Article: Lee Hi breaks Busker Busker's record with a double score 'top'
Source: OSEN via Nate [allkpop article here]
1. [+1,077, -133] How dare they think of comparing Lee Hi to Busker Busker? Busker Busker filled half of the top 10 with their own composed songs. That isn't even comparable to Lee Hi who didn't even compose her song and just sang one track.
2. [+923, -157] Okay, we get that Lee Hi's good but she is definitely not on Busker Busker's level. Busker Busker was the first group since Brown Eyes' first album where I loved every single song on the album.
3. [+832, -133] It'd be best not to mess with Busker Busker...
4. [+123, -29] Is Lee Hi really doing that well? Everyone around me went absolutely crazy with Busker but I've never heard anyone talk about Lee Hi yet ã…‹ã…‹
5. [+116, -5] I'd buy Busker's album with money but with Lee Hi's songs, I'd rather just search for it on YouTube to listen to. It's not worth buying. Just searching and listening - that's the limit.
6. [+108, -7] Busker Busker was the most influential artist of the year after Psy, don't even compare
7. [+95, -30] OSEN is YG's media play machine. I'm not saying that Lee Hi's bad, I'm just saying knock it off with the hype already -ã……-
8. [+86, -28] Her song wasn't even on the level of Busker Busker. I listened to it once and never thought of playing it again.
9. [+78, -7] I've never even heard of her song.
10. [+66, -5] Who the hell is she and why is there so much hype about her? I'm seriously sick of this BS. YG, stop turning people off from your rookies with your media play ã…¡ã…¡ There's a limit to all media play and you've crossed it.
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Lol they're turning it again into opinion vs. fact smh...
ReplyDeleteI agree Busker Busker are great exceptional etc etc etc. But it doesn't change the fact that she did break Busker Busker's record for the title track at least. Her breaking their record does not mean she's better....so these peeps gotta calm down tbh XD
"5. [+116, -5] I'd buy Busker's album with money but with Lee Hi's songs,
ReplyDeleteI'd rather just search for it on YouTube to listen to. It's not worth
buying. Just searching and listening - that's the limit."
Ouch!
haha busker busker stans, let's see how long you'll stay stans
ReplyDeleteI think it's more along the lines of 1) it's OSEN (YG's media play machine) and 2) it's Busker Busker. Korea absolutely adores Busker Busker and Lee Hi is nowhere near that level yet, even though she's getting plenty of attention. They just see it as YG trying to one-up Busker Busker to promote her more and I see where they're coming from.
ReplyDeletePeople need to understand...even if Osen IS YG's media play machine...its not JUST Osen who reported the same info. A very young rookie who debuted later, beating what everyone thought was the biggest rookie (Busker Busker) of the year is worth reporting tbh.
ReplyDeleteBe it a "promotion" article it is stil worth "reporting" and they did not lie lol
Busker Busker is THE rookie of the year. They had MULTIPLE songs chart from their album in the top 10 not to mention they sold over 120K copies of their debut album. At one point 1-5 on the charts were all Busker Busker.
ReplyDeleteLee Ha Yi has a long way to go to catch up to the likes of Busker Busker.
Talking about title song(s) here not the whole album, I mean of course "multiple songs" will chart because they released MULTIPLE SONGS lol whereas HaYi released one song.
ReplyDeletethe reason why is because she does not have strong competition that is knocking her down from the number one spot. its like t-ara roly poly was the number 1 downloaded digital song in 2011 but there were other artist who ranked higher than them in terms of number 1 spot but no where near the amount of downloads as them
ReplyDeleteoff topic but no pico/hwayoung articles coming out of korea?
ReplyDeletezico*
ReplyDeleteAgree Busker Busker sales are higher than BigBang i dout she can be a their level.
ReplyDeleteShe does though? There's K.Will,Ailee,MissA,Roy Kim...
ReplyDeleteRoy Kim knocked her out for a bit. Roy Kim knocking her out is worth reporting too tbh.
1. [+1,077, -133] How dare they think of comparing Lee Hi to Busker
ReplyDeleteBusker? Busker Busker filled half of the top 10 with their own composed
songs. That isn't even comparable to Lee Hi who didn't even compose her
song and just sang one track.
Busker Busker, who??? c'mon those nugus can't compare to YG Lee Hi
Who are you really?and y r u pretending to be a kpop fans?every1 knws who busker busker is..question is who is lee hi?and y are they making such a big hype of her when her songs 1234 is very similar to duffy's mercy?atleast busker busker composed their own songs and has their own style..u dont copy ppls style if u r a good artist..
