Hi, welcome to my totally legit news show!
I'm your host Angelina, but this is also kind of reviewing some recent comebacks and also
me talking some crap so I don't really know what to title it, so you should subscribe
and leave a comment if you like my content! *funky intro* so today we're going to discuss
YG actually listening to some backlash, as well as my thoughts on NiziU's debut (pre-debut)
and Hwasa's comeback with Maria.
Ok, so let's start with YG, not every time I try to say something about YG, they go around
and make me look back.
And we've also read that the man himself, you know the one who allegedly left the company,
still controls much of the company which wouldn't surprise me, I've still felt this feeling
of impending doom even after he allegedly left, and I've had my suspicions that he's
still behind the scenes controlling everything.
Why?
Because nothing has actually changed.
And every time I make a claim, they are trying to make me look back.
So here we go, so Blackpink are not going to have regular comebacks from now on.
But alas, if you weren't here for the last video, YG was receiving a lot of backlash
for featuring a statue of a Hindu god, Ganesha, which apparently I'm pronouncing wrong, so
in this scene with Lisa, we could see that in the corner, there was a statue of the Hindu
god, and a lot of people were pointing to the fact that using these statues for aesthetic
is problematic, but others were pointing to the fact that the statue wasn't elevated was
offensive. and also the fact that Lisa was wearing shoes next to the statue was also
offensive.
But the point remains, that a lot of people were offended and really wanted YG to remove
the part of the music video, so it seems that YG was indeed able to edit the music video
to edit out the scene while also maintaining all of the views, now, I want to know what
kind of connections they have if they can do that, if they can bypass that system while
also giving me false copyright claims.
But I mean, you know, not my circus.
So one comment reads, since the complaints, YG didn't say anything but they removed the
statue from the video.
Say hi to the new management of YGE.
And another one reading, the new CEO is doing good.
She already removed the statue from the MV now hopefully she releases an apology.
Now in my last video covering this, I did express that YG does tend to not address these
issues, and I meant it.
I do not think that having a new CEO really changed anything.
Because we have some inside sources that say that you know the man himself is still controlling
YG, I mean what do we really know.
But again, as I'm filming right now, there has been no statement in regards to this,
but things could obviously change.
Him, you know, leaving the company was really just to save the company's image.
That was literally all it was, it was to give us the sense of security, the sense of you
know, ok we can rest assured that this man is not associated with this company, but we're
seeing that that might not actually be true.
But anyways, let me get into my explanation of this.
Back in the day, in 2014, CL released a song called MTBD, and within the song, she featured
this sample of this boy reciting the Quran, now from what I remember, YG didn't say anything
but they simply just removed that part of the song and reuplaoded it, so it's kind of
like a trend, right.
They'll receive backlash but they will not say anything about it, but the'll remove the
content.
And it was only 2 years later when CL used the old version of the song in a few of her
concerts that people were getting angry a gain and calling her out.
And it was only then that she herself said anything, it wasn't YG that came forth, she
went on on her own instagram and apologized.
So it really does seem that if something happens to YG artists, if there's something maybe
outside of their control, maybe within their control, that they're not always able to say
anything.
So there is a history of YG receiving a lot of backlash for something and either just
staying silent about it or fixing the issue without actually addressing anything.
But regardless there are still a lot of people praising YG's management for removing the
statue, while others are hoping for an apology, while on a wild end of the spectrum, there
are people who are saying that YG actually planned this out.
And I've read a few of these comments that YG wanted a scandal to kind of hype up the
music video even more, and then by removing the statue without actually saying anything,
it causes more buzz because people are going to watch the music video again to see if it's
true, to see if it got removed.
Now obviously I don't know if that's true, I don't even know how I feel about that.
I feel like YG is capable of a lot of things.
I don't know, I want to know what you guys think, do you think that's possible?
Do you think that's really far fetched?
But on to some more positive blackpink news, Billboard recently released an article about
how BP's how you like that collects multiple Guinness world records "the SK girl group's
music video for "HYLT" earned 86.3 million views on its arrival June 26, enough to set
records for most viewed youtube video in 24 hours, most viewed MV on youtube in 24 hours
and most viewed youtube MV in 24 hours by a Kpop group" now obviously that is amazing
for blackpink and it definitely shows the dedication that their fans have for them,
but it's also such a testament to how streaming has become such an integral part for how fans
show their support for their idols, and it would be an interesting point to touch on
but alas, we must keep going.
