#i feel like twt would cancel me in like 2 seconds before i could finish my point

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uhh, all that being said, i do agree with international fans

like if you’re going to market a group as an international group, there needs to be content available internationally

the groups i was into got popular overseas, but they weren’t global groups, they weren’t promoted that way, it just kind of happened naturally and they kind of went with it when they could

but this is a global group

and most of the content is locked behind a paywall that you can’t pay for unless you have a japanese payment method.

like when they used that fujitv+ whatever for the hybe tv broadcast. im -in- japan and i couldn’t figure out how to access it xD it was essentially setting up a cable channel, so japan only.

or on hulu, where i think you can use a vpn to be able to watch that stuff? but not everyone has access to both a reliable vpn and a hulu subscription? or the smash. contents? the uk branch closed so its back to only japanese can pay the subscription fee i think?

and now Academy which will air on tv in japan and then also on a different channel in japan? and then also on hulu but again, people without a vpn probably cant watch it?

like if youre going to say theyre a global group but then not provide any global content, people will have a hard time latching on and staying there.

the youtube vlog series are nice, don’t get me wrong, but they’re like 2 minute videos of vlogging. better than nothing i suppose.

and don’t get me started on the state of subtitles. @_@

since everything is airing on live tv IN JAPAN, theres 100% 0 chance of those being subbed. its on tv in japan, the show is in japanese, there’s no reason to sub those in any language except japanese, which is still not always guaranteed anyways.

if the tv channels have rights to that footage, hybe can’t upload it to their own youtube and sub it...soooo...i just feel like this runs really deep and we may not see the outcome we want to see any time soon.

but at least they may be able to pave the way for future acts.

thank you for coming to my ted talk