So. Um. Hi? Have a soapbox speech for old time's sake!

[moonrabbit]

I just checked and this is the first time I've gone without posting at least once a month. XD I don't really think it's because I have fewer opinions on my fandoms but I'm so wrapped up in my RP games (going to be in 3 next month, OMG I have never been in that many at once!) that I can hardly keep up with those, much less what new things Korea has

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[danceinthedark]

f(x) is okay too, although I'm pretty sure that SM is going with the "we control your image so tightly you have no personality" route.

Werd. Also, I laugh everytime Amber does anything. A member of a srs bzns music group should not make me laugh with hisher existence.

On boybands: Well I guess it's to match the bajillion girl groups running around right now. XD Boybands are only starting to come back into debuting fashion now.

I didn't like Rainbow (and still don't really) but I'm slightly positive there is some potential there having listenedto I Believe :O It's on their album and is far superior to Gossip Girl imho.

They seem like B-rate versions of Wonder Girls and 2PM.

This. THIS SFM.

What's wrong with Morning Musume? D:

[moonrabbit]

Oh Amber. XD I just want them to give her a little makeup, for god's sake! Of course she's going to look like a boy if you don't even put mascara on her. And I'm SO tired of the "hey look she's ~androgynous~" gimmick, if I wanted to look at a boy I'd look at a real one. (But isn't it hilarious how every time she sings a line the screams get exponentially louder? XD)

We had a whole bunch back when Battle and SHINee and everyone debuted, right? Am I imagining things? I just want a good solo artist, tbh. I love love love IU's voice and abilities (I just want her company to stop marketing her as "cutesy" - she can really sing and you're making her rap? C'mon now.) I will check out "I Believe" though!

I'm just not a fan of rotation groups. I know a lot of people love Momosu and I would never say anything about other people's likes except Twilight but I don't like the idea of each girl knowing that she's only in a group temporarily. IDK, I think it's mostly a philosophical dislike (although I think Momosu's singing is generally pretty

[danceinthedark]

She's not even adrogynous looking. She's just ... kind of ugly tbh. :/ But the gimmick was old before they had even debuted. And K fangirls are easily tricked into being lesbian, apparently :O It is kind of hilarious.

Battle debuted in like, 06 XD So they didn't debut with SHINee. At the SHINee debut we had .... SHINee, AST'1 and U-kiss, but that was a year and a half ago iirc. :O Everything inbetween was girlbands, and there was a lot more of those. I dun follow Iu, but I hear good things.

Ia on Twilight. XD I think that's sorta a funny way to approach it. Because you can say that each girl will leave, sooner or later, but that's not remembering there'll be new girls to join that you'll get to watch blossom. Untouched by plastic surgery or years of training, I might add, Korea. XD I understand the stigma about bad singing, cause they have had a few members who are tone deaf. XD But:

Some of them can definitely sing. :]

I had a whole comment and then LJ ate it. :(

[moonrabbit]

I wouldn't care about Amber's looks if she had serious talent but she doesn't seem to do...anything. I don't know what's going on with SM lately but they need to fix their problems.

IU is a young girl with a great voice who suffers from really bad image management. XD Her first album was great but then her company decided to make her go the sugary-pop route - she barely sings in her latest single and instead she raps. It's embarrassing. (But the marshmallow mascot SO CUTE. I want one. :P)

I know, it's terribly backwards, isn't it? But ultimately I'm not interested in watching singers "develop" - if you're not good from the start, I'm not interested. XD (I do like Ai's voice, even if she does that Momosu thing where she overworks every note.)