#korean band icons

[pink-horizon]

[aquarena]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🐂 𓇼 🔨

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🎹 𓇼 🫘

[snoooze]

᯼ remember that you will die 💽 ࿐

[wolfsung]

𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈 🜲

[chronicalfangirl]

Last night was amazing omg😭🫶

[baenxietydad]

Bright sun, the new day I felt sick in a good way Felt the fever climb when you came down All the way across town And you brought me a plate of sweet potatoes

Sun fading overhead The sunset, bright red Your green eyes, your smooth walk Fresh tomato, celery stalk You cooked pari basmati rice I felt good, you looked nice You stood like Galatea over me You brought fried garlic and kimchi And you brought me a plate of sweet potatoes

[pink-horizon]

0.1 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗐𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅.

☆. 𓋼𓍊 🌱 𓍊𓋼𓍊 .☆

[aquarena]

͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🍨 𓇼 🥚

[snoooze]

[wolfsung]

𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒈 🜲

[forseokgyu]

[240817] theperfectmagazine IG Post Update:

Playing Glastonbury this summer confirmed Korean boy band Seventeen’s global mainstream appeal after nine years of K-pop fans. Now regular front-row appearances by band member Mingyu have established his Iconic status in fashion as well as music. Mingyu is Full-Hot in Perfect Issue 07.

[cdsmusicblog]

Why are boybands always big hits?

Boybands have been a thing for decades now, even if it’s been slowly declining over the years. Going from The Beatles to the Backstreet Boys to One Direction and more recently BTS, boybands have always resulted in massive success, but why is that?

First of all, what is a boyband? It is a group of young boys, from late teenage years to early 20s, who sing songs written for them and who, most of the time, don’t play instruments.

I think The Beatles were a starting point in the history of boybands. They gained popularity in the 1960s and even if, by definition, they don’t really fit in this category, they really shaped the way boybands are marketed nowadays. With an enormous, mostly female-based fanbase coming from all over the world, The Beatles revolutionized the way fans interact with pop singers and especially boybands.

The 90s were the years of boybands, with iconic groups such as the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC who also amassed immense success and very large fanbases. After them came One Direction in the 2010s who really were in the right place at the right time with the rise of social media, making it the perfect period to create a band that could interact closely with their fans and be relatable. In the late 2010s came the korean band BTS who also blew up.

The key to their success comes down to one thing: their audiences. Being mostly marketed at teenage girls, with their catchy songs and handsome group members, we understand why they’re always so successful. Most of the time, the band members are characterized into “archetypes”, with all different personalities so that every fan can pick a favorite. Boybands member are also often marketed as the “perfect boyfriends” which is very appealing for teenage girls, but it also results in parasocial relationships between the fans and artists, which is something their record label profit from. Boybands interact a lot with their fanbase, with concerts, meet-and-greets etc… creating this kind of relationship, as if the fans know them and are close to them, something that is, again, very financially profitable.

Also, most of the time, boybands members are overworked and exploited by their companies. For example, Lou Pearlman, the manager of both the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, stole roughly 500 million dollars from them over their career while some of the group members could barely afford rent. Some of the members of One direction also stated that they were overworked during tours and talked about eating disorders and problems of anxiety related to the impossible standards they had to meet for their record labels but also for the fans.

In conclusion, I think boybands are really fun to get into from the point of view of a young fan, but seeing it in its entirety, you realize they really just are industry plants created by the industry to make the most money possible by taking advantage of both young artists and a young and easily influenced fanbase.

[chosensailor]

yang hye-ji, lesbian, woman, she/her. ♡ now entering the apartment building is min soo-ji, a twenty-two year old who is currently a musician. netizens have said they seem cantankerous but others have said they’re virtuous ! gossip aside, we’re sure they’re bound to be a fan favorite !

Full name: Min Soo-ji

Alias/Preferred Name: Soo

Gender: Woman

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 22

Birthday: June 8th, 2002

Zodiac: Gemini

Sexuality: Lesbian

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Musician

Birthplace/Hometown: Seattle, Washington

About Soo:

Born in Seattle, Washington. Min Soo-ji is a second generation Korean-American who never had much of a connection to her heritage. 

