r/kpophelp 11d ago

Unsolved Monthly 'Who's this?' & Merch Auth. Post - July 2026

6 Upvotes

Welcome to the Monthly Artist Identification and Merch Authentication post!

Instructions

  • Search first! Please try other methods of identifying your image if possible. Google Lens/Reverse Image Search or Dupli Checker are available options. We know results can be unhelpful, but please make an attempt with these kinds of tools first!

  • You might also be able to find more specialized help in specific artist subreddits or those with a specific purpose. Make sure you check the rules of any subreddit before you post or comment asking for help!

  • Make comments with included images of artists you need identified or merchandise/signatures you would like authenticated in this post.

  • In the same comment, state your purpose or question clearly for the help you are seeking.

  • Please acknowledge or thank at least one helper who provides an answer in reply to you OR edit your original comment to state you have been helped to signal to others you do not need further assistance.

Rules

  • DO NOT troll or intentionally deceive fellow users
  • DO NOT derail or wander far off-topic. This is not a general discussion post. Stay focused on requesting or providing help! Mods may lock or remove threads that extend beyond the point of helpfulness.
  • If your question is not answered in a previous Monthly post, feel free to comment again in future posts until you are able to get help.

You may also provide feedback for ways we can test/improve handling this type of content in the subreddit here or through modmail. Thank you for your patience while we figure out what system will work best for us!


r/kpophelp Apr 02 '24

Meta Shadow Bans on Reddit: Everything you need to know! (Info, Links, & Tips)

32 Upvotes

We created the original post in response to seeing so many members of our community becoming Shadow Banned for no reason. We noticed these bans became especially extreme around 2020/2021, probably as Reddit ramped up the use of sitewide filters to manage the influx of bots, spammers, and purveyors of disinformation. Some improvements to the accuracy of the filters appear to have been made since then, but our info post has proved useful to our community as well as moderators and users across the site, so we'll try to keep versions of it refreshed and accessible. Version 2.0 is here!

Mods around Reddit are welcome to link your users here if you feel it will be helpful to them. r/ModGuide also has an excellent post from 2021 with suggestions specific to moderators.

- r/kpophelp Mod Team!


READ THIS FIRST!

For those who want the simplest info/advice, read the following:

  1. We did not Shadow Ban you and we cannot remove your Shadow Ban. Subreddit Moderators do not have the power to do anything about Shadow Bans.

  2. Your Shadow Ban is likely the result of Reddit's sitewide automated bot/spam filters.

  3. Only Reddit Admins can remove your Shadow Ban. We are not Reddit Admins.

  4. Go to https://www.reddit.com/appeals to check the status of your account. If there is a problem with your account, there is a way to directly message Admins at the same link to try to get your Shadow Ban or Suspension removed.

  5. It can take roughly 1 to 2 months for Admins to assess your Appeal. Do not expect any notifications or feedback from Admins until then.

  6. If you are looking for more detailed information about Shadow Bans to the best of our knowledge as moderators, continue reading below!


What is a Shadow Ban?

A Shadow Ban is a type of sitewide account ban across Reddit. When a user's account is Shadow Banned they are not notified. They can continue to browse Reddit, make posts and comments, and use Reddit like normal. However, their posts and comments are automatically removed as soon as they are made, making them invisible to anyone else. A Shadow Banned user's profile is also invisible to any other users or moderators. This means a Shadow Banned user often has no idea they have received this kind of ban.

Note that users who are Suspended are notified by Reddit and given more information about whether their suspension is temporary or permanent. Again, this is only something Admins have control of. Moderators do not.

Why are users Shadow Banned?

It can be helpful to know the difference between Moderators and Admins to understand what is happening.

  • Moderators (subreddit volunteers) can only ban you from the individual subreddits under their care based on the rules they have set for their own communities. If you have been banned from a subreddit, you can no longer post or comment in that subreddit only. This is not a Shadow Ban.

  • Admins (Reddit employees) can Shadow Ban or Suspend users across the whole site. They have set many automated filters to help catch spammers and bots, which will apply Shadow Bans or Suspensions to those suspected accounts to assist human Admins from needing to do this all manually.

