The two feverish solo performances of Jisoo (BLACKPINK) – Jimin (BTS) received many similar reactions from netizens.
- Jimin’s solo achievements: Compared to BTS members, they are all better, setting an international record that is hard to beat!
- Jisoo solo is heavily invested, Korean netizens argue: Making a luxury MV to make up for the missing voice?
- Jimin (BTS) becomes the first Kpop solo artist in history to top the Billboard Hot 100
Last March, Kpop was excited thanks to the stormy individual debut of members of two global groups BTS – BLACKPINK . Jimin released the album “FACE” with the title MV “Like Crazy” , Jisoo released the single album “ME” , and the MV ” Flower” marked her status as a solo artist. Of course, with a global presence, Jimin and Jisoo immediately stormed the music industry and set new records, proving their huge appeal. Releasing unrelated products, people still recognize the biggest commonality between the two idols: both controversial vocals but have no effect on achievements.
The controversy about Jimin’s voice – Jisoo
In the group lineup, Jimin and Jisoo take on different roles but are not the main vocalists. During their activities, both idols have gathered a huge number of their own fans who are ready to protect their idols against all controversies. And whether it’s Jimin or Jisoo, they often get mixed opinions around live vocals. With Jimin, the audience doubted his ability to master the song because his expertise is dancing and stage expressions, not vocals. Many times when Jimin sings live, his voice is thin and difficult to hit high notes. As for Jisoo, in the lineup of 3 sisters, each with a strength in singing – dancing – rapping, the female idol is the most underrated. When separated, the standards of singing skills become stricter for the top two idols.
Jimin and Jisoo often get mixed opinions around live vocals
During Like Crazy promotions , the vocal controversy culminated after Jimin’s first encore stage at M!Countdown . Winning the first music trophy, Jimin had a show to thank the fans and interact with other juniors, but all the spotlight belonged to the ending live voice. MXH was abuzz with commenting topics about Jimin’s encore stage, most of which revolved around the imperfect encore, the vocals that revealed breathless notes, and unclear lyrics. Antifan was criticized for criticizing male idols, Army constantly gave arguments to protect idols against negative comments.
The controversy over Jimin’s vocals peaked after the first encore stage at M!Countdown
Like Jimin, Jisoo is also doubted about her ability to sing individually when her sisters are not around. With Flower , in addition to the fan praise, many neutral viewers think that the mix is too attractive to Jisoo, Jisoo’s performance is somewhat fuzzy, the vocals are not special enough. Even ViruSs commented that Jisoo’s voice is not outstanding when placed next to other solo products of BLACKPINK members. Jisoo’s latest live Flower stage at Tokyo Dome Born Pink D-1 partly proves Jisoo’s stable vocals and improved performance ability. But put on the scale with main dancer BTS, Jisoo also has dance skills that are not appreciated even though the blooming choreography is hot on social media.
But all does not affect the achievement
Although controversial, making the audience skeptical about the skills, but it is undeniable that the popularity of Jimin and Jisoo. Jimin’s solo album is produced by a leading team, including BTS leader RM. The catchy, catchy, experimental music is highly appreciated. Jimin successfully conquered the difficult UK market, debuted at #8 on UK Charts, is the highest ranked K-pop solo artist. The album Face debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 . Most notably, Jimin is the only solo idol and the second Kpop artist after BTS to reach the Billboard Hot 100 with Like Crazy. It can be seen that the controversies did not make Jimin’s achievements decrease.
Jimin is the only solo idol and the second Kpop artist after BTS to reach the top of Billboard Hot 100 with Like Crazy
On the opposite side, NME highly appreciated Jisoo’s debut when giving a score of 4/5 for the single album ME , especially Flower , this magazine commented, “Flower is an unpredictable song that can be combined. elegance with creativity and modern elements interwoven with traditional influences”. The oldest sister BLACKPINK also “joined” with Taylor Swift, Adele became the third female artist to reach million copies in sales in the first week of sale.
Jisoo “joined” with Taylor Swift, Adele became the 3rd female artist to reach million copies in sales in the first week of sale.
Compared to YouTube views, MV Flower took the lead when collecting 102 million views after 8 days of release, continuing to affirm BLACKPINK’s YouTube strength. Jimin got himself a title MV with 34 million views. Both are desirable numbers for a newly released product.
The two MVs of Jimin and Jisoo have achieved desirable numbers for a newly released product
In Korea, the digital achievements of Jimin and Jisoo, although not yet at the top of the charts, are still in positive positions. After 2 weeks of release, Like Crazy – Jimin rose to #3 MelOn. Flower – Jisoo surpassed 300 thousand unique listeners, peak #2 MelOn, Jisoo’s song did well in both digital music and YouTube views. Continuously increasing in rank, Jimin has brought home 4 music trophies for his debut product, “overwhelming” Jisoo twice at M!Countdown and Music Bank . BLACKPINK’s eldest sister, even though she hasn’t been on a promotional show yet, brought home the first trophy on April 5. Jisoo promises to have a second trophy when the “Inkigayo” stage is broadcast on April 9.
Jimin brought home 4 music trophies for his debut product, twice “beating” Jisoo at M!Countdown and Music Bank
Jisoo has been setting many new records for solo female Kpop idols
Currently, the two solo performances of Jimin and Jisoo are still a hot topic on music forums. The two idols have made many more miracles, breaking many old records of Kpop. Despite the controversy, Jimin and Jisoo successfully marked achievements that are difficult to beat in the first time working as solo artists.
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