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pommpuriinn · 3 months ago

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Mine mysterious Boyfriend

ੈ✩ synopsis - y/n is a very successful influencer who is known for producing aesthetically pleasing vlogs about her travels, normal day to day life, going to restaurants to taste test food. But even though she gets millions of viewers on a daily basis, her most popular videos are of her sitting down and explaining the latest drama to her never before seen boyfriend. Her viewers are so curious on how he looks since they've been together for a couple of years and y/n has always blurred or added a cute hand drawn character of a white dog with dark eye bags to cover his face whenever he gets in frame. That is until a trip to Japan where the couple was peacefully vlogging by a little tanghulu stand, and a streamer was filming not that far from the couple and caught them in 4K. Revealing y/n’s boyfriend to the world.

ੈ✩ pairing - soobin x fem!reader

ੈ✩ a/n - hey…𓏗-𓏗 it’s been a while since my last post and again sorry. I have been working and trying to get my bag. A little life update: I met katseye during their first fan event which was CRAZYt they are so pretty in person, then I went to see the txt vr movie seeing them so close was freaking me out while also kicking my feet (and yes I’m seeing it a second time I’m delulu). I want to start writing little scenarios of the members instead of full stories. Maybe it will help me write more and get more creative. Inspired by my girl Stephanie Soo and her husband (I love them!)

Y/n Rose started her channel 3 years ago and it instantly blew up because of her aesthetic style and people loved how relatable and humble she was with her new found fame through social media. Lots of people talk about how y/n is a loser stuck in a hot person’s body because of her clumsy self and does little stupid things that people find funny and cute. Her viewers didn’t just get invested into her very entertaining content, but because of y/n’s mysterious boyfriend. Who goes by Soob or Binie and sometimes toki which means ‘bunny’ in Korean. Reddit fans tried their hardest to try to find any photos of her boyfriend through her old post, but unfortunately nothing was found besides him being Korean because of the toki nickname and in videos he’s teaching y/n Korean.

Fans are so desperate to see his face since they know he has to be fine to be able to bag someone as beautiful as y/n, plus he literally has people post edits on tiktok of his hands because his hands are just that attractive to many. Luckily y/n’s fans are respectful and don’t push y/n for information even fans that meet y/n in person don’t sneak pictures of him and don’t answer people’s questions about him.

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Currently the two are flying back to Japan since it’s literally their favorite place to visit since it has everything they’re obsessed with like; anime, Nintendo store, and really good food. Y/n filmed a little montage of herself playing on her deco rog ally (a handheld console almost like a switch) then of her putting on skincare along with a face mask. Until tragedy struck because Soob took off his glasses and placed them on his seat before going to the restroom to wash his face, as he wanted to do his skincare with y/n and once he came back Soob completely forgot he placed his glasses down and sat on them.

The two gasped at the crack sound that came from his butt. “No you did not.” Y/n tried covering her laugh with placing a hand over her mouth, while looking at Soob and back at the camera. Soob slowly reached down and took a pair of now flimsy glasses causing the couple to silently laugh. Y/n accidentally hit her little table so hard that her camera fell off since it was placed at the edge. With Soob’s quick reaction he was able to catch the camera mid air, “y/n-ah!” He whispered yelled. “We can’t already start breaking things before we even make it to Japan.” Soob adjusted the camera in a better angle while y/n hid her face in her (Soob’s) hoodie trying not to be too loud.

After calming down y/n wiped her tears from laughing so much. “Show them your glasses binie.” Soob then held his glasses out like those people who review makeup products, with his hand behind the glasses so the camera can focus on the damage. “Mind you this is the second time this has happened. Where he sets his glasses on the chair goes do something then comes back and his ass does all the damage.” Soob breaks into a laugh. “Sorry that my ass is pretty strong.”

