Tickets, Tours, And Turmoil

The room went electric the moment we said it: BTS are back on a world tour. From the first joyful scream to the last anxious refresh of a frozen queue, we ride the full wave—routing surprises, seat-hunting, and the complicated mix of elation and disappointment rippling through ARMY right now. We celebrate landing tickets after seven long years without a full group show and get honest about the fans who couldn’t. No gloating here—just empathy, perspective, and a plea to starve the reseller machine by sticking to face-value swaps.

The conversation widens to a busy live calendar. We track rising momentum for XG, Stray Kids goals, and Monsta X realities amid enlistments. Festival buzz from Japan showcases veteran names and fresh discoveries, while WEST does the most WEST thing ever with a short-notice free street live that turned a cold night into a shared legend. If you’re planning your concert year, we offer practical advice on prioritizing your true faves, and avoiding the FOMO trap that drains your wallet and your joy.

We also tackle the darker side of fandom culture. SM Entertainment’s legal push against malicious posts, defamation, and AI deepfakes isn’t just corporate PR—it’s a necessary guardrail for human beings under constant scrutiny. We talk ethical fan behavior, why “just jokes” aren’t harmless, and how communities can protect artists without feeding outrage cycles. Plus, a quick PSA on staggered streaming rollouts for behind-the-scenes content: set reminders, be patient, and dodge spoilers as best you can.

If live music gave you life before 2020, this year feels like it’s giving it back with interest. Join us for tour strategy, industry insight, and a reminder that joy scales when care does too. If you love the show, tap follow, leave a five-star review, and share this episode with a friend who needs ticket karma.

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:20

Welcome everybody to another episode of Music Elixir with me, Satter She and Miss Did Japanic.

SPEAKER_01 0:30

Today said rants and rambling.

SPEAKER_02 0:32

Yes, indeedy.

SPEAKER_01 0:33

Just a little bit of what's going on. Um, not major things, but exciting things. Like BTS.

SPEAKER_02 0:44

I don't think they heard you.

SPEAKER_01 0:45

BTS.

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A little louder. PTS.

SPEAKER_01 0:50

Woohoo! Oh my god. Bang! Dun. Son nyan dun. Okay. Uh-uh. Sarah and I are we're so celebrating. We are celebrating so heavily. That's what I'm gonna say. Because I I really don't want to rub it in. No, no, definitely not. There's plenty, there's plenty on the socials out there, people rubbing it in.

SPEAKER_02 1:22

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:22

And of course the people who couldn't get tickets are yeah, salty.

SPEAKER_02 1:27

I was gonna say salty. So well, for you know, there's just as many like angry they didn't get them, and I don't know, I deserved them more as there are people who are like, yeah, we got our tick. You know what I mean? So there's you know, both sides of the coin there. Yep. The super happy, the super happy, even though they didn't get it, they're happy you did, and then there's the angry we didn't get them, and the angry because we don't feel like anybody else deserved them, kind of you know what I mean. Right. So it's like, whoo, there's a lot of emotions out there swirling around the whole BTS concert.

SPEAKER_01 2:06

Oh yes.

Mapping The World Tour Chaos

SPEAKER_02 2:07

Tour. Tour, I should say. Not just concert, multiple concerts, the tour.

SPEAKER_01 2:12

World tour, girl. Yes, world tour. Yeah. And look we were looking at the schedule, and it's like, oh my god, they're going here and then there and then here and there and here and there, and it's like all over the place. Because it's not like kind of in order on if you Yeah, and it's it's very strange.

SPEAKER_02 2:29

Uh-huh. I think I said right they're starting in Tampa. Yeah. So they're starting Florida and then going to California and Las Vegas, and then they're going to Europe.

SPEAKER_01 2:41

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 2:41

And then they're coming back, and they're doing like New Jersey. Foxboro. Boston in the house. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:49

Yum. We've been saying this. We've been putting it out there in the universe for them. And guess what? It happens. Yes. Woohoo. There was a lot of yelling for that one. Come on, universe. The boys over here, Gelay Stadium. Come on. Yeah. Come on. It's big enough. Come on.

SPEAKER_02 3:11

They can do it. Yeah. I I did a whole big speech on how many people it holds, how close it is to the airport. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, and then they're going to Canada, then Chicago, and back to California, I think. Oh, Texas, somewhere in there. Yep. Mexico. I mean, you know, yeah. They're they're jumping around. Plus, they're going to be apparently doing um South American tour.

SPEAKER_01 3:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 3:39

So wow. From what I saw, the dates are extending out into 2027. Yeah. So they're going to be on the road for a long time.

SPEAKER_01 3:48

Oh yes. Oh yes. This is crazy. It's a is a wow. I'm kind of glad they went to the military because what they're gonna that training, I'm hoping that they're using the training from the military to what they're gonna be experiencing in this world tour. I know, right? You know?

