In more than a few threads recently the feminism vs. idol system topic has come up.

( I'm going to fail my morning classes because of idols )

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SNSD is undoubtedly the top girlgroup in Korea right now. Apparently they're also the top artist period in Korea in terms of sales, beating out even megastars Rain and Lee Hyori. We'll see if they can hold on to that lead as Suju continues to sell and Big Bang comes back, but it might be safe to say that any further sales of Oh or RDR will be ( Read more... )

What goes into the building of an idol group? Many have taken the televised audition route, such as Big Bang and Morning Musume. In such cases the company can ensure that the chosen members already have public approval, but with most groups they just reveal the lineup and we are left to wonder about the logic behind their choices. All of the ( Read more... )

 I'm aware this post will likely get lost in all of the Oh! spazzing and bashing, but it should be posted while the video is still fairly fresh. It's also a more objective look at the H!P machine, instead of my usual intentions of either highlighting the worst to traumatize r, or bringing out the best to try and convert others to fandom. Here I'm ( Read more... )

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As the girls have their too-short break, it's nice to look back at some of their earlier performances. I was going to start on a massive rolling review of the vocalist rankings, but let's go back to our roots, shall we, when Girls' Generation was still singing, well, Girls' Generation.

( or why Sooyoung got vocally gypped by debuting with SNSD )

Not the grand ultra-meta debut post, but I figured that since the purpose of this comm was to cut down on off-topic comments by making them their own posts, here's some interesting stuff I found.

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When I first watched SNSD's "Genie" MV, it hit me: "I am watching a soft porno video." I realized even as I thought it that what bothered me wasn't so much that SM had decided to create a music video that could be deemed mediocre, slipshod work, but that the MV was saying something about me as a fan of SNSD: that this is what I want to see. Thus ( Read more... )

So! K-bites tells me that "SeeYa, Davichi and T-ara will comeback with their 2nd project single ‘Wonder Woman’ after ‘Female Generation", this time with

SeeYa's YeonJi, Boram, and SooMi
Davichi's HaeRi and MinKyung
T-ara's HyoMin and EunJung

"It will be a 7-member one with new members SeeYa SooMi, T-ara HyoMin and EunJung with the song ‘Wonder Woman’ ( Read more... )