From a very young age, she started to just go by Soo, not wanting to deal with her friends and classmates struggling with the foreign name. While her parents originally were against it, they eventually relented and also started to just call her Soo.

She was playing her fathers old guitar from as young as she could remember. In grade school however, the school band had too many guitarists and she was made to play bass instead. She didn’t mind and actually preferred it in many ways.

She was a big fan of popular pop-punk bands from an early age, and as she grew up she leant very hard into the punk, compared to the pop. She hung out with a lot of older punky students at her school, and they taught her how to live the lifestyle.

While her family tried their hardest to relate to her, Soo always felt like a black sheep. She started to falter in her school work, skipping large amounts of school. By high school it was more likely to find her smoking in the staff only parking lot compared to class.

By 16, while not legally, she had effectively dropped out of school. Her days consisted of washing dishes at a local dinner for money, going to shows in dingy basements, and sleeping. Rarely all three on the same day.

She drifted in and out of various bands around the area, none ever getting to the point of actually recording music, most having broken up from uncommitted bandmates. 

When she was 17 the love of her life met her, Ji-young, the hot guitarist who she would always see at the shows she went to, but never had the courage to talk to. Ji-young went up to Soo after a show one day, asked them out to dinner, and then they were moving in together within the week. 

Ji-young, compared to Soo, was proudly Korean. Their relationship helped Soo-ji associate with her own heritage. Soo-ji even took Korean classes so that she would be able to talk to Ji-young’s family in their language. 

Soo, Ji-young, and a mutual friend Tina all started their most iconic band yet, The Second Generations, named after the fact that all three of them are second generation Americans. 

This band, while not popular in the conventional sense, was the most popular band Soo had been in. They were able to be an opener for numerous bands passing through, and even had their own west coast tour. While the crowds never got over 500 people, it was still life changing for Soo. 

The Second Generations were able to record and release an album throughout covid, which got at its peak roughly 10,000 streams on Spotify. 

Soo was grateful to have this life, and was grateful to have Ji-young as such a supportive partner, until she walked in on Ji-young and Tina doing a little more than collaborating on a song, in her own bed.

Soo’s life fell down around her, needing to move back into her parents house, being without a band, and without a purpose. She eventually took her savings and moved to South Korea, the place that her and Ji-young had been planning on visiting weeks before their breakup. 

When she was there, she tried her hardest to forget about what had happened. However she couldn’t, she had no idea what to do with her life. That was until she saw an advertisement for seoulmates. Without anything else to do, she went ahead and applied. 

[ofmanycol0rs]

𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘   |   Flowers Growing in the Cracks: A Performance Review of Plastic Flowers at Red Rocks

written by Love Lee | ficswap for kasey @plasticflwrs !!

currently in mourning for one of my fav fic groups so here's this uncompleted fic swap for the legendary pf <//3 i really wish i finished it in time now!!

April 27, 2024 ;

In what many people are calling a last hurrah, Korean band Plastic Flowers takes to the iconic Red Rocks for an encore to their Coachella sets, and perhaps a farewell, amongst the desert backdrop.

Set List ;

Easier performed by Oliver Song

Are U Coming? performed by Oliver Song

Knock Me Out performed by Oliver Song

I Disagree performed by Salem Kuaekulsri

Teeth performed by Oliver Song

For Your Love performed by Oliver Song

I’m Alive performed by Oliver Song

Monster Among Men performed by Oliver Song

Diamond Tears performed by Oliver Song and Kang Jungeong

Scared performed by Salem

Brand New City performed by Kim Serin and Oh Deurim

I Will Never Die performed by Salem Kuaekulsri

Ruthless Rockstars performed by Salem Kuaekulsri

I Know the End performed by Kim Serin and Salem Kuaekulsri

The River performed by Oliver Song and Salem Kuaekulsri

The Chain performed by Oliver Song and Salem Kuaekulsri

[pink-horizon]

𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗌, 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌, 𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌

[aquarena]

͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ ͏͏͏ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ◌͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏͏ ˚ ₊‧ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 🌲 𓇼 🫑