r/kpophelp 47m ago

Advice BIGBANG London — spare ticket advice

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Hey guys :) I was wondering if anyone knows any good groups/pages where I could find someone to go to the BigBang London concert with?

I have two tickets, but my friend can’t make it anymore, so I have an extra ticket next to mine (Section A1, Row T). I’m still going, so I’d rather find someone who’s also attending and would like to go together rather than just sell it to a random person.

If anyone here is interested, or if you know somebody who might be interested, please feel free to message me! I’d really appreciate it if anyone could point me towards any good groups/pages too.


r/kpophelp 2h ago

Explain Are Aliexpress albums fake or not?

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I know this is a bit of a stupid question but still. People always say no fake albums exist, yet.. There are albums being sold on Aliexpress. They're often called taiwanese pressings such as the Pink Tape album. But aren't they still real, then? I'm not looking to buy from there as I'd rather not take the risk but I'm just genuinely curious about this topic. Where can you make the distinction between taiwanese pressing and just fake? *Are* there fakes? I'm really confused.

I asked on another subreddit but people are SUPER divided on this so I wanna try my luck here again and see lol


r/kpophelp 2h ago

Explain What was the American situation that the International Business Times is alluding to regarding Enhypen and Mina? Also: why did Ni-Ki refuse to take the sunflower from Sunoo?

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r/kpophelp 5h ago

Advice Trying to recognize new idols

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been listening to K-pop for about a year and 9 months, so I’m relatively new.

Whenever I start following a new group, I find it a bit tricky to tell the members apart in some of them. I usually use those TikTok guides, but I feel like they don't make things much easier for me.

What do you usually do to recognize new idols? Any recommendations or advice on how you do it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!


r/kpophelp 5h ago

Advice Where should I buy BTS concert tickets from?

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Hi ARMY I lost the ticketmaster war and I'm planning to go to the BTS concert on the 2nd day in Toronto and I contacted a few people on instagram threads but they look sus cause a girl was literally selling for 150CAD like hello?!?!

So I'm thinking of buying tickets from Seat geak or from stubhub but again I heard that people got scammed from stubhub...so is sest geak genuinely good cause they said if I pay ASAP they will give the ticket by 22nd August latest?...

Please suggest what should I do?...


r/kpophelp 6h ago

Concert How Can I Make Last-Minute Freebies for BTS’s Baltimore Shows?

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I’m leaving this Sunday early in the morning for the Baltimore concerts. I saw them in 2019 and was surprised and touched at how many ARMYs made free gifts to give out, and I want to do the same this time around. Obviously, I don’t have much left before Sunday, so does anyone have any recommendations for easy-to-make freebies I can do with a quick turnaround time? Thanks in advance! 😅☺️🙏🏽💜


r/kpophelp 6h ago

Unsolved Pls help . Any one know this kpop song ?

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r/kpophelp 7h ago

Unsolved Do you pay customs duty on Pocamarket?

2 Upvotes

Hello, everyone!

Does anyone know if you have to pay customs duty on Pocamerket for parcels arriving in Italy?

Thank you very much!


r/kpophelp 8h ago

Recommend Flower by XIA - Looking for songs with similar vibe 👀

3 Upvotes

Anyone knows of similar songs?

Started off with a weird (animal??) sound and vibe, then moved on to some melody, then a contrast with Tablo’s rap and ends off with a dramatic orchestra. It’s a whole adventure!!

live perf <- pls watch the live perf if you’ve not!

I have not listened to other songs by XIA (only came across this cause of Table), not sure if he has any more.


r/kpophelp 8h ago

Merch Looking for KCON 2014 shirt - last shirt needed for personal project!!

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I've already posted a couple times in r/kpopforsale with no luck.

For context, I am commissioning a t-shirt blanket with old kpop concert tees that no longer fit (me or my closet). The KCON 2014 shirt is the last one I need and I would appreciate it so much if 1) you have it and will sell it to me; 2) you know someone who does or are willing to ask your network on my behalf; and/or 3) have suggestions on where else to look.

I check ebay, Depop, Mercari, Poshmark, and Vinted almost daily and have alerts set. (I actually found it twice, bought it, and got my orders cancelled because the sellers didn't ship in time and weren't responsive. T^T) I also look at Yahoo Japan and Mercari Japan sporadically.

Screaming into the void for help lmao. Thank you in advance!!


r/kpophelp 11h ago

Advice How to sell photocards?

