Firstly, it is a very unprofessional article based on assumptions and hypocrisy, and is lacking basic facts. It is basically a hateful article, which states that kpop is doing nothing but harm to the present generation. This is purely a biased(as well as false) opinion and for it to be published on a national news platform is just not acceptable. The article portrayed BTS as just a teenage craze, while it skipped all of their achievements and success like their records, Grammys, their global impact and how Time Magazine, WSJ, etc. made them their covers, the list is never ending. Nothing of such sort was mentioned. What was mentioned was that someone's mother said that her child is busy with her phone all day and it has increased because of kpop and that another fan is praying to god for SUGA's(BTS member) surgery. These kind of comments are baseless and the phone problem can happen for all different reasons like gaming and all and not only because of kpop. The ones who were interviewed are just overly obsessed fans who know nothing of the true reasons why we love BTS and kpop. The interviews were taken only of these type of childish fans who just like BTS only because of superficial things like looks or trends. There are numerous other ARMYs(BTS fans) and other kpop fans and enthusiasts who can properly give an interview to anyone anytime and will include facts and not those rubbish that was mentioned in the said article. Kpop is not just colourful, dance, jumping around and all that. The speaker in the article would not have said that if he/she knew what kpop is and had taken atleast a minimum amount of time to consider listening to the music and then think about writing such disrespectful things. Yes, there is definitely glamour and all that hyperness in kpop, but it is not the only thing that lures us as listeners to their music.
Then there is also something about the language. If people are literate enough, they can easily understand everything as there are subtitles. People watch english movies and songs with subtitles, then within India we have so many different languages and still people use subtitles or translations to understand them. So why not kpop? In simple words, why not use the same technique for korean? Language should never be a barrier to anything and BTS has proved that to the whole world.
And most importantly, the article was about some immature students who as stated in the last paragraph of the article, don't want to talk about reasons and facts and why they like kpop, but are only waiting for new song releases and unimportant things; while there is a whole lot of mature people out there who(if interviewed) can clearly state reasons and facts and this doesn't include only teenagers. Mature college or university students, office workers, and etc. of different age groups and professions are also there as kpop lovers.
There are many more things I can discuss regarding that trash of an article that was published, but I think I will stop now. Kudos to you if you made it till the end.
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