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The tracklist was revealed and includes three extra versions of the title track
( Tracklist )
Source: fy-redvelvet + girlgroupzone
2016-03-15
sayuridoll.livejournal.comThe tracklist was revealed and includes three extra versions of the title track
( Tracklist )
Source: fy-redvelvet + girlgroupzone
GOT7 "Fly" Teaser Photos #3
2016-03-15 10:03 ampippopippo.livejournal.comGOT7 "FLY" PHOTOS #3#GOT7 #FLIGHT_LOG #DEPARTURE #Fly #JB pic.twitter.com/GCQhpqwFID
— JYPnation (@jypnation) March 15, 2016
GOT7 "FLY" PHOTOS #3#GOT7 #FLIGHT_LOG #DEPARTURE #Fly #Mark pic.twitter.com/BP0VCyQ2n1
— JYPnation (@jypnation) March 15, 2016
GOT7 "FLY" PHOTOS #3#GOT7 #FLIGHT_LOG #DEPARTURE #Fly #Jackson pic.twitter.com/iY1zaXnBXB
— JYPnation (@jypnation) March 15, 2016
GOT7 "FLY" PHOTOS #3#GOT7 #FLIGHT_LOG #DEPARTURE #Fly #Junior pic.twitter.com/DRuu2iEGKT
— JYPnation (@jypnation) March 15, 2016
GOT7 "FLY" PHOTOS #3#GOT7 #FLIGHT_LOG #DEPARTURE #Fly #Youngjae pic.twitter.com/Gal9CUgDfP
— JYPnation (@jypnation) March 15, 2016
GOT7 "FLY" PHOTOS #3#GOT7 #FLIGHT_LOG #DEPARTURE #Fly #BamBam pic.twitter.com/Dg25slqJFm
— JYPnation (@jypnation) March 15, 2016
GOT7 "FLY" PHOTOS #3#GOT7 #FLIGHT_LOG #DEPARTURE #Fly #Yugyeom pic.twitter.com/5jKQ2DUSuR
— JYPnation (@jypnation) March 15, 2016
jypnation (2 3 4 5 6 7)
GOT7 Flight Log : Departure comeback posts
✈ Schedule Announcement
✈ Take 01: Track List
✈ Take 02: Trailer (YouTube link & Comeback Spoiler #1)
✈ Take 03: Teaser Photos #1
✈ Take 04: Teaser Photos #2
Also: "Fly" tour announcement (2 3)
rightclick5ave.livejournal.comKorean version
English version
love both versions *__* also, this awkward cutie had a V app broadcast yesterday :) her next broadcast will be on her birthday (31 March)! ++ICYMI, she covered Adele's Hello~
Turn Up Speaker 1 2
English version
love both versions *__* also, this awkward cutie had a V app broadcast yesterday :) her next broadcast will be on her birthday (31 March)! ++ICYMI, she covered Adele's Hello~
Turn Up Speaker 1 2
chasing-thewind.livejournal.com
When it comes to talks of how sexuality is perceived in a particular place, it’s never a good thing to base one’s judgement solely on how the media depicts it. That’s because if there’s anything that the media has misrepresented the most in the course of its development over the years, it is that of human sexuality. One good example of this would be how the South Korean entertainment industry — K-pop in particular — portrays sexuality.
In case some of you might have missed it, a fairly recent prostitution scandal broke out in the K-entertainment world with some rather unsettling revelations. The scandal was said to have involved some Korean female celebrities who have been characterized as either rising or waning stars that have struggled over the years with earning a decent income in the industry. The news reports and investigations have revealed that it was through the notion of “sponsorships” that these celebrities were being forced to engage in such activities.
Talking about the South Korean sex industry is in a way akin to discussing the infamous slave contracts of the K-pop world: everybody is aware of its highly questionable existence, yet it has been around for so long and has become sort of integral to the system that it’s mostly ignored. This is no surprise when young people (and even some working adults) in South Korea are very much unable to engage in sexual relations of various kinds because of how a majority of them still live with their families. In addition, the South Korean sex industry accounts for a significant percentage of the country’s total GDP, hence the reason why South Korea has been hailed as one of Asia’s prime destinations for sex tourism.
