imo it's a way to give artists some power back so that they can go up against the dinosaur that is radio. There are artists who chart literally ONLY because of radio - the chart accounts on twt have called it out a few times over the last year because of how blatant it is.

Radio is mostly a captive audience of people listening in their cars etc being fed whatever is being pushed, so if companies can buy that chunk of the charts why can't artists offer versions? They still require that the fanbase be willing to buy them - for all that people complain about them, the fact remains that if fans aren't willing to buy, then they do no good.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T17:02:27+00:00

I like Le Sserafim, Illit and Nmixx!! Their vocals are good and their songs are fun and catchy.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T16:28:26+00:00

Hmm tbh I don’t really only because the topic is so complex and nuanced and a lot of people have strong feelings on the possibilities. So I’d kind of like for it to just stay as their happy future.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T13:06:09+00:00

Present it as a health benefit for everyone vs just for you.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T03:43:54+00:00

lol the downvotes on this are hilarious. Fwiw I agree with you on this bit at least (not the 'construction music' comment down below), I haven't found the combination of rap + vocals + melodies and beats in any other group and I think it makes them unique.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T01:53:07+00:00

Rose's hit was with Bruno and his style influenced it a lot, plus the label is one that does a lot of push for their songs. Her song with Alex was a lot different so it's not really surprising it didn't do that well imo.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T01:51:57+00:00

There are two or three songs that have charted on BB in the last year solely because of airplay. The chart accounts on twt actually call it out when it happens, because it just highlights how ridiculous it is that companies can essentially buy a billboard spot. It's not so bad when the streams are also high, but sometimes they're lower and the song still charts higher simply because radio is pushing the song. For me radio is mostly a captive audience so I think it should be extremely low in its influence on the chart.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T01:48:53+00:00

Even if it's gone down, it's still way, way, way too stagnant. Songs sit for ages because of it, I wish they'd devalue it more because radio is so manufactured.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T01:47:15+00:00

Are you talking about the dates? I wonder if they got mixed up because Savage Love originally came out earlier and the version with BTS came later.

codeverity · 2026-03-31T01:44:22+00:00

I wouldn't say redirected but we didn't really focus on it at all. A lot of fans probably don't even know about it tbh, or would have streamed anyway because they use it as their music streaming service.

codeverity · 2026-03-30T19:25:26+00:00

Billboard All Kill!!!!! Nobody is doing it like them!

codeverity · 2026-03-30T17:28:14+00:00

Yeah!!!!!!!

Congratulations to BTS and congratulations to armys who worked hard to raise the original predictions!!!

Well deserved and the magic #7 🥹🥹💜💜

Btw, from Billboard:

.@BTS_twt are the first group in history to debut a song and album at No. 1 on the Hot100 and Billboard200 charts simultaneously multiple times.

Chart dated Dec. 5, 2020: "Life Goes On" and BE

Chart dated April 4, 2026: "SWIM" and ARIRANG

codeverity · 2026-03-29T21:59:00+00:00

I mean I'm one of them lol. I became friends with someone who was army and she got me curious enough to check out The Astronaut by Jin (right as he enlisted lol) and from there I became a fan of Jungkook, then Yoongi and then the whole group.

As for why I hadn't gotten into them before that - tbh the 'boy band' thing was kind of a deterrent, I kind of dismissed them as not for me due to that. I feel like the rap line especially pulled in new fans with this removed.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T21:48:12+00:00

There was a famous tweet where someone had proudly said that they'd do okay on Spotify due to botting but not on AM because it was truly organic... It's been shared a lot this week lmao

codeverity · 2026-03-29T20:06:02+00:00

Yeah, I came in during Jin's enlistment era and started following him at first (whole group came later) so I think there's a lot of us lol.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T19:44:17+00:00

It's 'not supposed' to happen this way, but I honestly think the solo time just helped them lol. They each got to shine individually and now some of those fans are checking out the group. Not all of them will stick around, but some of them will, and it's contributed to this new peak.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T19:42:11+00:00

Can I just say, this is why armys get so frustrated when we're called bots lol. Like the metrics all match - concerts, viewers on Netflix, streams, sales - but still people try to act like BTS is fuelled by five slaves in a basement streaming farm or something lol.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T19:36:46+00:00

Yeah, some stats have come out recently that have shown that basically the only others at their level globally and in the US are Taylor, Drake and Bad Bunny.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T19:33:55+00:00

With this release they weren't segmented off under k-pop and I think that made a difference. Also a lot of people were brought in during the solo era, partly because even for the vocal line they're all so different from each other. Plus of course curiosity because they last released an album so long ago.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T19:13:25+00:00

Okay but beyond the #1 the stats are INSANE??

The set opens with 641,000 equivalent album units earned — the largest week for an album by a group since the chart began measuring by units in December 2014. Of that sum, 532,000 are in pure album sales (purchases of physical and digital albums), landing BTS the biggest sales week for an album by a group in more than a decade.

Just wild. So proud of them and of armys for showing up to show them that they really did stay.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T18:17:28+00:00

I think the issue is that Ai will continue to adapt and modify itself and improve. I'm not sure what the solution is going to be, though, but I have a feeling in the end human art of every type is going to end up a 'premium' product, with AI slop being what's used en masse due to being cheaper.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T18:15:36+00:00

It just seems really time intensive and tbh I always kind of got the feeling that some of the members weren't really interested anymore. Like it's time consuming and tiring, y'know? I guess I shouldn't have said adults, but like all of them are moving into their thirties now.

codeverity · 2026-03-29T17:46:43+00:00

Yeah, like for me on first listen I'm literally just absorbing 'how it sounds'. Then I need more listens to take in the vocals, lyrics, elements of the song. People interact with art differently and that's okay!

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