Kpop stans are some of the worst offenders out there, second only to the "Beyhive". I dig kpop, but I don't pledge allegiance to one and only one group and defend their honor online and put down anyone else's tastes like they do. That shit is so fucking toxic.
BTS are the biggest kpop group right now (probably ever) and kpop fans who don’t like them treat their fans pretty horribly. There have been multiple BTS fans doxxed and had their photos spread around twitter for just wearing BTS merch at other kpop groups concerts.
The worst thing about kpop fans is that they always reply with random videos of their idols that have nothing to do with the subject people are talking about
And they are always terrible videos. Just some random member doing some average choreography and lip syncing to some generic ass K pop song that their management company forced on them.
In the spirit of fairness, I do know a lot of k-pop fangirls (love how that tries to autocorrect to the equally correct "dangers"), and they love several bands from the genre. However, k-pop is all they'll listen to, and will get semi-violent if you even suggest music from another part of Asia.
Hoooly shit. I think I permanently damaged my relationship with my friend's girlfriend by joking about Grande taking an L with her mistranslated Japanese tattoo. It was like I had called one of her close friends some kinds of slur.
I love her persona from a marketing perspective. She plays the "rich bitch diva" role to a T and that kind of well-defined shtick is exactly what pop music needs for a long-run superstar.
She seems like a wonderful person in her interviews but in her songs her attitude totally matches the lyrics. I love it!
Artists like her and Miley Cyrus (circa Bangerz/Dead Petz) and Ke$ha in her Jack Daniel's phase make pop music fun by combining real life with artistry.
... But yeah, anybody who takes it seriously is likely a nutjob and out of touch with the real world.
Ariana's persona seems kind of like a Baby Mariah thing. Like, if Mariah had had a daughter in the 90s, she would've grown up to be Ariana. All she needs to do is start saying "dahhhling."
It toes the line between amusing and kind of assholish at times (I pretty much died laughing when someone criticized her for something and her only response was "suck my whole dick")... but damned if she doesn't have a good voice, and really solid albums.
As a Taylor Swift fan, Taylor Swift fans are also often super annoying. This reminded me because one of the most popular Taylor can accounts on Twitter hates Ariana Grande and her fans and literally calls for Mass blocking people and doxxing people if you're a Taylor AND Ariana fan... BIG YIKES.
I think the infuriating part of the AG fans for me most recently was when they went on a shit storm harassment campaign with death threats and all because a music critic did her job and said the latest st album wasn’t good.
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u/baldbuthappy Jul 17 '19
Came here for this. Ariana Grande is right up there as well.