Subject: Filipino Fanboys Complain the Lack of Girl Groups Visiting Philippines

[empressmaruja.livejournal.com]

A post on Pinoy Kpop Journal is wondering why Korean girl groups do not promote much in the Philippines and this makes the fanboys "bored." But the interesting part lies on how the writer differentiates the fanboys from the fangirls.

The post is originally written in Filipino, which I voluntarily translated (mostly verbatim) to English:

Fanboys: More Bored in the Philippines

For the whole life a KPop fan, he or she has one mission in life: To see the KPop artists they idolize. Seeing their faces in person feels like heaven, even more if we get to see them up close or talk to them and hold their hands. Experiencing this makes us want to jump from the top of Dingdong Dantes' billboard because of so much joy.

But however in contrast, there is one thing I notice about the artists visiting here in the Philippines. Take a look on this list of KPop artists who visited our country:

1. SHINee (no Taemin)
2. 4minute
3. U-KISS (mall tour, concert, Rain's concert)
4. B2ST
5. One Way
6. Youngsaeng and Kyujong
7. Kim Hyun Joong (K-Pop meets P-Pop, Trinoma Fanmeet)
8. FT Island
9. ZE:A
10. 2NE1
11. Rain
12. Super Junior (Super Show 2, Super Show 3)
13. Jay Park (fanmeet, MTV Exit concert)
14. Block B

If you look at it carefully, out of the 14 KPop artists who went to the Philippines, only two of them are girl groups: 4Minute and 2NE1. Makes us wanna ask: "How about the fanboys?"

I remember when Rania was supposed to come here, but they just lack the support. Not only because they are rookies, let us also add the factor that they are girls and fangirls do not get their hormones raging because of them, am I right?

To be honest, perhaps this is the time of the guys to rise up because their joy of fandoming is being deprived to them. Why do the girls get all the fun? I remember the post of my fellow 4nia here in Facebook. I was really moved by his status message because I really felt his desire to see a girl group coming here to the Philippines:

"I wish a girl group would come to the Philippines next time. I know there are a lot of fangirls, but I hope the fanboys would be given an opportunity to spazz to Korean 'keypap' girls. This might be the end of me. HAHAHAHAHAHA! XD" - PJL

Seriously, this is 100% straight to the point. The number of Filipino fanboys might decrease and change their gender. We see them crowding with fangirls.

Kidding aside, I agree with this guy. I hope a girl group would arrive in the Philippines. The boys have been staring at their computers for so long. As Girls' Generation would say, "Bring the boys out," literally.

The girls have gotten all the joy they could get out of the many boy groups who have come here. I hope there will come a time for the fanboys to have fun and see the girl groups they idolize.

And let's admit it, unlike the fangirls who are too wild and prepared to touch their idol's faces and stalk them even in the comfort rooms, the fanboys just stand there and contented to just wave at the idols. Like the fangirls, the fanboys have shallow sources of joy. Even just a glance, we ask nothing more. WE ARE NOT LIKE OTHER FANS WHO PUSH OTHER IDOLS JUST TO HUG THEIR BIASES. We bring out our chivalry and willing to give up our lives just so our beloved artists do not get hurt.

May the fate bless us with the arrival of a girl group who would unite us all, because true joy should be given and shared to all.

Source: Pinoy KPop Journal, translated and edited by me; Photo by Asian Popcorn

I, for one, am a fan "guy" guilty of not buying tickets to the Rania concert. Ouchie.

ADDED: I swear there was an LJ Cut in the original submission. I don't know how it went poof. :(

Comments

[empressmaruja.livejournal.com]

Actually, KPop fans in the Philippines are a bit better off than what you assume. (And you know what they say about assuming.)

[burnbook31.livejournal.com]

yeah ngl i agree about this ;A;

[stephanie-faith.livejournal.com]

lol you have no idea how much people spend here for concerts

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Is this an article or just some fanboy rant?

"For the whole life a KPop fan, he or she has one mission in life To see the KPop artists they idolize"

It's actually to ship them with yourself tbh.