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Y/n gave a quick room tour of the big hotel room that has an amazing view of Tokyo with the help of her very cute boyfriend who is a great camera man. As y/n was talking she couldn’t help but look at how her toki was giving her heart eyes making y/n lose focus on what she was trying to say. “Stop looking at me like that!” He instantly smiled and continued to tease her. “Like what?”

Fans definitely screen recorded the clip and started making edits quickly. The two finished unpacking and were supposed to start getting ready to adventure outside, but y/n saw that Soob looked so comfortable laying on the bed that she just had to try the bed too. As y/n was now laying down next for Soob explaining their plans to the camera, he instantly got a wave of sleepiness with the warmth of y/n by his side. He set an alarm on his phone which he placed next to him and started to snuggle into her. Y/n was unbothered Soob hugging her or being in frame because she would just edit a sleepy yongmeong sticker over his face.

“He’s making me sleepy~” y/n snicker while watching her toki sleep with his head resting on her shoulder through her viewfinder. It didn’t take long before y/n closed her eyes and started sleeping with the camera still filming. She ended up editing a little fast forward clip of the two sleeping before it cuts to them actually walking down a little street with of course Soob being her cameraman.

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“So we’re actually at a convenience store because someone got sleepy and then got me sleepy, so we ended up sleeping for a couple hours.” Y/n explained, while also swinging their connected hands back and forth happily. “Blame it on the jet lag because I’m so used to New York time.” Soob tries to justify himself. “I guess.” Y/n playfully rolls her eyes at him making Soob laugh. The couple were a few steps away from the convenience store before Soob cuts himself off, “oh! Should we show them your fit?” He backed away to give the camera a full shot of y/n’s outfit. “No, I look like Adam Sandler right now!” Y/n whined, hiding her face with her hands slightly embarrassed by just wearing Soob’s hoodie again with loose gray sweatpants with bows running all down on sides of her legs, paired with her cute decorated crocs. She was still giving a coquette feel to the fit.

“It’s giving Adam Sandler meets coquette vibes.” Soob jokes further leaving a pout on y/n’s lips. “I’m joking. You look very cute.” Soob gently pulls y/n by her hand into a hug comforting her. Cute little gestures like that instantly boosts y/n’s mood, she could never genuinely get mad at Soob. “Let’s show the viewers your OOTD.” Y/n makes sure to just film from the neck down. “Binie has his classic white button up, wide legged pants, basic white shoes, and to top it off his brown bag. It’s giving very boyfriend vibes 101, very demure, very cutesy, very mindful.” Y/n and Soob burst out laughing, getting stares from a couple of people, but they didn’t mind.

“Let’s go get your flavored ice.” Soob wrapped his arm our y/n’s shoulder guiding her in the convenience store. “Oh my god yes! Guys I have been seeing that mainly in Korea there’s this thing- I forgot what it’s called, but it’s for people who love to eat ice. It’s peach flavored ice!” y/n was so excited making Soob smile down at her still filming. “It’s also because she would see those Korean cheerleaders do the little dance and then sit back down to eat the ice.” Soob added. Y/n pulled away from Soob and started the iconic dance the cheerleaders do, making Soob laugh more.

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To no one’s surprise y/n loved the ice and literally finished it in 5 minutes. They got a lot of snacks before heading to their next stop which is a popular tanghulu stand. It was a pretty crowded place since there’s lots of stores all around plus it was the evening, the perfect time to hang out. They weren’t the only ones thinking the same because not far from them was a female streamer obviously streaming also eating tanghulu with her friend. “Guys this is so good!” Her eyes wided while munching on the solid sugar-covered strawberry. She wasn’t paying attention that her chat was freaking out about a certain couple that was being shown in the corner. “Huh? Why is everyone freaking out? Is there a celebrity around here?” Even her friend was confused looking around.

The female streamer was now closely reading the comments until a certain comment in all caps shocked her.

