It’s completely fine that I need to age. Death takes us all and whatnot, imma experience the joys of being middle-aged and elderly... but it’s completely unfair and wildly not cool that my favorite celebrities need to age too
like artists are gonna be 50 and retired, or performing songs from their glory days/strictly doing ballads. And those actors that’re currently young and hot? They’re gonna start playing dad roles/the evil president or smth, and I’m not ready
like this post if you’re up at these hours posting about
- kpop (exo, bigbang, monsta x, bts, stray kids)
- halloween (skulls, serial killers, spooky things in general)
- sailor moon
- supernatural
- riverdale (I still need to catch up)
- gorillaz
- early emo bands (MCR, P!ATD, etc)
- what else do I even like??
- kpop strikes again ruining my life
favourite musicians: arctic monkeys, paramore, my chemical romance, one ok rock, onerepublic, p!atd, the pretty reckless, the score, sum 41, taylor swift, selena gomez, gaga, twenty one pilots, 5sos, avril (damn all these bands tho)
⟶ taeyeon, woodz, day6, n.flying, skz, ateez, the boyz, txt, nct, bts, blackpink, red velvet, 2ne1, chungha, exo, f(x), (g)-idle, seventeen, taemin, iu
last film i watched: midsommar
last show i watched: money heist
favourite characters: amy dunne, draco malfoy, rapunzel, merida, joker, peter pan, edward scissorhands, scarlet witch, fiona goode, kai anderson (well damn..)
sweet, spicy or savoury: spicy 💙 💙 💙
sparkling water, tea or coffee: water
pets: i used to have a tortoise, 2 parrots and 1 canary and 1 cat when i was little. then a few years later i had another cat for a 1 month until he ran away and a dog but after several years i figured out pets are just not for me 😅
— tagging (if u haven’t done this already and want to do it 💙): @go-saeng @rvjelly @seungyoune @magicislnd @jaebee @gaysoojin @kngtaehyuns @yoong02
- soloists/coed groups: sumni, hyuna, hyolyn, chungha, taemin, dean
- western artists: harry styles, niall horan, p!atd, matt maeson, dolly parton, fleetwood mac, the chicks, reba, halsey, max, florence + the machine, lizzo, billie eilish, taylor swift,
*i know all of the members in italicized kpop groups (for the other kpop groups, i mostly just like at least some of their music)
✩⡱ sideblogs:
- @hallowedhobi (writing blog, mostly one-shots or two-shots right now, but I have some masterworks in the process, check out my twitter @minniemints for more details!)
- @greek-bangtan (semi-hiatus)
- @smiletaes (eventual cute picture blog!)
✩⡱ message me if you want to talk ever! I’m always here!
tagged by my fave @billie-harper ; thank you darling for the tag!!
name: Maryam
nickname: uh my friends don’t call me anything special but sometimes i get mary and mare
gender: female
star sign: aquarius
current time: 21:21
favourite artists: the 1975, exo, bastille, frank ocean, monsta x, fall out boy, p!atd, twenty one pilots, my chemical romance, keshi, bring me the horizon, bts, astro, nct, got7 (these are just a few omg)
song stuck in my head: who - lauv ft. bts
last film i saw: good luck, chuck (this was hilarious but i don’t recommend)
last thing i googled: where can i watch mtv unplugged (this was bc of monsta x)
other blogs: @mx-o which is my kpop/writing blog (i have an ongoing nct fic there old check it out!!)
do i get asks: no but i’m super friendly so someone ask me a question!!
reasons for url: i wanted something edgy and mysterious lmao i actually don’t know it’s just fun to say
following: way too much it’s like 600+ i think
average sleep: 5-6 hours if i’m lucky
lucky number: idk but i always say 4
currently wearing: just a t-shirt and some shorts :)
dream job: idk but i think i wanna do international affairs :)
dream trip: new york, japan, bali
favourite food: cheese.
instruments: i don’t play but i like listening to piano
favourite song: gosh i don’t know but self control by frank ocean is currently my fave!!
K-pop is not my favorite genre in today’s scene, my favorite genres are Rock, Metal and Alternative. As y’all can see, I’m emo and a hard-die fan of MCR and in general, I love emo groups as P!ATD, Fall out Boy, etc. I also do like a lot of metal and alternative bands, as Rammstein, Metallica, Alice In Chains, Ghost (ik a lot of people don’t like them, but idc I f*ckin love them), Coldplay, Foals, Glass Animals, Alt-J and I can say a lot more, but I don’t think I need to. So as you can see, my favorites genres have nothing to do with K-pop, so let me tell you how I entered this world.
So all of this happened in the summer of 2018 when I just came from Dublin, you know, the moment school has ended and you go traveling with your friends and all that stuff. Still remember it as one of the best experiences in my life tho.
So there I was, again in my country, with nothing to do, bored af, listening to the same music again and again. And I was so tired of listening to the same songs again and again.
I was listening to “No Drama” by Tinashe and Offset on Youtube when “Fake Love” by BTS appeared in my recommended. I was really bored and wanting to die, so I told myself, “why not”.
And yeah... I spent 4 hours listening to BTS music. It was amusing tho.
By the end of the summer, I was an Army, I knew a lot of K-pop groups, I was into that sh*t. I started with BTS, then Blackpink, Twice, NCT, Red Velvet, Exo... I started with the same as people my age and k-popers in 2019.
At first in k-pop, I was so amused that I liked everything I was seeing, but, you get more experienced and you start to like other things and to dislike some you did love at first.
