I can see both sides of this. As a professional, Joy knows that a little more effort can move the product from very good to excellent. That's good for both Red Velvet and their fans. But SM knows that very good is good enough for a 10 year old idol group. Excellent is the mark you need for your stars, not your cash cows. Red Velvet has an established fandom and market. A stronger effort by management isn't going to produce much of a difference. We've seen where SM has put their best efforts, and it has paid off.

Dangerous situation for the hoobae. Since the women were drunk, they can't give consent.

A very close matchup between Armageddon and How Sweet. The "live voting" component pushed Aespa to victory. NewJeans never seems to get strong enough voting support in these close contests.

They look a lot more comfortable when they're performing. In most of these photos there's at least one member who looks a bit off.

Youngest Grammy winner for Album of the Year, but there have been younger Grammy winners.

Good to see the fourth generation girl groups doing so well. I see that (G)I-DLE also made the top 10.

I forgot that this was for Japan. I was thinking "Heavy on the mess, light on the hot". But for Japan, yeah, OK.

Aespa needs to be careful. If you keep releasing pairs of good songs your management might try to clone you, and split the songs up so they can double dip.

Are "manner hands" no longer a thing in South Korea? 

Interesting choice of words "This lawsuit, along with a newly filed civil suit, reflects HYBE's strategy to protect its artists." since this all seemed to be started with HYBE/Belift damaging NewJeans by creating a very-similar new girl group. The other crap about Le Sserafim is small by comparison.

While I like a lot of StayC's songs, I never focused on learning who's who for the S-girls. And with styling changes, I could only identify J about 2/3 of the time. These photos, without name captions, don't help.

Activate truth filter. "She's pretty, so that makes it OK." No need to overthink here.

I'd like to judge for myself, but I can't find the full video with English subtitles. 

I like having the names provided for the photos. Sometimes idols get styled for magazine photos, and I lose track of who's who. Once I get everyone straight I give a second look and think "of course that's who she is". But sometimes, especially in group photos (not just Le Sserafim) I can only identify everyone via process of elimination.