I am the best.
Apr. 20th, 2022 03:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rogueslayer452++ Due to 2NE1 having reunited at Coachella recently, which was a pleasant surprise to say the least, it made me yearn for reunions of 4Minute and Wonder Girls so badly, even though the likelihood of that happening is small.
I've been listening to kpop (and jpop/cpop/etc) since the early 00s and when I discovered 2NE1 and those other groups when they debuted it wasn't anything new for me, but I think I mostly was only exclusively listening to solo artists, which I didn't realize at the time because I only ended up listening to whatever sounded good, and still do, actually, I don't really pay that close attention to anything beyond that (I'm not of the kpop fandoms, btw, I listen to what I like and that's it). But 2016/2017 were years that a bunch of kpop girl groups ended up getting disbanded, with 2NE1, 4Minute, and Wonder Girls being the most notable ones, which I have to admit was disheartening at the time with them disbanding so close together (I even made a post about it at the time when it happened). I know some individual members of those groups attempt to go solo afterwards and some are quite successful, but still. Disbanding happens all the time, usually due to contractual negotiations, but I think it was with those particular disbanding that made me understand just how fragile the industry worked over there.
I don't know, I just felt like rambling about this since I'm still slightly bitter about it, but still happy to see that even after all this time the members of 2NE1 can still come together to do a small unofficial comeback reunion.
++ I haven't been playing video games as much as I used to, and it's not due to disinterest because I still want to, but it's more due to a combination of IRL stuff that got in the way over the last few years and also focusing my attention on other fandom and media things. There are plenty of games that I have that I haven't gotten around to playing yet that I want to, it's just a matter of finding the right time to do so since my schedule is a bit borked at the moment.
Of course now I'm thinking about all the games that I want to play, but can't because a.) I don't have the console the game is exclusively on and b.) most games nowadays are far too expensive. It's been that way for years now, but it's something that just completely baffles me, and it's why I'm always so "late" when playing games because I wait for certain ones to go on clearance sales at a much lower price. I mean, I'm not that concerned about being caught up with whatever is popular in the gaming world, but it's just ridiculous that the more notable games that I find intriguing and want to play are ones that I probably won't be able to for some time for all the reasons stated above. It's annoying, is all.
I've been listening to kpop (and jpop/cpop/etc) since the early 00s and when I discovered 2NE1 and those other groups when they debuted it wasn't anything new for me, but I think I mostly was only exclusively listening to solo artists, which I didn't realize at the time because I only ended up listening to whatever sounded good, and still do, actually, I don't really pay that close attention to anything beyond that (I'm not of the kpop fandoms, btw, I listen to what I like and that's it). But 2016/2017 were years that a bunch of kpop girl groups ended up getting disbanded, with 2NE1, 4Minute, and Wonder Girls being the most notable ones, which I have to admit was disheartening at the time with them disbanding so close together (I even made a post about it at the time when it happened). I know some individual members of those groups attempt to go solo afterwards and some are quite successful, but still. Disbanding happens all the time, usually due to contractual negotiations, but I think it was with those particular disbanding that made me understand just how fragile the industry worked over there.
I don't know, I just felt like rambling about this since I'm still slightly bitter about it, but still happy to see that even after all this time the members of 2NE1 can still come together to do a small unofficial comeback reunion.
++ I haven't been playing video games as much as I used to, and it's not due to disinterest because I still want to, but it's more due to a combination of IRL stuff that got in the way over the last few years and also focusing my attention on other fandom and media things. There are plenty of games that I have that I haven't gotten around to playing yet that I want to, it's just a matter of finding the right time to do so since my schedule is a bit borked at the moment.
Of course now I'm thinking about all the games that I want to play, but can't because a.) I don't have the console the game is exclusively on and b.) most games nowadays are far too expensive. It's been that way for years now, but it's something that just completely baffles me, and it's why I'm always so "late" when playing games because I wait for certain ones to go on clearance sales at a much lower price. I mean, I'm not that concerned about being caught up with whatever is popular in the gaming world, but it's just ridiculous that the more notable games that I find intriguing and want to play are ones that I probably won't be able to for some time for all the reasons stated above. It's annoying, is all.
