#kakao

[mangafascination]

#Nakadashi Strike! #Winning strike! #Kakao

[tribius-art]

That's why I love

+ close-up

#beyblade #bakuten shoot beyblade #beyblade g revolution #kai hiwatari #takao kinomiya #tyson granger #kakao #tyka #kaitakao #this moment is literally the romance screen #g-revolution because GAY revolution

[crazybirdrebel]

ts Kakao

#kakao

[pink-club]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CS6RzPwH3hz/

#mine #pink aesthetic #aesthetic #pink #flowers #cute #korea #korean style #apeach #kakao #kakao friends

[firephoenixkai]

My entry for a Kai Takao calendar. I had the month june. :)

#beyblade #bakuutenshootbeyblade #kai beyblade #kai hiwatari #tyson granger #takao kinomiya #tyka #taka #kakao

[hurenkrieg]

Things I love

#own #love #coffee #coffeine #Koffein #kakao #cacao #photographs #photography #white dog #dog #wolf #Fotografie

[moho-moho]

회식에서 퀴즈 맞추고 타 왔다고

수줍+뿌듯해하며 내미는 아쟈씨, 킹받고 귀야움

‘현아 까까 사먹어!’ 라며 내미는 5만원,

아껴뒀다 로또 사야지ㅣㅣ

요즘 매일 쓰는 톤업 선크림,

핑크빛으로 톤업돼서 칙칙한 얼굴에 한결 생기를 불어주고

발림성 괜찮고 각질 부각 없고 모공끼임도 없당

그리고 가격도 나쁘지 않다!!

제일 좋은건 메이크업 베이스 대용으로 쓰기 좋은 선크림이란것!

기대없이 샀다가 요즘 매일 쓰는 휘뚜루마뚜루템 돼 부렀당

갑자기 정보요정 되고싶어서 끄적여봄

(올영 vvip찍음…🥲)

#daily #diary #정보공유 #make up #cosmetics #kakao

[sushimango]

The last card from the last exchange I participated.

Since the theme was holo and glitter, I used both~

#art #artwork #my artwork #traditional art #traditional artist #traditional painting #aquarelle #schmincke #ink #glitter #gold #trading cards #traditional drawing #traditional illustration #fan art #artist #my art #artists on tumblr #holographic #kakaokarte #kakao #ava #avas demon #wrathia

[fall-spirit]

#leaves #coffee #coacoa #kakao #marshmallow #fall #autumn #herbst

[beautifulpersonpeach]

Hey BPP!

I came across this post about the ‘slave room’ that I think you might know already. Here’s the post https://old.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/m4cdy9/a_slave_room_was_created_to_monitor_users_spread

I remember you talking about how you and your friends consistently reported a lot (hundreds???? of antis and their misinformation a few years ago and now this. The post talks about this room mainly targeting girl groups like Twice and a couple of comments down there was even a mention of STAND, the anti fans of SNSD who really wanted to bring them down. Reading this blew my mind because with the amount and reach of their organization feels like miles ahead than an organized group of trolls and antis that I thought most idol groups dealt with.

Does BTS have something like this? Because when I read your post on antis I was under the impression that it was a small group of head antis with a few minions to do the legwork. This slave room actually spent tons of money on this smear campaign. It comes off to me that they might have backing from a company but maybe I just can’t believe that people would waste their cash on something so petty lmao. Time maybe but not money. It sounds like a real campaign almost like QAnon or MAGA, which is scary to think about!!!! The users say that their k-fandom worked against it but weren’t successful as much until it was uncovered by the media. They didn’t even contact the gg’s agency for help. Are K-Army aggressive when it comes to squashinh down stuff like this?? Antis are scary and unhinged 😭😭😭😭😭

***

Hi Anon,

Your link.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the anti 'slave rooms' are well known. Antis in k-pop are a very special breed and yes sometimes there is corporate backing for that hate. I mean, the most recent example of that is Kakao's Idol Lab expose that newspapers in Korea reported in November 2022. For anyone who doesn't know, Kakao (the same Kakao that SM stans would rather have their idols be managed by, rather than HYBE), funded a group known for 'reverse viral marketing' that specialized in creating and spreading hate and malicious rumors against Aespa, Le Sserafim, NewJeans, Itzy, Garam, and a few other rival groups, while simultaneously creating and boosting positive posts for IVE, Monsta X, Wonyoung i.e. groups under their Starship music label. The company claimed that group of haters were third-party contractors and that Kakao wasn't aware of what they were doing, but given this is same Kakao that rigged a music talent show so extremely and blatantly that some of their staff went to prison, many people clearly don't buy it.

Now, here's a quick quiz. It's more of a temp/sense check to see if from all I've been writing about the k-pop industry and HYBE / BTS / ARMYs' relationship with it so far, you've learned something and can answer the following questions correctly.

