The West is just not ready to have a conversation about idols, it seems to piss-off every strata of that society in one way or another.
>too girly
>too restrictive
>scandals (they say this while ignoring Western pop scandals)
>weiebs
>can't understand lyrics
>GAY
LL got big with them purely due to memes. But it only reached niche status and then still died. Scamco probably knows this, hence its resistance to spending money on localization.