SPEAKER_02 4:09

Um Wow. You know, and I mean they're all they're all four or five years older now, you know. Four years older and like not that age makes a huge difference, but like the older you get, the less you really wanna be, you know, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:28

Doing the same kind of when you antics and energy that gin is sassy because we have seen how sassy this this boy is. I think this tour is gonna even gonna make him extra sassy or just be aware. You know, he's been away from the rest of the guys for quite some time. Now they're back all together again. So you know these shenanigans that they they like to get into. Um especially with the younger members. Sugar is like what I have seen. He's just like sitting there, like, I'm here. I'm alright. I'm just doing my thing.

SPEAKER_02 5:11

Well, exactly. He is. He's like, I showed up. I'm here. I'm okay. I guess if you want me to do some dancing, I will.

SPEAKER_01 5:19

Yeah, but you know, I know he was so happy, he's like, I'm not doing any dancing on my tour, I'm not dancing.

SPEAKER_02 5:29

Well, Jim sort of didn't really either on his. It was much more the only one who went all out was J Hope. He was oh my god, all about the dance, but you know, which we didn't get to see.

SPEAKER_01 5:46

So I feel you, Army, those who could not get tickets, you know, we couldn't get tickets to see J Hope, and we were just like, ugh, you know? Yeah. So I we feel you. We've been there, we've done that, I get it. But I am so happy we get to see them again. I know.

SPEAKER_00 6:03

Oh my god.

Ticketmaster Stress And Anti-Scalping Plea

SPEAKER_01 6:04

I know. So I was telling Sarah because on my I guess uh history or whatever they Facebook likes to do, I have said yeah, the memories. Memories. I uh posted back on January 21st of 2020 that we got tickets to see that tour. Um Soul. Map of the Soul, yeah. Map of the Soul. And then all of a sudden, that pops. I'm like, oh now I got the picture for this one. So I'm like, guess what? What what?

SPEAKER_02 6:39

You know? Well, because we got ripped off with that because of COVID. That cut that tour never happened, you know, for us.

SPEAKER_01 6:47

So I was like, so like, man. I'm like, can can you just keep our tickets?

SPEAKER_02 6:54

So so other than seeing Sugar solo and Jin solo, right? It's been seven years since we saw BTS. Yeah. Seven years exactly. Yeah. Because we did we went in 2019.

SPEAKER_01 7:08

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 7:09

And we were all set to go 2020.

SPEAKER_01 7:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 7:12

Ugh. The year that ruined so many things.

SPEAKER_01 7:15

Yeah. Oh my god. Seven members, seven years?

SPEAKER_02 7:18

Yeah, that's why that's why I'm saying it's been seven years since we saw them. Oh yeah. Damn. I don't I don't count the solo stuff because it's a solo. Yeah, this is like BTS. This is BTS. This is the BTS. Yes. Oh, girl. So excited. And the fact that they're here.

SPEAKER_01 7:42

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 7:42

Oh, yeah. In our hometown. You know?

SPEAKER_01 7:46

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 7:47

I mean, we we had no problem. We we went to East Rutherford, New Jersey. Yeah. We've been there. Yeah. We traveled the three and a half hours to to go stay down there and see how.

SPEAKER_01 8:04

You're welcome. All right. So now they're just bringing it home. Yes, bringing it home. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:11

So excited. Girl.

SPEAKER_01 8:13

I can't wait.

SPEAKER_02 8:14

I know, right? Oh my gosh. Well, in the first night, because I I did a little sneak peek onto the uh Ticketmaster before we started this because I just wanted to see how how the sales were going. And it's the first night is definitely like seats away from being totally sold out.

SPEAKER_01 8:32

By the time this gets released, it's gotta be sold out. That's true. It's gone. Please do not help those resellers. I know it's gonna suck. Oh, I know. Please. Just don't. It's just that's gotta stop, girl. That gotta stop. The whole reselling BS. Mm-hmm. Just gotta it just have to stop.

SPEAKER_02 8:51

Well, and plus like sites that cause the the day I was getting our tickets, it was the Army presale. And there were already other sites, other ticket vendors selling tickets and like at outrageous prices. So I don't even know how they're getting those tickets to sell to people. Like it's just very weird to me. But I I was like, whoa, no. As much as like everybody's like, oh, evil ticket master, go through them. Some something about ticket sales has to well, we've talked about this before. Oh no, we've always talked about it. If you're gonna resell them, it should be it should have to be that you can only sell it for the price you paid. Yeah. Because even with some of the people, you know, the salty and the not salty people on Twitter and Instagram and everything, like when someone's like, Oh, I have an extra ticket for wherever, and people are jumping on them, being like, Why would you why did you buy three tickets if you didn't need three tickets? Like what because it's not saying like like one of them, I accidentally bought three tickets. How do you accidentally buy three tickets if you were only trying to buy two? That's BS. You know, like if you're like, I bought tickets, but my friend bought tickets, I'm selling mine at face value, then that's fine. But this is like people buying extra to, you know.

