Read on Twitter
i don’t think armys realise how damaging their mentality is towards bts. they say “bts made kpop not a joke” & just ignoring the blatant things that are wrong with this statement, they are basically telling the western industry that “YES, kpop IS a joke but my faves aren’t as +
much of a joke so make an exception for them” and the reason why i say “not as much of a joke” is bc often times the reasons why armys sell bts so highly is because of their songs with “deep” meanings but what about their songs without it? are they part of that part of them +
that is a “joke”. OBVIOUSLY not. bc bts’ music wholly isn’t a “joke” and SO many kpop artists’ music ISNT a joke. they’ve created amazing timeless songs + we should be collectively outraged that simply because they train & perfect their craft & execute it well they are seen as +
“manufactured” when in reality they’re just professionals and perfectionists, attributes that would be PRAISED in western artists.
they try different styles of music + go against the “trend” & that should be celebrated and not deemed as being “fake” or “inauthentic” you know?
they try different styles of music + go against the “trend” & that should be celebrated and not deemed as being “fake” or “inauthentic” you know?
its just the fact that if a western artist creates fun music (often written FOR them) + has choreo + has high quality music videos they’re seen as a class act but when kpop artists do it they’re manufactured robots with no minds of their own?
a lot of these idols participate in songwriting or maybe even production & even choreography. as well as being excellent singers/dancers/rappers they have SO MANY skills. a lot of them also have songs with “deep” meanings & just songs that have touched & saved so many people tbh
but why is it seen as manufactured & inauthentic ONLY BECAUSE ITS KPOP (and this is the only reason it’s seen like that tbh bc western groups aren’t pinned with this label right off the back and are at least given a CHANCE) is it because of:
the language? the type of songs? what is it? it’s BLATANT xenophobia that’s what it is and im so sorry but armys are constantly reinforcing this narrative of idols being so and so and you think it’s helping bts by being like that but it’s just further putting that idea in the +
western industry’s heads that all of these idols are fake because if even people who stan idols are calling idols manufactured, you’re doing yourselves a massive disservice.
y’all will chat about how bts face xenophobia which they do and then turn around & be xenophobic like???
y’all will chat about how bts face xenophobia which they do and then turn around & be xenophobic like???
it literally doesn’t make sense and it’s why this process is so long & gruelling. fandoms don’t need to be friends or close or whatever tf but we probably should not be reinforcing harmful stereotypes and xenophobia on other idols because it does NONE of us any favours AT ALL.
this is just MY opinion if you don’t agree, FINE! just BLOCK ME really but truthfully anyone stanning a kpop idol yet being xenophobic is simply just shooting themselves in the foot and we should try and be more aware of this and make sure we aren’t informing harmful stereotypes.
i am strongly against this SM AI whatever thing it is but im against it because of the BLATANT privacy and human rights issues at play. from a legal perspective this is a mess waiting to happen. THATS why you should care. not bc of how it’ll make kpop or your fave seem to the gp.
if anyone has any petitions or something for me to link under here in case this gets hype pls lemme know x
if you wanna come quote this post crying you’ve clearly not read that you’re entitled to your own opinion and you’re free to block me. don’t start saying things that weren’t said or missing the point (even tho thats hard for some of y’all) it’s not malicious it’s just my thoughts
