feelingisfirst

6y

I really need her to chill out tbh

DEL_245

6y

just need a TWICE cb teaser....

feelingisfirst

6y

DHL just told me they delivered some s*** from Korea and i have no albums i bought that i can remember still awaiting delivery....

feelingisfirst

6y

so truthfully ive always avoided bothering if and to what degree bts have 'paved the way', and honestly i kinda just feel that way about almost everything twitter stans debate. it's just....not worth the time for me to type it among 25tweets to try to make stans think otherwise when they're...well, stans.

but right now i dont feel like going to sleep, and have plenty of space in this post to type without stopping so i'll think about it and give it a go

on the question "if BTS paved the way?":

first, couple things to make clear:

1) i f***ing love BTS to death.
that's just a statement to give clear context, nothing more to expand on that

2) what paving the way actually means.

and here is where i think is where we set the goal post. i think ppl spend so much time debating when they don't even understand the concept of what it means to pave the way. in more literal terms, paving the way means making a path easier for others to travel on. and people always make the assumption that insane success along a path MUST mean they've made it easier for anyone that follows. but really, paving is not by any means a fast process. it sucks. it's slow. it's a lot of dirty work tbh.

i think it's easier to think of it like trying to make it across a frozen lake, or for those that play fall guys, the tip toe mini game.

the thing is that the artists that paved the way are the ones that have tried and failed, or tried and found success, however small. if one is trying to make it across a lake, the next meter one seeks to travel ahead will either break, or will be enough to hold one's weight. regardless what happens, both results are equally instrumental in creating the path ahead. one result tells you where to go, and the other where not to.

so yeah, i do think of the disappointment the boys release had for snsd in the states. and the fiasco with t-ara and chris brown. and i think of the sm town tour. and the kpop masters show in las vegas. and wonder girls world tour. and the sxsw showcase w fx playing to like 250 people. and of course, no one wants to admit it, but it's foolish to pretend that gangnam style had no effect.

these type of marginal successes and losses in the western market are what paved the way tbh.

second, it's just happenstance that bts was able to begin in a point where there already was technology and general large enough kpop fanbase to consume and support whatever bts had to offer. back when s*** was 480p at f***ing best. when majority of s*** was not subbed. when no one had a twitter or ig.

ppl will point at bts stadium tours as clear indication of paving the way, but if that was truly the case, other artists and groups would reach stadium status as well. but that's what makes stadium status so unique- few people ever get there. taylor swift playing stadiums doesn't mean she paved the way for camila cabello to do the same.

what bts have done is sprinted across a path others paved inch by inch across at least a decade. the speed at which theyve travelled across this path has confused ppl to thinking they're the ones that laid it as well. but some of us know better.

ok im sleepy now. hopefully thisshit made sense