#when monsta x is active kpop is saved like i miss them so much this is driving me crazy

[kyunsies]

@ monsta x i miss u

[muselin]

Hey! I'm the 2nd gen anon that sent you the ask the other day. I agree with what you said especially the thing about social media.

For the past few years, I've been wondering why I fell out of Kpop because at that time, Kpop was gaining more attraction. I think the first reason would be that many older groups were disbanding. Then, it would be the presence of social media (toxic fans are the loudest). Other than that, I couldn't get myself into the newer songs. I remember thinking that the reason for this was due to newer songs being too westernized. However, foreign producers have been making songs for Kpop artists for a while. Over time, I noticed that a lot of the newer songs (even non-Kpop songs) don't have full choruses. The songs are mostly focused on the beat and the title of the song is repeated in the chorus. I don't hate this type of music but I tend to get sick of it quickly. A lot of 3rd and 4th gen groups are coming out with this kind of music now which makes sense into why I couldn't get myself into them. Even when my favs, which are 2nd gen and early 3rd gen (I actually regard them as 2.5 gen because they had similar styles to 2nd gen) come out with songs that don't have full choruses, I rarely listen to it.

I know in my previous ask, I did say I stopped being a Kpop fan at one point but I did still listened to my favourite Kpop songs as well as trending songs. I don't think I can ever stop listening to Kpop or music in general. I guess you can say I just became a casual listener. I'll check kpop news from time to time but that's it. I couldn't keep up with the fandom.

I don't know if you ever felt this way before but I feel bad for not putting in time for my favs or ults(?). What I'm talking about is things like streaming and voting. Luckily, my favs don't really care because they've been in the industry for a while but I still feel guilty because streaming and voting is a form of supporting the artists you love.

Sorry for the long ask. It's just hard to find 2nd gen fans on Tumblr. Also, thanks for bringing awareness about mental health. Like you said, it's sad that such tragic events have to happen in order for us to bring light to an important topic. With this, I hope people will care for the mental health of others and themselves.

I definitely agree with a lot of what you said. And thank you for dropping in again! I personally don't like songs where the structure is "skimped on", e.g. not having a full chorus, or several lines of lyrics being just the same word or phrase repeated over and over. Although that said, "Sorry Sorry" and "Ring Ding Dong" are what got me into kpop and are the most iconic songs ever and you can't tell me otherwise lol.

For me personally, rediscovering Super Junior and SHINee after 7+ years of not keeping up and being a casual listener was like a shock to the system. With Super Junior it was like, hold up, you mean Kibum, Hangeng, Kangin AND Sungmin are not in SJ anymore?? And with SHINee it was like... how can we go on without Jjong?? And hold on, Taemin is now the biggest solo artist of all of them?? TVXQ was now only Yunho and Changmin and the rest had left?? It was so much to take in.

When I was coming back into kpop circa late 2017, besides BTS I wasn't that thrilled with what I arrived to as a 2nd gen fan to be honest. Monsta X and KARD were a breath of fresh air, as a proper very EDM focused and a mixed gender group, respectively. Musically though, aside from BTS it was VIXX I loved the most and they sit awkwardly in the time line, somewhere between 2nd gen and 3rd gen. They're usually considered 2.5 gen.

It was sad learning about everyone I knew from 2nd gen that was disbanding or not active (f(x), 2NE1, SHINee were just recovering from Jonghyun's passing at the time). But at the same time I was thrilled that so many were still going strong. I felt i could relate to them because I was getting into that later-twenties stage where I was worrying about getting older, but I was comforted knowing my 2nd gen idols were growing older with me, they were already a few years ahead of me and still rocking it.

You see, with feeling guilty about not streaming and voting, I didn't really experience that. When I was an early kpop fan it wasn't even possible to vote outside of Korea so I never felt like I had missed out on these opportunities or let my idols down. When i got into kpop again I did take advantage of the fact that I could stream, vote for MAMA and vote on some music shows. I never felt guilty though because I knew that the majority of these voting drives were for the younger fans, who didn't have full time jobs, families or that many responsibilities. So I always felt I was doing my best as a fan in moderation, without sacrificing all my time, money and sanity.

With 4th gen, I don't even bother with voting. Some people might say that makes me a shitty or lazy fan, but my ults are 2nd and 3rd gen, and I'm only one person. I know 3rd and 4th gen have loads and loads of young fans who do the streaming and voting better than I ever could. I just stream on comeback day and enjoy the music, and buy the occasional album. When I was a young fan I had no money at all, I couldn't buy any albums or go to any concerts. So I don't feel guilty because I can do more now as an older fan than I ever could before to support my idols. I save my voting rights for my 2nd gen faves who aren't as popular anymore, because I know it would mean much more to them to still win awards this late into their careers :)

[straykidshooo]

Is this the right place to post on? I hope so lol I've never posted, so welcome to my first post I guess! XD.

I want to talk about some of my most favourite kpop songs ever. I've obviously shortened it alot otherwise this post will be too long. Also, this is in no particular order, it's just numbered so it's easier for me to keep track of ^^

1. (G)I-DLE - LATATA

I'm still in love with this song, it never gets boring. It's been two years and every time I listen its still the same feeling I felt when I clicked it for the very first time. Its probably one of my most favourite (G)I-DLE songs ever tbh lol.