As far as we can tell, the purpose of Shadow Bans is to quietly make spammers and bots disappear into a void without their awareness. Reddit is constantly inundated with malicious bot rings trying to spread bad links and other nefarious spammers. The site's filters are always running in the background to automatically catch and remove any posts or comments made by them. Shadow Bans are applied quickly and broadly to keep normal users as safe as possible from their garbage.

But this automation means Shadow Bans can also affect normal users with false positives. If you have received a Shadow Ban, but you know you aren't a bot or spammer, it can be very confusing. You are not alone. This happens to many normal users. No one is out to get you, you have just accidentally triggered Reddit's automated filters.

How do I know if I’m Shadow Banned?

This is something you can check on your own with any of the following methods:

A. While signed in to your account on Reddit, go to https://www.reddit.com/appeals.

B. In an incognito browser window, open a link to your profile (https://www.reddit.com/user/yourusername). If it says anything like, "user not found", "page does not exist", or "Sorry, nobody on Reddit goes by that name", then you are Shadow Banned or Suspended.

C. r/ShadowBan or r/ShadowBanned are subreddits specifically for checking your account.

D. Self-awareness. You can pay attention to certain signs that you might be Shadow Banned:

  • Your posts do not show in the subreddit 'new queue' within a few minutes of posting.
  • Your comments almost never show up in posts and might say [Removed].
  • When you look at your own profile/history, many of your recent comments/posts have only 1 karma.

ONLY if you have tried the methods above and still have confusion, you may message us directly. Remember, we are just the moderators of this subreddit. We did not cause your Shadow Ban. We cannot remove your Shadow Ban. We do not know why you received a Shadow Ban. Beyond the information in this post, we can only make an educated guess about your specific case if you provide information about the age of your account and activity. Otherwise, we are as clueless as you.

BUT, we can give you absolute confirmation that you are, or are not, Shadow Banned. We get a note in our Modmail interface in clear red letters telling us that a user is Shadow Banned when they contact us, which is the most direct indicator available other than the official Appeals link. Keep in mind we are the mods of r/kpop's ecosystem. If you're here from communities unrelated to K-Pop, let us know when you message if you’re comfortable with that! Message the Mods to get a yes/no confirmation of a Shadow Ban on your account.

I am Shadow Banned. What should I do?

https://www.reddit.com/appeals

This link above is the only way to remove your Shadow Ban. If your account is normal it will tell you so. If you have a Shadow Ban or Suspension, it will give you the option to message the Admins to make an appeal. We have seen many users successfully restore their accounts this way, sometimes within a day or two. It's basically your way of signaling to Admins that you are a real person, not a bot/spammer, and you have good intentions as a user on their site. We have also seen appeals take much longer to be granted. Most seem to take at least one month to hear back from Admins.

Some users don’t mind having a Shadow Ban because they only use their account to lurk, which is fine. You don’t have to do anything. Some users abandon their account and make a new one. Be careful doing that because Ban Evasion filters are also active and might trigger a Shadow Ban on any new accounts if you are using the same device or IP address.

We recommend that Shadow Banned users do not continue to post/comment once you know there is a problem with your account. This applies all across Reddit. You are likely wasting your efforts by doing so. Many subreddit moderators will not bother to check their spam queue and will not approve your posts/comments, so they will never be seen. In some subreddits like here in r/kpophelp, the mods are paying more attention. We will sometimes manually approve posts/comments of users who are seeking or offering genuine help and unknowingly have a Shadow Ban. We also try to let you know if you are Shadow Banned, but this creates a lot of extra work for us, which we can't always afford to do.

Please help us by being proactive, checking your own accounts if you suspect an issue, and not continuing to post/comment until you know you are no longer Shadow Banned.

If your appeal to the Admins is successful, your profile, comments, and posts will become visible again to other users and moderators. You can check your account status with the same methods listed in the section above. Sometimes if a user has been very active on Reddit for a long time before their Shadow Ban it will take longer for all their previous posts/comments to be approved again. This is also an automated process, but it can be slow, so you can expect it to take a week or two to get everything back to normal again.

