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And then this turned into a super legit thing. I mean as legit as a fake news show filmed in my room can get
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So today we are going to be talking about NCT 127's Yuta who has been in the news recently for his
association with a certain Youtuber. We are also going to be talking about Blackpink's full album
announcement as well as who may or may not have been confirmed as the featured artist for their August single
as well as the demo version for Twice's "More&More" which was very surprising for a lot of people and
Ateez's comeback showcase, which I'm gonna tell you all about took so many screenshots. What a concert experience!
So if you're interested in one of those subjects, all of the subjects,
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Okay,
so let's start with NCT 127's Yuta who has come under fire recently for his
association with a seemingly problematic
Youtuber so in a recent Vlive he has expressed that he was close with the Youtuber Rhee
So this is actually kind of a really complicated situation because we see a lot of misinformation going around
It's also important to note that the implications of this are quite complicated given the political undertones
they have and those very political undertones
are not the easiest to relay given the little amount of confirmed information that I actually have at the time of filming this
And I really do try my best to fact check things but it's a little bit difficult in this situation because of the multitude
of accusations towards this person. It's hard for me to fact check this especially since um,
All of his content is basically in Japanese
So people started out by saying that this Youtuber was a Japanese Youtuber and they accused him of being
anti-Korean and pro-Japan
and also
Misogynistic and anti-women but he actually is Korean now as for the accusations on whether or not he is actually anti-Korean
There are so many stories going around some are saying that he uses this kind of anti-Korea
type of thing
for click bait for his channel while other people are saying that that's being blown out of proportion because he simply
criticizes korean politics. However, it seems that Rhee himself has responded to this
So there were three different stories and Linda was so kind to translate these for me so you can go follow her account
Not gonna say that username out loud, but she's really a sweetheart. The first story reads
"So apparently there happened to be an article about me and NCT 127 Yuta. I got labeled as an
anti-Korean Youtuber just because Yuta stated that we are good friends
I never wanted to say anything about our friendship and about how close we are
But the amount of manipulative false information is getting on my nerves
therefore I will take action." And then in the second story the article says
"NCT Yuta friendship with an anti-Korean Youtuber remarks during the Vlive controversy" and his response to this says
"They really said that huh? And the picture of Yuta they chose is so emo. It's problematic
Who do you call an anti-Korean Youtuber?
I am Korean anyway." And then the third story reads "I never said I was anti-Korean,
did I? Do you not know how much damage such an article can cause in this internet society? The times where people that were
misunderstood, just stay silent has ended. This time I will do everything in my power to prove those accusations wrong."
So it seems that Rhee has been
vehemently denying these anti-Korean accusations
However, when it comes to the accusations of him being misogynistic @notpannchoa on Twitter actually posted a thread about this I'm gonna blur
any problematic content. So fans response to all of this was, of course, quite mixed.
We see people on one end of the spectrum, of course, demanding that he leave NCT because they think it's ruining NCT's image
But then there are people on the other side of it all saying that, you know
he doesn't represent what his friends believe in and there are also a lot of people saying that he might have not known
about this Youtuber's past. So SM as of yet has not released a statement.
However,
it seems that Yuta has unfollowed him on Instagram but fans of course would like a
clarification by
SM Entertainment on the situation and some type of statement given the severity of the accusations towards this Youtuber
and the consequent association with Yuta.
Moving on to Blackpink who have announced a full album release which will be titled allegedly
'The Album', first of all, this doesn't surprise me because they literally named Jennie's solo
'Solo'. I also have a tattoo from Jennie's Solo
So before anyone comes to my Blink card again
just know that you better bring some extra good brownie points to the table. Second of all, I thought that they said
It was coming out in September, but all of a sudden now it is October 2nd, which is one day away
from October 3rd.
What a missed opportunity and that's why I've said previously that I think they're kind of stingy with their dates because I don't even think
they know
you know way beforehand when things are going to come out. I think they're
I think they're really winging it and just kind of making us think like they have it all put together. I would
I don't even think they have all the songs like ready yet. But I digress. This honestly doesn't feel real to me. It feels
I just don't know how to act now that I know we're getting a full album
I've actually been keeping two Blackpink songs on reserve like two Blackpink songs
that I refuse to listen to in case of an emergency. Do you guys ever do that?
So I feel like now I can finally listen to 'Hope not' and 'Kick it'. Does anyone else do that?
