As a Korean, I feel quite proud of my own country Korea, in several aspects. One of the major factors that make me think this would be the popularity of K-pop throughout the whole world, without a doubt. A lot of people know a lot of Korean actors and singers, and a lot of the Korean singers are likely to be in band, with about 4 to even more than 10 people. The news in the link below stated the fact that one of the Korean band, BTS made their first ever history in the U.S. stadium. Even more, some of their songs were ranked on Billboard, which made a lot of people think that BTS is the best K-pop band of all time. Yes it is true that they have achieved a lot of things that other bands couldn’t do, but personally I do not think that BTS is the best K-pop band of all time.
I do not agree with the idea that BTS is the best K-pop band of all time because BTS has a lot of fans as well as a lot of anti-fans. One very famous incident of BTS anti-fan is the murder threaten to BTS from an anonymous anti-fan, through the social media. Not only this famous incident, I have seen a lot of people back in Korea who didn’t like BTS. Some of their reasons were that they liked different bands, or just because they didn’t like the concept that a lot of people form one group and sing while dancing. Neither way, it is very true for me that BTS has a lot of anti-fans, which does not make BTS the best K-pop band of all time.
This might be quite subjective, but personally I believe there are and were much better K-pop bands throughout the history, such as H.O.T , BLACK PINK, etc. It is very hard to decide who is the best singer since favourable songs differ from people, but for me, I don’t think BTS is the best K-pop band of all time.
The new album of BTS_ ‘Love Yourself ‘
ethel93733@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg
I agree with you. BTS is overrated. 🙂
aryap12548@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg
I quite like your stance on BTS’s popularity, as I also think that a lot of the artists that we idolise in the media aren’t always the best in their genre. These artists tend to shine over the truly great artists yet they receive their success because of their accessibility and ‘catchiness’.
biswa15266@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg
Nice post! I thought you were able to explain your opinion really well. Great job!