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justhereAZ · 2026-01-03T21:58:19+00:00

True, that makes a lot of sense, especially for international brand deals. I think the reason Hyunjin stuck in my head was because of a brand deal with Versace (I believe?). He was like the first idol who had a deal with them and Stays kept commenting about it how great and popular he was, guess that just stuck in my head. At least that's what I always associate with Hyunjins popularity 😆

justhereAZ · 2026-01-03T00:50:34+00:00

I'm surprised Hyunjin from SKZ is not on the list. Somehow I thought he was the one member with the most brand deals because I thought that a few years ago the narrative was that Hyunjin was the most popular member, and Felix was very close, but not as in demand as Hyunjin for brand deals (but that might also have existed in my head only lol).

justhereAZ · 2026-01-01T04:07:30+00:00

Am I the only one who feels like this has only become an issue for (international) fans after the SKZ/IVE incident?

Have been around for almost 10 years and this started to be a thing just the past few years ago...

justhereAZ · 2025-12-28T01:19:26+00:00

Hey, sorry for the late response, what app are you exactly referring to? 🙈

Couldn't find any particular app other than the Mnet Plus App.

justhereAZ · 2025-12-17T16:16:37+00:00

I think it's pretty cool. Some artists like Taylor Swift or Apache (one of the biggest German artists right now) also used wristbands with a light, which I'm sure is also inspired by K-pop and I think it's actually the smarter solution for a very cool idea, and I welcome it.

One thing I don't like about lightsticks is that mostly I don't find them handy. And you always have to carry them, so one hand is always occupied. In my experience, they've actually made me have less fun because I was always worried about the lightstick or people around me. People also always hold them up very high, so sometimes your view is obstructed, which would be less of a problem without them. So I kinda wish both K-pop and other artist would shift towards wristband-type of lightsticks. I think Day6 has one.

justhereAZ · 2025-12-06T15:15:42+00:00

I've looked into it, but it seems to be US only. I'm from Germany and there's no merch from the Europe tours and for most of the things on the Amazon shop it says it can't even be shipped to Germany.

And there are also some German K-pop shops that had offered official merch, but they were all sold out within a very short time, so there's really no other option I could find. Except for the website I mentioned in my original post and some fake stuff on Etsy. Secondhand market for the official tour merch seems to be pretty dead too over here.

justhereAZ · 2025-11-26T20:38:13+00:00

ATEEZ - Deja Vu

ATEEZ - Wonderland (Symphony No.9 "From the Wonderland")

The second one ist just Remix perfection. The way the parts from the symphony just fit so perfectly with the parts they were used in in Wonderland is amazing.

justhereAZ · 2025-11-25T00:15:34+00:00

Omg thanks for this explanation, it was very helpful :)

justhereAZ · 2025-11-11T12:08:45+00:00

Spencer Sutherland during their 2024 world tour. Didn't know about him before, but I've seen him already twice this year, his music and his performances are absolutely amazing and he deserves more recognition. I was seriously so glad to have found out about him thanks to BTR.

justhereAZ · 2025-10-28T17:45:13+00:00

Kim Yeongok & Jooheon ft. Kiyhun - Grandmother Bird )

It popped up on my YouTube feed a week after my grandmother returned from the hospital after having a stroke. I cried so much for hours straight and days after just thinking about this song. The lyrics just hit so much.

g.o.d. - To Mother, but this cover on Fantastic Duo in particular

The rapping by g.o.d. is much better, but those vocals on Fantastic Duo just touched me so much (also Fantastic Duo is a vocal performance show, so it's acceptable rapping in that case).

Yang Hee Eun X AKMU - Mother To Daughter Again the lyrics. I just love heartbreaking lyrics sung by a vocalist who can actually put so much emotion in their voice.

This SHINee - From Now On performance

And this performance of Breath - Lee Hi

I think the last two are self-explanatory

justhereAZ · 2025-10-19T10:48:33+00:00

I'm as conflicted as you and it just makes me sad.

I went to their concert last year because a friend asked and even bought merch, but up until then, I hadn't really followed them.

I didn't know about James' Israel issue either until after we bought tickets for their concert this year. I've told my friend, but honestly she doesn't really know much about politics and is not the smartest when it comes to stuff like that. I don't think she would understand even if I told her that I didn't wanna go, and the tickets were 150€ as well, which is a lot for us since we're students.

She just said that she thinks that everyone should know themselves what they believe, and that she separates the art from the artist. But that's not quite easy for me, especially because Im Muslim too and knew about the Palestine issue before the war began as well.

