KPop - aka Only Scott Cares - aka Not as Good as Metal

Looks like BigHit posted an apology. There’s a translation on Twitter:

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So I now know who E’Dawn is, from a combo of discovering Shine a while back and his actually being fired making the news this week.

This post is even truer to me now than it was when it was posted.

I wasn’t going to mention this, but it got out of hand in a good way.

There’s this rapper named San E. Until just recently I thought he was pretty cool. He did some nice tracks with Raina back in the day. The few times I saw him on Korean TV, he was alright.

That all changed when he came out with a track titled “Feminist” which is anything but. Dude is doing a great job of representing the kind of misogynist ideas that are so prevalent in SK. He’s got some other misogynistic tracks out now as well, such as “6.9cm” which is literally about dick-size. Classic case of someone who thinks they’re feminist and thinks they are pushing for equality, but just not getting it.

How could this possibly get out of hand in a good way? Much like ye olde ballad of Dudebro, this bad dude has served as a prompt for a font of wonderful diss tracks.

Here we have “NO YOU ARE NOT” by Jerry. K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6EhdVJFluQ

And now we also have “EQUALIST” by SLEEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Okc1hLo_Y4

I’m hoping for at least a few more.

Self explanatory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIv16itYi_0

Wanna One’s contract is over soon. I think this is their last song. They will now go the way of IOI. Hopefully they can be more successful than the post-IOI groups.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD2mik4V5EE

Seems that Celeb Five now only has 4 people. Never name your group after a number. RIP B1A4 TT

https://youtu.be/kI3riuxM3mw

November isn’t nearly over yet: We got EXID, Red Velvet, and MAMAMOO still to come!

DJ Hyo got pissed seeing everyone all hype on Momo and Chungah. She shouldn’t have told remind you who is the true dancing queen.

https://youtu.be/cbPIUnMsGyY

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Okay, I broke down and watched this dance practice vid because of curiosity. WTH is with all camera zooming in and out constantly?

Tha’s the style of the times. Like when I used to wear an onion on my belt.

I do not like the style. This also happened with Pentagon’s Shine. What I want is a stable and dispassionate view of the dance. Perhaps I want to observe it as clearly as possible to reproduce it myself.

What I got is a music video, basically. One unbroken shot, yes, but with a moving camera.

Also now having watched it. Yep, she’s asserted dominance, daym that’s some good dancin’.

fromis_9 and Loona had a cute dance battle on Idol Room.

https://youtu.be/mVPNdUrg40g

(Loved watching Yves sprint to the front when Sunmi came on. Just give her a few years…)

I’m gonna watch that idol room when I get home.

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Hey EXID, Congratulations. Solji has recovered from her illness and you have five members back on stage. For people who are unfamiliar with you, what kind of music do you sing?

https://youtu.be/MNUX3evlCK0?t=104

https://youtu.be/SAdmzjsFVQo

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This was unexpectedly over 9000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCDZYdPmys

Also, the company behind BTS (BigHit) has only ever had one group, which is BTS. They announced they are making another group with 5 dudes. Will it become BTS2?

https://youtu.be/uOZ2r_UAfdc

The youtube algoritm gods (who I so rarely listen to) showed me this.

It’s clearly ancient as I only found it after like 1.5m views. Looks to me like a dojo enjoys kpop and performative martial arts and it also looks like I enjoy kpop and performative partial arts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXvWUBnQbM

Sexy Bois

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSudEWBAYRE

Note: A love shot is a thing in Korean drinking culture. You basically wrap your drinking arms around each other.

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Special Holiday stages on Music Bank this week.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/wiki/music-shows/music-bank/20181221

Also, I’m late to the party on this Yubin comeback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCDZYdPmys

Get ready because there are going to be a lot of special stages coming from award shows and end of year celebration shows.

A lot of things have gone down. All the new year specials with all their crazy stages. New songs from Chungha, LUNA, and APINK. New Japanese song from Red Velvet. A new group coming from BTS company. Jessi signed with PSY’s company that he formed after leaving YG. BLACKPINK is going on an NA tour with no dates announced yet. Red Velvet is selling their NA tour merch online.

Most interesting of all, though, is that MTV is putting out this documentary about Tiffany, Amber, and Jay Park. They all left the US to become KPop stars, and have now all pretty much come back home. Although I guess f(x) technically still exists, so Amber could go back, but that is a very unlikely dream.

https://youtu.be/2f7Mt-aoU5I

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As I said, BigHit, the company that “owns” BTS is creating their second ever group. So far they are batting 1.000. Here’s the announcement.

https://www.soompi.com/article/1290767wpp/big-hits-new-boy-group-is-coming-heres-introduction-to-first-member-yeonjun

The group is called TXT. That name is corny as hell. It stands for “Tomorrow X Together” but I don’t think that will matter at all. BTS is corny as hell also. It stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan which translates to bulletproof boy scouts. The leader of BTS was named Rap Monster. They changed the name to “Beyond the Scene” at least for the English speaking world, and Rap Monster changed his name to RM. I’ll never accept those name changes though. Gonna keep using my Phoenix web browser and Tappan Zee Bridge. The point is that BTS is even cornier than TXT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iciFwCnsyY4

Dat dance.

Does this count?

https://youtu.be/-k5iFLYXmWU