What if there was a K-pop based game? Not a Just Dance K-pop edition, but an actual game? What would the gameplay be like? Would you play or buy it? And who should be the first cover idol?
This honestly shouldn't be something I put so much thought into, and it's only scratching the surface, but there's so much material and concepts you could do with a K-pop based game. Other suggestions have already been tackled and explained tactfully, such as gameplay and Career/Story Mode, so here's a list of things and ideas I would like to see in a hypothetical game:
Cover idol:
I think if it’s not BTS or Blackpink, especially for the first game, you’d cause a huge riot. They are far and away the two most popular and recognized K-pop groups of all time, and are basically most Westerners’ gateway to the genre. It makes sense why not them, they’re currently inactive (esp. since BTS are in the military), but I’d argue that you should easily make two cover versions of the game—one with BTS, the other Blackpink. If it has to be one active idol, you could go with many options: Wonyoung, Karina, An Yujin, Yeji, Chaewon, Winter, Seulgi, Sana, Miyeon. It would be cool to have a foreign idol, but it has to be a Korean first, and I’d personally go with Wonyoung. For the Legacy/Legend Editions, I’d pick IU.
MyGM:
You could go three ways with a MyGM mode. Group based, company based, and music show based. All three will have similar gameplay elements, but have different ways and strategies to go about managing a successful group, company or music show.
MyIdol could be you as a singular group’s manager, scheduling comebacks, concerts, days-off, and so on during a calendar year. There’s a stamina/morale system to balance between working them for profit/popularity and resting them so that none of the members get disgruntled and leave or be sidelined. You’d also have to make decisions for the members’ solo opportunities, line distribution, and more.
MyCompany is larger in scale—you now run an entire company or sublabel (good luck if you’re running Cube or SM lmao). You have to manage every artist’s comebacks and schedules, or else they leave or demand a contract termination. An addition from MyIdol is the ability to sign other idols/artists/trainees on the free agent market and you can add them to existing groups or create new groups with your current roster.
MyMusicShow would basically be WWE 2K’s MyGM. You’re in charge of a music show/Korean TV station like KBS’ Music Bank or SBS’ Inkigayo and you have to compete with other networks for the best ratings of the week throughout a calendar year. You can negotiate exclusive contracts with other agencies so that their groups can only appear on your programs, as well as managing set designs/TV booking (who wins on your show)/screentime for the artists on your show.
Universe Mode:
What it says on the tin: you have control over the entire industry and decide who are the top dogs, create special collaborations, send groups on international stages, etc.
Showcase Mode:
Depends on who’s the cover idol: you basically replay some of their most iconic/legendary stages throughout their career. If it were someone like Wonyoung for example, it would include her Very Very Very performance from PD48, that one Love Dive baseball stage, K-Pop Flex 2022, her 2022 Melon Music Awards performance, and so on. You could also do one for whoever’s on the Legend/Legacy Edition cover.
Roster:
Depending on which companies are down for it, I expect all the current 4th/5th gen guys to be available from the start, while 3rd/2nd gen groups are labeled as Legends/Legacy and require some grinding to unlock (with few exceptions). Newer groups would probably be DLC or groups from prominent eras/releases (like 2018 TWICE or 2010 SNSD for example). TheLibrarian’s suggestion of having boy group/girl group only versions is also a possible option, but c’mon, if the NBA and WWE 2K games can include both their men and women’s rosters, I see no reason for the K-pop game not to do the same.
I put so much unnecessary thought into it for some reason, I even tried making concept covers of my own using my ideas and others (they're kinda bad XD). Sorry you had to read through all that.
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MyMusic Fans: We Have an Emergency! 🚨🚨🚨
Yeah, yeah, I know this blog has been dead these past few months (I was too focused on Twitter and Instagram and kinda forgot about Tumblr, sorry lol) but this is really important.
MyMusic channel videos are missing.
You can check my Twitter for details, but the gist of it is that on Friday, a ton of videos on the MyMusic channel were set to private without warning. Pretty much everything except the main sitcom episodes, bloopers, and the Season 1 BTS docuseries were all gone.
Most of the videos were restored early afternoon on Saturday (if you saw a couple random reuploaded videos appear in your sub box, that’s what was going on), but plenty of videos are still missing.
These videos include:
29/30 episodes of the MyMusic Podcast (Episode 2 is fine for some reason)
Both Intern 2 Family Time bonus videos
Episode 33 of The Mosh
All of the Sitcommentary videos
A few unspecified episodes of MyMusic Live
I asked on the FBE Discord server to get an idea of what happened, and apparently false copyright claims were mass flagged on the channel. I will let you guys know of any further updates on the situation.
If this situation doesn’t improve, I’m thinking about starting up an archive channel to reupload these privated videos, but unfortunately I don’t have all them.
I have Podcast episodes 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 18, 19, 23, and 24 already downloaded, as well as one of the Intern 2 Family Time bonus videos (the one of polishing silverware), but that’s it.
Tumblr MyMusicians, I know it’s been a while, but if any of you happen to have the other videos on this list still saved to your personal files, please let me know!
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sometimes i remember nerdcore (mymusic) and how he is the best allegory of a queer individual in modern media without queerness even actually being alluded to . it is absolutely unfair . his entire genre transition arc complete with having to come out to the company, going thru his boss/best friend not trusting him/treating him unfairly for being different than what’s expected of him, etc. like. it is so terrible and perfect and i hate the fine bros
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