[empressmaruja.livejournal.com]

I guess it's considered a fanboy rant.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

I know a filipino guy obsessed with seeing Sistar and Miss A for reasons beyond kpop, so him and many fanboys I know would love to go to see them perform to see this:

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

well really he's hoping for a repeat of this:

[saphbluedreams.livejournal.com]

Lol oh fan boys. I bet the took time to log off of neogaff spam to write this.

[hwangak.livejournal.com]

But most of the people who went to see 2NE1 and 4Minute were girls, so I don't really think it's a "what about the fanboys?" thing...

Also, "... they are girls and fangirls do not get their hormones raging because of them, am I right?" I'm a girl and a couple of my friends (who are girls too) wanted to see Rania (and ofc see Dr Feel Good live lmao i know) but we saw the ticket prices they announced back then and it was pretty expensive for us (and considering how they're just rookies) so we decided not to get tickets.

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

rania's fanmeets were fucking overpriced and the organizers were so bad at it. the Singapore one had so much problems too

[bad-robots.livejournal.com]

Yes exactly. Almost half of the audience who attended the 2ne1 and 4Minute events were fangirls. :/

[uniqlos.livejournal.com]

I hear snsd can't come for the same reason ss4 isn't happening: araneta doesn't have the capability to hold an snsd concert.

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

heart. is. breaking.

[evivante.livejournal.com]

^ Yup. Araneta just can't provide the days needed to set up a K-pop concert. Reason why 2PM bailed as well. Still wondering they Wonder Girls haven't gone there though, Nobody was basically the national anthem for about a year.

[uniqlos.livejournal.com]

I'm spending a year at home before going back to school so a group I like better come lol smh just my luck I don't get to see a super show when I finally can.

[rosamajalis.livejournal.com]

Boo-fucking-hoo.
And why would the fanboys have to change their gender to become fans of boygroups?

[rosamajalis.livejournal.com]

But gender has nothing to do with what you find fappable.

[bad-robots.livejournal.com]

Has Philippine Kpop fandom always been this spoiled/thinking we're entitled, or I just haven't been a fan of Kpop in my country for that long? :/ Unless we're Japan, China, Taiwan or Thailand we've got no business bemoaning the lack of Kpop girl groups visiting the Philippines. We should be happy and content that Kpop artists are visiting our countryto begin with.

I'm reminded of my second-hand embarrassment at the dozens of ELF hating on SME or whoever else they can pin the blame on for the lack of SS4 in Manila. How dare SME, after all, to give Taiwan and it's strong Kpop market, 4 days, while Philippines have zero! I wonder if these fans have forgotten, or were they even aware, that Philippines wouldn't even have SS2 and SS3 if it weren't for PULP shelling a lot of money to begin with. We have a strong market, yes, but nowhere near as strong and dedicated as the ones I mentioned above.

Lastly, since when do posts from Pinoy Kpop Journal count as actual journalism? :/

Edited to add: And are those jibes to fangirls absolutely necessary? I've seen how fanboys (not just Filipino, but mostly Filipino) act around their biases and not all of them are saints.

[my-faux-pas.livejournal.com]

A+

[eeveil.livejournal.com]

It used to be weekly toddler tantrums from Singapore fanhards.

[uniqlos.livejournal.com]

Idk maybe it's because I haven't been exposed to filipino kpop fandom, so I can't really say I've noticed them being more spoiled than the usual asian fangirl but is it really so bad to expect something better? Idt we should be content with the piddly little scraps that get thrown at us.

[bad-robots.livejournal.com]

We should be, because these piddly little scraps are all our country can afford. At the end of the day we're a 3rd world country, not a popular market, and there are never enough sponsors brave enough to bank on a Kpop group coming to Manila. The lack of SS4 in Manila proves right there that having a dedicated fanbase isn't enough to bring Kpop artists here. Yes, the lack of a decent arena can be to blame but it's just one of many reasons. If we're a tried and tested market like our Southeast Asian counterpart, Thailand, maybe we'd be getting more Kpop artists in despite our third world status but unfortunately we're not.