#1: OMG IT'S Y/N AND SOOB!! U JUST REVEALED HIS FACE

“You just revealed-no fucking way!” The poor streamer panicked because they were also big fans of them, but she just unintentionally did something bad. She knew how private y/n is when it comes to Soob to the point where even if Soob is showing something on his phone that y/n blurs the reflection of his face on his phone in videos. The streamer quickly ended her stream abruptly, “dude I have to go up to them and tell them.” She looked at her friend with a stressed expression. “I’m sure they will understand. We’ll go together, plus you didn’t mean to show Soob’s face like that.” Her friend had a point. So she took a deep breath and began walking up to them.

As the couple was just finishing their second sweet treat of the day the poor streamer interrupted them saying their thoughts to the camera. “Um…I’m sorry to interrupt, but hi I’m Alice I’m a streamer and I was streaming literally not long ago and…”, Alice was trying to find the right words. “I didn’t know you guys were in the frame and many, many people saw Soob’s face. I’m so sorry.” Alice hated confrontation and was about to burst into tears with how their smiles instantly dropped. The couple looked at each other trying to feel words on what to say.

“Oh, um thank you for telling us instead of leaving us to find out online. Don’t feel sorry it wasn’t your fault plus we’re in public people are recording and taking pictures. Plus I know I could only do so much to try and protect Soob’s identity.” Y/n caressed Alice’s arm to try to make her feel better, clearly seeing her distressed face. “I can’t hide forever, and I again appreciate you telling us.” Alice was shocked at how they were taking this. ”And I’m assuming you're a fan since you know Soob and I.” Y/n wanted to lighten up the mood. “I am!” Alice bursted into tears. Making everyone laugh, as she got to free her emotions. “I loved you guys since the beginning and oh my god you are so handsome and she’s so pretty it’s insane! You are such a power couple and I love seeing Soob always helping you record and you always covering his face with yongmeong who is such a cute character!” Alice finally got to say what she always thought of saying if she ever got to meet them.

Both y/n and Soob’s heart was melting at the cute sight of Alice fangirling and expressing her love for them. They ended up taking pictures together and ensuring Alice that it’s okay and truly wasn’t her fault revealing Soob.

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It was trending everywhere the clip made it’s rounds and Y/n quickly addressed it before anyone would try to send hate to Alice, and Soob wanted to make a video with y/n after a couple of weeks finally actually revealing himself. He felt like it was inevitable for this to happen and it was bound to happen just not like this. With his decision to do this y/n was a bit opposed to doing this because she knows that Soob is a very private person. But she could tell Soob was already set on doing it.

“After lots of thinking I think it’s time to show the world the literal love of my life.” Y/n and Soob were certainly sitting on the floor in their living room back in New York with a yongmeong face pillow still covering Soob’s face. “Are you going to put it down?” Soob chuckled at y/n. “I’m nervous!” Y/n was more anxious than Soob. “I’ll do it then.” Soob took the face pillow and placed it on his lap. Y/n squealed seeing Soob’s face in the viewfinder.

“Hi I’m Soobin also known as Soob and Binie.” Soobin covered his face feeling shy with y/n hyping him up.

The world suddenly was more colorful, the air was fresher, and the water was bluer and clear now that Soobin revealed his face. People were happy having an actual face to the name and seeing the most visually stunning couple. Soobin even unprivated his instagram but his instagram was literally a fan page of y/n because it was girlfriend material photos of y/n, and his only post with his face was his most recent one that still has y/n in the picture. Which people found so cute that Soobin is so down bad for y/n.

#txt x reader #txt scenario #txt scenarios #txt imagines #txt soobin #soobin x reader #soobin scenarios #soobin scenario #soobin imagines #txt fanfic #txt #txt drabbles #soobin drabbles #choi soobin #choi soobin x reader

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jsxjmn · 20 days ago

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06 - Sunbaenim

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Ding Dong ~

"She's here," Giselle told Winter and Ningning, who were sitting on the sofa. She approaches the door and opens it.

