#me knowing full well that parasocial relationships are Fake but still consuming his public persona 🌝 yep 🌝

[jageunyeoujari]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_G9mnMtWfGY

rly liked this analysis of criminal. the reciprocal gaze of celebrities & the general public & the enthrallment both sides have of the feedback loop of spectacle & fame but how this is inherently harmful & dehumanizing to both sides... taemin is both the victim & perpetrator of this dynamic & the duality of his work being a labor of love but a corrosive love that constricts in an industry based on hyperscrutiny & strict image maintenance... but art still having meaning in & of itself to him & while act 1 is a sort of hell/purgatory, the necessity of creating a new identity will lead to act 2... taemin concerns himself a lot w the Gaze & duality & self-indictment/self-obsession in his work but criminal took it to a new level.