My subjective opinion: I dislike word “idol” in the name. This implies unhealthy obsession with K-pop celebrities, to the point of being comparable with religious worship. This is sick and disgusting, overconsumption-driving narrative, a quasi-religious mentality. Music pieces are goods like any other, I don’t worship people who produce goods that I consume, even if they are absolutely excellent in quality
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Hi, idol is a term commonly used to describe artists who sing and dance in the K-pop and J-pop music industries.
We, as developers, have no intention of harming them as you mentioned.
Games are interactive entertainment media, and everyone's entertainment preferences are different.
This game is a management game, where players take on the role of managers, managing production-related matters.
It's far from religious worship or an overconsumption-driven narrative.
We understand if you feel this theme isn't for you, but it would be more appropriate to direct this opinion at those who develop negative impressions due to their excessive attitudes.
Thank you and hope you have a good day.
Hi, idol is a term commonly used to describe artists who sing and dance in the K-pop and J-pop music industries.
I know. And this is not an incident. Korean and Japanese music industries use the term to normalize quasi-religios obsession with music celebrities, thus promoting their own profits. I find such practice disgusting
This game is a management game, where players take on the role of managers, managing production-related matters.
I don’t have anything against the game on thematic level. I’m revolted by how it portrays the industry with its title, the glorification. K-pop is a ruthless and exploitative industry, carefully engineered to extract as much of profit as possible, by any means. I don’t mind playing the game, but I strongly dislike how it glorifies K-pop (the title is not the only issue here). Some K-Pop celebrities were literally driven to taking their own lives
It’s far from religious worship or an overconsumption-driven narrative.
fallacy of non sequitur