#ALSO VIVIS TAIWAN RADIO

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i think is interesting how in love4eva and sensitive there is strong criticisms towards the kpop industry exploiting young women (or at least thats what i gather) but in love4eva they seem to be completely coerced in this situation meanwhile in sensitive it is their actual aspiration to be idols.. thought of sharing this thought with you bc i started following you for your loonaverse analisis and i thought it was interesting similarity. 🦜

This is a really interesting observation!

Love4eva is definitely about criticising the idol inudstry as I've written before. The irony is that Jaden & BBC perpetuated what was being critiqued in the love4eva music video in a very cruel way - the strictness, the dieting, the emotional manipulation and lying.

I think the plot of Sensitive (at least the performance portion) is less about idols and more about a school talent competition as it's set in school. If we think about the real world, the loossemble members have moved into a new company that have reempowered them with creative input, who don't ask them to diet and encourage them to focus on their health first and foremost, who allow them to do whatever they want with their bodies, who allow them so much freedom - to me it's almost suggesting that simply the passion of young girls is more... worthy? more inspiring? than the path of an idol? The loossemble girls aren't being instructed by their controlling abusive teacher, they're independently creating their own dance and following their dream to dance and perform for people - their TRUE dream.

I think it's so nice to reflect on how the members have evolved so much after leaving BBC. Vivi helping Yeojin rehabilitate her relationship with food, Hyeju experimenting with her tan to oppose the colorist beauty standards in Korea, Gowon getting involved in music production for the first time, Hyunjin and how much she loves her pets which she never could've owned at the dorms... like Loossemble is truly my bias line and I really couldn't be happier with how things have turned out.