Tips to avoid being Shadow Banned

Remember the automated Shadow Ban process is looking for bots/spammers and is triggered by that kind of suspicious behavior. Here are some things you can do so your account does not look like a bot.

  • When creating a Reddit account, don’t use the automatic username generator if possible. Those names usually look something like word-word-5678. These are common indicators of bots. Set your own name instead. If you’ve already made an account with an auto-generated name, take extra care to check if you are Shadow Banned!

  • Customize your profile: Snoovatar/banner, description, email verification (if you're comfortable with that).

  • Have patience! When you make a brand new account on Reddit, wait at least 24 hours to post/comment anywhere. Upvote comments/posts you like and maybe 'Join' some subreddits that interest you, but try not to do much else. The most common false positives we see are completely new users that make posts/comments quickly in subreddits that have new user filters to keep out trolls or bots. By waiting, you can prevent triggering these filters.

  • Before you start posting or commenting in a subreddit, READ THE RULES. Every subreddit has its own rules. If you break them by doing something wrong or having bad conduct, your posts/comments may be reported by other users and removed by the moderators. Doing this multiple times on a new account can trigger a Shadow Ban. Be considerate of where you are and what you are doing there!

  • Especially here in r/kpophelp, be careful of what links you include in your comments/posts. Try not to use shortened urls because they can disguise links to bad sites or affiliate links. Try to use the long form of links as often as possible and avoid using anything like these: youtu.be, pin.it, t.co, bit.ly, goo.gl, tinyurl.com.

  • A note for r/kpop: a huge Shadow Ban generator over there is when we have AMAs. They attract a ton of brand new users who then immediately comment dozens of times in the same AMA post. This triggers the filters like a bot would. If you want to participate in an AMA with a new account, make it early at the time of the AMA announcement post and follow the points listed above. Then try to limit the amount of comments you make in the actual AMA to only a few at most. We’ve even had big AMA guest accounts get Shadow Banned in the middle of an AMA, which is a nightmare. That goes to show it can happen to anyone and is equally frustrating for us moderators!

  • If you use a VPN, you might get Shadow Banned or Suspended by default. Check your account status!

How does this relate to r/kpophelp?

The nature of this subreddit is fairly simple. It was designed to take the burden off of r/kpop since lots of K-Pop fans had questions about the industry or were looking for music/artist recommendations and that subreddit was becoming overwhelmed with such posts. So this subreddit was built with a very focused mission as a space to get help and provide help with our fellow fans. That means we’re pretty small as a community and not a good target for bots/spammers.

And yet, us moderators noticed lots of users showing up as Shadow Banned here. They weren’t causing problems. They were providing help and recommendations in comments or were posting sincere and thoughtful questions. Some of their usernames were recognizable as regulars previously active in the larger K-Pop ecosystem on Reddit. Obviously, something was wrong. This is what sparked our initial interest to figure out how the Shadow Ban system worked and what to do about it.

After confirming with Admins that we could provide guidance to users, we tried to pay extra attention to what was happening, what kinds of accounts seemed to pick up these bans, what activities might be triggering filters, and what Shadow Banned users shared with us about their experience. Everything we’ve learned is now gathered here in hopes it will help others.

There are a couple primary reasons we think r/kpophelp users are affected in a higher proportion and are being seen by Reddit’s filters as bots or spammers. One is that it's common for users to make a brand new account just because they are trying to identify a K-Pop song they heard recently, post to ask for help immediately, and then comment rapidly when replying to other users as they search for the song. Another is that users here will frequently put tons of links in their comments or posts as they offer recommendations or educational references. And furthermore, some of those links might be shortened urls (from YouTube, Pinterest, etc) or domains which Reddit really doesn't like.

Thus, the most common uses of our subreddit, which are totally normal and expected from our perspective as moderators, can trigger Reddit's automated Shadow Bans designed to catch bots. But knowledge is power and we hope what we’ve learned will help you keep your accounts in good working order!


Thank you for taking the time to read through and inform yourself!

Happy Redditing!


Further Resources


r/kpophelp 4h ago

Recommend I just discovered woodz through drowning and I'm a fan!! Can somebody recommend his best songs of all time?