Now that I’m a little more experienced, I can tell my favorite groups are 2NE1, 4minute, f(x), Big Bang, Dreamcatcher and well, BTS (even tho lately I had been having encountered ideas about them).
But still, I like being honest to myself and I have my opinions. I moved on to other genres like metal and grunge etc. and I left k-pop to the side tbh. Some of the groups that I did like at first now they’re not my sh*t, I find some things kinda annoying now and as consequence I dislike some songs that I used to love.
Now that the introduction is done, and I don’t have anything else to say, let’s start.
These are my opinions, and if you have others I still respect them bro, so respect mines. Let’s get it.
MY K-POP UNPOPULAR OPINIONS
1. Aegyo and cute concepts are cringey.
Dude, 20-year-olds acting like babies is just annoying. These kinda 12-years-old voices that some idols have to fake is just... For example, Rosé from Blackpink. Man, let her sing with her real voice. Being brutally honest, cute concept choreos are all the same, they just don’t tell me anything. The thing I hate the most is that for these concepts some idols are forced to wear clothes that ain’t their style... So annoying, dude. (Groups that follow these concepts and I just don’t like as much as I used to, are Twice and Loona)
2. I think that interviews in English are boring if only one member knows how to speak English. They are idols, they should know at least the basics to communicate. Having to watch and listen to just one idol trying their best to communicate while the others are just doing the m*therfucker ain’t that funny.
3. Dating bans are stupid, they are used as a way to keep fans following their idol. Because if a fan knows their idol is dating it makes them seem unavailable. To childish fans (or most k-popers) being able to dream of dating and marrying their idol it’s more appealing to bias someone and continue dreaming a non-existent future. Real fans don’t care about the dating life of an idol, so they should be able to do whatever the f*ck they want.
4. Sexy concepts and badass ones are the best, fight me.
From what I heard from Korea, the racism and how conservative and close-minded some koreans are, I think these concepts break a Lil’ the rules. Idols like CL, songs as Hate (4minute), Jessi, Hyuna, etc. break korean schemes and rules, and they make me reset my faith in humanity like, come on bro, we all can be open-minded, live and let other people live.
Also, I think that these concepts have the best choreos, aggresive choreos are just so cool, and as well as they have the best instrumentals, noisy ones are just f*cking awesome, change my mind. The fact that they show 20-years-old as mature, strong people is just high-quality stuff. (Groups that blow my mind with this concepts are for example Ateez and Dreamcatcher)
5. Loona stans are so annoying with their “stan Loona”. B*tches, stop being so annoying. If we don’t want to stand your group we’re not gonna, stop that bullsh*t. Anyway, I’m not hating on Loona or her non-psycho fans.
6. Red Velvet lasts songs, Zimzalabim and Umpah Umpah are just messy. Their recent concepts are messy, they look uncomfortable in their clothes and the choreos ain’t that good neither. Hope their next comeback is better tho, they have the potential to do it.
7. Mamamoo are the real queens of k-pop, people should stop sleeping on them, they’re are amazing and their personalities are brilliant. On stage they are one of the best groups so far, their voices are just so stable and powerful. They have the potential to be as big as Blackpink or BTS, so y’all should stop sleeping on them, homies.
8. There are so many Twice songs that sound the same. Feel Special is not that much of a bop tho, and they have a lot of songs that are just simply a miss. Sorry, my dudes. I think a more mature concept would fit them so well, with a more powerful instrumental, with that, they would conquer the k-pop world.
9. Chung Ha’s songs ain’t that good. Snappin’ aesthetic is gorgeous, the concept is so attractive, but the song itself it’s boring. She’s pretty, she knows how to dance, her aesthetic is f*ckin’ awesome, but I feel like her songs need smth to spice them up. They need that smth that they don’t have to turn them to bops. (Also I hate Chica with all my life, that song just gets me on my nerves).
10. Y’all are gonna hate me with this one, but I think BAAM and BBoom BBoom ain’t the same. Like man, it’s true they sound alike, but to me, they have such different vibes. BBoom BBoom it’s amusing and cheerful, has this kinda vibes that make you wanna dance, and BAAM has this kinda nostalgic, melancholic vibe in the sound of the song that sets your heart on fire. That’s the way I find them, it’s my opinion.
11. I know y’all have been waiting for this moment. Let’s talk about BTS. Armys, say whatever the f*ck you want, but as a real one, I’m gonna spill the tea. Their music now is worse, too commercial and doesn’t transmit any feeling. Come on, let’s admit it dudes, is the reality.
Boy With Luv ain’t good. Halsey is a good singer with so much potential, Nightmare and Without Me are pretty good examples of this, and they did her so dirty. Also, the lyrics are just cringey. I don’t know about you, but Come be my teacher and your one, your two, don’t say anything to me. In general, I feel like Map Of The Soul: Persona ain’t that good of an album. They could’ve used the concept of Dionysus in all the album, I don’t know, something like greek gods flexin’ their money in all the album, and it could’ve be such a bomb. Make it Right, Home and Dionysus are the only remarkable songs of the album, the rest are just meh, I could listen to them 200 times and they won’t stick to me, they’re just basic and boring. They have changed, my dudes. I feel like they’re not who they were once anymore. It’s a fact that they slay on stage and their voices are stable (not all of their voices tho). Their concerts are bomb, the choreos are amazing and that’s something we cannot deny. (But the inflatable castle for Anpanman was a no for me). In conclusion, their music now is just commercial basic pop, they should try to mix their old sounds with smth new.
Well, my dudes, I have more opinions on k-pop but you know, I think this is long enough, in the future I will make a second part of this, but for now, this is all.
Tell me your opinions if you want, and if not it’s also okay.