However, apart from being a significant money-maker, the sex industry has bred an unnervingly remarkable culture of ignorance for the issues that plague it. This particular sense of ignorance is what’s driving the state to simply create laws that outrightly illegitimatizes the entire industry, and the fact that the South Korean society turns a blind eye to the nuances of the sex trade issue has led to a sincere lack of public discussion about what the sex trade means to those involved, namely the sex workers.
In short, it was a black or white situation for the citizenry: the sex industry is absolutely wrong; sex work is not honest work. Nothing more, nothing less. Tragically, this has then led to an unconscious sense of unaccountability among South Koreans in which active denial on the complex matters of sexual exploitation — and probably even sex in general for that matter — is a general trend.
As a Neo-Confucianist society, South Koreans have constantly upheld sexual purity especially among women and is a trait deemed integral to their individual worth. The historical roots of South Korea’s modern, Neo-Confucianist way of living has always depicted the chaste and virginal woman as desirable; hence her abstinence from sex or at the very least, her utmost intolerance for the vaguest sense of her sexuality was considered to be more valuable than her life. However, there were some women who departed from these strict rules of the Confucianist lifestyle and these were the kisaengs — free-spirited and sexually liberated women of the lower class. These women were in a way similar to the Japanese geisha: intelligent, educated, and highly-trained in the art of entertainment and pleasure.
The stark contrast between the ideally pure and submissive Confucianist woman and the seemingly liberated kisaeng eventually became South Korea’s own version of the Freudian madonna-whore complex, and just like that complex, the shaming of the female sexuality has become an intrinsic attitude among South Koreans, an attitude that stems from a culture that has a deep aversion from anything sex-related. By subscribing to these sexually conservative perceptions and opinions, the public is hindered from really bringing issues about sex (i.e. contraception, STDs, etc.) into public discourse.
K-pop as an industry is rooted in this conservative way of thinking. The divide that exists between ‘sexy girl group concepts’ and ‘pure and innocent concepts’ is clear, and while such marketing ploys might seem harmless, the deeply rooted sentiment for this divide is slut-shaming. K-pop’s portrayal of the madonna-whore dichotomy in the industry reinforces the ‘general consensus’ that the pure and innocent girl is the more socially acceptable and morally upright one while the sexually liberated female is ‘tainted’ and seen as the ‘less respectable’ one of the two.
HyunA of Cube Entertainment’s 4Minute is a clear example of the ruthlessness of slut-shaming in K-pop. When HyunA broke out as a solo artist and was marketed with sexy concepts, K-pop fans were quick to criticize and judge her without even a hint of consideration on the fact that these marketing decisions might have not been entirely her own. The way her company conceptualized her solo idol persona and the way fans would shame HyunA by commenting on how her new sexy image took away from who she is as a person and as an idol dancer is once again a manifestation of South Korea’s narrow perception of female sexuality and once again, sex as a whole.
It is for this reason that slut-shaming makes a horrible contributor to the issue of sexual exploitation in South Korea. It is the judgement that because these sex workers ‘chose’ this life, they have been illustrated as undeserving of genuine help and sympathy. As Korean-American brothers and filmmakers Jason and Edward Lee so explored in their documentary Save My Seoul (which is about the rampant underground South Korean sex trade), something is ‘broken’ in South Korean culture that somehow makes it acceptable to condone the industry, and it is mostly because of how society sees and treats the girls involved in the the sex trade business.
As mentioned, although law enforcement against prostitution has been strict in South Korea, there’s no denying that with the continuous existence of the outright sponsorship practice in the entertainment industry (and the severe lack of regulation of South Korea’s sex industry), the root of the problem has not been directly and properly addressed. Rather, instead of campaigning for the genuine protection of those who are being exploited by such a system, it seems that these laws and policies were merely made in an attempt to guarantee South Korea’s consistent global competitiveness in being a model country that so-called condemns illegal sexual activities such as prostitution.
However, due to how the culture continues to shy away from talks about the complexities of sex — especially that of the female sexuality — it very well appears that these policies were made in vain. In the end, unless South Korea as a society starts engaging in meaningful and substantial discourse about not just the sex industry, but sex — particularly that of female sexuality — as a whole, then the problem of sexual exploitation will continue to remain as one of their most heartbreaking secrets.
