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[velvet]

Highkey love among us

 

[velvet]

I need to have a pang of inspiration and writing an english cover

 

[dark_tranquility]

poor people pay tax
rich people pay accountants
wealthy people pay politicians

Which one are you?

 

[velvet]

I need to have a pang of inspiration and writing an english cover

as if I can english

 

[dark_tranquility]

clown worship

 

[dark_tranquility]

clownpiece is everyone friend

 

[alo]

what a blogger called 'beige' music

wait you read thebiaslist too???
should have guessed from your taste omg

i don't always agree with his taste but i've found some great music from him! he and kpopalypse are the only kpop blogs I read, they have some very good recs

I wonder what the riize's boycotters are trying to get out of the company. SM aren't bringing Seunghan back in and it's damaging the six members more than they would expect

100%! and the fact that the boycotters will go to any length to "prove" that the members definitely want him back and would do anything for that... i think atp they care more about their own careers. - which, as you said, are being impacted by the boycotters. it's frankly unrealistic atp. it's my main beef with kpop fans - they refuse to see problems as anything but individual issues, and in doing so they fail to realise that it's the industry as a whole that's fucked

 

[dark_tranquility]

From is such a great series

 

[alo]

it's my main beef with kpop fans - they refuse to see problems as anything but individual issues, and in doing so they fail to realise that it's the industry as a whole that's fucked

another example of that is people not understanding just how widespread the sexualisation of minors is in the industry. people zero in on individuals. for example: "min heejin is such a creep look at her creative direction for shinee/f(x)/newjeans!" and yes you're so right. but like. this min heejin is often blamed for other aspects of rookie shinee's marketing. like, the fact that they did a show in 2008 called "shinee's yeonhanam" which was about them going on dates with older women (yeonhanam means a younger man, and typically is used in a romantic context, like a bf that's younger than you are). in 2008 all members, except onew, were minors under south korean law. taemin was 15. no doubt, it was creepy as fuck.

but i really don't think their then creative director had the power to pull company strings and say "let's team up with mnet and make this show!" no. it was a conscious choice to market shinee to the so-called "noona" (and before you come at me, you know what I mean, don't you dare be purposefully obtuse and say "well noona just means older woman it's a term of respect and endearment in korean stop sexualising the word!" i'm not the one sexualising it, there's a section of fans who like their underage male faves with wide eyes cute faces caked with makeup calling them in their voices not yet fully developed "noona saranghaeyo!" and get a dirty dirty kick out of it. don't be even dumber (purposefully!) and say "well my fave is younger than me does that make me a creep?" no it doesn't dimwit, you know i'm not talking about you, you stan talent/personality and that talent/personality happens to be a bit younger than you) fanbase, catering exactly to their tastes.

and why the noona fanbase? because noonas have disposable income, that's why. teen girls are gonna stan anyway, they're taemin's age or younger, they'd think it's cool someone their age is a wholeass celebrity. but they're spending their parents' hard-earned money and there's no guarantee their parents won't say "no jiyeon i won't give you your pocket money this month, you're failing math and it's because you spend all your time looking at those shinee boys. let me have my soju in peace, i've had a long day at work." and that is even if they get pocket money in the first place. no, that teen girl fanbase, wide as it is, would have to be supplemented by the noona fanbase, the regular salarywomen who unwind after their long days at work by thinking unimaginable thoughts about herself and 17-year-old minho. or 15-year-old taemin. she can't choose, can she? so she can't choose between buying minho merch or taemin merch, so she buys both, because she can afford to.

yes, she's a creep. but who is the one handpicking these cute boys and serving them up on a platter to her, and all the other women like her? caking their faces with makeup but putting them on the girl group diet so that they'd remain skinny, so their faces look old enough to be on cam but their bodies look skinny, much unlike most boys of that age who'd naturally have gained a bit of muscle after puberty? who's the one at the meeting who said, "our new boygroup, they're going to be targeted to older fans. songwriter, write a song about them having a crush on an older woman, make it very innocent, very first love-ish. mv director, cast this female trainee as their love interest, she's actually older than all of them, she'll look the part. oh and make sure to take individual shots of the boys singing at the camera, fans do so love it when it looks like the boys are singing to them. guys, this is so going to work, it worked 4 years ago when shim changmin sang straight to the camera wanting to be his love interest's cat and dwink milky wilky, it's going to work today."

and it still works.

 

[alo]

oh god i just wrote an opinion. this is possibly the most opinionated i've been on here.

 

[dark_tranquility]

Need rest

 

[alo]

they did a show in 2008 called "shinee's yeonhanam" which was about them going on dates with older women

took the plunge, watched the show, oh my god. what the fuck.

• the first lady in the show was in a committed rs at the time wow
• she didn't know how young taemin was - which is often how kpop agencies do this shit. they put enough makeup on teenagers' faces to make them look like they're in their early 20s, and go on to market them like they're in their early 20s
• taemin obviously didn't know what to do with her, he was a kid! he obviously was more interested in swinging on the swing than he was in her - HE WAS A KID
• can't believe they had 17-year olds (well 16 actually, this was not to long after replay) do boyfriendy things like give piggyback rides saying "noona you're so light!" and give chocolate and shit. like come on. the 17-year-olds don't do all this when out on dates. i know, my friend's bf is 17. that said as a certified tub of lard (slight hyperbole but you get it i'm fat) i won't buy anyone who tries to tell me i'm not fat or heavy. and unless my so is a former physical 100 competitor i would strongly advise them against trying to lift me at all.

 

[Selfmate]

Which one are you?

that's for me to know and you to NEVER find out lol

 

[alo]

took the plunge, watched the show, oh my god. what the fuck.

• the first lady in the show was in a committed rs at the time wow
• she didn't know how young taemin was - which is often how kpop agencies do this shit. they put enough makeup on teenagers' faces to make them look like they're in their early 20s, and go on to market them like they're in their early 20s
• taemin obviously didn't know what to do with her, he was a kid! he obviously was more interested in swinging on the swing than he was in her - HE WAS A KID
• can't believe they had 17-year olds (well 16 actually, this was not to long after replay) do boyfriendy things like give piggyback rides saying "noona you're so light!" and give chocolate and shit. like come on. the 17-year-olds don't do all this when out on dates. i know, my friend's bf is 17. that said as a certified tub of lard (slight hyperbole but you get it i'm fat) i won't buy anyone who tries to tell me i'm not fat or heavy. and unless my so is a former physical 100 competitor i would strongly advise them against trying to lift me at all.

oh i just found out everything was scripted... doesn't reduce the problem though. still weird af

 

[snsd2beg]

lmao is this about ethel cain?

Yes. I gotta find time to listen to Perverts today lol

 

[shadow]

I hope that my ‘have you met’ artist thread is up next after the reviewing period hehehe

 

[shadow]

I hope that my ‘have you met’ artist thread is up next after the reviewing period hehehe

but yet only one user has requested to review so far. Uhh..can more people also request to review, please?

 

[shadow]

I wonder……

actually no no no I’m all good now. I can wait for many more months to finish the whole k-common deck first I guess

 

[snsd2beg]

I wonder what this will feel like

 

[shadow]

Idek why I’m like…scared for the future and the unknown.. o.o

and i really hate that I let that interfere with what I do on a daily basis especially with the things I’m passionate in doing..