For me it would be that nursery rhyme trend in songs đđ or even that ai song getting promoted like nah letâs not
( itâs only opinions so letâs be respectful đ€)
not really a fan of this trend recently of companies debuting idols super young and seemingly unprepared/with not enough training. i donât know if itâs because companies want to create these kind of stories where fans in the future can say âoh look how much this idol has improved!!â to further fuel parasocial relationships or that they figured out that fans will spend money regardless, so why waste money/time on training? (iâm leaning more towards the second reason)
it also puts these young idols in positions where they will receive a lot of criticism and hate when they debut. i feel like it would make way more sense to just wait a few years and give these idols more training and then debut them.
i also feel like that debuting idols without enough training lowers the standards of kpop stans in terms of what a good singer and performer is. i get it on one hand because fans want to defend their faves and thatâs why theyâll say things like âthere still young, they will improveâ but on the other hand i keep thinking more and more to myself, âis this level really what i have to accept of what a good singer/performer is?â
Yes ! Improvement is obviously normal for any artist, but thereâs a difference between watching an idol grow as a performer with years and debuting someone before theyâre actually ready. Especially almost children idols (like some are 13-14 when debuting ??) then expecting the audience to lower their standards because of their age.
Companies can and should absolutely invest in training and development before debut instead of treating the idolâs debut period as the training period. They really should put a minimum age. The hate some of them have is so wild and damaging.
Yeah itâs a bit weird when you know the whole image they are trying to show like aego and stuff, I prefer them to be in interview like with Lee youngji