2. Stray Kids- MIROH

I'm soooo in love with this song. This song made me a fan of stray kids. The rap parts are 🔥. The song will always be special to me because it helped me alot uwu

3. MONSTA X- RUSH

Ahh this song, it has a great vibe to it and I love the music video especially when Joohoney has a sponge and rubs Chang-kyuns face with it ahah and Wonho when he cried into the bag of tortilla chips. Who else is still sad about Wonho's departure from the group? Its kinda hard to make me cry but I'm telling you I cried my eyes out when I read that article, I couldnt believe what I was reading. Monsta X is one of my most favourite groups ever (I'm a multifandom kpop fan) and I was really in love with their music and how happy the boys made me so it broke my heart when he left :'(

4. CLC- Hobgoblin

The beat is so catchy its hard to not like this song imo. Especially the chorus it's a really upbeat song. CLC have such quality music in general it's sad that they aren't recognised as much.

5. 4 Minute- Crazy

This song makes me dance like crazy. So me and my friends actually attempted to dance to this song in a really cramped tent (we went camping XD) and we were trying so hard not to hit each other XD. We were so tired the next morning but it was soooo worth it lmao, its a great party song. Those were the times before this virus, i wish I could go back in time :')

6. BLACKPINK- See you later

One of BLACKPINK's best songs imo. I really liked the square up album tbh. I remember being really exited for its release lol. The song is catchy and the instrumental is really good. I love the lyrics in this song, they were really iconic, like Lisa's "Woulda, coulda, shoulda, didnt", when Rosè said"See you later maybe never" and my ultamite favorite "Pedal to the metal like-". So for me, when they said those things it made it really catchy and enjoyable, I love this song alot uwu.

7. After School- Virgin

This song is the most beautiful thing ever, I feel so nostalgic listening to it and it means alot to me. I'm listening to it while writing this now ahaha XD. But really tho, it's one of the best kpop songs I've heard so far, I'm really in love with this song. I'm not a fan of the whole graduating thing after school does because I can't really handle member change ups tbh, but they have great songs. I'm sad they aren't as active anymore.

8. NCT 127- LIMITLESS

Another nostalgic song, the feeling I get while listening to this is strange and kinda emotional, but a nice feeling?. I love NCT music in general and all the sub units, there is something about their songs I can't describe lmao.

9. 2NE1- It's Gotta Be You

Damn I love it, so beautiful UWU

I miss them so much :')

Don't mind me, I'm just a sad blackjack :')

10. MONSTA X- FALLIN'/Heavy Rain

Even tho this isn't being ranked, I might have saved the best for last oops lol. I'M OBSESSED WITH THIS SONG aaaaaaahhhh. Like seriously, that drop hits HARD. You can tell my love for this song is big lmao.

🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺🔺

Well that's it, sorry if this is boring but I really didn't know what to post and I stan way to many groups that if I put in all my favourite songs from every single group I like, the list would be loooonnggg :D.

Bye.

[kihyunswrath]

So i have a question and I’m not trying to be mean to anyone but in my opinion if the fight is won for Wonho do you really think he would wanna go back to a company that he put a lot of time and effort into and they just dropped him almost at the first rumor to save face? If you have to rely on your fans to fight for you more than your own company that you provide for and make money for would you go back.

I don’t know if I would want to go back, maybe not because I’m petty and would just enjoy causing chaos instead. But when it comes to Wonho? I don’t know, because there are a lot of factors that might affect his decision-making. 

He knows Korea has astoundingly strict narcotic laws and he also knows how kpop companies in generally work - they try to avoid doing anything that might anger rich conservatives, because they still hold on to the biggest power in the country. By kicking him out, they are just stupidly trying to say they’re disclaiming themselves from his actions. Now I’ve already explained in detail before why I think that was astonishingly dim-witted and short-sighted of them, but nonetheless, it doesn’t really surprise me that they chose to handle things like that anyway. Wonho is likely even less surprised. He probably understands the reasoning, too, although obviously the reasoning is not actually understandable or moral. 

His friends and literal family are also still within the company. His home was there. There were songs he probably wanted to write and publish. He still hadn’t released his own solo song. Monsta X’s future was extremely promising, even with the awaiting military time, and Wonho knows he couldn’t find anything like that from anywhere else. Monsta X is the place where he was quite literally reborn, where all his dreams came true. Like I said before this was the peak of his and all the other members’ career.

After following him over all these years, I know Wonho is not only ambitious, but can definitely become revengeful too. Wouldn’t he be dreaming of an awesome comeback in terms of total retaliation? Not toward Starship but mostly the two shitheads who did this to him in the first place? If he could get back without much of damage? 

There’s also the fact that if he now leaves for good, he will have to watch Monsta X continue their comebacks (assuming we don’t destroy Starship or Monsta X members don’t disband) and be somewhat successful, although less so. He will have to watch them from the TV, from a great distance, and just miss them in silence. Wonho has always been a very social person, someone dependent on his friends support and love, so I don’t see him doing solo activities as excitedly.

Not to mention that Starship actually knows him as a person. They might be the only agency that could consider taking him in again because they know he’s not a drug addict, criminal or an untrustworthy person in general. The other companies cannot tell that for sure, because they’re just reading what’s on the news. Wonho can purify his tarnished reputation pretty much only in Starship.

Idk I think he might definitely want to get back in there even if it means he has to make compromises and make himself vulnerable to Starship’s dumbass choices and neglectful, exploitative management.

Maybe, just maybe, they’d treat him better this time around. Or maybe the entire company has to collapse. Or maybe Monsta X as a group needs to leave. Idk but I’m pretty sure every Monsta X member agrees that all the other options, including risking taking Wonho back in and facing the rumor mill and reduced sales, are better than this.