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K-Pop Thread: 2023 Archive

This is part 1 of the K-Pop Thread: 2023 Archive discussion.

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this day on ktrl is a complete rollercoaster, mix of different topics and might be the messiest ever :deadbanana4:

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1 minute ago, Josh said:

has SHINee ever spoken against those photoshoots they did for Sherlock?

Do I look like Google.com girl idk? Go outside

13 minutes ago, Adama said:

Im dead ass serious YGE need to BURN and YHS need to be locked in jail :mad:

 

 

:skull:

 

Just now, Josh said:

Isn't she the same one behind NewJeans' Cookie or something?

Ofc she is. Btw this, the sexualization of 16 years old Yeri in Ice cream, the Sherlock concept, Jisung photoshoot, her love for questionable arts who involved young’s girls and her obsession with youth, she’s just a whole weirdo. And the fact that she like to play the victim… 

 

 

1 minute ago, Adama said:

Ofc she is. Btw this, the sexualization of 16 years old Yeri in Ice cream, the Sherlock concept, Jisung photoshoot, her love for questionable arts who involved young’s girls and her obsession with youth, she’s just a whole weirdo. And the fact that she like to play the victim… 

 

 

What's Ice Cream Cake about? 

not me getting the email that I got selected for the verified fan presale amidst all this mess

14 minutes ago, lgaga1fan said:

JYP is very noticeably weird wbk. He literally went to the Philippines to give Christain sermons last year 

https://preen.ph/130924/jyp-cebu-bible-seminar

 

Oh I just know he's homophobic

 

Reminds me of this:

 

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not me learning all this new history of problematic idols

 

wtf happened with shinee and sherlock?! i dont remember anything about it :deadbanana2:

1 minute ago, Da Vinci said:

Oh I just know he's homophobic

 

Reminds me of this:

 

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Wait JYP himself is homophobic?

1 minute ago, cloudbusting said:

not me getting the email that I got selected for the verified fan presale amidst all this mess

omg bestie me TOO :jonny5:

Just now, fauxtography said:

not me learning all this new history of problematic idols

 

wtf happened with shinee and sherlock?! i dont remember anything about it :deadbanana2:

The woman behind NewJeans' Cookie did a directed a problematic and disturbing photoshoot for SHINee's Sherlock comeback 11 years ago.

Putting a bunch of minors in a video like this also very ******* weird 

 

5 minutes ago, Josh said:

What's Ice Cream Cake about? 

« Ice cream »
 

Please give me that sweet taste, ice cream cake
With a flavor that fits this special day
The ice cream that’s on my mouth
Makes your heart pound and you'll come to me
It’s so tasty come and chase me
I can't hold it in
I scream, you scream
Gimme that, gimme that, ice cream

1 minute ago, fauxtography said:

not me learning all this new history of problematic idols

 

wtf happened with shinee and sherlock?! i dont remember anything about it :deadbanana2:

The jacket photoshoot was really creepy and infantalized them. The album cover is their fingers all with paint ("sublety") and the jacket photoshoot has them all shirtless with baby eyes and puckered lips... its pretty creepy if you look it up

Just now, Adama said:

« Ice cream »
 

Please give me that sweet taste, ice cream cake
With a flavor that fits this special day
The ice cream that’s on my mouth
Makes your heart pound and you'll come to me
It’s so tasty come and chase me
I can't hold it in
I scream, you scream
Gimme that, gimme that, ice cream

I-

Controversial take and I know I'm going to get quoted out the ass for this, but kpop is largely targeted to towards teenagers and the romantic/sexual appeal of idols has always played an enormous role in marketing to groups with younger demos. As long as the idols themselves aren't the ones in creative control, there's always going to be a questionable songwriter or creative director who has to come up with the specific ways in which that kind of marketing is carried out. Most of somebody like Min Heejin's concepts toe the line of plausible deniability and are marketed to other children(unlike certain notorious uncle fan groups like Twice) so the harm is minimized.

