TUIDE Backlash Proves K-Pop Fans Can’t Handle Fair Criticism | Mark, BLACKPINK + More

TUIDE have officially debuted, and while I found the song a little underwhelming, the bigger story for me became the reaction to my review. Some people took a pretty fair critique VERY personally, which opened up a wider conversation about how defensive K-pop fans can get when you don’t immediately praise a group they like.I also push back on the idea that I have some huge SM bias, especially considering I was just as critical of HEARTS2HEARTS when they debuted last year. Apparently consistency only counts when people agree with you lol.Elsewhere, I discuss Mark apologising again and previewing new music, BLACKPINK’s solo careers, and I’m officially introducing Micah’s Picks, starting with ENHYPEN’s Bad For You. It's essentially another form of Anatomy of a Song, but it’ll now occasionally appear at the end of my weekly episodes whenever there’s a song I really want to dissect instead of always needing its own separate episode.