bashing, fanwars, and talent
so allkpop just released this really stupid article about how yg and jyp are going to debut boy groups and try to catch up with sm and exo.
of course it caused a fanwar. what with people bashing on exo and saying how winner will be so much better because they have so much more talent.
it made me realize (not that i didn't before, haha) that though exo is really popular, they've also attracted a lot of hate (i'm pretty sure those rumors of annoying exotics are caused by exo antis). people are just so eager to see them go down because they're just a bunch of "pretty faces".
as an exo stan, of course i got a little defensive. i like winner and all (still sad that team b lost :( ), but sometimes yg fans piss me off when they start wars with sm stans. and vice versa of course.
exo has talent. crazy, freaking talent. haters will hate. though i may dislike a group, i always recognize talent when i see it (usually why i like kpop groups).
chen, baekhyun, and do are crazy good vocals. they never fail to stun me with their high notes and adlibs (which, in my opinion, are some of the best in kpop as of late)
luhan, xiumin, and suho have some of the steadiest, powerful, strong vocals i've heard from a kpop group. they're actually all-around talented.
kai, lay, and sehun have really neat, precise dancing << something i love to see. they've proven a thousand times over how amazing they are - not just with choreo.
kris, tao, and chanyeol has great voices for rapping. kris has that amazing husky voice while tao raps with so much energy that i always feel upbeat. chanyeol's beat when he raps is amazing and clearly punctuated.
just because a group becomes mainstream popular, doesn't mean they're not talented. there are, of course, some things that become mainstream that are not talented at all. but exo really has it. talent, perfect attitude and work ethic, and even the looks. just because they're handsome or come from sm doesn't mean that they don't have talent.
sm may scout on the streets, but they won't accept anyone without talent. people get scouted for their looks, but it takes talent to pass the audition. yg and winner can bring a whole new side into the kpop industry (team b TT TT) but it doesn't change the fact that exo are not just pretty faces ready for the cameras.
they are kids with amazing talent who worked hard to follow their dreams.
sorry, got a little carried away. whenever i see people (especially yg and winner people T.T) comment on how excited they are to see winner bring exo 'down', it just irritates me. but in all, i'm actually very excited for jyp's new boy band! and winner of course (team b TT TT)
-mei
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