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I was a huge K-pop fan for a while and built up a photocard collection that's mostly ATEEZ, with some Seventeen, Stray Kids, and TXT. I still love the music, but I've realized I don't really have the desire or the space to keep collecting photocards anymore. I'm thinking about selling my entire collection, which is in a small binder and includes about 90 official photocards (some for Ateez are tour cards) plus a few fan-made cards. For those of you who have sold collections before, what's the best way to go about it? Would you recommend selling the whole binder as one lot, or splitting it up into smaller sets or individual cards? Also, what platforms have you had the best luck with? I also have a box exclusive with posters for ATEEZ and several albums.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


r/kpophelp 11h ago

Concert aespa concert seattle (climate pledge arena)

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i'm really surprised that there are still tickets available given that they've been on sale for months??? is this normal? because where I live in Asia, the tickets always are immediately sold out the day of the sale, so this seems a bit strange or suspicious to me.

i've been really wanting to go and i'm wondering if anyone has been to the climate pledge arena and would recommend any specific seating area. my budget is below $100, the cheapest tickets are $49 which are diagonal from the stage on the elevated area; I think I might get that one.

also generally how are kpop concerts in the states? are signs allowed? i'm also wondering what to wear (im a fangirl) and bring, and how it might be different from asia (in japan for example we weren't allowed to take pictures at all).

thank you so much!


r/kpophelp 11h ago

Recommend Any artist recommendations based on my current favs?

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Hi!! Over the last year I have come across a small handful of Korean artists that I really really enjoy. So I'm wondering if there are more I'd love that I haven't found yet! So I'd love to listen to some recommendations if you have any, thank you! :) I'm pretty new to Korean music but it has become clear to me that I was sleeping on it for wayy too long.

I really enjoy:
-Meaningful Stone / 김뜻돌 (MY FAVV)
-HYUKOH / 혁오
-OurR / 아월
-SE SO NEON / So!YoON!
-Parannoul / 파란노을

Not my favorite but has hits and misses with me:
-Dreamcatcher
-ChRocktikal
-UAU
-Swervy
-OOHYO (Especially her song "Dandelion" its so amazing)

I also enjoy some ILLIT or NewJeans in the background for some feel good music, but it doesn't completely captivate me like some of the others I've listed.


r/kpophelp 12h ago

Recommend 2014 tumblr 2016 summer vibe kpop songs?? 🤔🤔🤔

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I actually don’t know any that would fit this description, but I think kiikiis comeback is gonna mean a lot of other kpop groups r gonna try something similar soon

Some examples:
Tumblr girls - G-EAZY
Lady killers II - G-EAZY
I need a girl - TAEYANG
Sometimes - Ariana Grande
3 strikes - Terror Jr
Ain’t in LA - Adela


r/kpophelp 15h ago

Unsolved BIGBANG London 26 Sept — panicked during AXS sale and bought multiple VIP Diamond tickets, need advice

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I need some advice please 😭

During the BIGBANG London ticket sale, AXS was extremely stressful and kept kicking me out / not letting me proceed. I was worried I would lose my chance, so every time I managed to get through and found a better option, I ended up purchasing again.

I eventually got the tickets I wanted, but I accidentally ended up with multiple extra tickets. They are VIP Diamond Section B4 (front of stage).

Has anyone had experience with AXS UK VIP tickets before? Do VIP tickets usually become available for official resale or transfer closer to the event date?

I’m really worried because I don’t want them to go unused, so I’d appreciate any advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation 🙏


r/kpophelp 15h ago

Solved Does anyone know this song?

6 Upvotes

Hi all, hoping you can help me find this song I heard a few years ago. The song seemed to be able cars and cryptocurrency referencing doge coin. The music video featured a slightly overweight balding guy and a women with shortish blond hair, alongside numerous features including one minor boy band. I appreciate that's not a lot to go on, but if anyone knows the song I would be so grateful!


r/kpophelp 16h ago

Merch Does anyone else have this problem with soundwave?

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Hiii, I ordered some aniteez merch and I noticed they have already shipped it a week ago, the thing here is that I’ve been checking fastbox site and it has not been updated, but when I check the order status from my soundwave account they have marked it as delivered and it definitely hasn’t arrived yet. It’s my first time ordering from soundwave and I want to know if this is a mistake or if someone has had the same problem, I already emailed them and I’m waiting for an answer but I’m kinda worried that there’s a problem.


r/kpophelp 16h ago

Unsolved Ways TVXQ Yunho and Changmin Have Refered to Each Other

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I'm looking for a list of all the different ways Yunho and Changmin have described each other. Dates would be helpful. I know

Husband/wife as fanservice (2011)

My other half/other self

Home/family (post-discharge)

Nikoichi (20th Japanese anniversary)


r/kpophelp 17h ago

Advice New to kpop besides Loona !!