DeleteYou trolling right?~ :O
ReplyDeleteBuskerBusker's fan, clam down.....
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't even have an album so comparing their "album sales" to hers when she doesn't have any...is ridiculous lol
ReplyDeleteOk lol just cause YOU don't know Busker Busker does not mean they are nobodies in Korea.
ReplyDeleteLee Hi's like a brick, boring voice, ugly face, boring stage perf, her voice sound like a man during orgasm
ReplyDeletenetizens be confusing PR/hype with media play. how do a company get their products out there with no pr/hype? this isn't even overboard enough to call it mediaplay. i need some funny/caught in the act media play man.
ReplyDeleteBusker Busker is still very much the biggest rookie of the year. ALL of their songs have done extremely well on the charts. A couple of weeks is not enough for Lee Hi to beat Busker Busker, especially not with just one song.
ReplyDeleteomg how does this thing have 6 likes
ReplyDeleteObviously for a long time. Busker Busker haven't released anything for soo long now and the comments here are all supporting them and getting super high ratings.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're just pretending to be an idiot.
ReplyDeleteOh, just the "nugus" who out sold YG's cash house, Big Bang.
ReplyDeleteAt the END yes, but the article is talking about their current records set for their TITLE SONGS.
ReplyDeleteShe did beat Busker Busker's record, she charted longer in #1 compared to Busker Busker's title song. Does that mean she sold more who fucking knows lol.
The article is simply acknowledging and informing them that she simply charted longer. It doesn't mean Hayi is more talented or is the best unlike what the netizen's comments posted posted above are so defensive about lol.
dude...think before u comment.lol.u sound so stupid right now.
ReplyDeleteBusker Busker is BIG in korea.
Oh so now all of sudden they don't like Lee Hi. Make up your damn mind.
ReplyDeleteI really think people should stop equating Netizens to one opinion as if it's Korea as a whole just changing their opinion like this.
ReplyDeleteIf you notice before the comments were from people who probably actually gave a shit about Lee Hi, and people who took the opportunity to make constant jabs at HyunA. The general public doesn't care for Kpop, but the general public does care about Busker Busker. They fucking love Busker Busker. So put Busker Buskers name on this article, and I don't care a about the people that are like "but it's a fact yadayad" this article was written to make her seem superior to Busker Busker- that's why the fans are upset, you get the general public as opposed to the portion that focuses on Kpop.
And it's not about liking her, but trying to make her look better and more successful than Busker Busker is what's pissing people off because she's not.
No one tried to maker her look better than Busker Busker. Because she did beat Busker Busker in charts that's no reason for people to start bringing out their pitchforks.
ReplyDeleteThe article isn't incorrect but that's not point nor the source of netizens' displeasure. It's the fact that Busker Busker was mentioned in the first place and that it's OSEN. They could've said that Lee Hi broke the record and just mention Busker Busker in the article, not in the title. Just from the title, that article was guaranteed to draw all the Busker Busker fans to it.
ReplyDeleteAre you blind or stupid? Busker Busker is the most successful rookie group of the year, Lee Hi surpassing them is something thats bound to make her seem superior when an article is written talking about how successful she is just coming out. It is an article designed to make her look better. And please, these aren't pitchforks, you're just sensitive. No one said she's not talented, they're saying she's not on Busker Buskers level.
ReplyDeleteI feel more inclined to give Busker Busker credit. Their debut just seemed more..."explosive" idk. Lee Hi's charting well but lbr it's only because she's in YG, from a famous show and with minimal competition rn. Let's see how she does when the heavy hitters come back.
ReplyDeleteI didn't say Busker Busker wasn't the most successful rookie group, but she did pass them, it would have been amazing for any rookie to pass Busker Busker. The same way it was amazing when PSY beat SNSD. No one's saying she's better or that she's going to be more successful than Busker Busker but the fact is she hasn't debuted that long ago and actually managed to beat Busker Busker in charts is shocking and something no one could expect.
ReplyDeleteHow the frick do you not know who Busker Busker is.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that this is coming out from OSEN and it involves comparing lee hi to busker busker to validate the former's success makes it more media play than just hype alone. She definitely needs a bit of hype to promote her new song, but given her proven success and the period of time that her song has been released, this kind of report isn't necessary at all.
ReplyDeleteit is very much necessary considering Busker Busker is the biggest rookie to come forth, and for another rookie to surpass their previous accomplishment it needs to be said in an informational report to include their name.
ReplyDeleteDa hell with Osen, if another news site reported it they'd still be pressed lmao
I don't like Busker Busker , I don't get the hype about them too.
