Posts by freakyfantasy

  • SHIZZ IS REALLY HITTING THE FAN IN CHINA...ARE YOUR FAVES AFFECTED?



    Machines are certainly used, but the process is not fully-automated. The truth is the Uyghyur population is basically enslaved now. Chinese people can recite the propaganda their state is feeding them all day long, but there's no denying at this point, what the reality of the Uyghyur minority is, now.



    I agree with the stance some users have displayed: I can understand their reasoning, and not agree with it at the same time. I'm not a fan of any of the involved artists though, so they're not losing anything. And I'm also not going to go around raging against them. I can see their point, but i don't agree with it. It is what it is.

  • Can't believe army's allowed Jin to shamelessly broadcast his date like this

    i honestly love how thoroughly Jin slapped his akgaes with all his, lmao. They out there whining about how mistreated is Jin. all the while Jin has the boss cooking him dinner and taking selfies together. LOL



    sorry, but how wholesome is this? JK and BangPD go out for dinner, but they end up fangirling over Namjoon :claps:

  • SHIZZ IS REALLY HITTING THE FAN IN CHINA...ARE YOUR FAVES AFFECTED?

    the Chinese brainwashing is real. I have Chinese colleagues who haven't lived in China for years now telling me they don't want to get Covid vaccinated unless the Chinese vaccine gets brought to our country and made available. In a very objective, cold way, it's rather impressive how the Chinese government manages to so thoroughly control a population of almost 2 billion people.


    No excuse though for that artist of Ughyur ethnicity that's choosing her comfy career over the systemic eradication of her culture and her people. Wow.

  • Do Girls feel less connected to Girlgroups ?

    disappointed but not surprised at some of the answers here.

    It's not at all surprising that GG end up generating less fans than BGs in KPop, and the explanation is rather simple: GGs are not marketed towards the female public, in general. A lot of them cater to the conventional standard of what an attractive girl should be like in K-culture: pretty, thin, cute, demure, a little fun but not too much, a little sexy but not too much, a little flirty but only just enough. The groups that do end up generating a fandom with a genre composition similar to that of a BG are the ones that don't position themselves firmly towards one side of the public - like 2ne1, Mamamoo and BP, for ex.


    as for my experience alone, i honestly have no patience for GGs. I find the performances lack energy a lot of the times; the dances are concentrated on flowery, flowy moves instead of hard-hitting choreos- lots of arm movement, less footwork. Songs are too high pitched. Off-stage a lot of the times GG are forced to keep up the act and it's tiring. I just can't take it seriously. I do feel sorry if it's forced on them, but not enough to support it. It holds no appeal to me, I don't relate to it at all and it makes me impatient.


    Oftentimes the songs chosen to be promoted don't touch on any kind of interesting topic for me. They're usually boppy and fun and that's perfectly ok, but since my music tastes are less geared towards that type of music, I end up listening to them very seldom. Once in a while I do end up getting hooked on some songs. though :) I used to be a 2ne1 fan, I liked some of BP's earlier tracks, I vibed with Stay-C's debut song, I fell in love on first listen with Twice's Cry for me, and I like Dreamcatcher's rockish vibe. I've also liked a lot of Sunmi's title tracks in past years.


    So in the end? the answer is: TASTE

  • What are your opinions on cultural use in kpop?

    Quote from omnimorphism

    From the economical point of view, for me, yes. But that's how I see it, not how other people see it. For other people other factors come into play. If you got out wearing a hanbok sold by a South Korean you will get crucified for that. Not by me, but by other people. But that doesn't imply they're right.


    But there's also a tenuous line. Up to what level can a culture own something? Take for example music. Should've Jazz and Blues be kept strictly within African Americans? Should we delete Frank Sinatra? Should we delete Elvis Presley since Rock & Roll is derived from RnB and Gospel, which was majorly Black Gospel? Should we delete all white Rock bands since Rock derive from Rock & Roll? And so on...


    I can also agree on that line of reasoning. But I don't think it's something that should be that easily overlooked. It's a reasonable argument that should require more reflection.


    I don't think anyone owns culture. Culture is not a tangible thing, it's a multitude of factors that come together to define a group of people. But it's fluid and ever-changing. No culture exists in a vacuum.

    Especially in today's world, when we're so interconnected, that it's hard to even tell apart what's what.


    I'm not a person that's hung up on cultural traits - on the opposite, i feel like a lot of the times they act as barriers, it stops us from seeing ourselves as simply humans. I know a lot of people find solace in having a clear identity in this sense. For me, I'm just sad we feel the need to gatekeep what we can enjoy as people.


    I don't go around wearing hanboks or traditional Chinese dresses for example, because i know how it could be perceived. But a lot of the times i wish i could, simply because i find them beautiful. And that applies to a lot of things.

  • What are your opinions on cultural use in kpop?

    Quote from omnimorphism

    In that case it's fine. The ones who own the culture are the ones selling it.


    I'm talking about the fashion industry that takes clothing, patterns, styles from a minority culture, rebrands them, sells them, and keeps all the money. While the real 'owners' of that get nothing in return since they don't have intellectual property over it. It's a complex problem because how are you going to repay a culture? To whom will that money go?


    but it's not really fine, though, is it? People seeing me wearing a hanbok wouldn't know a Korean sold it to me and i'd get slammed for CA.

    By that token, if a white person goes and gets dreads done by black person, does that suddenly make it OK?



    Agreed, it is complex, and i believe the focus in put on wrongly. I also believe sometimes people are paradoxical: everyone says educate yourself, but how many cultures are there in this world? How do we keep ourselves educated on this ? do we google every symbol, every drawing, every hairstyle or clothes pattern to figure out if we are offending someone with it?


    I just think as a whole some parts of the world just have a different view on it. I'm from Europe, and it's a tiny continent where numerous cultures were forced to live together and find ways to get along, help each, learn from each other. And i think it's hard for a lot of us to understand what's so wrong with that.

  • What are your opinions on cultural use in kpop?

    Quote from omnimorphism

    I don't agree with cultural gatekeeping. As long as it's not disrespectful I don't see a problem. I think people are venting their anger on the wrong problem. I don't believe one culture should be able to ban another culture from using a piece of clothing, in any direction.


    But when you talk about the economical aspect of CA I agree that there indeed lies a problem that doesn't have a simple solution.


    this part with the economy has me stumped. I go to Korea and Koreans sell hanboks to tourists, just as people in India sell saris and jewelry etc. So then, is it wrong of me to actually use them?




    I agree with what some users have said here - it's too late to try to contain cultures, that's never been the way. Humanity has progressed over time by cultural exchange and the trade of knowledge between civilizations. There's no pure culture out there, and trying to go back 200 years to look for what's "specific" to a culture is not enough. In Europe and Asia not even 500 years, 1000 years is enough.

  • It's my last post about BTS here


    BTS's main "concept" has always been singing about personal things. I know it's difficult to understand, but it's not the marketing gimmick some of you like to turn it into. They write about things that are personal and dear to them and if you consider this "safe". you know nothing about what it means to unfold yourself so bare in front of millions. How dismissive.

    It works for them because a lot of people are drawn to honesty. They don't sing about "social awareness" because it's the woke thing to do and it works; It works because people relate to it, to them. The causality is different and it's an important distinction to make.