NCT 127 without Taeyong (unless he's already recorded) is going to sound real different. To my ears, he's the spark ๐ and will be missed.
Yes! I'll be Taemin's pฬถlฬถaฬถyฬถmฬถaฬถtฬถeฬถ, umm I mean TAEMate.
Nah. There's parts that are fine. The sundown towns are all well-known to locals and even a lot of white people will avoid them, because those sundown towns are real Deliverance and The Hills Have Eyes type places that nobody wants to go to.
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In Virginia, cross burning is "free speech."
And that cross burning in a tourist area in South Carolina is still in the news.
Sundown towns exist all over the United States. I'm Latina, and there's towns all across the South and towards California you couldn't pay me to drive through because of the Klan types in those areas.
I live in the NE. I assume all of the South is like that. ๐คฃ
Thatโs assuming theyre native to NYC.
Good point. Their "privilege" entitles/enables them to go anywhere and misbehave.
America isnโt homogeneous not even close. America is built off the back of immigrants and diversity donโt excuse this shitty behavior. America prides it self off diversity.
S/He wrote "some parts" which is very true. There are some cities non-whites do not go and pass through areas on interstates but do not stop. These towns in the Northern US are known to be "Sundown towns."
You have to understand that some part of america are very homogeneous. They probably donโt know how to interact and arenโt aware that their comments are racist.
Except the Met Gala is in NYC -- not homogenous, well maybe some neighborhoods.
The sad thing about THIS TYPE OF AMERICAN is that they treat fellow Americans the same way. They tell non-Caucasian Americans to "go back" to places they've never been and hurl every slur imaginable. They're shown swastika tattoos and threatening gestures. They feel so threatened about becoming the minority, they enact laws that cause self harm. [I'm laughing to myself even though it's not funny at all.]
S. Koreans (as well as other Asians) need to know that in the U.S., even though one may whiten his skin, he's still not White. Learn to love oneself.
Try to steal couple vocal coaches whilst at it please.
high five ๐ซธ!
Nah shes still creepy. A grown ass woman shouldnโt have to rely on the comfort of literal teenagers. She is not a relative to them thereโs no reason for her to have that close of a relationship to them. Sheโs just like Sia. I find it hard to believe knetz are turning a blond eye when she literally said that the other trainees were too โold.โ we already know about her weird fetish for youth its disgusting how her predatory behavior is overlooked because โomg she cursed. shes just like usโ mentality knetz are taking
You ought to take a marketing course.
๐ She's good at her work.
Public service workers get more time off and leeway compared to actual soldiers. They get to go home every day unlike soldiers. But they serve longer than soldiers because of it.
ahhhh so they just go to work each day. Thanks for the response.
Are Public Service Workers not granted leaves like the enlisted? I don't see an issue here.
U know nothing about teen top then since they are popular
Your verb tense is questionable.
It's like this, TEEN TOP never made it. Actually, I only know them for the one's friendship with Taemin.
Whereas, TVXQ is still going strong. The one doing the badmouthing is a "former." The one being badmouthed is still working, has been for over 20 years, and has the reputation as being "overzealous." Nothing new here.
Is he blaming Yuhno for his lack of success? -OR- is he pointing out why TVXQ has been successful and TEEN TOP has not?
Don't know why anyone's shocked. Stupid Idolaters are all about the fantasy. They love and demand the (real life "idols'") faรงade. This cartoon is what they wanted from jump.
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I sometimes wonder why is it called K-pop?
The non-Korean songwriters composing for N groups or solo artists explain why many songs sound alike. Shouldn't K-pop have something Korean in it?
I expressed this years ago -- about when I first started visiting this site. Like R&B is R&B despite the performer. Same with Rock, same with Swing. And each time I wrote it, I was downvoted into hell.
But to answer your question, it's marketing. Like in the grocery store there's frozen foods, dairy, produce... "If you like this, you might like this." Just another segregation.
I've been hearing Afrobeats in K-pop lately: Taeyong, NCT, (someone else ???)
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Then thereโs Monsta x where 8 songs is a mini album ๐
8 songs. That's an album.
How releases are categorized still confuse me.
For instance, Minho's 'Chase' is six songs but it's called an Extended Play (EP). To me that's a mini album. Whereas someone else released a song and its instrumental but it's called "single album." To me, that's a single. And someone else released two songs and their remixes -- which is to me an EP (I don't remember what they called that ๐คฃ). And "single album" still cracks me up.
i don't think Cha Cha can't make beats for artists outside his label tho.
I hear Cha Cha beats often. Some SM artists recorded with them.