SPEAKER_01 10:16

Yeah, to sell something to sell. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 10:18

Cause she, oh yeah, one of them was like, I bought three tickets and I'm selling one to cover the cost of coming out here.

SPEAKER_01 10:24

And someone's like, Oh my god. Right.

SPEAKER_02 10:27

And someone was like, Why didn't you just not buy the third ticket and use that money to get yourself out there?

unknown 10:33

You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 10:35

Because it's true.

SPEAKER_01 10:37

Why buy the, you know, it's like, oh, this is my side hustle. I just buying tickets and resell them. What?

SPEAKER_02 10:42

Yeah, yeah. I was like, you're brave putting that on social media because people are gonna rip you apart.

SPEAKER_01 10:50

Somebody's gonna find your house, they find gonna find where you live, where you work, and they're gonna pick it out there and be like, Lizette, you're making it worse. Yeah, yeah, it's making it worse. No, it's no, no, exactly.

SPEAKER_02 11:05

But so many places have sold out. Vegas added another one, or maybe two, because I thought they originally only had two, but maybe they had three and they added a fourth. I don't know, but California added another one, Tampa added another one.

SPEAKER_01 11:21

Stanford, yeah, they added a few.

SPEAKER_02 11:23

I know Toronto is gunning for them to announce another one there because Toronto sold out like instantly, much the way New Jersey did. Like that one was gone, gone, daddy, gone. And that's because they feed a lot of the area surrounding them. Right. As far as like people, what's closest to me? Whoop, there I go. So the struggle is real though, people. We yeah, we feel for you.

SPEAKER_01 11:54

Sarah won the award, she was the only one with the pre-sale thing up. We're like, you got this, Sarah, you got this. Well, we woke up that day chanting BTS, BTS, BTS, BTS.

SPEAKER_02 12:07

I mean, I seriously I took the day off from work so I could just be home and ready. Because I'm like, I don't want to be trying to remember, I gotta log in and whatever, you know. Nope, forget it. I'm just gonna sit my butt at home and wait. Right. And it paid off. I was a little panicked at first when mine plays in queue. I was like, oh god, if everybody had me buys four tickets, oh, we'll be cutting it close. But luckily, it seemed like people were only buying two. So because those were the real fans. Well, we're the real fans. Yeah, no. Got us the tickets.

SPEAKER_01 12:48

I know. Four of us are gone. You were the one holding. Well, right, yeah, yeah. You know, but like the other people, you know, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 12:55

Anyway, oh yeah, no, I get what you're saying.

SPEAKER_01 12:56

Like, yeah, like the person who I'm buying, my travel, my expenses. I can pay my expenses. I was like, really? Wow. Get a better job.

Seven Years Since Seeing BTS

SPEAKER_02 13:07

When I ever read that, I was like, ooh, get a better job. Like, why would you even say that? I mean, I guess you know, they wanted to be honest and upfront, but like, yeah, but you know what? You just say one of my crew dropped out, I have a spare ticket to sell. Exactly. Oh, man, but oh, some of the that lady, my husband Jin is coming to town.

SPEAKER_01 13:29

Oh my god, that was awesome. I like that. She was so funny. She's like, I'm 69 years old, and my husband Jin is coming. I'm gonna go see him. I was like, wow.

SPEAKER_02 13:46

I don't know how he's her husband when he's my boyfriend. You know, I saw that, and I'm like, mm, Jin has a wife.

SPEAKER_01 13:57

Your boyfriend has a wife.

SPEAKER_00 14:02

Oh man. I know everybody out there, you know, have their own boyfriend or husband, whatever of DTS, their child or whatever.

SPEAKER_01 14:14

We have adopted this group. We love them so much.

SPEAKER_02 14:19

They're all amazing. So they are. I'm so looking forward to this.

SPEAKER_01 14:24

Oh girl. It's gonna be awesome. Like we have all the shows coming, but I'm like, BTS, BTS! Like, I want to see them already.

SPEAKER_02 14:37

Well, you know, because it's it's big. We've been waiting and waiting, you know.

SPEAKER_03 14:42

Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_02 14:44

That whole 2020, that year, we had so many good shows lined up and none of them happened.

SPEAKER_01 14:52

But didn't Arashi. Exactly. Out of she was planning to come to the US to do a tour or at least a show.

unknown 15:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 15:02

We'd have got we would have gone to California if that was the only place they were gonna play. Outta gone. Outta gone.

SPEAKER_03 15:08

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_02 15:08

That's so that's what I mean. 2020 does gip justice so many good shows.

SPEAKER_01 15:13

Exactly.