 

This is a complete contrast to people like known pedophile Yang Hyunsuk and his long, documented obsession with pre-pubescent girls going as far as having cameras installed in a little girl's shower.

 

 

Even without the critical thinking there's an ENORMOUS difference in intent and grossness between this(which is still awful and the worst photoshoot my favs ever did on every level)

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and this(or the time JYP called Hyuna sexy when she was a primary school student)

 

 

 

@Josh are you so bored and desperate for attention that you're comparing that SHINee photoshoot to these types of actions? Because you're indirectly supporting actual pedophilia if so. Might want to revise your stance and clarify. :snowman:

Edited by Century

1 minute ago, Century said:

Controversial take and I know I'm going to get quoted out the ass for this, but kpop is largely targeted to towards teenagers and the romantic/sexual appeal of idols has always played an enormous role in marketing to groups with younger demos. As long as the idols themselves aren't the ones in creative control, there's always going to be a questionable songwriter or creative director who has to come up with the specific ways in which that kind of marketing is carried out. Most of somebody like Min Heejin's concepts toe the line of plausible deniability and are marketed to other children(unlike certain notorious uncle fan groups like Twice) so the harm is minimized.

 

This is a complete contrast to people like known pedophile Yang Hyunsuk and his obsession with pubescent girls having cameras installed in a little girl's shower.

 

 

Even without the critical thinking there's an ENORMOUS difference in intent and grossness between this(which is still awful and the worst photoshoot my favs ever did on every level)

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and this(or the time JYP called Hyuna sexy when she was a primary school student)

 

 

 

@Josh are you so bored and desperate for attention that you're comparing that SHINee photoshoot to these types of actions? Because you're indirectly supporting actual pedophilia if so. Might want to revise your stance and clarify. :snowman:

What I was saying was that all of these KPop company executives are problematic not just JYP. I don't even stan for YG I stan for BLACKPINK and Rose. 

Edited by Josh

what is going onnn :dies:

i came here to talk about the chaeyoung mess and find this

JYP been weird having the underage Min and Wonder Girls at R Kelly's house once upon a time, as well as how he talked about the girls in Sixteen. Plus his strange obsession with always making the maknae of his GGs the visual :bam:

 

Big yikes to whatever is going at YG, the ethics within that company have been the pits for awhile now  :redface:  

 

Insane how they let dozens of talented trainees waste several years training with them and eventually leave only to focus on exploiting these children instead :biblionny: why are there even cameras in the tub/shower?! I really want Blackpink to leave together just so that company can start falling apart at the seams soon, true karma for fumbling 2NE1

24 minutes ago, lgaga1fan said:

JYP is very noticeably weird wbk. He literally went to the Philippines to give Christain sermons last year 

https://preen.ph/130924/jyp-cebu-bible-seminar

 

WAIT I just skimmed through the videos in that link, WHAT is this? :deadbanana4:

 

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Just now, starstruckaj said:

JYP been weird having the underage Min and Wonder Girls at R Kelly's house once upon a time, as well as how he talked about the girls in Sixteen. Plus his strange obsession with always making the maknae of his GGs the visual :bam:

 

Big yikes to whatever is going at YG, the ethics within that company have been the pits for awhile now  :redface:  

 

Insane how they let dozens of talented trainees waste several years training with them and eventually leave only to focus on exploiting these children instead :biblionny: why are there even cameras in the tub/shower?! I really want Blackpink to leave together just so that company can start falling apart at the seams soon, true karma for fumbling 2NE1

WTF Explain pls

4 minutes ago, Josh said:

What I was saying was that all of these KPop company executives are problematic not just JYP. I don't even stan for YG I stan for BLACKPINK and Rose. 

Lee Sooman never spoke on sexual attraction to young children or singled out a 15/6 year old girl in a group otherwise comprised entirely of adult women to do stripper choreography in a studded leather corset and leggings and stilettos and nothing else.

 

Bang Sihyuk never did the same.

 

It's 1 confirmed pedophile who's also a qanon supporting neo nazi christian cult recruiter and YHS who's crimes are far too numerous to list.

Edited by Century

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