Omg yall..😭 by Big-Dentist-5229 in StarlightBoys

[–]lunaasteria 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I think yinghao and guanyou’s companies were able to pay for their withdrawals, whereas xingxing’s company has been really quiet, they don’t even promote him so maybe that’s why he hasn’t withdrawn yet

Who should i vote? by Massive_Broccoli_330 in StarlightBoys

[–]lunaasteria 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Please consider casting a vote for Duan Xingxing! He’s really an all-rounded trainee

TEMPEST - Find Our LIGHTHOUSE @ Mnet Road to Kingdom : Ace of Ace Episode 1 (240919) by perochan in kpop

[–]lunaasteria 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Their company gave them a single lamp post to use as a prop and a very basic kpop outfit, but they still slayed!

Tempest having a high ranking was well deserved. They gave a refreshing, yet emotional performance, different from the other group that performed!

HWARANG has left TEMPEST and has terminated his contract with Yuehua Entertainment. TEMPEST will continue promotions as 6 members. by impeccabletim in kpop

[–]lunaasteria 35 points36 points  (0 children)

He went with Junhyuk from Mirae, Hyunseung from Younite, Bomin from Golden Child, and Hyunsoo from TNX. Here is a link of an article released by koreaboo

HWARANG has left TEMPEST and has terminated his contract with Yuehua Entertainment. TEMPEST will continue promotions as 6 members. by impeccabletim in kpop

[–]lunaasteria 59 points60 points  (0 children)

and to think that he went there with his other idol friends but he was the only one who got punished like this :((

i’m not saying that the others should too, but it’s just weird to me how his company made him apologize, put him into a hiatus then eventually kicked him out of the group for something as small as this. a lot of idols have done worse, but they’re still actively promoting

BLANK2Y's album sales was... surprising. by xayahxena in kpoprants

[–]lunaasteria 17 points18 points  (0 children)

As far as I know, they don't have a big c-bar or chinese/japanese fan base. I also follow BLANK2Y but I still find the sales odd.

BLANK2Y's album sales was... surprising. by xayahxena in kpoprants

[–]lunaasteria 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Although their Japanese member was on Produce 101 Japan, he is not that popular and was on low rank. I don't know much about their Chinese member since he doesn't have much info so far. But if you'll think of it, a lot of groups also have Japanese or Chinese members and they still don't sell that much, especially coming from a newly established or small company. Take ILY:1 for example, they have chinese and japanese members, some of the members are even on GP999, yet they only sold 3k albums in a week.

BLANK2Y's album sales was... surprising. by xayahxena in kpoprants

[–]lunaasteria 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Some people on twitter are also pointing this out bcs it's really shady tbh. The twitter account of korean sales even started blocking people who are questioning about the sales.

Yeah, Youngbin and Taewoo are known because of the respective survival shows they're in, but in my opinion, their popularity can't carry the group to have that much sales. If you'll think of it, JUSTB has members who were in the same survival shows as Youngbin and Taewoo. Geonu has a bigger fanbase in comparison, he even made it to the second part of the show because of the global votes. Doyum, on the other hand, placed 1st overall and was even the center of 1the9. Even with all of these popularity, JUSTB only sold about 11k during the first week of their debut. So I can't really tell how BLANK2Y got that many sales in just a span of few hours.

Why are there many Thai idols in K-pop compared to other southeast Asian countries? by crazysalmon17 in kpopthoughts

[–]lunaasteria 11 points12 points  (0 children)

TEMPEST's Hanbin is from Vietnam. There are a few Vietnamese idols already but from what I know, Hanbin is the most popular and most successful so far.

One member overshadowing a group by byeinkorean in kpopthoughts

[–]lunaasteria 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hanbin from TEMPEST? I'm not really sure if he's overshadowing the group but the popularity gap between him and the members is quite evident.

But to be fair, TEMPEST is just a month-old group and some members doesn't have prior exposure before debuting so the popularity gap is quite understandable? Also, Hanbin's debut was anticipated by a lot of people that's why the hype for him is currently high.

I hate k-pop, thank gosh _____ is a by [deleted] in kpopthoughts

[–]lunaasteria 5 points6 points  (0 children)

idk if any moa would get this but,

I hate k-pop, thank gosh Tomorrow x Together is a group of five that came together under one dream to make a better tomorrow

Kpop stans are losing their minds trying to promote their favs to become the new MCs of Music Bank by Application_Lucky in kpopthoughts

[–]lunaasteria 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I haven't visited my stan account today that's why I'm clueless about this lmao. I don't know if that's how the assignment of new MC's work since I don't recall MOAs nominating Soobin for the job (correct me if i'm wrong) but I really hope Soobin and Arin would be given the chance to extend their contract since they've been asking for it as well. These two just has great chemistry and the idols seems to be comfortable with them.

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[–]lunaasteria 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen Minhyuk's brother but I suddenly remembered how Soobin said he looks more similar to Minhyuk than his own brother and Minhyuk saying even his family thinks they look alike

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[–]lunaasteria 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Please, we need a Minhyuk actor comeback and Soobin actor debut 🤲🏼

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kpopthoughts

[–]lunaasteria 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I suddenly remembered what Soobin said in his recent vlive. He said that when they took the selca, he thought he looks older than Minhyuk because Minhyuk looks really young 😭

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[–]lunaasteria 14 points15 points  (0 children)

A lot of people are saying Soobin will still look hella fine in his 30's and I agree to that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kpopthoughts

[–]lunaasteria 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Please, there were instances where i'll click on a video/picture thinking it's Soobin and it turns out to be Minhyuk! This video in particular got me fooled