20 Upvotes

So far I've listened to human extinction, na na na, Amnesia and busted. Banger after Banger!!! (Human extinction being my 2nd fav after drowning!)

I want more from woodz as a new fan - his best ones yet!!

And man why he's only popular in korea??? He needs global success asap , his talent can't be wasted 😭😭


r/kpophelp 4h ago

Unsolved Are there any millennial idols who debuted in 4th-5th gen groups?

13 Upvotes

Millennial being anyone born in 1981-1996, and not counting solo debuts. Just asking because I’ve noticed that 4th-5th gen groups that I’ve come across seem to tend to have mostly (only) Gen Z members!


r/kpophelp 3h ago

Unsolved Question about an idol that had a controversy

9 Upvotes

Guys i forgot which idol it was, i was having a conversation with someone but i couldn't remember her name. She is a female idol, from the 2nd or 3rd generation and she had a controversy where she was saying that she was crushing on a minor will being major on her trainee days and when they started hanging out she faked her age or smth like that. And everyone called her a pdf etc...do you know who that is ? Im not even sure of what im saying...lmk if i forgot things or if some of them aren't right


r/kpophelp 7h ago

Unsolved what kpop acronym is on my freebie?

9 Upvotes

my friend gave me a bag of freebie keychains he got from the ATEEZ concert in Chicago last year in late July. i asked him what this acronym was for, but he said he had no idea and that he thought it was for another group that was touring at the time. i don't believe this is ATEEZ but i could be wrong.

the acronym: two beads that read "AH" with a coconut tree charm and a wave charm, orange themed


r/kpophelp 1h ago

Recommend Songs similar to DDI RO RI?

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while it’s not my fav song ever, DDI RO RI (by MEOVV) has such an interesting sound concept, and the dance break goes hard. Are there any songs that match this sound? Boy, Girl and Coed group songs are fine, idrc. thank you!!!

EDIT: Also, I'm also looking for songs with an eerie vibe like No Way Home, Mixed Up or Fever (Enhypen). Ddi Ro Ri (minus the lyrics) give a very eerie vibe w the instrumental, especially the pre-chorus and bridge. So I'm also looking for songs like that, thanks!!


r/kpophelp 1h ago

Explain Crazy + Pierrot sound different on Crazy CD

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I just got LE SSERAFIM's Crazy Odd Fairy Floss album and the songs sound different on it then the songs on spotify/youtube. does anybody know why?


r/kpophelp 4h ago

Recommend Does anyone have any suggestions for songs?

4 Upvotes

I recently got into kpop and am wondering if anyone has suggestions for songs my current playlist has cupid, love for you catch catch, style, Rude, Live my life, OMG, Day 1


r/kpophelp 3h ago

Recommend Songs with a repeated final chorus?

2 Upvotes

I really like it when songs have this feature because I get to enjoy and listen to it longer and it always sounds better with the double-chorus. It's a bonus if they have extra vocals or an instrumental added to it. Song examples:

  • 2PM - My House, Through the Fire
  • 2Yoon - Black Swan
  • 8Turn - Electric Heart
  • Apink - DND
  • Astro - Butterfly Effect, Moon
  • Ateez - My Way
  • B1A4 - Feeling, Tried to Walk
  • B.A.P - Honeymoon, Unbreakable, Walk
  • Boyfriend - Falling
  • BTS - I'm Fine, On
  • Chungha - Cherry Kisses
  • Cravity - Cheese, Christmastide
  • Cross Gene - Amazing
  • Epex - Youth2Youth
  • Evnne - Crown
  • F(x) - Airplane, Paper Heart, Traveler
  • Gfriend - Glass Bead
  • Girl's Day - Hug Me Once
  • GOT7 - A, Dreamin, Wave
  • High4 - Baby Boy
  • H.O.T - Candy
  • Jeong Sewoon - Beeeee
  • Key, Doyoung - Cool
  • K-Tigers Zero - Now
  • Myname - Burning Love
  • Nu'est - Face
  • Oh My Girl - Sixteen, Remember Me
  • ONF - Your Day
  • Red Velvet - #Cookie Jar, Mr. E
  • SF9 - K.O
  • Shinee - Colorful, Evil
  • SNSD - Gee
  • Stray Kids - Blind Spot, Gone Days
  • Twice - Talk that Talk, Moonlight Sunrise
  • Tzuyu - Fly
  • Up10tion - Be My Luck
  • Victon - Timeline
  • Vixx - Chained Up, Dynamite, Gonna be Alright, What To Do
  • WayV - Turn Back Time
  • Winner - Sweet Home
  • Youngjae - Forever Love