SPEAKER_02 15:14

We still got the Monster X tickets.

SPEAKER_01 15:16

Oh my god. I had the primo seats for Monster X. Now, when they announce the tour, my friend, are we gonna try and go see what's left? Because I am is going in. He just announced he's enlistment. Enlistment, yeah. So he's not gonna be partaking there. He was the only one that's not gonna be partaking, right? Or is there somebody else that is not?

SPEAKER_02 15:41

No, the the other others will be there.

SPEAKER_01 15:43

So it it it uh yeah.

SPEAKER_02 15:47

Well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

SPEAKER_01 15:50

Yeah. Also, XG. Oh, yes, and you know, they made an announcement tour. So the North America tour, they still have it blank. It's just saying coming soon. I can't wait to see this girls. They went to um, what is it, the not MSG, but it's like the the amphitheater that is underneath the uh Madison Square Garden.

SPEAKER_02 16:11

Yeah, I I don't know what it's called. It used to be the Hulu Theater. Right. Which that's where we saw Master Heck.

SPEAKER_01 16:18

Yeah, girl, please. And um, yeah, so they're the T word they're gonna be landing this time. So I can't wait. I'm I'm looking. My favorite family is like, I'm looking too. I'm paying attention, you know, to that to the dates because I they do they want to see them as well. Yeah. Uh yeah. That's another one that they're coming. The girls are police, they are taking the world. The world. They're so I mean, come on, why not? They're amazing.

SPEAKER_02 16:51

Yeah, they are.

SPEAKER_01 16:52

They're very when they came out. I was like, yeah, this is a group that you really want to pay attention to.

SPEAKER_02 16:59

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 17:00

They are just definitely extraordinary. Love, love, love, love. Um, what other tours that were also gonna be announced for this year? Straight kids.

SPEAKER_02 17:11

Yes.

Friends, FOMO, And Choosing Your Shows

SPEAKER_01 17:12

Family and our friend are like, because you yeah. You know, we put include the friend in there, but they're like, no, I cannot, I'm not really that. I just started getting into K-pop. I'm not that familiar with with BTS. Like, but I really want straight kids. I'm like, okay. So we do in the movie that they're um showing. Um so the friend's gonna be saving their money for straight kids. So now that the family's been like, oh man, maybe and showing off all the stuff, now the friend is like, man, I should have just went. I should've just go for it. I'm like, no, don't no. I mean, when when you're in army, you're an army, and you're and we are gonna be like spending and we're gonna be doing things, and this is just your first time you're really not that into BTS. No, yeah, you don't want no, no.

SPEAKER_02 18:08

It's not a casual, yeah, kinda, you know, oh let's see. Like who's gonna be playing somewhere this weekend? Well, maybe I'll go check it out. Yeah, that's not you're gonna be in there with like hardcore fans.

New Tours: XG, Stray Kids, Monsta X

SPEAKER_01 18:22

Yeah, like don't yeah, don't break your bank because you you're feeling FOMO. Yeah, yeah. Save it for straight kids because that's that's their main focus. They're like, I lost three kids, I lost three kids. I'm like, okay, just you know, keep keep you keep your eye there, then dive into PTS here and there, you know. If you feel like, oh man, if they do another tour, I wanna go, then definitely. Exactly, yeah. So yes, yes, yes, yes. But uh although what other tours are gonna come? Um at least our favorites and all the ones that we know are gearing up to tour. Yes, so and we're gearing up to see them. Oh my god, yes. So Sarah and I just did recorded a um or um launch, a music episode where we had Alpha Drive 1. We talked about their song Freak Alarm. And um, I know we recorded on January 24th in with just looking some news to talk about for the Ransom Rambling, besides us having tickets for BTS. And uh actually, this is I'm gonna read something from Soompy that it was released on January 22nd, that Alpha Drive's agency has shared an update regarding member Arno's recent absence from the group's schedule activities. Um, Arno has been taking part of uh Alpha Drive once performance-related schedules on a limited uh basis after sustaining a fracture uh from from a fall on the stairs. Oh wow, poor guy.

SPEAKER_02 20:13

And they just debut did just they just drop a debut song on the 12th of January, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:18

Yeah, like and now this uh poor guy.

SPEAKER_02 20:22

I know, damn. So what's like yeah, well that's just it's crazy, right? Mm-hmm. Just debuted, they've been doing some performances here and there, you know, getting themselves out there, and like bang, nope, someone's already like down for the count.

SPEAKER_01 20:39

Mm-hmm. Oh god. And also the group takes the first ever win on the show, um, show champion with the song Freak Alarm. Yeah, so you know, they started gaining momentum, and then this happens.

SPEAKER_02 20:52

Yeah, that's like wow.

SPEAKER_01 20:54

We want him to get better. Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_02 20:57

Definitely.