ReplyDeletei don't think the comparison is accurate. Psy definitely made more of an impact than snsd ever did but it was completely expected for the general public. Mostly (international) kpop fans thought it was a surprise, but psy actually is more recognised amongst the public anw. The same goes for Busker Busker; Lee Hi ranked at #1 for a longer period of time with one song, but Busker Busker had way more songs rank in the top 10 for an extended period of time and are extremely influential
ReplyDeleteYG could have made an article about Lee Hi doing well on the charts without name dropping a popular artists, which the do quite often with the new idols.
ReplyDeleteWhen 2ne1 debuted they were always referred to as the female BIGBANG, their upcoming girl is described as YG-SNSD, and now they're trying to peg her to Busker Busker. It's cheeky and harmless, but you don't see any other idols riding on other established artists names.
I'm comparing PSY beating SNSD's record for wins and Lee Hi moving up above Busker Busker.
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to like them, they're really good that's the hype.
ReplyDeletesome articles said Yunho and Ara were dating
ReplyDeletehttp://koreaxing.com/article-856-1.html
some artocles say Yunho and Ara are dating.
ReplyDelete'The article said that Yunho and Ara have a like-sibling-relationship for long and just started dating for real since the early of this yr.
if you don't believe me, go to daum. U-Know Yunho is #1 trending followed by Go Ara. Same for nate and naver'
let's be real here, koreans are jizzing their pants over a white guy being in the band. otherwise no one would care for such a typical indie band.
ReplyDeleteLot's of Koreans like them though.
ReplyDeleteThey write, and produce their own songs, they're good singers live and also play instruments. So they basically shit on all of your oppas.
ReplyDeletethat's an old rumor, did SM confirm it now?
ReplyDeleteSM denied.
ReplyDeleteahh she just beat the longest consecutive no 1....
ReplyDeleteI thought she beat busker busker digital sales... she has chance if the song keep doing well in top 10 until year end
Umm..there's an interview before where Yang Hyun Suk stood up for Busker Busker. This was when inki wanted to change their system and YG agrees with it saying that "Busker Busker should have won but charts are now determined by the number of fans and not the quality of the music".
ReplyDeleteyg also call the new girl group 'future 2ne1'....
ReplyDeletehis new group get free publicity because yg snsd and future 2ne1 are the related search when you search snsd and 2ne1 on korean sites..
I know korean snsd fans don't like how yg use snsd name to promote his new girl group....
Baby V.O.X. Re.V was the next generation of Baby V.O.X., SNSD was the female version of Super Junior, Starship plans to produce a male version of Sistar, The Grace was the female version of DBSK, MBLAQ was known as "The group Rain created" for a long time, then there's The SEEYA. Everyone does it.
ReplyDeleteOMG @ forever butthurt SNSD fans. Build a bridge and get over it. YG said that exactly 1 time. He then went on to compare his new group to 2NE1 and gawd knows who else. Too bad the media took SNSD's title and ran with it instead. Also the feat is that LHY broke Busker's Busker's record itself which she did so why leave out Busker Busker out of it?
ReplyDeleteWouldn't count on it tbh. I bet in a few months, somehow nietz will find a way to hate them. That's if they don't fade into obscurity before that. Hmph. Korea.
ReplyDeleteBusker Busker is from a famous show too. Lee Hi is doing okay I guess. The article was never about who is the most powerful rookie anyway, just who charted #1 longest. But of course to Knietz: "YG is attacking Busker Busker oppars!!!! TT^TT". Tsk. And they think they are better than fan girls.
ReplyDeleteYG stans -__- SMH
ReplyDeleteGod, why do people still give AKP hits.
ReplyDeletelmao, stop. just because you don't know who they are doesn't mean no one else does.
ReplyDeletehave you even listen to busker2 song? who cares abt the white guy
ReplyDeleteits the song thats important
"8. [+86, -28] Her song wasn't even on the level of Busker Busker. I listened to it once and never thought of playing it again."
ReplyDeleteI like Lee Hi and I love her featuring song with Epik High but I did what this person did too...
I just listen to her song once and never actually listening to it again... the song is good, maybe not just my cup of tea...
funny how sooo many international fans r sooo inlove with her just cause she belongs to the YG family... she is good but yeah she can't be at busker busker level
ReplyDeleteCuz the article is "scandalous" and not like AKP readers know about this rivalry thing
ReplyDeleteKorean reporters and insiders know a lot more about celebs dating and other gossips but they don't publish everything. Zico and Hwayoung are not top stars so it's unlikely they will write about them unless they get photos and stuff.
