RANDOM PLAY - (V OF BTS, ILLIT, BABYMONSTER, TWICE, (G)I-DLE)
Added 2024-04-29 19:00:05 +0000 UTCHi!
Happy Monday. Hope you all had an amazing, restful, beautiful weekend. I kicked mine off with an episode of NANA Tour with Allison (coming soon!) and a massage. So it was pretty great haha.
And I did some editing. Which includes today's video - a RANDOM PLAY!
This one is mostly girl groups plus a little bit of V of BTS. It's very interesting having run this channel and analyzing music / groups / concepts the way we do. Because honestly I never did that before.
But I think this world mixes in all the things that I love - music, writing, art, production - all the sonic and visual elements PLUS the business side of things - marketing, strategy, brand identity, concepts, messaging, etc. The what is this group about and how does that relate to me? part of being a k-pop consumer.
It's pretty obvious that Allison and I have different musical tastes and gravitate towards certain groups. It's just interesting to see the breakdown with girl groups specifically - not sure if that's because we are girls and we look at things through a specific lens. Or if we just like the guy groups better.
Idk. It's just something to think about.
I do have to say that my fav video out of all this is G(I)-DLE's "Wife" - omo. That one is so much fun! And honestly, they're really growing on me. Their branding / messaging / writing / production is very clear and very different from all the rest. And I find that interesting.
All this on top of what's happening at HYBE vs. MHJ ... woah, I've been knee deep in that craziness!!
Anyways, I give this you this video. Hope you enjoy the reaction!!
Comments
Yeah it’s a lot to consider when and how the groups are put together and what type of concept or persona or styling you want to put on them. It’s hard to go into it in just a comment but it’s worth diving deeper into and trying to understand the psyche of all that. Both as the artist/management and as a consumer. Maybe one day when we start a podcast we can add this topic to the long list of things we unpack.
Joanne Garcia
2024-05-25 23:11:38 +0000 UTCI also don't know how much having a daughter that is 11 and feeling like she doesn't look much younger than a lot of the girls in these young groups plays into my mind.
Jenni Heath
2024-05-13 16:54:37 +0000 UTCI watched a video once that talked about that demographics that make up girl group fandoms and it honestly put me off to listening to a lot of girl groups that showcase a "younger?" style. It showed that younger girl groups or groups that look younger or have a "cuter" style are followed mostly by younger girls and older men while older groups or groups that have a more mature/sexy style are followed mostly by younger boys and older women. I know that's obviously not the group's fault, but it has made it harder for me to enjoy a lot of girl groups.
Jenni Heath
2024-05-13 16:39:30 +0000 UTCI honestly want to circle back to Twice because I really do like their music! They've had a few mini albums come out and we haven't done an album listen yet. I feel like I have to warm Allison up to them a bit more but maybe!!
Joanne Garcia
2024-05-06 05:30:41 +0000 UTCAll I can say is that One Spark is a grower, I promise!! Thank you for this!!! <3
Shelby
2024-05-03 21:40:53 +0000 UTC