"Hi, Sunbaenim," Y/N said, making Giselle giggle. "Silly," Giselle said, hugging the younger. "I miss you, come inside! Ningning and Winter are here," Giselle said, opening the door wider for Y/N.

Y/N stepped inside and greeted Winter and Ningning "Hi, Sunbaenim"

"Oh no! You don't have to call us that," Ningning remarked while holding her. "You can call us unnie," Winter added while waiting for Ningning to move aside so she can hug Y/N.

"Karina is not here as you can see, but she'll be home later," Giselle said. "Did she know that I'll be here?" Y/N asked, hugging Winter.

“Yes, she just went out to buy stuff” Giselle said

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"She's behind you" Winter said while covering her eyes, they're watching a horror movie "she can't hear you, dumbass" Ningning said

“Hater” Winter said

They were watching a movie when the door opened. "Kids, I'm home," Karina said. "Unnie!" Did you buy ice cream?" Winter asked, running towards Karina while being followed by Ningning. "Yes, I did," Karina replied.

"Unnie? Are you okay? Why are you not going there to greet your leader?" Y/N asked her sister. "I'm okay, I just don't want to move from my position right now, you can greet her if you like," Giselle replied, kissing Y/N's forehead.

"Okay, I'll be back, unnie," Y/N said and went on to greet Karina. "Hi, Sunbaenim! I'm Y/N"

Synopsis: When Aespa Giselle's younger sister made her debut as a member of the international girl group Katseye, and caught the attention of Aespa's beloved leader.

ps. don’t mind the typos

(open) taglist: @yeetaberry127 @yjiminswallet @sixflame438 @ourlovesarang @saysirhc @tzuyusdoughnut

#zavie’s work #karina x fem reader smau #karina x fem reader #katseye 7th member #karina x reader #katseye #aespa smau #aespa x fem reader #aespa #wlw

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divinesangel · 3 months ago

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katseye dynamic reading pls

it seems like there’s no bad blood between them. they really enjoy each other’s company and are eager to see what new projects they’ll undertake and what achievements they’ll reach together. they’re very hard workers, putting a lot of effort into everything they do, and they genuinely want this group to succeed. however, lately, they’ve been feeling like they’re being tricked or played. some members aren’t doing well, and it feels like some are being portrayed in a way that doesn’t reflect who they truly are. there’s a sense of, “oh, i’m being tricked” or “they’re doing this on purpose.” but they know that this isn’t who they truly are. it seems like all they wanted was to show others how much effort they put into everything and how hard they work, but they feel hurt and disappointed that people misinterpreted that. they might be thinking, “why can’t you see how hard i work?”

besides that, it feels like they really encourage each other and make an effort to be there for one another, helping the group feel stable and supporting each other’s overall stability. they’re aware of the incredible things they’ve been manifesting for the group and appreciate the steady growth they’re experiencing, which excites them about the future. however, there are also some underlying fears or worries. they understand how challenging this industry can be, and there’s a lingering concern that things might not work out in their favor. despite their hard work and dedication to their dreams, there’s a fear of potential disappointment. but the girls themselves have changed a lot. whatever was shown in the documentary is not who they are now. they’ve undergone a significant transformation, both individually and as a group. once they began working together and viewing things from a new perspective, all of them evolved. after leaving the survival show, many of them shifted their outlook and started to see things differently. their connection has definitely experienced a profound change.

at the same time, i'm also seeing that they might seem close to each other, but behind closed doors, their communication doesn’t seem as strong. it feels like some of them are walking on eggshells, hesitant to express everything they want for fear of causing any tension. it seems like there are opinions they hold back on, carefully choosing their words to avoid disruption. there is a genuine desire to maintain a harmonious relationship and to keep the group strong.

when it comes to the whole manon situation that arose from the documentary, it seems that while they were on the show, they were very aware of the power she held, which made them feel incredibly stressed and influenced their actions. they recognized that manon had a unique energy and presence that allowed her to get what she wanted, and this realization made the girls feel insecure and added more pressure on them to perform better, while manon felt quite differently about the situation. now, it seems they view her in a different light, as they’ve moved past that period and found closure. they feel more comfortable with each other now, but as the situation resurfaces, it’s causing them pain. this ties back to the trickery i mentioned earlier. they are currently trying to let go of the past and take time to heal and clear their minds, especially after seeing all the comments and discussions about the topic.

