I agree. Some people try to act as if Gfriend slayed thanks to the "media play" but their songs are genuinely catchy/fresh and they're solid performers (their choreos are simply awesome) so I don't think you can blame everything on "media play" tbh. Yeah, some people said that Ah Yeah flopped because it never reached #1 on melon and didn't sell as much as Up&Down but that's stupid. Only because a song doesn't debut at #1 or doesn't outsell a previous song (especially a super hit like Up&Down) it doesn't mean it's a flop at all. Last time I checked Gaon it had sold 900k. In which world is that a flop? lol.
I think the problem is that the general public (especially men) are very reluctant to give male groups a chance because they're mostly considered for middle school girls while girl groups have both male and female listeners. A casual male listener would only listen to a boy group if they have a more artistic/badass/hip hop image and sound like YG groups or Block B. If they're the typical "pretty boy" group with a simple pop song they don't even bother.
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Date: 2015-12-23 08:41 pm (UTC)I think the problem is that the general public (especially men) are very reluctant to give male groups a chance because they're mostly considered for middle school girls while girl groups have both male and female listeners. A casual male listener would only listen to a boy group if they have a more artistic/badass/hip hop image and sound like YG groups or Block B. If they're the typical "pretty boy" group with a simple pop song they don't even bother.