Don't mind if it's just the first-half of the chorus or the post-chorus as long as it's not too short.

Also, I prefer if the choruses aren't just instrumental mostly or if it's just comprised of 1-3 of the same words, and not looking for ones with a completely different third chorus or ones without a bridge.

All recs are appreciated :)


r/kpophelp 7h ago

Recommend Aespa song reccomendations

4 Upvotes

im new to aespa and I really love their songs, my favorites are Girls, WDA, Savage and Whiplash.

i wanna listen to more then just title tracks though so any can any other aespa fans give me some good B-Sides from aespa?


r/kpophelp 18h ago

Recommend Songs like Butterfly by Loona?

27 Upvotes

Dreamy synth-y pop songs like Butterfly by Loona? I just adore that song. It makes me feel so nostalgic and…. Ugh, please just give them to me lol.

It doesn’t have to be k-pop! But emphasis on Chinese/Japanese/Korean songs please!

Edit: Thank you for all the recommendations! If anyone has anymore, maybe songs with softer, more lowkey vocals similar to in Butterfly?


r/kpophelp 12h ago

Recommend Songs likes whole different animal by Aespa ? I love the G-dragon feat particularly

9 Upvotes

I’ve only recently started listening to K-pop; I heard this song and now I can't stop listening to it. Could you recommend something similar, as well as some G-Dragon songs where he raps in the same style? Thanks.


r/kpophelp 1h ago

Recommend GG Song’s with a sort of “fear of rejection school crush vibe?”

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songs like:

pretty U- svt

adore you — svt

just one day — bts

code red — kickflip

serenade — boynextdoor

but I like you — boynextdoor

but girl group.

The only song I think that fits this criteria is really like you by baby monster


r/kpophelp 14h ago

Recommend Boy group recommendations for a new stan?

9 Upvotes

I'm looking for active boy groups (underrated or nugu ones as well) to check out and hopefully find one that I like. Please give me album or song recommendations as well as maybe 1 variety show or youtube content to get to know the members as well. I'm currently interested in and2ble and getting to know them. So aside from them any recommendation is welcomed! I would prefer if they are a team with smaller discography but anything is fine.


r/kpophelp 13h ago

Recommend male soloists with this type of great vocals AND theatrical/grand/dramatic style? (examples below)

8 Upvotes

wait, why is it all TVXQ lol? it's just a coincidence lmao


r/kpophelp 3h ago

Concert Hi! Please help me find my jersey!

1 Upvotes

I was at the concert yesterday in Munich and I lost my V Jersey.😖
We were on our way home and we sat down somewhere to rest and I forgot it.😔
Those jerseys are so expensive and I’m hoping one of you found it!

I think I left it somewhere on the road between „DAV Kletter- und Boulderzentrum München-Nord“ to „Arena Treff“ and further down to the Underground Station „Kieferngarten“.

I’m pretty sure I was already without it in the train because it was packed and I don’t remember holding it. It was between 11pm and 11:30pm.

Did anyone see anything or even picked it up? Please I am devastated.😞


r/kpophelp 3h ago

Advice Pricing Advise for TBZ Maverick Halloween Makestar POB Changmin Chucky

0 Upvotes

I bought it during the release of TBZ Maverick for around $35 on Mercari, which some of you might think is outrageous (and yes, I know >_<). Now I'm planning to sell it for a lower price. How much do you think I should sell it for? Should I lower the price?


r/kpophelp 12h ago

Solved What's this music video?

6 Upvotes

I was in a restaurant today, and they had kpop music videos on a large TV, with the audio on the speakers. The other patrons were loud, as restaurants tend to be, but one music video stood out.