#katseye #geffen #hybe #daniela #lara #yoonchae #manon #sophia #megan #dream academy #pop star academy #tarot #kpop tarot

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jade-efflorescence · 2 months ago

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dream openers for the short n sweet tour

(+ reasons!)

after short n sweet tour openers were announced i thought it would be fun to make a list of my own favorite bands i would have loved to see. please (please please) check these artists out, many of them are indie or largely unrecognized and are so worth the listen!

note: these artists are not on sabrina's radar, so this is just in an ideal world. i also do not know these artists' personal lives or career history.

mikayla geier

SUCH a good fit for this show tbh

has a very sabrina-like "feel what you feel and live in the moment" energy

SO creative. lots of self directed short films for her work and they all turn out amazing

had a little viral moment with her song "paris" which was cute

also has a "former ballet prodigy who is falling in love with dance again" journey which has been fun to witness online

just released her first album!

songs she'd play: dead end, here we go again, i don't feel safe in my body

tenille arts

perfect country rep for the slim pickins/sharpest tool lovers

has opened for a number of country artists, performed at the grande ole opry, and won some music awards

kelly clarkson was a childhood music love, ended up (virtually) appearing on her show sometime in '22

really love her songs depicting girl on girl friendships

released a fairly solid album earlier this year!

songs she'd play: somebody like that, back then right now, high school sweetheart, call me when you get home friends

flowerovlove

not sure why she isn't more mainstream tbh

fun songwriting and catchy melodies, what's not to love?

has a great creative team behind her: music videos remind me of sabrina's dedication to more than just visual shots

has an album coming out this october that she's also touring for! (tickets are super affordable if anyone's out there and interested)

songs she'd play: breaking news, boys, coffee shop, a girl like me

elio

again, not sure how she's so underrated because everything she puts out is amazing

found her debut album this past month and have not stopped playing it on repeat (i'm sorry short n sweet)

collabs with other well known artists but seems to be more lowkey with her solo stuff?

also has a creative bend to her music videos, as seen in her song "sorority"

really can do anything, from ballads to hyperpop to country

songs she'd play: can i make you jealous, allofthat, sorority, i got the boy

katseye

a brand new girl group created by geffen and hybe (the south korean company that debuted BTS)

members come from all across the world, with heritage from the phillippines, latin america, korea, europe/africa, south asia, china, and north america

created by a survival show (a more extensive american idol/got talent) called dream academy, chronicled in the netflix series "pop star academy"

not a ton of songs out but i think they could make it work, esp if they do some covers from earlier pop artists like sabrina did for her eras set

songs they'd play: touch, debut, tonight i might, my way

other artists i considered adding:

the aces

the beaches

boys go to jupiter

glades

peach fuzz

lyn lapid

anna avery

boys world (rip)

#long post #sorry!#jade rambles :)#short n sweet tour #mikayla geier #tenille arts #flowerovlove #elio #katseye

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beautifulpersonpeach · 10 months ago

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sometimes I think anons here complaining about Hybe/scooter must not have jobs. Like it would be great if everyone could work for perfect companies run by perfect people. But most of us are out here trying to support ourselves and hopefully feel good about the work we do. It’s so weird to me that some people expect BTS to do things differently and personally research every single person they work with and decide if their ethics line up. They’re trying to get the best deal they can for themselves and their art. And clearly Hybe does that for them for now. I feel like most of us would make the same choices if we were them? Even the anons? Like maybe some of the members love scooter. Some might tolerate him. Some might think nothing about him at all and he just appears in front of them occasionally and they say hi. But they’re all just going to work and dealing with co-workers like us. With the added pressure of millions of people commenting on their choices.

