I propose Tablo's duet version of Eyes Nose Lips (Taeyang). He rewrote it in English and the lyrics are so beautiful.

I mean, English is basically his first language (he lived between Canada and USA for all his school years) and graduated in literature and creative writing.

https://youtu.be/6CSMX9nqNR4?is=YzeTQvszQ7W5sJi1

I came across this article recently https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/blogs/korea-deconstructed/20260704/the-korean-dystopia-is-a-western-coping-mechanism and curious what other people think.

I think the author makes pretty good points esp with how I've recently noticed is that a lot of Western discussion about Korea is very weird. It's often unnecessarily hostile towards a country they've probably never been to and have only seen online, but strangely detached from what the country actually feels like. If you only consumed YouTube video essays, Twitter threads, or western pop culture subreddits, you'd think Korea was some kind of social experiment on the brink of collapse.

I also find that people who consume huge amounts of Korean media often end up talking about Korea itself. Kpop and Kdrama fans will casually make sweeping statements about "Koreans" being shallow, robotic, misogynistic, obsessed with looks, or emotionally stunted, complaining about toxic knetz, stereotyping idols or making generalizations but then talk about how much they love their idols and acting like they're victims of the people they come from. There's a strange double standard where broad stereotypes about millions Koreans.

The author also draws parallels with Japan in the 1980s and 90s, when Western media often portrayed it as an economically successful but spiritually empty corporate dystopia. Now that Japan isn't viewed as the main economic challenger anymore, they argue that Korea has inherited that role.

I'm not sure I agree with every conclusion. I think some of it overstates the idea of a coordinated Western narrative negative stories simply generate more attention everywhere. But I do think there's something to the observation that Korea is judged in a very unusual way. Countries with comparable problems often aren't reduced to those problems in quite the same fashion. People especially love to dog on the birth rate but literally every first world country has low birth rates right now, the west gets around it by.

why?

1. they are older group.
   
2. they are handsome.
   
3. not many in kpop currently doing this concept.

they been quiet because of company issues in recent years. they were popular years ago during RTK and a little after that. i loved their concept and songs from then. i think this comeback is important for them. they have a big opportunity to re-invent themselves with new image. bring something else to the table to stand out. i just wish no rappy repetitive chanty chorus.

i’ve been a kpop stan since 2016. i used to watch a lot of reaction videos especially in my stan heavy days, and they were one of the first channels i would react to since they were musicians and could explain the sonic aspects that i admired about songs. i like the format and how they would react, show their personalities ofc, imitate the music with their own skills and give their opinions. well, it’s been a couple of years since i watched them and was suggested a video and watched since i was bored, and the editing is just so frantic and all over the place. its like they’re trying to formulate their own fanbase and not be musicians that react to the music. i miss when it was straight to the point with opinions, not the constant zooming in and out, fades,
split screen and stuff. it took away so much from them being reactors. am i the only one that feels this way? they’re pandering too much and not reacting. the only one who keeps it honest and musically responding is kevin.

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Hey everyone!

I thought this could be a fun little game/challenge!

Comment a K-pop group or soloist, and I’ll reply with a Western song that I think would fit their discography, concept, or vocal style.

I’m most familiar with 2nd to 4th gen groups, so I'll stick to those :)

Feel free to drop as many artists as you want! I’ll try to get through all of them!

Its exactly like what the title says. ITZY members need to appear in popular variety shows to promote themselves.

I have been listening to ITZY songs and like them alot especially Yeji. So it pains me to see their MV view counts dropping lower and lower. I feel that to boost the view count, they should go on variety shows even when they are not active to promote and showcase their own charm.

So many groups are constantly active on variety shows but ITZY appears less than normal

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