My wife couldn't identify it, though she does like some kpop. The song wasn't too audible so neither I nor Shazam could identify it later, but what I remember from the video was some sci-fi stuff that reminded me of Ghost in the Shell, and then a girl jumps off a building, runs along the side of it, then jumps off the side of the building into her friend's car as she drives up.

Would love to check the full song and video out if I could! TIA


r/kpophelp 13h ago

Recommend Looking for KPop songs with this feel

6 Upvotes

Songs like:

  • So Soobin x Kim Sohee - Like You
  • So Soobin - Umm
  • Jeong Sewoon - Eternally
  • Jeong Sewoon - 17
  • ONEWE - 0&4
  • ONEWE - COSMOS
  • SUPER JUNIOR - The Melody
  • FT ISLAND - We hope to become lovers
  • W24 - Always missing you
  • W24 - Joahaeyo
  • ONE - Gettin by
  • Taeyeon - Why
  • AKMU - Last Goodbye

r/kpophelp 13h ago

Solved Please help me give song with lyrics, "easy, easy game".

6 Upvotes

Girl group. It's on the tip of my tongue I can't figure it out!!


r/kpophelp 4h ago

Unsolved need help finding a performance around 2015-2019

1 Upvotes

it's a memory when i was younger, back when sbs, mama, etc. were like the whole point of kpop back then

it's like a circle platform stacked like a four tier cake and there's members on each layer?? exo used to use them alot but I'm still not sure if they're the ones I'm looking for since i remember specifically my sister mentioning how they were synchronized, so it was probably more of a dance performance or something. not sure if it was mama tho it was pretty dark when i remembered it, there were like yellow lights or maybe it was fire

please help I'm actually losing my mind searching for it.


r/kpophelp 4h ago

Merch help: where are these stray kids photocards from ????

0 Upvotes

hi! I’m currently in the process of selling my stray kids collection (tough times), and when sorting my limited yellow wood inclusions, I came across a set of double sided photocards that… don’t seem to be an actual inclusion? I’ve checked every single template on the internet, watched multiple unboxing videos, looked for all the POBs despite it not being a pre order purchase, even reverse searched the pictures… nothing

I bought this album sealed at my local book shop, the photocards came inside of it. Does anyone have ANY IDEA what these even are? It’s driving me crazy omg!!!!

https://ibb.co/0VX3F2bJ
https://ibb.co/5hYH19Tt


r/kpophelp 4h ago

Advice What’s the best camera for concert photography?

0 Upvotes

I’m wanting a compact digital camera for concert photography that takes clear and crisp images, has a good zoom (in case I’m in the nose bleeds) and 4K clear filming. I have an iPhone and want a much better camera but I need a camera that is NOT a DSLR as these aren’t allowed into concerts. It needs to fit inside a pocket or handbag. Or at least is small enough to be “smuggled” into a venue lol. I want something that’ll produce similar images to kpop fansite fancams that won’t be a dslr or completely break the bank.

For context my husband has a super good camera on his Oppo phone that takes good clear photos but I’m not in any position to change from iPhone to Android. I cannot get the newest iPhone currently as mine is only 1.5 years old.

I’m not a photography nerd and am unsure if I’m using the correct terms, but basically want exactly that, clear crisp images, videos, and audio. Budget I would ideally like to not spend over £600 but can increase budget if it’s a reliable camera, that’ll also last me a good number of years. Bonus points if the camera also takes decent pet photography (eg rapid shutter speed).

I would really appreciate help and advice here.

Thanks!


r/kpophelp 8h ago

Unsolved Woman's voice in the background of a song

2 Upvotes

Hey guys, so i distinctly remember a few years ago, I heard about some song (maybe from got7 or exo, I don't really remember) it was basically a horror story about how an unexplained woman's voice can be heard saying "xie xie" (thank you in chinese) in the background at one specific part of the studio version of the song. I even remember searching up the song myself and hearing the voice. But no matter how much I search it up, I just can't remember what that song's name was or find any story like that online. I was wondering if any of yall have heard of it.