As my readers may know, this blog it about promoting kpop groups/solo artists as well as reviewing k-dramas and Korean movies. I try to keep this blog a place of positive energy, since kpop fandom can be mean, rude, and down right hateful at times. Even when I review a drama or a movie and end up not liking it, I still stress to those who read my posts, that they should check out the drama or movie for themselves to make the ultimate decision if it was good or bad, since opinions and tastes differ.
I am however so very disheartened when I go to various kpop music videos and see the hateful and nasty comments people leave.
Why do kpop fans feel the need to bash each others idols/groups? Why are fans so blinded by their worship of a certain idol/group that they can't acknowledge other idols/groups for their strengths?
There are the antis. They spend their time photoshopping pictures of certain idols/groups to make them look in a bad in some way, they leave hateful messages on idols/groups videos, they even celebrate when something bad happens to an idol/group. (There were anti's who were seriously happy when Secret got in their car wreck.)
Then you have the normal haters. They belong to an idols/groups fan clubs, so whenever their idol/group does not win an award or get the time of day they think they deserve. They feel the need to attack other fandoms and idols/groups who receive the attention they think their idol/group deserves.
Lastly you have the casual haters. Fans who don't rant and rave about how they hate other idols/groups, but they are quick to form an opinion of a idols/groups and don't give other idols/groups a chance to really show them what they are made of. They are also the ones who will go to an idols/groups page and leave comments "Well if XXXX had performed this song it would have been a lot better" or "Their rapper sucks, he/she will never be as good as XXXX." The sad thing is that most of the time these people don't consider themselves haters, they think they are simply stating the "cold hard truth" but people have different tastes, so who are they to say what is right and what is wrong.
I can't understand these mentalities, why can't fans just say "It's just not my type of music" and leave it at that. Why do fans feel the need to spread so much negativity, and i'm calling out both K-fans and International fans because both of them do it. In fact another type of arguing happens because of those two. They argue about who supports an idol/group more, and how one is better then the other. If you both support a certain idol/group then you both are fans of that idol/group, why bicker? If you are a K-fan then you are fortunate enough to support that group in person, and if you are an international fan you are helping support that idol/group from afar buy their cds and showing the Korean music industry that other countries are interested in kpop idol/group and that helps open doors for that idol/group to expand their activities outside of Korea.
Why must we fight, why can't we acknowledge our favorite groups faults, while complementing other groups strengths, because they all have them.
I know it's the internet and people feel invincible behind a computer screen. But when you are typing those horrible hateful messages, think to yourself "What if someone wrote this about the idol/group I like" how hurt would you be? Why would you want to hurt others? Are you a sadist? Do you get some type of sick thrill from it? If so then you are simply a sad and misguided person.
So here is my plea. The next time you want to write something horrible about a idol/group, just click out of the page and leave it be. Don't try and be smart and leave a back-handed complement, just leave and go watch your favorite group and enjoy your fandom and let others enjoy theirs.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Feature [16] Kai
To start off my first feature of 2013 I thought I would pick a solo artist. The guy I am about review has an amazing voice and proves that kpop is diverse. Unfornately if you were to google his name you might end up finding a page on another famous kpop star. So today I will tell you about Kai (and i'm not talking about the one from EXO).
BIO: Kai debut in 2009. He graduated at the top of his class from Seoul Arts High School, he went onto Seoul National University from which he earned a masters and then a doctorate in musicology. Kai is noted for his deep rich voice and classic style of singing.
Fun Facts: Though his name is often mixed up with EXO's Kai, he is noted for having similar facial features as Big Bang's TOP.
OFFICIAL WEBSITES:
MUSIC VIDEOS: (he hasn't released that many MV's but he's amazing live)
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I would link to his itunes store but he doesn't have one.
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