hanaaudio

i think one of the things that made me lose interest in newer kpop is that it felt like it was distancing itself from the idea of being kpop if that makes sense. like of course you cannot expect geniune authenticity from a genre that is so manufactured but there was a sort of distinct charm to it. a lot of it is derived from other iterations of pop music or specific popstars (kpop is obssesed with tinashe), to be fair, but it still presents itself in a manner that is very obviously kpop (i feel ... read more

peak k-pop, i cannot believe sm fumbled f(x) so hard
only thing keeping this from being a 100 is the rap (for kpop fans, its charming, for your average listener, its cringeworthy)

i liked it

i enjoyed it!