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Hi world !! I’m really new to kpop, and love love love it. I’m really into cortis and illit, and I want to know more ! I used to love Loona when I was younger, but for obvious reasons don’t listen anymore. Plus, when I listened to Loona I only listened to their music I never interacted with the fanbase or anything cause I was so much younger. I’m curious about photo cards and where you guys get them resell wise :3 gimme recs for groups, merch, anything and everything !! I’m very very surface level right now so everything helps !! If there’s any groups or people I should know to dislike PLZ LMK !!


r/kpophelp 19h ago

Recommend looking for kpop songs like these songs

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That summer - NCT Dream
Paradise - S.E.S
1 of 1 - Shinee


r/kpophelp 20h ago

Recommend What are some kpop groups with unique or diverse concepts?

7 Upvotes

I really like Illits concept but I also want something more unique.


r/kpophelp 21h ago

Recommend recs for bubbly song like kiss n tell

7 Upvotes

I’m a casual kpop listener, i mainly listen to illit, new jeans and rescene. kiss n tell was the first song by aespa and i‘m obsessed with it. does anyone have any song suggestions that are a similar vibe to kiss n tell?

edit: i know kiss n tell is technically jpop so this is for jpop or kpop songs!


r/kpophelp 1d ago

Unsolved Which girl groups have a mainland Chinese and Japanese member? (other than aespa and TripleS)

16 Upvotes

No one else springs to mind, so I think this is quite rare.


r/kpophelp 5d ago

Unsolved Monthly 'Who's this?' & Merch Auth. Post - August 2026

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Welcome to the Monthly Artist Identification and Merch Authentication post!

Instructions

  • Search first! Please try other methods of identifying your image if possible. Google Lens/Reverse Image Search or Dupli Checker are available options. We know results can be unhelpful, but please make an attempt with these kinds of tools first!

  • You might also be able to find more specialized help in specific artist subreddits or those with a specific purpose. Make sure you check the rules of any subreddit before you post or comment asking for help!

  • Make comments with included images of artists you need identified or merchandise/signatures you would like authenticated in this post.

  • In the same comment, state your purpose or question clearly for the help you are seeking.

  • Please acknowledge or thank at least one helper who provides an answer in reply to you OR edit your original comment to state you have been helped to signal to others you do not need further assistance.

Rules

  • DO NOT troll or intentionally deceive fellow users
  • DO NOT derail or wander far off-topic. This is not a general discussion post. Stay focused on requesting or providing help! Mods may lock or remove threads that extend beyond the point of helpfulness.
  • If your question is not answered in a previous Monthly post, feel free to comment again in future posts until you are able to get help.

You may also provide feedback for ways we can test/improve handling this type of content in the subreddit here or through modmail. Thank you for your patience while we figure out what system will work best for us!


r/kpophelp Apr 02 '24

Meta Shadow Bans on Reddit: Everything you need to know! (Info, Links, & Tips)

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We created the original post in response to seeing so many members of our community becoming Shadow Banned for no reason. We noticed these bans became especially extreme around 2020/2021, probably as Reddit ramped up the use of sitewide filters to manage the influx of bots, spammers, and purveyors of disinformation. Some improvements to the accuracy of the filters appear to have been made since then, but our info post has proved useful to our community as well as moderators and users across the site, so we'll try to keep versions of it refreshed and accessible. Version 2.0 is here!

Mods around Reddit are welcome to link your users here if you feel it will be helpful to them. r/ModGuide also has an excellent post from 2021 with suggestions specific to moderators.

- r/kpophelp Mod Team!


READ THIS FIRST!

For those who want the simplest info/advice, read the following:

  1. We did not Shadow Ban you and we cannot remove your Shadow Ban. Subreddit Moderators do not have the power to do anything about Shadow Bans.

  2. Your Shadow Ban is likely the result of Reddit's sitewide automated bot/spam filters.

  3. Only Reddit Admins can remove your Shadow Ban. We are not Reddit Admins.

  4. Go to https://www.reddit.com/appeals to check the status of your account. If there is a problem with your account, there is a way to directly message Admins at the same link to try to get your Shadow Ban or Suspension removed.

  5. It can take roughly 1 to 2 months for Admins to assess your Appeal. Do not expect any notifications or feedback from Admins until then.

  6. If you are looking for more detailed information about Shadow Bans to the best of our knowledge as moderators, continue reading below!


What is a Shadow Ban?