SPEAKER_01 20:58

So we're keeping an eye on that and sending him some healing vibes. Mm-hmm. Recovery quickly. Yeah, poor guy. Also, two days ago, KCon Japan 2026 announced their first lineup. Ooh, oh yes. Now we missed K-Con. We went what 2017? 2018? 2019. Oh, 2019. It was 2019. 2019. I'm like, it's here I got my tattoo. They did K Con New York, and we enjoyed that so much. And then all of a sudden, you know what happened? And now we're like, are they ever coming up here? Because the last one was was in LA, and everybody was just like, ew, not good. So yeah, no, there was a lot of complaints for KCO the last one last year.

SPEAKER_02 21:50

That was well, that was the one people camping out, right? And for days, weeks. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:57

No, it's that's crazy. So on January 22nd, CJ E and M unveil the first lineup for K Cant Japan 2026, including An Team, Alpha Drive 1, Curtis, I and I, J O One, and TWS. So I play more than cool. Yeah, which they actually came to New York. Completely missed that one. I don't know how we completely missed that one. No, you can't get can't get them all.

SPEAKER_02 22:33

You can try, but you can't get them all.

AlphaDrive1 Injury And KCON Japan News

SPEAKER_01 22:36

So ahead of the first lineup announcement, KCon announced that the dates for this year's convention in Japan and LA, KCon Japan 2026 will take place from May 8th to 10th, to the 10th at the Makuhari Mese. And KCon LA will be will take place from August 14th to 16th. Okay. Near New York. So it's gonna be LA again. Yeah. It's gonna be either Japan or LA. Alright. So if we wanna do K Con, it has to be LA. Unless we wanna go to Japan and do our thing. You know?

SPEAKER_02 23:21

Well we'll we'll see how this year goes for us. How's that? Oh yeah. Oh, P1 Harmony confirms plans for a March comeback. Oh, that's cool. It's just a very short little blurb. They're gonna be putting out a new new album. Alright. Hey, well, that means a tour, too.

SM’s Legal Action Against Malicious Posts

SPEAKER_01 23:42

Yeah. Yes, yes, yes. Now SM Entertainment just takes legal action against specific X users, X Twitter for malicious posts targeting Espa, Rise, and NCT Wish. Wow. Yes. That was announced on uh um January 20th. I'm reading again a article from Zoomy. Oh, they even post the people's accounts. Oh, really? Yes. Oh, they main business. SM is like, uh so. Hello, this is SM Entertainment. I'm reading it from verbatim. Uh we have recently confirmed that some users on X, formerly Twitter, have been continuously and repeatedly posting malicious content regarding our artist, including spreading false information, defationation, sexual harassment, personal attacks, insult, and invasion of privacy. Oh these illegal actions have caused significant mental distress to our artist, of course. To strictly address these acts and protect the rights of our artists, we are proceeding with criminal complaints. Yes. Based on valuable reports from fans submitted through K Wang and materials collected via our own monitoring. We carefully review posts and attach images from X accounts. In particular, in collaboration with the law firms Shin and Kim, we have field complaints with investigated authorities against a total of 11 accounts that have consistently posted malicious content regarding Espa, RISE, and NCT Wish. These accounts, including X users, M Gorilla, they're putting everything in me, Nima, you she, and of course, I'm not saying the account numbers, plus they're also taking some out. Uh Kiju, I'm not gonna repeat, not gonna say every, but among others. So they're already posting out there publicly the accounts that have been they're gonna be targeted. In addition to this current round of filings, we are reviewing malicious posts on various social media platforms targeting our other artists apart from Espa Rice and SCT Wish. We are preparing additional criminal complaints and plan to continuously expand the scope of our legal actions. We are also securing extensive evidence regarding the creation and distribution of malicious rumors, false information, mocking, contemptuous, or sexual vulgar post. Oh I girl, I have you know you I have seen those. You have seen, come on, you have any oh geez, and distorted content such as deep fakes across various platforms, not just X, oh yeah, but also DC Inside, Neighbor, Don Cafe, Nate Pond, Inst it these are not my they're probably not even around here. No, definitely not LB Park, FM Korea, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. So there's some platforms out in Asia that we just don't know and know about. So but of course the ones that we know are also being monitored. We plan to continue taking strict legal action without leniency through a series of criminal complaints and civil claims. In 2026, SM Entertaining will continue to prioritize the protection of our artist rights and interest and make every effort in all areas. We ask for the continued interest and cooperation of our fans. Thank you.

