I've said over and over again that GH is geared towards the American market, particularly pt.1 and 5, and that's why they were invited on the Kelly Clarkson Show for Work and Bad. I've said several times that this is KQ wanting to attract investors because they intend to go public. I've pointed out that this is why Ateez have collaborated with J Balvin and Chase. I joked about them working with Bad Bunny next. Everything screams America (north, center and south). Bad was simply made to also trend in Korea... How the hell did any of this translate to "you think Koreans are stupid" in your mind?????????
If you can't be bothered to read what I write, then please just block me and move on.
Me criticizing KQ's strategies is not a criticism of the Korean people, but of the K-pop industry, and what companies within it do. Having several tracks focused on singing about money and the stock market and how their value keeps rising and naming Nasdaq right now when KQ wants to go public was a choice. A calculated one. Surrounding such tracks with tracks about popular topics like love, sex, desire and using popular Latin American beats for them was also a choice. Again, a calculated one.
As someone pointed out to me, Hongjoong said it clearly, very recently: "for Golden Hour we did not think about what Atiny like". Meaning that, imho, Atiny are allowed to feel whathever they feel and be disappointed. And the funny part is...
I'm not even disappointed! Bad and Mamacita are the only tracks I don't like, but I've been listening to Toxin, Fallin' and Body. Same with other Parts, I barely listen to IOMT and Work, but I often listen to Selfish Walts, Enough, Shaboom, Empty Box. I'm posting more Ateez content now than I've ever done before. So??????
I'm also answering asks by Atiny who are disappointed, especially Brazilian Atiny because Ateez used Brazilian funk for their new title track, but chose to speak Spanish in it. That's it, that's literally all I'm doing. If you'd rather an entire part of the fandom shut up and suffer in silence because their feelings are too inconvent for you and you can't stand the mildest criticism of Bad, then I really don't know what to tell you π€·πΎββοΈ throwing accusations at me just because you are upset doesn't change the fact that all I'm doing here is giving Atiny that are upset for valid reasons a place to vent.
(I've seen the hashtag "our culture is not a costume" used by Brazilian Atiny... as I said before, this is a bigger deal than what I personally think about Bad! For me, Bad is just too repetitive and the lyrics cringy, but for some Atiny, it's an insult to their music; and I've even seen Hispanic Atiny on Twitter describe Mamacita as "catcalling"... you see how this might be a bigger issue than what I or you personally feel about pt.5??? I'm not criticizing Ateez for following trends, I'm actually happy they're going mainstream; I'm criticizing them for how they're following said trends; Atiny deserve better than a mishmash of music and languages and catcalling; a full album focused on LatAm music styles, with the appropriate languages, and terminology, less objectification of women, with Blind and Arriba as double title tracks... That would have been so good! And so Ateez! But imo KQ is in a rush to churn out as many mini albums as possible and work Ateez to the bone before enlistment π€·πΎββοΈ)
I've only been an Atiny since Outlaw, I'd never tell Atiny that have been here since debut that they are wrong for saying Bad/Work/IOMT "don't feel like Ateez". What I'm gonna do is try to understand why they think that, since they know Ateez so much better than I do.
As I said previously, good on Ateez for doing what trends! After 7 years of fighting for scraps, they decided to actively fight back, inserting themselves in the mainstream! Some Atiny call Bad "tiktok music", and whether I agree or not doesn't matter, because tiktok music or not, it's working for them! And they deserve it!
Mingi "predicted" this would be their most popular cb yet, and people are losing their minds on Twitter calling him Manifestation King and a clairvoyant, and I'm like No! He simply knows what he's doing! All of Ateez do! They know they're following trends and that's why they were so sure this cb was going to be popular! (Seonghwa said it too).
I've known since Crazy Form we were heading in the direction of a more commercial sound. That's not insulting anybody.