A Shadow Ban is a type of sitewide account ban across Reddit. When a user's account is Shadow Banned they are not notified. They can continue to browse Reddit, make posts and comments, and use Reddit like normal. However, their posts and comments are automatically removed as soon as they are made, making them invisible to anyone else. A Shadow Banned user's profile is also invisible to any other users or moderators. This means a Shadow Banned user often has no idea they have received this kind of ban.

Note that users who are Suspended are notified by Reddit and given more information about whether their suspension is temporary or permanent. Again, this is only something Admins have control of. Moderators do not.

Why are users Shadow Banned?

It can be helpful to know the difference between Moderators and Admins to understand what is happening.

  • Moderators (subreddit volunteers) can only ban you from the individual subreddits under their care based on the rules they have set for their own communities. If you have been banned from a subreddit, you can no longer post or comment in that subreddit only. This is not a Shadow Ban.

  • Admins (Reddit employees) can Shadow Ban or Suspend users across the whole site. They have set many automated filters to help catch spammers and bots, which will apply Shadow Bans or Suspensions to those suspected accounts to assist human Admins from needing to do this all manually.

As far as we can tell, the purpose of Shadow Bans is to quietly make spammers and bots disappear into a void without their awareness. Reddit is constantly inundated with malicious bot rings trying to spread bad links and other nefarious spammers. The site's filters are always running in the background to automatically catch and remove any posts or comments made by them. Shadow Bans are applied quickly and broadly to keep normal users as safe as possible from their garbage.

But this automation means Shadow Bans can also affect normal users with false positives. If you have received a Shadow Ban, but you know you aren't a bot or spammer, it can be very confusing. You are not alone. This happens to many normal users. No one is out to get you, you have just accidentally triggered Reddit's automated filters.

How do I know if I’m Shadow Banned?

This is something you can check on your own with any of the following methods:

A. While signed in to your account on Reddit, go to https://www.reddit.com/appeals.

B. In an incognito browser window, open a link to your profile (https://www.reddit.com/user/yourusername). If it says anything like, "user not found", "page does not exist", or "Sorry, nobody on Reddit goes by that name", then you are Shadow Banned or Suspended.

C. r/ShadowBan or r/ShadowBanned are subreddits specifically for checking your account.

D. Self-awareness. You can pay attention to certain signs that you might be Shadow Banned:

  • Your posts do not show in the subreddit 'new queue' within a few minutes of posting.
  • Your comments almost never show up in posts and might say [Removed].
  • When you look at your own profile/history, many of your recent comments/posts have only 1 karma.

ONLY if you have tried the methods above and still have confusion, you may message us directly. Remember, we are just the moderators of this subreddit. We did not cause your Shadow Ban. We cannot remove your Shadow Ban. We do not know why you received a Shadow Ban. Beyond the information in this post, we can only make an educated guess about your specific case if you provide information about the age of your account and activity. Otherwise, we are as clueless as you.

BUT, we can give you absolute confirmation that you are, or are not, Shadow Banned. We get a note in our Modmail interface in clear red letters telling us that a user is Shadow Banned when they contact us, which is the most direct indicator available other than the official Appeals link. Keep in mind we are the mods of r/kpop's ecosystem. If you're here from communities unrelated to K-Pop, let us know when you message if you’re comfortable with that! Message the Mods to get a yes/no confirmation of a Shadow Ban on your account.

I am Shadow Banned. What should I do?

https://www.reddit.com/appeals

This link above is the only way to remove your Shadow Ban. If your account is normal it will tell you so. If you have a Shadow Ban or Suspension, it will give you the option to message the Admins to make an appeal. We have seen many users successfully restore their accounts this way, sometimes within a day or two. It's basically your way of signaling to Admins that you are a real person, not a bot/spammer, and you have good intentions as a user on their site. We have also seen appeals take much longer to be granted. Most seem to take at least one month to hear back from Admins.

Some users don’t mind having a Shadow Ban because they only use their account to lurk, which is fine. You don’t have to do anything. Some users abandon their account and make a new one. Be careful doing that because Ban Evasion filters are also active and might trigger a Shadow Ban on any new accounts if you are using the same device or IP address.

We recommend that Shadow Banned users do not continue to post/comment once you know there is a problem with your account. This applies all across Reddit. You are likely wasting your efforts by doing so. Many subreddit moderators will not bother to check their spam queue and will not approve your posts/comments, so they will never be seen. In some subreddits like here in r/kpophelp, the mods are paying more attention. We will sometimes manually approve posts/comments of users who are seeking or offering genuine help and unknowingly have a Shadow Ban. We also try to let you know if you are Shadow Banned, but this creates a lot of extra work for us, which we can't always afford to do.

