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somi154

How is Blackpink the poster group for big company privilege?

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Everyday I see statements like this 'Blackpink is only big because of YG' or 'Blackpink have pretty privilege and that's why their successfully'.p I even saw 'Blackpink is shipped with the Kings of kpop so that's why they blew up'.

I mean people will literally attribute anything to the girl's success and it's perplexing because we see many groups especially in fourth generation coming from big companies and getting thousands of pre-orders. It's literally (YG, HYBE, JYP and SM) announces an upcoming group and people are already pre-ordering. I know this is how big company privilege works but I have seen many people single out Blackpink alone in 3rd generation and it doesn't make sense.

I know their debut was highly anticipated after 2NE1's disbandment but weren't many other third gen group debut anticipated because of their predecessors? I also know for sure it wasn't company stans streaming whistle until it got a PAK (it was a genuinely good song and no other group has gotten a PAK with their debut). If their debut was shitty and the girl's themselves untalented or uncharismatic, I do highly doubt people will wait year in year out for a one song release from them. If their music was truly as shitty as people make it seem and it was only the company carrying them, I doubt they would have charted as well as they did in their rookie years and presently.

Where is this energy in calling out company privilege when it comes to their fellow company mates..Treasure, iKon, Winner or even their fellow big 3 third gen groups, It's picky asf.

I heard a new one today as well, 'Blackpink is not known for their music. They are known because they are famous'. I had a migraine trying to understand that statement. I mean what are Blinks streaming? Is it their Instagram? Or how do you explain their increase in popularity after D4 if it isn't related to music. Anyway I try to look at that statement, it's just false. They have very popular songs in their discography like HYLT, D4, Lovesick girls or Boombayah which are some of the most covered songs by other kpop groups in the industry. The math isn't mathing.

This is just my perspective though, I would like know other people's opinion. If you agree and why.

Posted May 4, 2022, 1:52 AM UTC

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