Source: Seoulbeats
There are additional links on the Seoulbeats page if anyone is interested in reading more about this.
seulgibear.livejournal.comTranslated this pic.twitter.com/60PZKq5nP1
— Michele 채린 (@michelebear210) March 15, 2016
[공지] 레드벨벳 The Velvet 앨범의 음원 및 M/V 공개 일정이 보다 높은 완성도를 위해 부득이하게 하루 뒤인 3월 17일로 연기 되었습니다. 여러분의 양해를 부탁 드립니다.
— SMTOWN GLOBAL (@SMTOWNGLOBAL) March 15, 2016
source: smtownglobal | @michelebear210
goddamnit sm!!!!!
kar0n.livejournal.com부산 집 화단엔 동백나무 꽃이 피었고,
(Down in Busan camellias are in full bloom )
내 고향 서울엔 아직 눈이 와요.
(But it's still snowing in Seoul)
안부를 물어 볼 때면 틀리지 않고 말할 수 있죠.
(I call you to ask how things are)
'거긴 벌써 봄이 왔군요' 하지만,
(and your voice tells me that its spring already in Busan)
내 고향 서울엔 아직 눈이 와요.
(But it's still snowing in my city of Seoul)
눈 비비며 겨울잠을 이겼더니
(when I tried to fight off sleep all winter)
내 고향 서울엔 아직 눈이 와요.
(it's still snowing in my city of Seoul)
쌓여도 난 그대로 둘 거에요.
(let it all just pile up)
발 디딜 틈 없는 명동 거리로,
(Over the crowded streets of Myung-dong)
그대 살던 홍대 이층집 뜰에,
(Over the house in Hongdae you used to live in)
우리 할아버지 산소 위로 조용히 쌓여만 가네.
(Over my grandfathers grave it keeps falling quietly)
내 고향 서울엔 아직 눈이 와요.
(But it's still snowing in my city of Seoul)
얼었던 내 마음도 열 틈 없이.
(You know I haven't even had a chance to warm up to you)
내 사랑 서울엔 아직 눈이 와요.
(it's still snowing in my city of Seoul)
쌓여도 난 그대로 둘 거에요.
(let it all just pile up)
highgrnd
bloodtaki2.livejournal.com
On the morning broadcast of SBS PowerFM’s “Park Sun Young’s Cinetown’ on March 14th, INFINITE‘s Hoya and actor Ahn Bo Hyun appeared on the radio show to promote their new film “Hiya” (pronounced “heeya”).
Hoya made his song request saying, “Yesterday was one of our members, L’s birthday”.
“Yesterday, I was out of town, so I couldnt celebrate it with him. One day has passed since then, this friend is in a unit group called INFINITE F. I would like to request (their) song, called Heartbeat,” showing off such a warm affectionate feeling.
During the broadcast, Hoya reveals that his actual younger brother appeared in the film. Hoya says, “I’m the middle child of three brothers. The youngest one and I have a five year difference. We’re a bit awkward since I usually reproach him a lot.”
Hoya continues, “In the film, Jin Sang (Ahn Bo Hyun) tries to support Jin Ho (Hoya) in becoming a singer, but in real life, I’m trying to help my younger brother who’s trying to become an actor.” Hoya added that his younger brother appears as one of the team members in the group that Jin Ho is trying to debut in.
Hoya explains, “I don’t feel pressured showing my brother how I act. What is really pressuring is that I have to show him how I behave in my workplace. I think I was more careful of my actions since I have to be a role model for my little brother.”
On the show, Hoya opened up about what acting means to him. He commented, “To me, acting is like fulfilling all of my dreams.” Hoya added, “I wanted to do so many things ever since my childhood. I was greedy about my future dreams. I think I changed my mind about 100 times. So, acting is like fulfilling all those dreams.”
Hoya went onto explain, “When you’re acting, you can portray so many different types of people. It’s an opportunity where I get to do all of those things I wanted to do.”
Later, Hoya talked about an incident in Daegu where he pulled a prank on his fans. He commented, “I thought it would be a good chance for me to make funny memories with the fans. I asked the staff members and the director to say that I had to come back to Seoul due to an emergency.”
Hoya added, “But when that announcement was actually made, everyone got really quiet. So, I went back to the stage. I think the fans responded more passionately because of the prank.”
Sources: soompi (1, 2, 3), tvdaily (1, 2), newsen, lakkimi, lkimfan,
Aaaaw at Hoya trying to be a good example for his little brother.