Hopefully things will change, but until then, one of the surefire ways to see your favorite Kpop artist (regardless of gender) perform is to...fly to other countries.

[empressmaruja.livejournal.com]

I actually had high hopes at the MOA Arena, but when I saw the teaser video I thought it looks smaller than Araneta.

There is another stadium being built, touted to be the largest in the country, but it's in freaking Bocaue.

[takteng-kamote.livejournal.com]

I agree. I've been to both Super Shows in Manila but I've also been to SS3 SG and Im going again there for SS4. Although their SG Indoor stadium is smaller than Araneta, the ticket prices in Manila are waaaaaay more affordable. In SG, the range is from 5k+ to 8k+ but still, they manage to sell out 2 dates in a matter of an hour or so. In the Philippines, tickets go for as low as 1k yet there are still so many fans complaining that it's too expensive. Even though there may be more kpop fans in the Philippines, the spending power of kpop fans in other South East Asian countries are significantly higher. So as much as I bemoan the lack of SS4 Manila, I can totally understand it.

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

I hate this whole entitlement thing fans now have just because there have been pretty high profile K-pop visits in the country, the Super Shows, for example. I'm just grateful they even thought of coming here, and yet so many fans are begging for more, more, and more, thinking it's so easy to bring them over here. Hell, there's so much demand for Super Shows, yet for both times it was held and I've attended, Araneta Coliseum wasn't even sold out. So much demand, yet at the end of the day, fans don't deliver.

[bad-robots.livejournal.com]

SS3 Manila was sold out as far as I know. But yes, SS2 Manila was a bit of an embarrassment, attendance-wise. >_>

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

I will forever cringe at the memory of that completely empty Upper B center box that the boys could so clearly see. Embarrassing. I saw the guys frowning whenever they looked up and saw it.

[empressmaruja.livejournal.com]

The U-Kiss concert in Araneta was even lonelier attendance-wise. The Gen Ad was filled, but the Upper Box B (where I was seated) was a desert.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

there were 9 cute korean girls dancing around in shorts and teaching me about love, I was doomed

[flu-n-c.livejournal.com]

Lol I think everyone is a male on the intranetz

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

we are a dying breed

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

wtf how is it ~shocking~ that there are fanboys in omona

[eeveil.livejournal.com]

At least they got a super show even if just once. kmf has gotten too overpriced for the trend of less interesting guests each year and who knows if there will be another sm town or if rain will re-do the concert he cancelled.

tl;dr: baw baw cry me a river, butthurts

[fuckinmagnets.livejournal.com]

why was this even posted, it's just some random nobody's rant

[kazu-kumaguro.livejournal.com]

+1

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

mte

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

here's to wishing 9muses come visit the philippines while im there this summer. I WOULD DIE

[empressmaruja.livejournal.com]

Wishing the same thing too! They'd be a hit here.

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

snsd fans are hopelessly waiting :(

[itsbrendaa-sj.livejournal.com]

australia don't get any BOY groups let alone GIRL groups

..i would cherish any group.

oh but suju in aus would be a dream :)

[purring-feline.livejournal.com]

"And let's admit it, unlike the fangirls who are too wild and prepared to touch their idol's faces and stalk them even in the comfort rooms, the fanboys just stand there and contented to just wave at the idols. Like the fangirls, the fanboys have shallow sources of joy. Even just a glance, we ask nothing more. WE ARE NOT LIKE OTHER FANS WHO PUSH OTHER IDOLS JUST TO HUG THEIR BIASES. We bring out our chivalry and willing to give up our lives just so our beloved artists do not get hurt."

Right.

[empressmaruja.livejournal.com]

Now that I thought about it, many KPop fans in the Philippines are way younger (high school and college students). Looks like we have to wait for a few more years before they can "afford" concert tickets they used to call expensive.

[modsteady.livejournal.com]

shut up and give me nine muses

[aishiteruyuto23.livejournal.com]

my brother is a fanboy.
and he never complained about the lack of girl groups that arrived.
in fact, he was happiest when we got to meet Jay Park xD
/he literally had to control himself from jumping XD/