SPEAKER_02 28:20

Well, this has been happening a lot all over the music industry. People because especially now with AI stuff, because when they're talking about like the deep fakes and stuff, AI making all these, you know, fake pictures of people doing bad things or you know, couples that shouldn't be together. You know, I mean just everything. We have said this countless numbers of times. If you don't like a group, just don't like them. Why do you have to like badmouth them, post awful things about them, spread rumors, make threats? Like what what why stick with your faves, promote your faves, like put all that effort and energy into actually doing something good for the artists you do like? If you don't want to listen to, you know, NCT's music, don't. Why do you have to say anything bad? If you don't like girl groups and don't want to listen to Asp, but don't. But why do you have to badmouth them? You know, I think this is good. The companies are like standing behind their artists and saying this has got to stop because again, the whole AI and and deep fake stuff is out of control.

SPEAKER_01 29:34

It is out of control. Out of control, definitely.

SPEAKER_02 29:37

You know, there's so many things people are like, oh, check out this new photo, and then it's like everyone's like, that's fake. That was an AI thing, it's not really them, you know. Even people who are like trying to promote their faves are falling for these things. So, you know, at least you're trying to do something good, but still it's unreal. But just, you know, let these artists are people. We talked about this in another another thing. They are people too, they have feelings, they have friends, family who are watching these things and seeing this happen. You know, exactly. Just why do you have to put so much effort into to hate and negativity? Like channel it somewhere else. Exactly. Channel it somewhere good.

SPEAKER_01 30:21

Even if you're, you know, even if you're targeting whoever it is, and maybe the you know, the talent is like whatever, their families are the ones also suffering because you know, parents, maybe they, you know, you know, uncle, whoever it is, their families are also like worried about their loved one. So you might be thinking that you're just like, oh yeah, I'm just saying trash about blah blah blah. But that also hurts their family. Because even like I said, maybe the with the whoever you're giving hate to might be like, whatever, I don't give an F. But their families do.

SPEAKER_02 31:00

Yeah, like exactly.

SPEAKER_01 31:02

You know, you're worrying people that are, you know, they're bystanders, they're not they're they're innocent. They're like, we don't want you to hurt. What about this? You know, you're also stressing people that just like not part of your, you know, you're hating to. It's stupid. Exactly. It's so stupid. So, you know, I'm very glad that SM is publicly putting every person that they're gonna be like, we're after your ears.

SPEAKER_02 31:25

We're putting them on blast. They are oh my god, watch out for this, you know. Dang, like I said, a lot of companies are doing that now, yeah, and that's awesome. And a lot of lawyers are gonna be busy.

Boundaries, AI Deepfakes, And Fan Conduct

SPEAKER_01 31:39

These lawyers are being like, Yeah, yeah, yeah. What is it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. What it yeah, these lawyers are like, we can do you know how many bidding wards are gonna be out there from lawyers? I know, right? They're being like, Oh, I know you're with fit. We you were firm, blah blah blah, but you know, we can do this for you. We have a team specialty, you know?

SPEAKER_02 32:02

Yes, exactly. They're gonna set up teams just for that. Exactly. They're gonna be people out, yeah. And I'm not saying I'm not saying you can't voice your opinion. Like, if you don't like their song, you know, that's fine. But don't like don't totally trash everybody and get personal about it. Just be like, their music's not for me. But that's just like you're entitled to your opinion, yeah. But like your opinion that someone else is just not worth anything is not a good opinion to be sp you know what I mean? There's a difference between opinion and just being mean and nasty, you know.

SPEAKER_01 32:39

Besides the hate girl, there's also sexual harassment. Oh yeah, no, you know, that's just as creepy, you know, as bad. You know, like like we always say we like somebody and they're cute and whatever, and or they could be hot and whatnot, but I mean sexually harassment? Like oh yeah, I mean, we just but the only thing we go beyond is like, oh my god, they're just very hot. Yeah, you know, or they're very cute.

SPEAKER_02 33:04

Yeah, exactly. I'm done, but we're not sending them personal things in bail. No, or just publicly what I want to do with, you know, yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 33:13

We're not publicly saying what I'm gonna do with you, you know? That's just yeah, no, I'm just like, whoa, that's just right.

SPEAKER_02 33:20

Actually, there was um recently a couple of idols had issues with they were doing, you know, like the the live fan meet stuff or whatever. Or anytime any of the idols, like say on Weaverse, they go on and they do lives and stuff. Like the comments that people send them, first of all, you're on a a public platform, so like everybody else sees these inappropriate comments too. Right.

SPEAKER_01 33:46

But like it's not funny.

SPEAKER_02 33:47

No, it's not funny. And you don't as much as you know these artists because you follow them and you you don't know them. You can't, even if you're just joking about, you know, something, you don't know them in a way to joke about that. Like you don't just meet someone to the the first time and be like, hey, what I'd like to do with you, you know, unless you're a creep.

SPEAKER_01 34:13

That's just creep, exactly.