Ok, so now we're going to move on to my segment called "Kpop shenanigans" this is basically
just fun things that have happened in Kpop recently, so if you would like to suggest
something, just send me a DM on instagram and let me know if you'd like me to include
your username, or not.
For now, we're not going to feature the usernames just in case because I don't know where you
guys stand on that, so you have to explicitly tell me yes or not, and then I'll either put
it or block it out.
SO we have Ateez who have been consistently uploading their individual content, and they
have uploaded this mysterious set of pictures on instagram, which basically says "were going
to give you more individual content" and a lot of people are wondering if they are going
to get their own instagram accounts.
We also have 00's, bang bang jeu, idk but a few people wanted me to talk about this
and they covered red velvet's psycho.
And then BVNDIT got to play with Parrots, so they have this cute little love bird that
then flies on to their heads, and you see them putting their heads together to get the
bird to fly to each other's heads, it's so cute and wholesome.
Friend have also released teasers for their new song, I don't know why, I really want
it to be a darker version of fever, I just feel so much love for fever because it was
my first comeback with Gfriend and it was just an era that I feel so fond of, you know
the styling was everything, it was even the first time I even praised denim on this channel.
Like that is Gfriend's impact.
Ok, so let's move on to NiziU's debut (predebut) with Make you happy, now I didn't follow the
show while it was on, I remember seeing it pop up on my subscription feed.
And I was like "I don't know what this is so I'm not going to watch it" but I wish I
would have because I'm in love.
I wanted to point out the fact that JYP was on roller skates in the music video and then
he fell, and then this icon, this queen just stared at him like.
That's a mood, that's literally you know, me towards my haters, me towards the fatphobes,
it literally fits into every single situation and I've just been singing the song nonstop
to my dog Maicha and she just barks at me.
Now another thing that really stood out to me were these JYP references, so from what
I could tell there was "tell me" from the wonder girls, "Ooh-ahh" and Fancy from Twice,
then Icy from Itzy and I'm so hot from the Wondergirls and then of course, goodbye baby
goodbye from Miss A, though I feel like Miss A was an afterthought, and Ateez did a better
job at promoting Miss A. Now for Hwasa's comeback, I actually really liked it.
Some people were saying it's a twit 2.0, I see similar elements within both songs, but
if there was like a spectrum between Quirky and Sultry, Twit would obviously be more on
the quirky side, and Maria would be more on the Sultry side.
But they definitely have both elements between both of the songs.
For example the obnoxious jewelry and just how ridiculous it seems to be eating a brain,
just seems like the more quirky part of the music video.
And I feel like there is just a lot of symbolism as well, but what stood out the most to be
is where it looks like it's her funeral but all the chairs are faced like away from her.
So I thought that was interesting, so let me know what you think it means and what other
symbolism you found.
Another random interesting thing I noticed, her video has over 2 million views and only
4K dislikes, my ego video could never.
And surprisingly my favourite outfits are the grey sweatpants with the nude tops, it's
so simple, I just love neutral colours.
And I love neutral colours, I love them so much.
On the note of comebacks, though.
I'm a bit late but Monsta X have a comeback with Fantasia, and you know what, terrible
use of Denim aside, toy know these atrocious cowboy outfits that haha...I was thoroughly
impressed and I think I'm gonna have to Stan.
I think I'm gonna have to become a Monbebe or however you pronounce it, can we say 2nd
gen vibes?
I was so thoroughly impressed.
I don't generally get into boy groups as much anymore, and it's nothing against 3rd gen
boy groups, I just feel that's how it's naturally progressed.
But on that note, I'm working on a video about how Kpop has changed.
From major things to little things, everything, no one is safe.
Ok so lastly this is Markly Spears has brought to my attention and it's the fact that Shawols
are trending a certain hashtag in response to the teaser from the drama "It's ok not
to be ok" now it seems within the drama that there are some sentences that have been plagiarized
from Shinee's Jonghyun, now in his letter he wrote "I wonder if fate is something unusual,
we're fate" and in the drama it says "Is fate something unusual?
We're fate" Now fans are obviously upset because it seems that his words were taken without
credit, and coming from such a meaningful letter, fans are asking for a response from
TVN but also it's upsetting because fans have pointed out that when you search the sentence
now, you no longer see photos of him, but photos of the drama.
SO as I'm filming right now, TVN has yet to respond to this.
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