So I didn't get an e-mail about this comment for some reason (idk why ..) but I was coming back here to tell you that I watched the first ep of Yunho's drama and HIS CHARACTER IS SO DUMB AND HE IS SO BAD AT ACTING THAT I CAN'T HELP BUT BE EXCITED FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES. Unfortunately, I have finals next week but I will update you later on my reactions.
re: It's insane how busy they are and how little sleep they get and how hard they push themselves yeah seriously, and they get criticized so harshly when the exhibit/show any kind of exhaustion :( and I was watching/listening somewhere about how Luna would like run 2 hrs on the treadmill bc it helps her increase her stamina.
re: but their international fans don't actually want them to be japanese/european/american celebrities, they want them to be korean celebrities closer to them. Yes, I totally see that sense of ownership in terms of fandom. I think fan ownership/entitlement weighs a lot stronger in sports but I am starting to see it in kpop as well. Every time they travel, someone inevitably posts on tumblr something like "I wish they were back in Korea" "where is their korean comeback" (well, this is mainly SHINee I'm talking about rn...) And all my korean friends are ALWAYS like, I don't get why other people like kpop so much etc. I think my sister Soyub said was like, it's sad when non-Koreans are more into kpop than we are. And I totally get pissed about this for many reasons and one is the inability to believe that a person's interests can go beyond their nationality/language. The other is there sense of superiority/ownership of something that is essentially constructed by nothing else than nationality (WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED AS WELL..). And three, ok why is American pop music so prevalent in other countries? Attachment to certain mediated images as well as music is "universal" to many cultures. But this is kind of besides the point - the way promotion/celebrity culture is really different. Like the Wonder Girls is the best example for what you're saying - they had a couple of interviews about how the way popularity/trends operate are different and how they work hard to get where they want to be is going to be different too. And ofc every article posted about this is met with a bunch of comments like "OMG COME BACK TO KOREA WUT R U DOING THERE" but it's not xenophobic (like omg get out of this country!) but it's about not wanting to see them fail and the containment of that identification/idealization/image of their idols in the first place. Like you want them to be popular globally but stay the same. It's kind of a weird contradiction (like you know how indie bands get popular and people are like omg bandwagoners/SELL-OUTs hmph!). Fan reactions/opinions are so fun to read tbh.
Yeah DB2K is something I really love (like most SM things).. Changmin is just so endearingly snarky (Also have you listened/read that transcript of the Kyuline sounding incredibly silly/drunk on the radio? And Changmin sings part of Hug and it was so hilarious..http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mH9aJpHx2Fk, unfortunately Minho is incredibly unbratty compared to CuddleWolf lol and Changmin) Him and Yunho is like Key and everyone else. He is pretty sure everyone else in SHINee is so really lame but he can't help it but be a part of that (as Linna tried to explain minho/key's friendship: "key doesn't give a fuck about anyone really because he is a diva and minho is like :c about it because he's a big puppy, so key's like -_- you're an idiot minho and minho is like :c and key's like ugh i like u ok now shut up and minho's like c:" L M A O) And like Sulli's reaction to anything Luna does... it's crazy how distinct their projected personalities are to us. Was talking to my roommate about BSB/NSync and how we don't know what they are like as people. As if that is something inherently private.
Oh Skip Beat is drawing closer! Can't wait for the lols in dubbing and some really bad production value. And srsly Sooyoung's drama needs to cast the other ppl so it can start soonish!!
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re: It's insane how busy they are and how little sleep they get and how hard they push themselves
yeah seriously, and they get criticized so harshly when the exhibit/show any kind of exhaustion :( and I was watching/listening somewhere about how Luna would like run 2 hrs on the treadmill bc it helps her increase her stamina.
re: but their international fans don't actually want them to be japanese/european/american celebrities, they want them to be korean celebrities closer to them. Yes, I totally see that sense of ownership in terms of fandom. I think fan ownership/entitlement weighs a lot stronger in sports but I am starting to see it in kpop as well. Every time they travel, someone inevitably posts on tumblr something like "I wish they were back in Korea" "where is their korean comeback" (well, this is mainly SHINee I'm talking about rn...) And all my korean friends are ALWAYS like, I don't get why other people like kpop so much etc. I think my sister Soyub said was like, it's sad when non-Koreans are more into kpop than we are. And I totally get pissed about this for many reasons and one is the inability to believe that a person's interests can go beyond their nationality/language. The other is there sense of superiority/ownership of something that is essentially constructed by nothing else than nationality (WHICH IS CONSTRUCTED AS WELL..). And three, ok why is American pop music so prevalent in other countries? Attachment to certain mediated images as well as music is "universal" to many cultures. But this is kind of besides the point - the way promotion/celebrity culture is really different. Like the Wonder Girls is the best example for what you're saying - they had a couple of interviews about how the way popularity/trends operate are different and how they work hard to get where they want to be is going to be different too. And ofc every article posted about this is met with a bunch of comments like "OMG COME BACK TO KOREA WUT R U DOING THERE" but it's not xenophobic (like omg get out of this country!) but it's about not wanting to see them fail and the containment of that identification/idealization/image of their idols in the first place. Like you want them to be popular globally but stay the same. It's kind of a weird contradiction (like you know how indie bands get popular and people are like omg bandwagoners/SELL-OUTs hmph!). Fan reactions/opinions are so fun to read tbh.
Yeah DB2K is something I really love (like most SM things).. Changmin is just so endearingly snarky (Also have you listened/read that transcript of the Kyuline sounding incredibly silly/drunk on the radio? And Changmin sings part of Hug and it was so hilarious..http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mH9aJpHx2Fk, unfortunately Minho is incredibly unbratty compared to CuddleWolf lol and Changmin) Him and Yunho is like Key and everyone else. He is pretty sure everyone else in SHINee is so really lame but he can't help it but be a part of that (as Linna tried to explain minho/key's friendship: "key doesn't give a fuck about anyone really because he is a diva and minho is like :c about it because he's a big puppy, so key's like -_- you're an idiot minho and minho is like :c and key's like ugh i like u ok now shut up and minho's like c:" L M A O) And like Sulli's reaction to anything Luna does... it's crazy how distinct their projected personalities are to us. Was talking to my roommate about BSB/NSync and how we don't know what they are like as people. As if that is something inherently private.
Oh Skip Beat is drawing closer! Can't wait for the lols in dubbing and some really bad production value. And srsly Sooyoung's drama needs to cast the other ppl so it can start soonish!!