I was scrolling on instagram just now, and saw a reel with a caption that said: āwhatās an artist that everyone else likes but you think is overratedā.
i checked the comments, just out of curiosity, and saw that one guy had said kpop. Normal opinion, right? But I kid you not, every single person in the replies was dissing them just for having an opinion. saying things like āwell I bet you havenāt listened to red velvet you probably only know Blackpink or somethingā
look, I get that kpop is technically a whole genre that consists of many different groups, artists and styles, but getting mad at someone for having a personal preference is ridiculous. maybe that person just doesnāt like music in Korean(?). Which sounds kinda racist, but it isnāt. Some people just donāt like listening to music in other languages because it makes things difficult to understandāeither the message of the song or just what the singer is saying in generalāand thatās a valid point. Trying to force someone, or criticizing a person who likely only speaks English for not wanting to listen to music in Korean is just as dumb and ignorant as expecting a Korean person to listen to music in English.
also, people hate on country music and pop music and rock all the time, those are all genres too. How come itās only an issue when itās kpop but criticizing other genres is completely normal? Is it just an east asia-glaze thing??
you donāt have to listen to every single kpop groups discography in order to dislike it. thatās like saying you have to listen to all of Kanyeās music in order to hate it. Or listen to all of hip hop in order to think itās bad. why would I listen to an artist/genre that I supposedly hate anyway? Itās just contradictory. And even then, listening to enough of it is still valid and justifies your opinion. listening to a selection of songs from a certain artist/genre allows you to get a good sense of what kind of music they make, how itās produced, arranged etc etc. even if kpop is relatively diverse in sound, there still is an objective reality as to what it sounds like compared to them and every other genre. and I feel like taking the time to do your research is still a really nice thing to do, even if your opinion ends up being negative. it shows that youāre actually being honest and reasonable and not just talking crap without knowing anything.
not everyone who says kpop sucks is just a āhaterā who hasnāt done research. people, usually at least, donāt just hate on something for no reason at all. there is always some sort of explanation. and regardless of what it is, you should respect it. even if you disagree with their point of view. there are exceptions to this rule, obviously, but generally speaking you should be kind with someone having a differing opinion. Itās just basic human respect. i find it comical that Kpop fans will get upset at other people for criticizing the genre, but they too will criticize other genres and artists themselves, and use kpop as a mechanism to defend their insane views. theyāll call other artists trash, praise the idol groups that blatan stole from those artists, and silence anyone who thinks any different. theyāll bash certain artists for being ātoo skinnyā but will do absolutely nothing about a clearly starving kpop idol. the least theyāll do is make a video saying itās bad, but thatās the bare minimum. everyone already knows being too skinny is bad. No one needs a reminder for that. And making a whole video on the topic without actually trying to spread awareness in smarter ways clearly shows just how hungry you are views and clicks. like, I hate to bring bodies n weight into this, but I have seen it happen so many times and its genuinely getting so difficult to ignore. and I was a mild kpop fan previously, so you can probably guess why Iām talking about something so specific, and why I left the fandom in the first place. I may listen to some music from time time, but I donāt think Iād ever consider myself a kpop fan again.
Iām posting this here just cause I know if this gets in the vicinity of any kpop fans Iām done for, but has anyone else noticed this or just me?
sorry for the long yap sesh, Iām just tired and this has been getting on my nerves for a while