while on the show, he was told by jyp and yg that he was too old to debut and that he should give up. the only one who believed in him was boa, who he later thanked for choosing him.
emmy rossum DELIVERED for almost a decade on shameless as the LEAD and doesn't have a single accolade to show for it. i'll never forgive the industry for paying her dust. truly the biggest robbery of our generation.
since there is discourse: kard have always done performances that were sexy (literally from oh nana, to dimelo or their covers for taki taki and mi gente to now cake). they're emphasizing it even more now bc it's what THEY chose and THEY wanted.
Workers in France shut it down so thoroughly that cars couldn’t come within half a mile of the Paris airport.
In response to the President forcing the retirement age up to 64, the people have dramatically increased their protests.
While Im able to celebrate another birthday, there are too many innocent people in Gaza losing that privilege. Please pray for all the lives lost and lives desperately seeking an end to this🙏🏻
curious how he always finds an ex to mooch of right around the time he needs good publicity. society and media let him use jennifer aniston during his oscar campaign and now gwyneth to take away from him trying to sue angelina. very curious
afterwards, he signed for dsp media. initially training to debut as a hip-hop duo with j.seph, bm talked about wanting to quit and paying back his debt but the then ceo of dsp convinced him to stay.
BM: "What you see up here, you know, it's the best part. But we experience a lot of struggles, a lot of pain, a lot of hurdles behind the scenes, you know what I mean? But, I wanna tell you guys, every time we're here on stage in front of all you guys, ALL THE PAIN GOES AWAY." ❤
later in his first solo single 13ivi he references having a dream in 2013 where god told him to read dan 2:19, which his friend interpreted as a sign that he would be king. three years later, he debuted as the king card in KARD.
they went through different hardships, being part of a small company, the only active co-ed idol group, going through financial difficulties. still they remained hardworking and continued giving it their all.
stan kard, the group that never gave up.
matthew kim, known by his stage name bm or big matthew, was born in los angeles on october20th, 1992. he moved to korea in 2011 to pursue a career in music by auditioning for the first season of k-pop star. he made it into the top 50, but got eliminated.
KARD is a south korean co-ed k-pop group formed by dsp media and consists of four members: j.seph, bm, somin and jiwoo. they're known for their unique sound, blending tropical house, reggae, and hip-hop elements in their music.
KARD have renewed their contract with dsp media in advance and have thus broken the seven year curse and have joined the elite line-up of only ten groups in history to have renewed their contracts with the complete line-up. their contract runs until december 2026.
kpop stans don’t understand what a live concert means… like get yourself a live band and some different song arrangements, hype up your crowd and then we’ll talk im sorry those tours are looking like inkigayo stages it’s not about getting every single move right like robots
their self-produced and self-written b-side cake has become their most successful b-side to date and marks a turning point for the group into cementing a mature sound and concept.
jeon somin was born august 22nd, 1996 in seoul. she first debuted in 2012 with dsp's japanese girl group puretty which sadly disbanded in 2014 without making their korean debut.
before making their official debut with hola hola on july 19th, 2017, they released three pre-debut tracks to amazing success: oh nana, don't recall and rumor.
billboard selected KARD as one of the top 5 k-pop artists to watch in 2017. the group held their first sold-out world tour in 2017 before even officially debuting as a group.
although a relatively small group by sales numbers, KARD are deeply respected and admired by their peers in the industry with many showing their love and support throughout the years.
to everyone in the fandom constantly bitching "why are they touring", "why are they not doing more comebacks", "why this why that" - listen to this. touring brings the fat checks. touring gets them paid.
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que disse que chorou quando recebeu o primeiro pagamento após a turnê do KARD em 2017?
Ele disse que foi um valor muito alto, que nunca tinham nem contado até aquele numero. Depois, ligou pra sua mãe perguntando quanto ela queria.🥹
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in 2015 she debuted as the leader of dsp's new girl group APRIL. somin left the group only a few months later, citing creative differences. afterwards, she started training to debut with KARD in a more mature concept.
in 2014 somin then participated in KARA project, a show which was aimed to find new members for the girl group KARA. somin finished the show in third place, thus not making it into the group.
they're the first co-ed and 3rd gen k-pop group to enter and top billboard's next big sound chart as well as the first k-pop artist to top the chart for two consecutive weeks and the ONLY artist to have spent 28 weeks on the chart.