I haven't seen where this was mentioned and thus did not know it was a problem.
Understood. We'll take these suggestions to mind and adjust accordingly.
Also, we do require some semblance of creativity in our tweets and due to this can't just tweet:
"XX released a teaser fo YY be sure to check it out on ZZ thread on #HallyuPlus!"
as it does not exactly conform to the current standards as we require something that is more likely to grab some attention. We'll be more careful in the way we go about crafting our tweets.
The Translations team has become slightly less active lately due to lack in manpower so I'm not sure how that would go about...
As for now, I'd say it would be safer to pull creative content related to the video itself rather than the lyrics itself due to this while at the same time continuing to keep the creative nature of our tweets.
Also, feel free to provide feedback if you think the general composition of our tweets is improved so we know if we're heading in the right direction with the platform.
This is what I'm looking at now. Creative enough, but also not super out there in the exaggeration of a story. I'm trying to find a middle ground between creative and informative:
- sometimes it is best to tweet something simple if there really isn't that much to say about it. "XX released a teaser for YY, we're really looking forward to it! Be sure to check out their new look/concept in ZZ's thread..." is better than a superfluous description of the background setting. Or something like, "XX released a teaser for YY, it's the first time they're trying out (new genre) and it sounds like it will be great!"
- Another way of grabbing attention is simply to post the tweet with a screengrab of an interesting part of the mv.
- If translations has become less active, either ask the people who posted the content you're pulling from, people in the comments section of the video, the fandom's translator, or simply request that instead of full translations, the Translations Team let you know the theme. Music videos are a separate art form from the lyrics and song. While linked, they are the director's interpretation and not the singer's. In kpop, they are even less likely to be linked. Don't assume things from videos too quickly.
- I think your samples are quite exaggerated, still. It's not creative if it is unnecessary information.
"A horror story in three parts: Jolin Tsai's "Lady in Red" is one of the most stunning, yet chilling, MVs we've ever seen - check it out in XX's thread..."
"Joker Xue's charisma shines through his mask in "Ugly" - it's a simple music video buoyed by his emotive singing. Check it out in..."
- On that note, I also wonder if posting straight MVs with no other trimmings like reflections, or reviews, is worth it, since fans will check it out on YT first anyway.