Cha Cha Malone, hmmm. I thought Jessi left More Vision. ?? Maybe this was recorded a while back.
i hate how netizens defend certain idols but suddenly its okay to bully lucas, im so tired of the double standards to treating hm just because they dont like him. also sm needs to get a grip and remove all the haters on the weverse community, there's just too much there. idk what it is but cnetz are obsessed with calling him a "monkey," and fans are the minority on wv
You mention Cnutz. I believe they originated the Lucas hate. Some Cnutz drag him because of where and how he grew up. Many kids who don't have a broad spectrum of opportunities use either their looks or athleticism to help their families monetarily.
๐จ๐ด๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐. ๐น
I simply can't.
I can't bring myself to pay, seat, cheer and cry over someone. As much as I love my fav but that's a big no for me
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Me neither, I didn't even know they were a thing until I got into Kpop. I can't imagine going to one either, I'd have no idea what to say to an 'idol', it would be excruciatingly embarrassing.
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I'll just go to the concerts and buy the music I think.
I think I was just too cheap to ever go. I never joined any fan club either. I feel I give enough $$ buying albums, attending concerts and purchasing the merch there. Concert-going gets expensive: Hotel, parking. If it's not near you, flight and rental car. I think that's enough being a fan.
I've never been to a fan sign event -- not ever -- not anyone's.
Please help us boycott riize and sm until seunghan is brought back or another announcement is made
If you want to help the boycott but are unsure how, here's some tips
Don't watch any riize content that doesn't feature seunghan.
Dislike all riize content without seunghan (click on the video, pause, dislike and leave before 20 seconds and it shouldn't count as a view)
Don't purchase any riize albums, merchandise, tickets, or other products
Commenting things related to bringing seunghan back on whatever sm content you come across. You don't have to actively search for it, but when you do watch sm content please comment something about riize being 7.
Unsubscribe from sm and riize channels. (Until boycott is over)
Don't listen to any riize music on any platform and especially no streaming.
This may seem excessive and harsh, but if everyone's does it together, it shouldn't last too long. You may be worried about it affecting other members, but they will still get paid. Riize is not sm only source of income.
#RIIZEIS7
#BRINGBACKSEUNGHAN
#NOSEUNGHANNOSIREN
#BOYCOTTSM
No seunghan = no streams. We will not tolerate this kind of behavior from sm entertainment
๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ข๐ก:
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ "๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐" ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป(๐) ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐.
Wonderful story.
๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐!
ew sorry about that
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Yes, I agree. There is something off about the timing of this, and I suspect that once again it's a betrayal by someone either jealous or who wants his place in the team, so they've created a 'scandal' where he hasn't done anything illegal or actually wrong.
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Other people may not approve because for whatever reason they can't bear the thought of an age gap, but they're not family, and they should all butt out.
Well, if she was 15 or 16 and my niece, I'd have a problem with it. I'd personally have a talk with him. But 18 or 19, no, I'd have nothing to say -- it's her life.
And if she was under 16 when she was with him (if the pregnancy and abortion were true), then it was illegal.
I thought you might like to read this, a reply to one of the more vociferous users on here, but which is now buried. I looked up Korean law, because there is something really off with this article.
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I thought 20 was far too old, and that there would be riots if the age of consent was raised that high (especially where it was at 13 before the new law), so I've looked it up for you. Despite what this article and lots of other articles say on the net, the age of consent in Korea isn't 20, it's 16 like most other sane jurisdictions.
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https://glaw.scourt.go.kr/wsjo...
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์ผ๋ถ๊ฐ์ 2023. 8. 8. [๋ฒ๋ฅ ์ 19582ํธ, ์ํ 2023. 8. 8.] ๋ฒ๋ฌด๋ถ
์ 305์กฐ(๋ฏธ์ฑ๋ ์์ ๋ํ ๊ฐ์, ์ถํ)
โ 13์ธ ๋ฏธ๋ง์ ์ฌ๋์ ๋ํ์ฌ ๊ฐ์ ๋๋ ์ถํ์ ํ ์๋ ์ 297์กฐ, ์ 297์กฐ์2, ์ 298์กฐ, ์ 301์กฐ ๋๋ ์ 301์กฐ์2์ ์์ ์ํ๋ค. <๊ฐ์ 1995.12.29, 2012.12.18, 2020.5.19>
โก 13์ธ ์ด์ 16์ธ ๋ฏธ๋ง์ ์ฌ๋์ ๋ํ์ฌ ๊ฐ์ ๋๋ ์ถํ์ ํ 19์ธ ์ด์์ ์๋ ์ 297์กฐ, ์ 297์กฐ์2, ์ 298์กฐ, ์ 301์กฐ ๋๋ ์ 301์กฐ์2์ ์์ ์ํ๋ค. <์ ์ค 2020.5.19>
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Google Translate translation:
"criminal law
Partially revised on August 8, 2023. [Law No. 19582, effective on August 8, 2023] Ministry of Justice
Article 305 (Adultery and molestation of minors)
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A person who commits adultery or molestation against a person under the
age of 13 shall be subject to the provisions of Article 297, Article
297-2, Article 298, Article 301, or Article 301-2. <Amended
1995.12.29, 2012.12.18, 2020.5.19>
โก A person 19 years of age
or older who commits adultery or molestation with a person between 13
and 16 years of age shall be subject to the provisions of Article 297,
Article 297-2, Article 298, 301, or Article 301-2. <Newly established
2020.5.19>"
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A 20 year old isn't a child anywhere, I have no idea where this idea of the age of consent in South Korea being 20 came from, but it doesn't appear to be the case at all, and I can't find any official site stating that. I don't understand what this 'scandal' is supposed to be about.
