Recently, I was strolling through TikTok and had stumbled upon a Bigbang dance practice video when T.O.P. was still in the group. The group was practicing to their 2015 hit “Bang Bang Bang” (2015) and during the video you can see T.O.P not really giving much energy compared to the other members. When I was scrolling the TikTok comments, most were saying how second gen fans were so chill compared to third gen fans when it comes to performances and that if a female idol were to do this, she would get hate. Some of the comments did mention Jennie and I had noticed that with her as well as with Rose and Jisoo (sometimes), many had felt they (excluding Lisa) weren’t giving much energy and that they were being unprofessional and rude towards their fans. Now many fans of Bigbang had stated that the group had debuted during a time where synchronized and intense performances weren’t really the standard at that time hence why the reception is different compared to the performances of third, fourth, and fifth gen groups. On other hand, Bobby from IKON had debuted in the same generation as Blackpink and he had rarely received backlash for his performances on stage. A lot of fans had argued that synchronization is important as it makes K-pop different that other global music industries, but to me this doesn’t make sense as Blackpink is referred to as “the biggest girl group in the world” by global media outlets despite having less intense choreography on stage. Many had also cited since female groups are more known to their general public than boy groups, the backlash would more intense which is true however the problem is that Bigbang is literally one of the most known boy groups on in the domestic general public. After thinking all of this, is synchronization really that important in K-pop?
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