it's just weird to me that we picked Lia out of a crowd and said, "today we're gonna pick
on you!" *funky intro* Hi, welcome!
It has come to my attention that Itzy's Lia has been accused of some terrible, terrible
things.
The worst things in to be accused of in this wonderful world of Kpop.
So in today's video, we are going to be talking about Lia's quote unquote, big fat quotation
marks, "lazy" end the f***king quote dancing.
Because I keep seeing this pop up and I have to say, I frankly think it is a little bit
ridiculous.
Maybe a lot a bit.
So I know a lot of people accuse me of having unrealistic expectations when it comes to
Kpop performances.
Notably in videos where I do like a Kpop performance analysis.
But if you actually listen to what I'm saying, I actually really try to advocate for more
freedom within performances and I often don't agree with 3rd gens need for constant perfection
within these performances and I try to make that very clear any time I do a performance
analysis.
And objectively, the most annoying thing about me is probably the fact that I bring 2nd gen
into everything.
Especially when it comes to performance.
But, no matter how you feel about 2nd gen, you gotta give it to them for having that
raw aspect to said performances.
Even if an artist made a mistake, you could still hear it.
And in that sense, you'd feel more of a connection or at least that's how I personally felt.
Perfection is the last thing I want to see in a performance.
I just want to feel something genuine.
to sing live a lot more often, so not all is lost, we can official uncancel 3rd gen.
You heard it right here from me.
I mean, not to brag, you can actually hear Yeosang's one line in Win and Alexa is out
here doing amazing.
But I digress, if you're mad, just leave your fat phobic hate comment and leave.
Because fun fact, JYP is paying my bills.
So, you likely will get or have gotten a "Wannabe" ad and I thank JYP Appa for that.
Sorry, 12 year old Koreaboo me just like sometimes, she just pops out of nowhere.
Ok, so here is the situation.
I believe this started a while ago actually, notably during their icy era.
People have pointed out that her moves are slightly off sometimes.
And I even found that people were upset at her performance in this video in particular,
but then again, this isn't a real performance.
They are performing in front of people, but what I mean is that this is a relay dance,
and relay dances are more fun, they are more laid back.
You're not supposed to give it your all.
I mean, you definitely can give it your all, but it's more fun to see people play with
the levels of energy that they give during these dances, either too much or too little.
In fact, I think it's encouraged to change things up.
It's not anything that I would personally look at and think, "oh my god someone inform
JYP of this ungodly performance" and I have to say, when Mingi didn't go all out of his
hip thrust in the "answer" relay performance, people thought it was cute.
Just saying.
Don't want to sound like a broken record, but maybe there is a double standard here,
I don't know.
Digressing, the newest critiques have come from this Idol Radio performance and I've
seen the GIFS. and I mean Ok, in some of them you can kind of, slightly see it.
But some of these videos, I've watched 100 times over and I can not for the life of me
point out where she is doing it wrong.
And I mean, disclaimer, I am not a voice of authority, I am not a professional dancer.
But, I have been a kpop fan for a really long time and I'm really annoying and very observant.
So I feel that I can comment on the kpop industry itself rather than the dancing aspects.
And of course, pointing out mistakes isn't always a bad thing, it can lead to improvement,
and I'm definitely not saying that there is no room for criticism for anything, because
that would be very hypocritical of me.
But I would like to talk a bit about the backlash from the criticism.
So no, I'm not gonna sit here and say, this is what's wrong with her dancing, and this
is how she could improve, but I will give my commentary on the kpop industry as a whole.
And it's definitely safe to say that this isn't something we've never seen before.
Surely, there are many idols that have missed a move here and there, but given the dynamics
of the 3rd gen moving into 4th gen, I feel like we just have such high standards oh my
god.
I mean, back in the day, something like this would be a cute mistake and you'd probably
see it in this compilation *phone rings* oh my god mom.
And you'd probably see it in a cute compilation of idols making mistakes, but somehow this
turned into a lazy scandal.
And it baffles me because I don't understand why someone couldn't have just compiled Itzy's
mistakes, and maybe that's mean, but sometimes it's fun to watch those things, I don't know,
maybe that's controversial.
I mean, not all mistakes are bad, they don't have to be so terrible.
They can just be fun little moment to look back on and laugh at sometimes.
But again, somehow this turned into her being lazy.
SO I wanted to talk about this, actually I'm gonna stop you right there to remind you to
subscribe, even though it's a little bit late in the video admittedly, and yes I'm still
a little bit sad that YouTube has declined giving me a play button but you can make up
for it by sending me Ateez and bird meme.
In the meantime, I'm just going to bring this off cuz youtube could never.
So the first point we're going to touch on is that it's actually really not a big deal.
Maybe if you're really big on quality of performances and this is something that is really bothering
you, you might feel differently, but even at that, I expressed earlier than I couldn't
even see the issue within some of these clips.
