I LOVE SUZY TOO!! Hyuna is kind of an interesting case though because she's so not the typical front girl? The most popular one is usually like... cute and girly, and Hyuna's all sex appeal. AND POOR UEE, I feel like she was REALLY popular for a bit there (bc of You're Beautiful) and now no one cares anymore. But lol @ her coming out with a solo album, wow... Pledis is such a mess.
I agree! I actually don't personally like YG's music that much though, because it sort of walks the line between "shitty pop music" and "real music" and idk... it's just not what I listen to kpop for. I don't know, I really loved 2NE1's first mini album but I haven't liked anything they've put out since, and I've just never been that into a Big Bang song. But I mean I do think it's technically better music, it just doesn't really suit my taste. (I think part of the reason I ended up such a SME stan is that their producers seem to have the exact same taste in crappy pop music as me, it's really rare I don't like a single they put out. LAST.FM SAYS I LISTENED TO BONAMANA 97 TIMES, WHAT IS TASTE). I think 2NE1 is extra sheltered though, Big Bang doesn't do variety as much as other bands but they still definitely do it. Idk, it's weird.
and when they visit other cities, the fans are always following them. That's part of what's so weird/kind of interesting to me about international kpop fandom, it's like... all this talk about entering Japan and entering europe and entering the US, but their international fans don't actually want them to be japanese/european/american celebrities, they want them to be korean celebrities closer to them. Does that even make sense? It really must be the difference in korean celeb culture that makes kpop appeal to them/us.
But omg I feel like SO MANY of them have had to do the IV thing... way too many. It's insane how busy they are and how little sleep they get and how hard they push themselves (because even though I'm sure the company has a lot to do with it I think a lot of the people who do become idols and make it past the trainee process are just the type to keep going no matter what).
I mean don't get me wrong that drama was like, INSANELY dumb at points but in this way where it was so ridiculous it was fun?! I seriously loved it so much, I wrote this post on it when I was watching it (http://elapses.livejournal.com/150576.html#cutid2) which might help you figure out if it's actually something you'd want to sit through. (It's about football!) But I totally forgot, I have watched Dream High and I did enjoy it!
I LOVE YUNHO TOO THOUGH!! Idk I was so virulently bored by DBSK for... forever, and then Catherine and I started looking into Changmin's... Pseudochoi-ness and I don't know how you could NOT love Yunho and... idk, I just really love two-membered DBSK. Changmin is such a brat (you're so right about him getting away with everything, but also his attitude towards fans CRACKS ME UP) and you can tell he thinks Yunho is really lame but he also really loves him, and Yunho is just so patient and sweet and EARNEST all the time and they're just really funny together. BROSEFS!
Sigh I am totally going to end up watching Skip Beat too, it is inevitable.
I've only seen one of them! It's weird, I'm so like, "eh" about actually sitting down and watching them, but every time someone mentions stuff that happened I'm like WHAT WHERE CAN I FIND THIS MUST FIND THIS. I'm just a lazy bum, I guess. Taiwan really is such a good place for them though! And it works out well for you too if they're there for awhile again, maybe you will get to go to a fanmeet :3
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I agree! I actually don't personally like YG's music that much though, because it sort of walks the line between "shitty pop music" and "real music" and idk... it's just not what I listen to kpop for. I don't know, I really loved 2NE1's first mini album but I haven't liked anything they've put out since, and I've just never been that into a Big Bang song. But I mean I do think it's technically better music, it just doesn't really suit my taste. (I think part of the reason I ended up such a SME stan is that their producers seem to have the exact same taste in crappy pop music as me, it's really rare I don't like a single they put out. LAST.FM SAYS I LISTENED TO BONAMANA 97 TIMES, WHAT IS TASTE). I think 2NE1 is extra sheltered though, Big Bang doesn't do variety as much as other bands but they still definitely do it. Idk, it's weird.
and when they visit other cities, the fans are always following them.
That's part of what's so weird/kind of interesting to me about international kpop fandom, it's like... all this talk about entering Japan and entering europe and entering the US, but their international fans don't actually want them to be japanese/european/american celebrities, they want them to be korean celebrities closer to them. Does that even make sense? It really must be the difference in korean celeb culture that makes kpop appeal to them/us.
But omg I feel like SO MANY of them have had to do the IV thing... way too many. It's insane how busy they are and how little sleep they get and how hard they push themselves (because even though I'm sure the company has a lot to do with it I think a lot of the people who do become idols and make it past the trainee process are just the type to keep going no matter what).
I mean don't get me wrong that drama was like, INSANELY dumb at points but in this way where it was so ridiculous it was fun?! I seriously loved it so much, I wrote this post on it when I was watching it (http://elapses.livejournal.com/150576.html#cutid2) which might help you figure out if it's actually something you'd want to sit through. (It's about football!) But I totally forgot, I have watched Dream High and I did enjoy it!
I LOVE YUNHO TOO THOUGH!! Idk I was so virulently bored by DBSK for... forever, and then Catherine and I started looking into Changmin's... Pseudochoi-ness and I don't know how you could NOT love Yunho and... idk, I just really love two-membered DBSK. Changmin is such a brat (you're so right about him getting away with everything, but also his attitude towards fans CRACKS ME UP) and you can tell he thinks Yunho is really lame but he also really loves him, and Yunho is just so patient and sweet and EARNEST all the time and they're just really funny together. BROSEFS!
Sigh I am totally going to end up watching Skip Beat too, it is inevitable.
I've only seen one of them! It's weird, I'm so like, "eh" about actually sitting down and watching them, but every time someone mentions stuff that happened I'm like WHAT WHERE CAN I FIND THIS MUST FIND THIS. I'm just a lazy bum, I guess. Taiwan really is such a good place for them though! And it works out well for you too if they're there for awhile again, maybe you will get to go to a fanmeet :3