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It really does make you wonder, doesn't it?

But at the same time, I hardly blame the people complaining about the HYBE-Scooter connection, and honestly, a big part of me feels the same way. Even before the Zionist allegations, I’ve felt he’s been a poor investment with limited utility for BTS, Bang PD and HYBE. The loss of Ariana Grande and the rest of his American clientele, just confirmed more of the same for me. And then there’s the horrific global events the last few months… The scale of maddening, senseless violence and destruction is ridiculous, and at the same time it's tied to a conflict that's actually complicated and grotesque, given the nasty cocktail of tensions at the heart of religious, ethnic, and nationalistic identity. A real perversion of all the -isms there is.

On the flip side, the reality is that the entertainment industry as well as most other industries globally have very involved participation from companies tied to Jewish and/or Zionist individuals. Just by virtue of how long those people have been in those industries, and how directly involved and prominent several of them are. It’s just not realistic to not do business with key entities linked directly to those interests if you’re in American music and European/American film. I think. And business is business at some point. That’s something I believe in absolutely given the reality of what I do for a living.

For Scooter, if I were to give him the highest benefit of doubt, I’d say I struggle to understand his position, but believe he has no ill will. I doubt HYBE will divest from him or whatever, because they’ve got to recoup that US$1 billion at the very least. He has to prove his worth and there are key performance milestones coming up for him. I’m watching to see how he’ll do with Katseye, and a few other acts etc if he’s kept with HYBE cause there’s always the possibility he's dropped.

I’m also not going to totally fault the people protesting for better from HYBE. It’s the right thing that HYBE should divest, in an ideal scenario. But I feel a lot of people campaigning for it are either bandwagoning or being crazy impulsive about this issue. Some people passionately care, some people are traumatized and radicalized beyond belief, and some people are just exhausted. But ultimately, the relationship between BTS, HYBE, and Scooter is purely a corporate one and many of the stans getting hysterical over it generally come across as children who have no understanding of how business relationships work.

Anyway, I mostly agree with you is what I want to say.

#BTS #bts chapter 2 #scooter braun

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enmi-land · 3 months ago

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does mila stay friends with any hybe groups like bnd, new jeans, katseye, ill it, &team, tws ?

WAIT THATS SO ALKSKS how did you ask this just as i was talking about katseye with minute? the algorithm strikes again— lol jk jk but to answer your question, mila is likely going to be close to nwjeans and illit as an older sister figure (let’s ignore everything that happened regarding their awful companies) and as for katseye, i think they’re one of those groups that mila unofficially joins (as in ppl joke that she’s an added member bc of the amount of times she blasts their songs and does tiktoks with them) bc their concept and the diversity of members defs would have been a good group for her outside of enha (based on what i know so far—i don’t know too much about them yet tho bc i’m only just learning) 💟💟 as for male idols, i can see her being like an idol crush for some of the bnd boys, but the &team members (specifically the former i-landers) treat her a lot like a little sister, so the rest of the group is mostly friendly towards her (she probably has at least one fanboy tho)—just not in the same sense that mila is close to the txt members, for example. i virtually know nothing about tws so can’t say much about them yet, tho that may change in the future 💖💖

#୧ 🍓 ⋅ mila land ☆#⠀⠀ 𓈒ㅤ ૮ ֗ ⠀⠀ you got mail ⠀⠀⠀ ꯭✉️⟡

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btsbs · 2 months ago

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unsolicited thoughts about an unrelated topic incoming!