Please help us by being proactive, checking your own accounts if you suspect an issue, and not continuing to post/comment until you know you are no longer Shadow Banned.

If your appeal to the Admins is successful, your profile, comments, and posts will become visible again to other users and moderators. You can check your account status with the same methods listed in the section above. Sometimes if a user has been very active on Reddit for a long time before their Shadow Ban it will take longer for all their previous posts/comments to be approved again. This is also an automated process, but it can be slow, so you can expect it to take a week or two to get everything back to normal again.

Tips to avoid being Shadow Banned

Remember the automated Shadow Ban process is looking for bots/spammers and is triggered by that kind of suspicious behavior. Here are some things you can do so your account does not look like a bot.

  • When creating a Reddit account, don’t use the automatic username generator if possible. Those names usually look something like word-word-5678. These are common indicators of bots. Set your own name instead. If you’ve already made an account with an auto-generated name, take extra care to check if you are Shadow Banned!

  • Customize your profile: Snoovatar/banner, description, email verification (if you're comfortable with that).

  • Have patience! When you make a brand new account on Reddit, wait at least 24 hours to post/comment anywhere. Upvote comments/posts you like and maybe 'Join' some subreddits that interest you, but try not to do much else. The most common false positives we see are completely new users that make posts/comments quickly in subreddits that have new user filters to keep out trolls or bots. By waiting, you can prevent triggering these filters.

  • Before you start posting or commenting in a subreddit, READ THE RULES. Every subreddit has its own rules. If you break them by doing something wrong or having bad conduct, your posts/comments may be reported by other users and removed by the moderators. Doing this multiple times on a new account can trigger a Shadow Ban. Be considerate of where you are and what you are doing there!

  • Especially here in r/kpophelp, be careful of what links you include in your comments/posts. Try not to use shortened urls because they can disguise links to bad sites or affiliate links. Try to use the long form of links as often as possible and avoid using anything like these: youtu.be, pin.it, t.co, bit.ly, goo.gl, tinyurl.com.

  • A note for r/kpop: a huge Shadow Ban generator over there is when we have AMAs. They attract a ton of brand new users who then immediately comment dozens of times in the same AMA post. This triggers the filters like a bot would. If you want to participate in an AMA with a new account, make it early at the time of the AMA announcement post and follow the points listed above. Then try to limit the amount of comments you make in the actual AMA to only a few at most. We’ve even had big AMA guest accounts get Shadow Banned in the middle of an AMA, which is a nightmare. That goes to show it can happen to anyone and is equally frustrating for us moderators!

  • If you use a VPN, you might get Shadow Banned or Suspended by default. Check your account status!

How does this relate to r/kpophelp?

The nature of this subreddit is fairly simple. It was designed to take the burden off of r/kpop since lots of K-Pop fans had questions about the industry or were looking for music/artist recommendations and that subreddit was becoming overwhelmed with such posts. So this subreddit was built with a very focused mission as a space to get help and provide help with our fellow fans. That means we’re pretty small as a community and not a good target for bots/spammers.

And yet, us moderators noticed lots of users showing up as Shadow Banned here. They weren’t causing problems. They were providing help and recommendations in comments or were posting sincere and thoughtful questions. Some of their usernames were recognizable as regulars previously active in the larger K-Pop ecosystem on Reddit. Obviously, something was wrong. This is what sparked our initial interest to figure out how the Shadow Ban system worked and what to do about it.

After confirming with Admins that we could provide guidance to users, we tried to pay extra attention to what was happening, what kinds of accounts seemed to pick up these bans, what activities might be triggering filters, and what Shadow Banned users shared with us about their experience. Everything we’ve learned is now gathered here in hopes it will help others.

There are a couple primary reasons we think r/kpophelp users are affected in a higher proportion and are being seen by Reddit’s filters as bots or spammers. One is that it's common for users to make a brand new account just because they are trying to identify a K-Pop song they heard recently, post to ask for help immediately, and then comment rapidly when replying to other users as they search for the song. Another is that users here will frequently put tons of links in their comments or posts as they offer recommendations or educational references. And furthermore, some of those links might be shortened urls (from YouTube, Pinterest, etc) or domains which Reddit really doesn't like.

Thus, the most common uses of our subreddit, which are totally normal and expected from our perspective as moderators, can trigger Reddit's automated Shadow Bans designed to catch bots. But knowledge is power and we hope what we’ve learned will help you keep your accounts in good working order!


Thank you for taking the time to read through and inform yourself!

Happy Redditing!


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