Winner @ SIA 2016
2016-03-15 09:31 pmh0ly-ravioli.livejournal.com
STYLE ICON ASIA 2016 Pink Carpet!#SIA2016 #SIALIVE #위너 #WINNER pic.twitter.com/j1j6m5TjzL
— Style Icon Asia (@twt_sia) 15 March 2016
IMMATURE
OKEY DOKEY
BABY BABY
Source:뉴스엔 ; OnStyleYT ; key pi ; twt_SIA
The Return of Superman Ep. 120
2016-03-15 10:01 pmnekokonneko.livejournal.comHwijae prepares another surprise get-together for dads! He uploads the notice to his SNS page one day before the event. Kwanghee has come to become a one-day Korean teacher for Sarang! Sarang and Shiho have a fierce Korean match! SoDa siblings are at an amusement park with their dad. They dress up as a princess and a prince! Taeyoung and Eugene test Rohui's love by calling Rohui and seeing to whom she comes. Rohui starts crawling powerfully! The twin girls and Daebak have come to sauna with Donggook. They have fun at the swimming pool and all of a sudden Daebak's interest falls into a girl she meets there.
KBS World TV
poor rohui, i was so shocked when she threw up :c i can't wait for daebak to start talking.
More vlogs from Peniel (ft. Amber)
2016-03-15 10:13 pmnekokonneko.livejournal.comChubby Bunny challenge with Amber!!!! make sure you guys check out her page as well!
( fishing in japan )
POV 1|2
byeolbyeol.livejournal.comtitled "한마디 (your voice)". to be released friday at midnight kst. heritage is, like, a well known vocal type group? not well known internationally but in korea. that's basically all the info out.
source: smtown
Lovelyz in Wonderland: Episode 3
2016-03-15 10:30 pmgathyou.livejournal.comSource: Lovelyz Subs (Youtube)
Featuring Mijoo and Jiae awkwardly handcuffed together for ten hours, and also this:
(x)chastainy.livejournal.com
@dongyubi
hitthoselightz.livejournal.com( better song )
source: JYofficialVEVO youtube 1,2
"fuck everyone that don't understand"
"you wanna booty call no credit on your phone"
she needs to be careful. she recently went to a restaurant which had an imperial flag......
cuizy.livejournal.comLee-AlphaGo match puts go under spotlight
The historic five-game go match between Korean grandmaster Lee Se-dol and Google's AI program AlphaGo has placed the ancient board game under the spotlight.
( popular dramas like Misaeng and Reply 1988 also feature Go )
AI battle sparks Go wave in Korea
On Sunday, Korean Go champion Lee Se-dol achieved a historic first victory against Google’s artificial intelligence AlphaGo in the fourth of a five-game match.
At a children’s Go competition held by the Korea Baduk Association on Sunday, the number of new participants rose to 20 students in just one day. This is double the daily average. Around 300 students join the competition regularly every month, the association said.
The fad has also hit colleges as more individuals are expressing interest to join Go clubs.
( Go books and products sales rise, 80% increase of customers in their 20s compared to previous year )
AlphaGo recognized as honorary top ranker
The artificial intelligence computer program (AI) AlphaGo, which defeated go grandmaster Lee Se-dol, has become an honorary ninth dan player.
( AlphaGo receives honorary 9 Dan )
Source: koreatimes (1) (3), Koreaherald
The historic five-game go match between Korean grandmaster Lee Se-dol and Google's AI program AlphaGo has placed the ancient board game under the spotlight.
( popular dramas like Misaeng and Reply 1988 also feature Go )
AI battle sparks Go wave in Korea
On Sunday, Korean Go champion Lee Se-dol achieved a historic first victory against Google’s artificial intelligence AlphaGo in the fourth of a five-game match.
At a children’s Go competition held by the Korea Baduk Association on Sunday, the number of new participants rose to 20 students in just one day. This is double the daily average. Around 300 students join the competition regularly every month, the association said.
The fad has also hit colleges as more individuals are expressing interest to join Go clubs.
( Go books and products sales rise, 80% increase of customers in their 20s compared to previous year )
AlphaGo recognized as honorary top ranker
The artificial intelligence computer program (AI) AlphaGo, which defeated go grandmaster Lee Se-dol, has become an honorary ninth dan player.
( AlphaGo receives honorary 9 Dan )
Source: koreatimes (1) (3), Koreaherald
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