I tried really hard, I tried to find the fault, I just couldn't see it.
Which to me means that this is an issue that maybe only professionals would be able to
see, or maybe, we're just looking into this too much and not allowing Idols a decent amount
of room for error.
Which I just think is really important.
I mean, if you really think about it, this could potentially be applied to any group.
if you look into any group this deep, you could probably find instances where someone
is a little off sync.
I mean you actually could, you literally could, this could be applied to any group ever.
Because fun fact, Idols are not robots.
But right now I feel like collectively a lot of people have just decided that today, we're
picking on Lia.
Just like we did with Jennie. and I know a lot of people are going to come after Jennie
in the comment section saying "you can't compare the two because Jennie's scandal was actually
lazy and Lia is actually not being lazy, so how can you compare the two" I'm gonna tell
you right now, everybody in Kpop has had some "lazy" dancing, just not everyone in kpop
has had it compiled in such a way that makes them look really bad.
Not everyone in kpop has their performance scrutinized to a point where minor flaws or
even major flaws turn into a viral hate campaign.
And honestly lazy is such a rude word to use in this context, because Idols do work really
hard.
But, you cannot expect people's energy levels to be 100% all of the time.
It's just not realistic, it's just not possible.
And I'm 100% sure that if you were in that position as well, that you would want to be
extended that same courtesy.
And no, I can't exactly speak to Jennie's scandal because none of us know the reason
behind it and we likely never will.
But my point is, if everyone's performances were scrutinized in the same way, if we kept
the same energy for literally every performance in kPop, the scandals could potentially be
endless.
And that is ridiculous.
But given the nature of most kpop performances, that being on Music Shows, missing a little
arm movement here and there ultimately doesn't affect the quality of the performance in the
grand scheme of it all.
And to me, the rest of the performance, you know excluding the maybe 1 second that her
arm was a little off, she's giving it her all, she's smiling, she's giving a lot of
energy.
So the second point I want to talk about is that not everyone in Kpop in an amazing dancer,
and that sounds so condescending, I personally don't think anyone in Kpop is a bad dancer.
I think anyone who has the mental strength and physical strength to make it in the entertainment
industry is admirable.
And I get it, every group in kpop tend to have a lot a variety.
You'll have some people who are better rapping, some people who are better in singing, some
people who are betting in dancing.
There is a lot of variety within one kpop group, and not everyone will be on the same
level in every single aspect.
And we see this a lot in entertainment companies where someone will come in with little to
no experience but a drive to achieve a lot.
But despite some idols maybe excelling more in non-dance activities, and again, I'm not
saying that any idols are bad dancers, but maybe a professional sees something that I
wouldn't.
And that's fair.
But those very idols still nevertheless work very well within the dynamics of their groups.
And I always get in trouble for bringing BTS into things for whatever reason, cuz apparently
I'm just a kpop fan, when did BTS not become KPOP?
We need to speak immediately.
So when I first saw a BTS dance video, it was BOY in luv?
With luv?
It was boy... damnit.
And I remember thinking "wow, this is a group of really talented dancers" but then the more
I got to know them, the more I realized their talents were really quite varied and not everyone
was a part of a dance line and not everyone was, you know, considered themselves even
super talented dancers and that really surprised me.
My point is, you know, the average person is probably not going to notice something
like this.
Is not going to notice when someone is maybe a little bit off when it comes to dancing,
and I'm not trying to demonize people who you know, point out mistakes, we all do it.
There is nothing, I wouldn't say there is anything inherently wrong with that, but it
becomes an issue when people turn it into a hate campaign or when they take it way too
far.
And that is unfortunately the dynamics of the internet.
So this brings us to our point #3, our desire for perfection is harmful and this is both
our personal desires for our idols and the desires from their companies themselves.
A lot of people point out, "well it's your job to entertain, you should be your 100%
self all the time" Even if we did pay for that, even if you did buy albums or merchandise,
you have no right to own, you know, every single minute of your idols life and to control
that.
So this demand for perfection to me is extreme.
Because we, like.
what?
It's just weird to me that we picked Lia out of a crowd and said "today we're gonna pick
on you!" it just comes form this level of entitlement that people have over their idols.
Or even idols that they hate for some reason, when we tend to hate someone, we have even
higher expectations for them.
Even JYP wants perfection.
I saw this clip on twitter where he takes screenshots of their performances and if they
are not all in sync, he sends it to a group chat.
And I get it, he's like the CEO and he pays my bills, but at the same time I feel like
this takes away a lot of creative freedom.
This just leaves very little room for creative freedom and very little room for any ad libs
whatsoever.
And this is a very prominent feature that we see in this new generation of kpop.
The same moves to a T, being repeated over and over again because that is what the industry
is demanding.
SO yeah that is basically all I had to say, leave down in the comment below your thoughts
on all this!
Are you really anal about the choreography or do you think this is a stretch?
Thank you so much for watching, I will see you guys next time!