Did that very damning revelation impact Kakao at all?

Did fans of SM groups who learned their favourite idols/groups were explicitly targeted by Kakao, care in any meaningful way?

Did those fans care when Kakao was revealed to want to acquire management rights of their idols/groups? And what about after Kakao was revealed to have pursued illegal means of acquiring SM shares?

Does the wider k-pop fandom view Kakao as worse or similar to HYBE?

Has this revelation impacted any of Kakao's groups in any meaningful way since then?

Do you think the reaction of k-pop stans to Kakao's manipulation would be the same if HYBE was found to have done the same?

*

I'm kind of curious to know what your answers are.

Anyway, by this point I hope that when I say the behaviours you see in k-pop fandoms are structurally supported, and that ARMY (for most of the fandom's existence so far) has borne the brunt of acting counter-cultural to the dominant behaviours you see here, as has BigHit and BTS going against many industry norms, and that many people in k-pop fandoms aren't here for the right reasons, I hope that by this point y'all can see I'm not talking outta my ass.

Many people here get into k-pop for the shiny veneer of perfection, of bright MVs, crisp choreos, and hot Asian celebrities who engage in the sort of fan service only rockstars of old got away with, but they stay for the fanwars, for the long-running feuds between fandoms, for the constant picking apart of idols and groups they dislike, for the hope that one day the groups/fandoms they hate will experience a reckoning... - people stay for the hate. Many of them do absorb all sorts of conspiracy theories about BTS and groups/idols they hate and yes, it can take on a Q-Anon quality.

There's a lot that's fucked up in this industry and not even HYBE is completely spotless, but what matters for a lot of the people in this space is making an example of the one group that was the anomaly, and the company and fandom that helped them rise above it all. I'm not even trying to be alarmist or sycophantic, this is literally just the reality I've observed for years.

This is one reason I suggest you simply report and block when you see hate, don't engage with the hate or give people/spaces with a taste for it any oxygen. It's why when I see people engage in 'discourse' where they simply fan up theories or unilaterally negative critiques about groups (and especially BTS), I just check out.

Now that k-pop has gotten even more international exposure courtesy of BTS, it is potentially even more lucrative than before, and so the stakes have only gotten higher. But the players are still used to relying on their unsavory playbook and see no reason to change because the wider k-pop industry and fandom is more than okay with it. I mean, just look at the Kakao-SM deal and k-pop fandom's reaction to it even after the police have just raided their offices...

The quality of music BTS makes is more than enough reason to focus only on them and that. Their personalities and group chemistry are a wonderful bonus. And their history and relationship in this industry for anyone who understands the dynamics here, is only the cherry on top. This is one reason it sometimes annoys me when ARMYs let it get to them or act just as unhinged, disgusting, and stupid as many of the folks who only 3-4 years before they couldn't stand.

Sigh, oh gosh I've rambled again. Lol writing abridged versions is hard. But I hope you got your answer Anon.

#bts #kpop #kpop industry #kakao #hybe #sm entertainment #kpop fandom #fandom behaviour #bts army #bts fandom #army fandom #hate #antis #by the way the answer to all the questions except one is No.

[padingo]

wally and kakao with friends!! they found pumpkins and are celebrating halloween!!

this is my first time finishing an art month challenge,, this was super fun :D

#wally #kakao #ocs #cactus #furnace #halloween #in the background is the following: #ludo #kao #ketser #unnamed robot #soleil #unnamed ghost #unnamed pumpkin #robin #WOOOOO #pumpkins #morktober #MÖRKTOBER

[mangafascination]

#Nakadashi Strike! #Winning strike! #Kakao

[littleshechan]

I don't do anything for the fandoms anymore so have my rendition of *the episode* on a mug

#beyblade #bakuten shoot beyblade #Kaitaka #Tyka #Kakao #Sorry (not) #EP 30 #(totally got that right the first time)

[royalxclass]

saharahinata

#saharahinata #food #kakao friends #kakao #ryan #apeach #iced coffee #cafe #kakao friends cafe #kakao friends aesthetic #latte #ice cream #salad #pudding #cookies #cafe food #ryan aesthetic

[pink-club]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSjPV6fHfHu/

#mine #r #bedroom #cute aesthetic #aesthetic #korea #korean style #apeach #kakao #kakao friends #pink

[firephoenixkai]

Reposting this bc I did some touch ups on the colors. Also added the outlines in case anyone wants to shoot their shot on this one too. :) Feel free to do so.

(and also bc am so bad with colors y'all can def do better than me xD)

#beyblade #kai hiwatari #bakuutenshootbeyblade #takao kinomiya #tyson granger #tyka #kakao