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Talking about selling 'avatar' versions of idols for fans to own and live with in their own home. LSM heard the stalker assholes who camp outside idols' homes were having a harder time harassing them with social distancing rules in effect and was like i got u. This is beyond creepy.
So the man watched kd/a and figured he'd do something similar? I don't think kd/a would have been nearly as successful if not for a, being attached to LoL, b, using established popular idols.
Not to mention it's unhealthy for the very fans it's being marketed to.
On the one hand, this feels like a logical next step for SM, what with the popularity of K/DA, the likes of 22/7 in Japan, the rise of VTubers and the way SM has previously dabbled in harnessing new technology, like those holographic concerts from a while back. On the other hand, this still feels like quite a bold / potentially risky direction to take, particularly for a new group from one of the leading agencies. It'll be interesting to see how far they take the virtual side of things, whether it'll be a bit of a token gesture or whether they go all in.
As an aside, SM may be very forward-thinking in a lot of ways but I don't know how they're still not providing English subtitles in 2020.
Edit: I take that back. They are:
As an aside, SM may be very forward-thinking in a lot of ways but I don't know how they're still not providing English subtitles in 2020.
Edit: I take that back. They are:
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Yeah that ai stuff is very weird... hope that concept flops and they can move on and pretend it never happened
I hope so, wouldn't want that to become a normal thing in kpop.
Seems like 100% inspired by what K/DA is doing. And maybe some stuff like the Vtuber thing.
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Yeah that sounds like they want a piece of K/DA's pie there. Not here for it, should have been a normal group especially if they're about to basement RV for it who doesn't really deserve it other than Irene's fuck ups.
Weather and Mulgogi are great b-sides, glad to see a video for one of them.
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I find it amusing that a fake group by gaming studio goes harder than most real ones. Such an odd flex by Riot 🤭
Insane. Soyeon is irreplaceable in K/DA. She made me listen to (G)I-DLE.
Lexie Liu (The new game character in the group - Seraphine) part is also so good.
EP will be out on November 6th, can't wait.
Hmm it's popstars > baddest > more for me. More doesn't really have a hook for me.
If the idea tanks, I imagine they can have a backup by having some total horseshit LOONA tier lore dump about downloading the virtual girls into actual bodies and then just reveal the actual trainees that provided their singing voices (as it will be highly likely these will be fully-trained girls that meet "SM standards") and keep on trucking.
Yeah that's the one lmao. Really good drama too actually.
Did not expect SM to be the one to venture into this field.
I didn't realize, I thought they were doing half of them as physical, half as virtual.
Super LTTP: Light Up The Sky
Nice little positive doc I guess.
Much too shallow though.
No exploration on really anything aside from "these girls work hard" and "this is tough stuff" and "hey look... K-pop really is now a thing now peeps"
So much they could really have gone more in-depth with...or even just covered more in terms of timeline.
Nice little positive doc I guess.
Much too shallow though.
No exploration on really anything aside from "these girls work hard" and "this is tough stuff" and "hey look... K-pop really is now a thing now peeps"
So much they could really have gone more in-depth with...or even just covered more in terms of timeline.
By the way, I like MORE better than The Baddest, if only because it's more different than POP STARS.
Same, at the end of the day, they'll do what sells, and if their virtual idol concept doesn't stick, they'll move on and rebrand Aespa in another way, chances are they already have a backup plan for this. Just like Red Velvet debuted with a Red & Velvet concept, and it didn't really stick in the long run, in my opinion. They ended up doing whatever worked and charted.
Been following Soyeon since Produce 101, to Unpretty Rapstar 3 to her solo debut to her debut with (G)I-DLE and that woman is a fucking beast in all the best ways possible. She's insanely talented and I'll forever stan. Cube absolutely won the lottery when she graced their company with her presence. Also gotta love how fluent she has become in English, her lyrics and pronunciation flow extremely well in More!
Same ranking here. More is nice, but it doesn't stay with me in the long run. Just like Twice's I Can't Stop Me which I like, but doesn't get stuck in my head either.
We already have the K/DA EP tracklist, and Soyeon is only on 2 of the 5 songs (the two we have already, Baddest and More). we knew this was coming, no riot music project has a true 1-1 collaborator-character lineup. i still expect all of the songs to be pretty good if not great, it's not like Soyeon has doing any of their writing or production like she does for (g)-idle (edit: as great as her work is, riot's music team is pretty good on their own and should be fine).
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Being able to hear their boots hit the stage is some real ASMR shit.
Well, at least there's the Twice track and the others should be pretty good as well.
A little disappointed in More. Don't like it nearly as much as Popstars or Baddest. MV is impressive as always but it just lacks something, idk. Also sad that the rest of the EP won't feature Soyeon and Miyeon, I think they fit their roles as Akali and Ahri so well.
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I was so ready to call this terrible because all her solo stuff has been cringe but I'm just popped a plate of crow in the microwave. This is 🥵🔥
Weather is great, happy that it got a mv. Hope to see more b-sides be given some love in the form of low-budget music videos. My favorite music video of the year so far is OMGs Dolphin.
It had to be SM. Lee Soo Man is obsessed with "innovation".
Not a fan. 5 Star on the other hand... CL is absolutely capable of releasing bangers, as seen with Rewind which was one of the best kpop songs released last year imo. Just gotta weed out the bad ones to get to the good ones.