(it's about the katseye documentary- had some thoughts i had to get out but no need to read it if you do not care)

I've been sick the last few days and in searching for something mindless that I could melt into the couch watching I discovered the Katseye documentary on Netflix. I definitely don't pay attention to kpop happenings the way I did years ago, but it still blows my mind I heard literally nothing about this group over the years Hybe America has been trying to come up with their Shiny New Idea. I'm no Hybe stan but I was intrigued- what were they really planning on doing with Hybe America? Was this just going to be another fluff marketing piece marketed as a 'documentary', or would we actually get some insight into anything deeper or more interesting?

It was relatively complimentary, but after the sanitized and edited to death content they put out with bts it was refreshing to see that it wasn't...that. They actually interviewed a lot of the senior managers and label executives involved in the project, and they were quite frank in some of the comments they made about keeping the girls in the dark about things, ramping up drama for entertainment value, and prioritizing fan popularity/potential revenue over drive or skill level. Who cares if you can sing if you can get your Instagram followers invested in this group.

I won't spoil the whole thing if you haven't seen it, basically the first big goal for the hybe america/geffen partnership was to come up with a 'global' girl group using the 'kpop method'. They start with 13 girls living together in LA, trying to mirror the Korean trainee model as much as they can. The girls have no clue how long the program will be or when the group will be formed. It did seem like most of their day to day mentors had their best interests at heart and were conflicted sometimes with management direction of next steps, and this is probably not as often the situation in Korea. BUT. They were there together for an ENTIRE YEAR training every day, knowing the group would eventually be 6 but not that there would be more girls added later, that there would eventually be a survival show, or that their fates would ultimately depend on fan voting. Most of the newer girls that they brought in later were found on social media, and had little to no singing/dancing experience but huge followings. It felt super unfair to the girls who had already been training for a year under social media bans, who were unknowingly thrown into a situation where popularity mattered the most and they had been focusing all their energy into skill development. Imagine for a YEAR thinking 6 out of the 13 of you are going to be in the group only to find out more people will keep getting added (I think it ended up being 22 girls total) and your fate lies in the hands of a fan voted 'survival show' format. Except there wasn't even a show, it was just random youtube content so most people were just voting based off of nationality and influencer status. I don't totally get the timing with this documentary, they should have released the first half of the episodes before they actually aired the survival show content and decided the group members because they would have had a much bigger audience for show and all the voting stuff.

Also it's the biggest window I've seen in to what being a trainee is really like. And, this is happening in the 2022-2024 landscape with the benefit of it being a more modern, very legal, documented on film Americanized version of it. It's one thing *knowing* it's not easy but then *seeing* it really kind of drives it home. These are mostly teenagers, living away from home, giving up their entire lives other than this one thing. Friends, college, jobs, hobbies, hell even rest. What is the opportunity cost of all of that? Free expenses yeah, maybe they're not going into debt and to be billed later for training costs- but they're also not actually getting paid for all that time they're putting in? They are really banking on the motivational power of making people's dreams come true, because it's truly an insane thing to sign up for otherwise. Also one of the moms said 'it's hard watching them deal with industry stuff when you know they're still dealing with teenage stuff' and that made me a bit sad. The girls showed us their 'mental breakdown patio' at their house, the only place where you could cry privately. All said and done, this went on for two years....imagine doing that for two entire years and not even making the group. Anyone who has followed kpop at all is familiar with these concepts and practices, but it was especially wild actually watching it start to finish. Imagining your fav groups in a similar scenario but knowing the conditions were actually probably way worse. Worth a watch if only to try to glean bits and pieces on how hybe treats their artists through off handed comments.

And we finally figured out why Son Sung Deuk left his role performance directing bts and moved to LA- it was for this project. He wasn't a total asshole but uh definitely not a warm fuzzy nurturing guy. Alright that's it!

#also this show made me feel ancient #teenagers present so much more adult looking now #when they introduced lara i thought she was like mid 20's #floored me when they showed her going to prom like how was that girl only 17 at the time #don't worry i'll probably never talk about this group again #all the girls i liked got cut #and i really just wanted to get some dirt on hybe inter workings #but if you watched it and want to discuss further hit me up

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