SPEAKER_02 34:15

You know, that's just you'll be in a creep. So so again, this whole idea that you're online and anonymous, well, you're not. Oh yeah. It's just bad. So, you know, just because you think you can hide behind your fake name, exactly. It's just unnecessary. It's unnecessary. Wow, you know? Yeah. But yeah, there was I I can't remember who it was, but he was like on a lot, he was like, I think I'm gonna end this now because I like it was just inappropriate comment after inappropriate comment, and he was like, I'm done, you know, and all you're doing is spoiling this good thing for everybody. Yeah, because this is amazing that your artists want to go live and tell you about their day and interact with you and read a comment that you know you just got a new cat, and they're like, Oh, that's awesome for you, yay! You know, what did you name it? But like that's just ah yeah, people, you know, reel it in, rein it in, calm down. What's wrong with you? Yeah, you know, like I mean, we got our De Lulu theater, but like we oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 35:27

We always started. It's usually not explicit. Yeah, no, that's no. I mean, our Delulu theaters are comical.

unknown 35:37

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 35:38

Or Delulu for a reason. But like, yeah, keep the so I'm glad about that. And I'm glad that you know SM have exposed those targeting and like, oh yeah, this is what's gonna happen to you.

SPEAKER_02 35:52

Well, and the fact that they put some of the names out there for everybody to see, yeah. You're gonna be canceling your X subscribe like account because people are gonna come find you on X just to be like, you are a bad person. Yep. Oh yeah. But oh my god, wow, that's ridiculous. Yeah, yeah, unnecessary again. Like I say, you don't like somebody, you just forget about it.

SPEAKER_01 36:21

Exactly. But if you love them, please don't love them that much, you know? Yeah. That's not really love them. Yeah, don't be like, yeah, awful. So thank you, SM, for doing that for your talents. Also Starto, because Starto had that issue with the um they made that announcement on the their countdown on the Starto2 move that they were going after those people who were so thank you to also Starto do the same thing and all those companies who are doing the same thing too. So Hive is doing the same thing. You know, these companies are like, that's it. You know what this is an entertainment company. This is not putting people out there for you like fantasized to you want to date or married.

SPEAKER_02 37:02

Well, I mean they do put them out there for that reason, but not for you to be like insane about it and commenting and you know this is entertainment, they're talented. Like me joking about the lady ball. The lady claiming Jin's her husband, but he's my boyfriend, you know. Yeah, I mean that's a I'm just joking. It's funny. That's different than being like you're mine, or you know, exactly. Like, okay. Actually, you know what? You reminded me of something too with the startow and startow to move.

SPEAKER_01 37:37

We we wanted to let people know because we had talked about we talked about the Netflix episode that's coming out, the uh the behind the scenes. Um, just to let you just to remind you that not everybody's gonna be seeing that behind the scenes at the same time. Right.

Netflix Rollouts And Starto Reminders

SPEAKER_02 37:54

You know, it's getting released to select areas on the 30th, but the rollout will probably be, you know, sort of like at the end of January, at least for us. Well, you figure the countdown happened like a week later for us. That's true.

SPEAKER_01 38:09

So maybe so keep an eye on your Netflix account. Yeah. Because that's what I was doing.

SPEAKER_02 38:14

I was keeping an eye on it, and then when I saw it bookmarked or what it's like, remind me, and I'm like, yes, you know.

SPEAKER_01 38:22

So the same thing. If you have a Netflix account, just keep an eye on it. And when it pops up, it's like, hey, we noticed that you saw started to move. Here's the next episode. So it's like, yeah, yeah, I'm in. So do that for yours, you know. With I know we I know you all know. Come on. Well, we were already like, oh, I can't wait to see what happened behind the scenes. Oh, yeah, I can't wait. I can't wait to see that. The Christian Manigans. It'll be on. I wanna see that the senpai's what are they doing to their Kohis and the juniors or whatever's in there. Yeah, it's gonna be cool.

SPEAKER_02 39:03

But we just when you said startow, I was like, oh, we gotta remind people. So if you don't see it on the 30th, don't be like, they lied, it's not happening. Exactly. Just check your local listening listings, you know. Because we forget not everything happens for in our bubble.

SPEAKER_01 39:22

We think everybody runs the same time as we do. We'll apologize about that again. We are your the crazy besties.

SPEAKER_02 39:33

We just get excited about things and we want to share, and then you know, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 39:38

So yeah, especially that one.

SPEAKER_02 39:40

Just keep an eye out for it.

SPEAKER_01 39:41

I can't wait for the chaos because you know it's a chaos back there. All right, anyways, what else is going on? I know I was I saw something about Fukuoka having a music festival, then then now we're like, dang it. Like, I wish we could be there.

SPEAKER_02 40:01

I know, right?

