omonatheydid | DR Music responds to concerns over Rania's outfits and dance moves

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Ever since girl group Rania finally unveiled themselves earlier this week, the topic of their provocative choreography and stage outfits became the most debated issue amongst K-Pop fans. Although they debuted on Mnet yesterday, they still have three more public broadcast programs to go, leading many to wonder how they’ll fare with KBS, MBC, and SBS’s strict regulations.

On April 8th, a representative of DR Music responded to the concerns through BNT News by stating, “First of all, thank you for your interest in Rania’s debut. We did not intend for this controversy to occur. As the song itself is composed by a foreign producer, we merely came up with a choreography and wardrobe that best fit to the song’s concept.”

They continued, “Even without such a controversy, Rania is a talented group in terms of vocal skills, so we’re very upset that this is occurring.”

When asked about the girls’ debut on “Music Bank” today, he revealed, “We have already finished the dry rehearsal. The amount of skin exposure is about the same as Mnet yesterday, but we’ve put the focus on a jacket with accessories. We’ve already produced the outfits prior to their debut, so we cannot change anything just for their public broadcast debuts.”

When asked if they would change their choreography or outfits if requested by KBS, he replied, “It’s upsetting, but because Rania is a rookie girl group, we are willing to change it up to a certain point if they become a problem.”

Siource: AKP Nate

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mistyx.livejournal.com

Oh so its perfectly fine for groups like Mblaq to flash their abs but not have a girl group show some skin.

Granted I haven't actually watched the performance so I can't totally compare them atm. Brb off to watch.

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mistyx.livejournal.com

Ok I just finished watching the performance. I'm having conflicting emotions right now. On the one hand they are wearing more than what Snsd wear sometimes and they are not doing any moves that male idols haven't already done. So if Korea has a problem with this performance on those grounds then they best start looking at male groups and censoring them too. But we all know about the double standards that exist. On the other hand, I'm one of those people that kinda fails to see why 'sexy' dancing is so relevant in music, I see enough of it in western pop. But then maybe my lack of comfort with it is because it sometimes seems like when women do it, its just for mens benefit. And I don't like the idea that women have to be sexy in order to be successful. But considering the song, I think in this case the choreography is fitting...but maybe they could have toned it down for tv performances...I dunno, what time does Mnet air?

So yeah..I guess I don't see whats wrong with the performance. As long as every performance from idol groups doesn't start to rely on sexy dances then doing one every once in a while is fine by me.

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