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omonatheydidBTS won "TikTok artist of the Year" at the MAMA 2021 - deserved or not? Let's go over a few kpop artists' TikTok accounts and see how they're faring. Are they keeping up with the fast-paced TikTok trends, dances and memes or are they unwilling participants on this social media platform?
I crowned Twice as reigning queens of TikTok in this post.
This is a media-heavy post!
Category: ok Boomer
👑Winner👑: BTS
TikTok by @bts_official_bighit
TikTok by @bts_official_bighit
TikTok by @bts_official_bighit
The early days of BTS' TikTok acocunt consisted of the members (mostly Jhope) trying out the app's different filters, but from their Dynamite promotions onwards their videos mostly entail unsuccessful and cringey attempts at creating viral TikTok sounds and TikTok trends/dances. Especially for Butter promotions, their attempts at TikTok trends was incoherent (see above): is the sound supposed to be used to show off one's smoothness (like Butter/Jin), one's meanness (like RM), or one's lack of singing talent (like Suga)?
Category: ok Boomer
😬Honorable mention😬: Winner's Mino
TikTok by @mino_van_song
I only wanted to share this video with you because it's a good representation of his random filter use and it made me laugh when it suddenly appeared on my for you page. Since he apparently just made a comeback, his most recent TikToks are promotional.
Category: Social butterfly
👑Shared Winner👑: Jeon Somi
TikTok by @somi_official_
TikTok by @somi_official_
TikTok by @somi_official_
We love girls supporting girls even if it's for capitalist purposes. Promoting her song XO, Somi met up with Twice, Red Velvet's Seulgi & Wendy, WekiMeki's Doyeon and Yoojung, Chungha and even traveled all the way to Kwangya to dance to her song with Aespa's Giselle.
Category: Social butterfly
👑Shared Winner👑: WekiMeki
TikTok by @wm_official
TikTok by @wm_official
TikTok by @wm_official
The celebrities spotted in WekiMeki's promotion TikToks for Siesta maybe aren't as well known as in Somi's, but I've been weak for manager cameos ever since the SM managers' cover of Dream Girl. Other guest appearances in their videos include Somi, an elderly couple, DIA's Chaeyeon, ex-Gfriend/current Viviz Umji, a cute dog, Pengsoo...
Category: Unexpected Meme Queen
👑Winner👑: Blackpink's Rosé
TikTok by @roses_are_rosie
TikTok by @roses_are_rosie
TikTok by @roses_are_rosie
*note: the last video is a trend where people show how symmetrical their faces are (🙄); but Rosé wrote in the description of this video "why does it look like I have a wig on lol" and that comment just cracks me up.
TikTok by @roses_are_rosie
Perhaps it's because I don't follow Blackpink very closely and their marketed as fashion dolls, but I was pleasantly surprised at Rosé poking so much fun at herself in her TikToks. She also posted cute short vlogs during her promotions for 'On the ground' and a brief WAP dance cover (??). Anyway, Blackpink is back in YG's dungeon and so is Rosé's TikTok account, because she hasn't posted in a while.
Category: Making the best out of backstage boredom
👑Winner👑: BlackSwan's Fatou
TikTok by @b_fatou_s
TikTok by @b_fatou_s
TikTok by @b_fatou_so*
What do you do when you're promoting in a nugu group and have to wait around all the time? Fatou makes cute Tiktoks showing off her looks, vlogs her day and dances to her favorite kpop songs.
Category: Carrying their group's TikTok account on their backs
👑Winner👑: Everglow's Onda
TikTok by @everglowofficial
TikTok by @everglowofficial
TikTok by @everglowofficial
A Spanish comment on one of their TikTok says: "Everglow: 'tenemos TikTok' (trans: we have TikTok) - Onda: 'teng' (trans: I* have TikTok)". Onda basically owns this account with her dance covers and should get the majority of the revenue Everglow is making off this account.
Category: Gen-Z TikTok Kings
👑Shared Winner👑: TXT
TikTok by @txt.bighitent
TikTok by @txt.bighitent
TikTok by @txt.bighitent
TXT's TikTok bio says "Doing whatever we want✨" - and they're doing it well! There's something for everyone: some vlogging, some TikTok dances, some thirst traps, some fanservice, some memes & moods. There are some management plant videos promoting their comebacks in between but Huening-Kai's relatable self-critical videos make up for it.
Category: Gen-Z TikTok Kings
👑Shared Winner👑: P1Harmony
TikTok by @p1harmony
TikTok by @p1harmony
TikTok by @p1harmony
The group who gets complimented the most for always being on time with fast-paced TikTok trends is P1Harmony. A selection from their comment sections: "I love idols who understand this app" - "I swear they're always on time purr" - "I love how they're never late to a trend" (a common critique on kpop idols' tiktoks!). There's a little bit less variety in terms of meme-content than TXT, but they make up for it in their latest videos and I can't let my personal preferences influence this very objective list!!! And I have to applaud these guys for obviously being as much on that app as I am, if not more.
Category: Please remember your TikTok password
👑Winner👑: SF9's Yoo Taeyang (losers: us)
TikTok by @taeyang_0228
TikTok by @taeyang_0228
You can't just open a TikTok account at the beginning of this year with this boomer-video, do your duty as Exo-fan by posting a 'Don't fight the feeling' cover half a year later and then just disappear? Naevis, please play Trauma by SF9.
Sources (all from TikTok): bts_official_bighit 1, 2, 3 | mino_van_song 1| b_fatou_s 1, 2, 3 | TXTofficialbighit 1, 2, 3 | somi_official 1, 2, 3 | wm_official 1, 2, 3 | roses_are_rosie 1, 2, 3, 4 | everglowofficial 1, 2, 3 | P1Harmony 1, 2, 3 | taeyang_0228 1, 2
Hope it works out with the sourcing, mods! Omona, do you think TikTok is a good way for the kpop industry to promote their groups? Who's your fave TikToker amongst this bunch? Or did I miss out on anyone else?
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Date: 2021-12-15 08:19 pm (UTC)oblig i'm old, tiktok sucks, bring back vine
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Date: 2021-12-16 08:57 pm (UTC)