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Other sources:
Parliament approves raising the age of consent to 16
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https://seoullawgroup.com/crim...
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Back when it was 13, one couldn't legally marry until 20. I thought consent was 16 now but when I searched, this came up: https://www.ageofconsent.net/w... I didn't bother to look up the actual law. Thanks.
The "Scandal" -- isn't it always those expressing mutual "good feelings" for one another? Then there's the mob who take issue with age differences. I think many commenters on here (and their multiple accounts) have extremely limited life experience but are full of their rigid and insular opinions. They can't relate to working closely with someone and developing an attraction. In that scenario, the couple didn't have to "date" since they were together very often anyway. It's how actors working on the same drama hook up. And because of their friendly working relationship, why shouldn't he attend her high school graduation if he was invited?
In the company, there were (or are) a few disgruntled dancers - three. Let's see what the rest of the company does. But this stuff happened last year. If the girl's parents accepted him, no one else has anything to say. The worst I see happening now since it's in the news is Young J steps down as the Leader. However, JHO, if he needs or wants, can still consult him.
But she is the one who has left dancing behind now... to get married. Do you think that's fair?. Is that the outcome she wanted for herself when she started dancing?
Did she leave it behind? You know this how?
There's also the chance that he's only talking about marriage now because everything was revealed publicly and he thinks that will make people see him in a better light.
1) I agree with you.
Yet there are few other ways to look at it too:
2) Her parents could be demanding he marry her.
3) HE could truly want to be with her. I mean, why destroy his life and this company he's built (14 years old, world renown) for a fling?
4) SHE may not want to spend all her eternity with him and he could be trying to convince her. -OR-
5) She could have put out the story as a form of coercion: a. To get his commitment, b. To ensure her parents' acceptance, and c. To have an open relationship.
How will we ever know the whole and true story? And why should we? It's their families' affair.
I'm not taking sides or shifting, honestly. I just argue all sides. Note: "COULD HAVE." Because we don't know the truth.
Let's talk about the three members who left.
Did you watch 'Street Man Fighter?' Do you remember a few of the crew having The SAME issue with Young J while on the show? They called him a dictator, they said he made decisions "unilaterally," he did everything on his own, he didn't try new things and wasn't open to their ideas...
So when he chose this female who wasn't their choice to represent their crew... what? Then she had his ear when they didn't. Don't people who feel slighted find justifications?
She could've used Young J to advance herself.
And the abortion, who said that's true? Yet I think most young women who aspire to dance would put off having a child [and would double up contraceptives]. But, who would spread it around that she had an abortion? UNLESS... Are there not women who lie about romantic or intimate relations? Don't we read about one almost every other week on here?
I say those who left a few months ago were already disgruntled. ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐?
Define groomer. I've noticed that term written on here a lot.
He was attracted to a 19 year old professional dancer who could've pursued him. The law was recently changed to 20 for consent. In 2020, it was 13, then 16... To keep his butt out of prison, he told her they had to wait.
You see, I'm from the U.S. We may have cultural differences that are miles apart. I left home at 17. I've always made my own decisions -- and lived with the consequences. I can't visualize 20 year-olds in a high school classroom when I was a junior in a university and working.
This is not true. It's happened to me. An older man told me he'd wait for me until I turned 18. But I didn't see him again until I was in my 20s.
If he's telling the truth, why would she lie to her friends? The timeline/series of events is off. But I believe he wouldn't say this in the news if he didn't have the young woman's parents' consent.
Circling back to the dance crew: Did he make decisions unilaterally based on his feelings for the girl as the guys accused him? I think he did lie to his crew. But as haerin97 said, he's taking responsibility and trying to make it right.
Now I'm going to to take a peek at 'Street Woman Fighter Season 2.' I wasn't interested previously or something about the promo turned me off - I don't remember.
Seungri was a member of Big Bang throughout their biggest years. Now, although all the members have gone their separate ways, they'll always be remembered as being in Big Bang, including Seungri. That's their legacy.