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So Korean pop brings you to God? Sounds like crazy. All the girls are garlic garlic.
The Kpop thread. - LEGGO
- Thread starter Yellow Yam Scam
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Necroing because NCT member Taeil is allegedly involved in some or other sexual offense serious enough to have him dropped from the group (not that it's all that difficult considering most of them blend into the background and are ultimately forgettable but I say this as someone who doesn't care all that much for K-pop nowadays outside the occasional check-up and older performers).
Absolutely none of the regular 'sources' I've admittedly just glanced over seem to know exactly what is going on. Wonder if more details will emerge or if this will quietly end with either his arrest or potentially the case being dropped.
On a completely unrelated note: it felt as though most K-pop musicians had decent enough plastic surgery that while probably excessive wasn't horrifying or comical. Hyoyeon of SNSD had been the most blatant example in the space (of more prominent idols) for me for a long time. There was a reason Park Bom stood out from the crowd so much.
That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
Hyolyn, BoA (who I believe got into some level of controversy after appearing stiff and puffed up in a drama appearance), Namjoo of Apink (who is still working off that botched job), Hyuna, and Wendy of Red Velvet (pictured) are a few examples of how blatant (and shoddy...) shit has become. Or perhaps I'm looking at the scene with new eyes. Granted, all of these women have aged since their debut but even seeing newer groups, I feel like I'm staring at shiny Unreal Engine models rather than people, girls and guys alike. At least when some idols debuted before, they felt a little more natural.
Of course pre-debut surgeries have likely always existed, Jessica of SNSD being evidence of that, I believe. Perhaps it's just more blatant? Yet netizens seem both eager to shame idols with poor jobs and praise idols with passing results, all while South Korea continues to be a plastic surgeon's wet dream.
For reference, I believe both images of Wendy here are fairly recent (2021-2024).
Absolutely none of the regular 'sources' I've admittedly just glanced over seem to know exactly what is going on. Wonder if more details will emerge or if this will quietly end with either his arrest or potentially the case being dropped.
On a completely unrelated note: it felt as though most K-pop musicians had decent enough plastic surgery that while probably excessive wasn't horrifying or comical. Hyoyeon of SNSD had been the most blatant example in the space (of more prominent idols) for me for a long time. There was a reason Park Bom stood out from the crowd so much.
That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
Hyolyn, BoA (who I believe got into some level of controversy after appearing stiff and puffed up in a drama appearance), Namjoo of Apink (who is still working off that botched job), Hyuna, and Wendy of Red Velvet (pictured) are a few examples of how blatant (and shoddy...) shit has become. Or perhaps I'm looking at the scene with new eyes. Granted, all of these women have aged since their debut but even seeing newer groups, I feel like I'm staring at shiny Unreal Engine models rather than people, girls and guys alike. At least when some idols debuted before, they felt a little more natural.
Of course pre-debut surgeries have likely always existed, Jessica of SNSD being evidence of that, I believe. Perhaps it's just more blatant? Yet netizens seem both eager to shame idols with poor jobs and praise idols with passing results, all while South Korea continues to be a plastic surgeon's wet dream.
For reference, I believe both images of Wendy here are fairly recent (2021-2024).