Japan Festival Highlights And Rising Acts

SPEAKER_01 40:02

You know, especially for a lot of bands that we like, so that's pretty cool. So um reading something from Oregon, that's where I found out the uh Fuku Wolf uh Fukuoka festival. I was wanted to do like a mesh of the name. So um, which already the day one of the uh performers already started on uh day one was on January 24th, which already ended and done. Uh but on that day they had the oro cigarettes, which we have talked about them. Cold rain, Sakura Zaka 46, Chavon, Novelbride, um Haruka, me, Rai, People One. Let's see, other ones that we also count. Blue Count, we like that one. Maxim on the hormone. Yes. Now, Maxim on the Hormone came to the United States many, many, many years ago, and I haven't seen them to come back. Man with a mission. Also, they came to Boston, which I completely completely missed that one. I was not feeling well. But then on the second day, we have Ano Alessandro's, which is another group that we're very familiar and like Kitani, Tatsuya, Cutie Street, which by the way apparently is very popular. I have not checked it out yet. This one that I want to look at in.

SPEAKER_02 41:19

Well, I think that was um when the West Festa happened on New Year's. They did one of their songs. Really? Remember, I was when I was talking about and I was like, it was the cutie street something, and I was like, there you go.

SPEAKER_01 41:33

So they must be, yes, in the gaining popularity and being recognized by so we need to listen cutie street because I've been seeing it here and there and I have not listened to the music yet. No, um creepy notes.

SPEAKER_02 41:48

So unless unless there's something else that is also cutie street, but I'm making that connection that it's probably what the West was doing. Because how many things are cutie street? You know what I'm saying?

SPEAKER_01 42:00

No, no.

SPEAKER_02 42:01

So don't unless it's a term. Yeah, that could be. Okay. But they were dressing up as female idols and performing, so it's sort of you know, hey.

SPEAKER_01 42:11

Alright, so maybe Yeah, I have no knowledge of what cutie street is. I've just been seeing cutie street around. I gotta check it out. Creepy knots are gaining momentum. Uh creep hype, I've never heard of them. Go go vanillas. This is another one who are being around for quite some time. Uh Sumika, this is last. My hair is bad. I like the name of that group. I want to check it out. Uh Marcy and Rip Slime. Yes. So this is another awesome Japanese festival out there that we cannot attend. You know? This is like if you are out there, check it out. Well, not check it out because it's already done by the time you you listen to this. But you're doing what I did. I know, but this is a really cool lineup.

SPEAKER_02 42:58

Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, cutie street is an eight-member female idol group. Mmm. So under the Kawhi Lab project. So so like I said, I I'm not a hundred percent sure, but my assumption would be Cutie Street doesn't seem like a they were performing, so anyway. But hey, speaking of West Yes, my brush. They apparently on the 23rd of January did a free live concert, West special Street Live, thrilling 4,000 people. This is also from Oricon, um, who gathered at the venue. This was the group's first free live concert to celebrate the release of West's first digital single, Ayushu, and their twelfth album, Yui Mooney. Concert began at 6, but the announcement was made only 45 minutes before the show started. That is so West. Right. They announced it. I mean, a lot of people apparently showed up though. Huh. That's pretty cool. They did say that it was very cold. Oh.

SPEAKER_01 44:09

But they performed anyway. I wonder what was the temperature over there.

WEST’s Surprise Free Live

SPEAKER_02 44:13

I don't have my phone with well, the the article says um, yeah, this was West's first historic free live concert. And uh Takahiro said it's cold, it's cold. But however, as the concert progressed, the temperature in both their bodies and their hearts began to rise, and before they knew it, the members had shed their heavy coats one after another and were delivering an emotional performance.

SPEAKER_01 44:39

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_02 44:40

I know, right? I like that would have been so cool. Imagine you were just walking around Shinjuku and all of a sudden West appears.

SPEAKER_01 44:50

It's right there singing, and you're gonna be like, What?

SPEAKER_02 44:54

So that's awesome. That's like so cool. And like you said, it's such a West thing to do. It is. We're so random.

SPEAKER_01 45:01

We're just gonna We're just gonna be just gonna do a show here, not right now.

SPEAKER_02 45:06

So that's awesome. That's really awesome.

Closing Thoughts And Listener Support

SPEAKER_01 45:08

That is awesome. Oh man. So you know, if you were there, you're so lucky, you get to experience such an amazing thing. Yeah, that's awesome. Yes. All right. All right. Anything else you want to talk about? No, my friend does it. That's you know. All right. Just you know, stay safe out there, everybody, wherever you live. Mm-hmm. Weather-wise or people-wise. Yeah, exactly. You know just keep yourself safe, keep your family safe. Yeah, yeah. Be kind to yourself and others. Mm-hmm. Definitely. And uh all right. So, we good? We good. All right. Please rate, review, and share, share, share. Give us five stars because we love our constellations.

SPEAKER_02 45:57

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SPEAKER_01 46:01

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SPEAKER_02 46:19

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SPEAKER_01 46:21

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