ReplyDeleteBusker Busker will probably continue to get love. After all, they're male.
ReplyDeleteKorean reporters already knew about them dating. One reporter even wrote on his twitter that Hwayoung changed after meeting Zico. Fans knew it too. They're not writing about it because it's not news worthy not because they hate AKP (which is true though) Celebs date all the time reporters don't write about them every time. But I think KKS might play media with this to hurt Hwayoung (just like the reporter on twitter who works for KKS did)
ReplyDeleteactually, they care pretty much mostly on the vocalist's unique vocal.
ReplyDeletethey pick up wrong rivals...
ReplyDeleteI don't have oppas, I'm a boy, but thanks, to show that just because I hate your faves I''m a stupid fangirl -_-
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't.
ReplyDeleteI fiind them boring, being good is not enough to please ... they are like western hipster band.
ReplyDeleteBusker busker international fans are on fire here, lol, they act the same way elf acts when you bashed super junior!
ReplyDeleteit's funny, the groups are different but their fans are the same bumb fangirls/boys bullshit.
calm your tits all of you, busker stans. The article is right, so stop bashing a 16 yo singer just because she beats your oppars!!!! and stop being blind because your oppars are "the best rookies of the world " ~
dumb* fangirls/boys
ReplyDeleteWell.. it's everyones decision which music they like more.
ReplyDeleteI prefer HaYi's voice. I liked her from her first song at KPOPSTAR so.. well. :'D
I'm not saying they shouldn't have mentioned Busker Busker at all (though I said it could've been an option), I'm saying that it shouldn't have been mentioned in the TITLE because it looks like YG is trying to gloat over Lee Hi's accomplishments at the expense of Busker Busker. Mentioning them in the article is fine but why do it straight out the gate with a title like that? It just looks desperate.
ReplyDeleteThey'd probably still be pressed regardless of the site but the fact that it's OSEN rubs salt into the wound, so to speak.
Just a little bit of info, "Cherry Blossom Ending" is the second highest-selling single this year after Psy. So what were you saying about them being "nugus"? lol Okay.
ReplyDeleteIt was a bad call on their part
ReplyDeletestupid comment is stupid.
ReplyDeleteloling at you. Look, this article is about lee hi "beating" BuskerBusker on charts. The reason why a lot of korean likes them are beyond me, However, the netizens are right: Lee hi Might have broken their #1 record(?) but BuskerBusker managed to get 90% of their songs in the top 10 for a LONG time (which is something really hard to achive in Korea lately) plus, they're loved by a lot of people and didn't need all the publicity YG made for Lee Hi's debut...Netizens are entitled to post comments like these because of the obvious stupid mediaplay, plus none of them are denying her talent or anything....
ReplyDeleteThere's no point in comparing those two
My thoughts exactly, is not "busker busker stans causing a fuss" is actually about some people here implying that Lee Hi's superior(for whatever reasons, mostly because she's on YG's and thats what allkpop and most crappy sites like that one reports on) to Busker Busker and that netizens are totally wrong ant they're hating on Lee Hi or whatever... :/
ReplyDeleteI like how some people think they're opinion are FACTS instead of trying to find out what's the real situation.
To put it simply, they are popular because of their style Their music is like a modern version of Korean music BEFORE K-pop of today, before HOT and SES (idols of the 90s). Because K-pop is very influnced by Western music it does not appeal to many Koreans. They are not only popular among the young ones, but also among the older crowd, that also included people in their 50s.
ReplyDeleteThe k-pop industry consists of only 5% of the hallyu wave. So that means that the fandoms are actually smaller than what it seems and what we think as international fans. Now think that those k-poppers buy Busker Busker's music and those who are not interested in K-pop, plus the ahjummas and ahjussis. So yeah they are a hype because their music remind the people of Traditional Korean music, while Kpop reminds them of Western music that theyy dont identify with.
Wow... this was supposed to be short.
Of course Bzusker Busker are better. Lee Hi is still a little girl who just do what the CEO of YG tells her while Busker Busker write and compose their own songs...but maybe she will be able to do the same in 4 or 5 years
ReplyDeletei honestly think her song was just so-so
ReplyDeleteBusker Busker is chock full of sincerity, and indeed a refreshing take on music without going over the top dramatic like Kpop groups. This is from a BEAST fan.
ReplyDeleteI just think if korea likes indie music more, there has to be a reason why. Don't be so small minded to dismiss indie bands just because they aren't AWESOME and EXPLOSIVE and all CAPSLOCK DRAMATIC. Music is music. It's a universal celebration. Sometimes I think people forget this and get all possessive.