Like you save a song for a rainy day so that you don't exhaust
an artist's entire discography. Maybe I've just been through too many disbandments
I did however want to point out the first comment that I saw in this post and it says
"13 'How you like that' remixes heart eyes". If there is not a remix and an acoustic version of a song on this album
Then Blackpink have officially been replaced with imposters and this is just a simulation
But on that note, we actually might have an update as to who might be featured on their August single
So a lot of people were saying it's Ariana Grande and they were saying that Ariana liked Jennie's post on Instagram
And I looked for it. I looked for Ariana's
like on both pictures on both Blackpink Official and Jennie's Instagrams, and I couldn't find it
so you guys were telling me like
She liked the post but I couldn't verify that myself so I didn't put it in the video
Here's my theory
I think maybe she did originally like the post but then everyone was like
Oh my god
Confirmed Ariana Grande and they knew that she wasn't the one they were collabing with and this is just all hearsay. This obviously isn't
the truth, it's just what I think. I think maybe they asked her to remove her like to just not spread further
misunderstandings? I don't know. Maybe she didn't even like it in the first place. I have no way to confirm but now
It seems that there was like a leak of some sorts and it seems that it's Selena Gomez now in response to this
How weird is that? In response to this
YG actually let out a statement saying that, we need to wait for the release. Which seems a little fishy fishy like because why?
Why Selena Gomez?
Like why would they leave a statement for Selena Gomez, but not anyone else and for a lot of fans
This is seemingly coming out of nowhere. So it's really interesting to think about so it might actually be Selena Gomez
So let me know. How excited are you for the album? And what are your updated predictions?
Are you still hoping for an Ari-pink collab or are you pretty much on
board with the fact that it's Selena Gomez, because a lot of people are saying it is Selena Gomez, but nothing has
kind of been confirmed.
Okay, so we're gonna move on to my super fun segment called, 'K-pop shenanigans' which is basically fun little things that have happened
Which is basically fun little things that have happened in K-pop recently. So we have BTS who are having a comeback on August
21st and on top of that they're soon releasing their reality show which is called,
"In the soop". We also have Oneus who have made their comeback with "Come back home". "Come back home~"
My neighbors are downstairs. I was gonna belt that out for you. (G)i-dle are also having their comeback on August 3rd
with "Dumdi Dumdi"
while Saturday released their second teaser for their comeback with "D.B.D.B.Dib"
And it's actually giving me "Twinkle Twinkle" vibes by "Girls day" and then we also have Ateez who just had
Losing my voice and then we have Ateez who have just had their comeback showcase. I just spent the last three hours
watching it. And here's the thing. I want you guys to vote down below. I'm sure we all know by now. What title song won
'Inception' versus 'Thanks'. Now, I was conflicted because Inception gives me second gen vibes, right?
but 'Thanks', hoo~
'Thanks'
It just screams Ateez to me, so I didn't vote but then they performed both songs in their showcase
And I fell so deeply in love with 'Thanks'. I was actually so heartbroken when I found out what song won.
I had to lay down for 20 minutes,
it was so dramatic. I think it was just emotional that everything was ending
but anyways a little bit of a recap Ateez literally did, you know, the 'look at you look at me thing', and I was like
Oh, okay. I took a bunch of screenshots. I'm probably showing you right now overall
It was such a fun experience and I actually really enjoyed it. I hope to join more online concerts
in the future, especially since I find myself like well
especially in the past found myself a little bit too anxious to go to things in person
So if you were there, too, let me know and if you'd like a review of their songs, let me know as well.
Okay, so we are going to end this video by talking about Twice's
demo for "More&More"
So it seems that this has kind of come out of the blue and a lot of people have sent this to me
It is Zara Larson's original demo for "More&More" and it's called "Back and forth" and now
It seems that it's being deleted from all platforms, which is a little fishy fishy like but anyways
It's super interesting to listen to if I can find a link. I will leave it down below
And it really seems like it was released out of nowhere
I don't know who leaked this but there are people who are saying that it was originally supposed to be part of her debut album
And then it didn't make it and some people are actually quite confused about this
But this is actually pretty common within the music industry for example Kasha made a demo for "Run devil run"
But then the song ended up going to Girl's generation. I never knew
And I think even I*zone's "La Vie En Rose" was originally
demoed by CLC but then it ended up going to I*zone. So this is kind of common practice.
But I think it's so interesting to see a song through different lenses, right?
So CLC's "La Vie En Rose" sounds very different from I*zone's version right and likewise, Zara Larson's
"Back and forth" has such a different feel from Twice's "More&More". So it's really interesting to see a different
Vision of the song because I find Zara Larson's version a little more sultry. Shall we say?
That was hard to say. But then Twice have definitely added like elements of cuteness to their version, right?
So it's interesting to see how different artists would put their own feeling into the song and I think that's also my response to people
Who feel conflicted about things like this?
I've heard some people expressing that you know
they thought that the song was made specifically for Twice and that
It had this Twice sound to it. And I would agree that it definitely does have that Twice sound. I mean this song again
has different feelings depending on who is singing it. It's just that this actually does happen a lot in the music industry
there are plenty of videos that actually show specific artist songs and who they were originally for to begin with but it's definitely
Interesting how this song is being blocked, especially on YouTube. So, you know, maybe JYP doesn't want this getting out.
That's just my own personal opinion because it does kind of make people kind of think
twice
I'll see myself out. So let me know like which do you vibe with more?
Do you like Zara Larson's or Twice or do you like both? I think there are definitely charms to both of them.
So yeah, that is basically it for this video.
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