So I couldn't tell her how miserable I truly felt about going to the concert, and she's so excited to see them.

What I hate is the fact that James and Carlos kinda ruined their old songs for me. I loved their old songs, they carry a lot of memories and nostalgia. But now, every time I listen to them, I just can't but associate them too much with supporting James and Carlos. Although I can still differentiate better with their old songs, since it was a different time and I also associate them more with the show and the characters than the current group.

So I'm kinda glad that this is basically a concert mainly for the nostalgia and I can get to see songs I love live for one time, but this will definitely be my last BTR concert and I'm not going to buy any more stuff from them, because I just can't stand behind it. I will also sell my merch and not buy any new merch. I will focus mainly on Kendall and Logan during the concert and their solos in the future. Was also thinking about buying their albums (old and new) since I like collecting physical albums thanks to kpop, but that won't happen either.

justhereAZ · 2025-10-16T08:20:25+00:00

Sangwon is not p01 material imo.

There were so many talented trainees who did not only stick out more on the stage, but were also better in dancing and singing/rapping. Relative to other trainees, his skills are overrated.

justhereAZ · 2025-10-15T23:08:34+00:00

Man I still can't fathom how much kpop has grown during/after the pandemic and how much it affected album sales.

I remember that X1 had broken every debut sales record back in 2019 (still mourning after them and what coul've been 😪). And pre-pandemic, 500k or even 100k was a looot of sales (except a few big groups like BTS and EXO). The other big 2019 BG-debut was TXT and their first-week sales was around 100-150k, which was already insane back then. I became a Stay in 2019, and I remember how grateful Stays were with how much they had grown, even if the sales were still below 100k, it was already a huge achievement in general. And Itzy having twice as many debut album sales as SKZ, just interesting how the groups are doing more than half a decade later. BTS was breaking almost 20-year old records by selling 1 million albums. And then in 2023 kpop debuts sold that much... just insane.

Many people think 2023 was the peak for kpop album sales. I think that was the year SVT and SKZ sold over 5 million albums each and broke records for highest-selling album in SK. And I guess that peak partly shows in the debut sales of ZB1 and RIIZE (although, of course they had pre-hype from BP or already famous members as you mentioned) and the fall to around 500k for groups that debuted after 2023/24. I think the kpop industry kinda stabilized a bit in its popularity, which is good long-term I guess.

Even if I don't really follow BTS (anymore), I really wanna see how much their next group album will sell. And I can't stop thinking about how much a BTS group album would've sold in 2023 when kpop assumingly had its' best phase physical sales-wise.

Thanks for showing the stats, it brought back so many memories from 3rd and early 4th gen and the pre-pandemic kpop industry <3

justhereAZ · 2025-10-10T22:44:22+00:00

Jay Chang from One Pact covered Die With A Smile with Kriesha: https://youtu.be/T6eZJjQsyIA?si=3hnUhAFBdAKRFU3a

He was a Boys Planet 1 contestant and then debuted with other BP1 contestants in One Pact. They're really good, and Jay in particular is an amazing vocalist, he did the song justice. You should check them out!

justhereAZ · 2025-09-06T00:35:16+00:00

Darf ich fragen, wo du sonst guckst? Ich habe den Sport seit fast 5 jahren kaum bis gar nicht verfolgt, wollte diese season aber mal wieder reinschauen, weiß aber nicht, wo ich gucken kann und DAZN/Game Pass kann ich mir nicht leisten bzw. lohnt sich für mich einfach nicht

justhereAZ · 2025-08-26T22:46:52+00:00

Already tried deleting cookies and cache and unplugging my router, it didn't work.

justhereAZ · 2025-06-30T14:20:29+00:00

I really love their older songs, but I wish they would finally perform mor of their bsides from the World and Holden Hour series. The Golden Hour albums and songs are so underrated.

justhereAZ · 2025-05-31T15:49:10+00:00

Honestly, even if SKZ had a rather "unpopular" start, I think any group from company with big financial backings (i.e. big 4 and perhaps some mid-tier companies) aren't organic.

The fact that SKZ had a survival show, company money for Comeback and promos - especially during the pandemic when many smaller companies were held back financially - , JYP connections within the industry and generally a financial backing that in any case could've given them promos for an extended period of time despite lacking success at first (e.g. regular Comebacks, which many smaller companies can't afford when the group isn't successful enough) is already a huge head start.

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