what we do in frankfurt is secret.
1. aaaahaand the logical continuation of my new beginning in frankfurt is apparently freaking exo going there to ruin my life. oh joy. i will NOT repeat NOT go there to watch them walk through the airport for three minutes. i really don't want to be at this low point in my life.
2. so many people have been calling out krystal and sulli for being unprofessional, rude and outright bored during this promotion cycle. i watched the performances and i agree. however. i also completely understand where they are coming from.
krystal and sulli have been stuck with sme since they were little kiddies. heck, they even debuted when they were barely 15 years old, which in my own experience was the age where everybody happily threw themselves into partying, dating, drinking, and just generally exploring themselves and the world. none of the girls were up for this kind of experience. and now that they became adults, naturally there would be frustration over their lack of a personal life.
moreover, during their break after the pinocchio/hot summer promotions, both krystal and sulli actually broke out into other branches like acting and variety, and i think this first taste of experimenting with personal artistry and (to some extent) freedom was so sweet, so eye-opening, that when they came back with rppp, it must have felt to be back in square one. (ironically, the song is even about their "true first love".)
then there is the fact that we are talking about two extremely beautiful individuals here. at some point, when you've heard the phrase "you're my ideal type" for so many times, you are going to start doubting whether there can be more to you, especially at their very specific age and stage of lie. whether people will also like you without your face, without your eye-smile and your v-line. but wondering is all they can do about it, because they are stuck with this label and sme is sure to make good use of it for as long as they possibly can, so there is simply no chance for the girls to explore their abilities any more than this.
they are constantly painfully aware of the fact that right now, they have all those assets, and people are just going to scream and throw confetti at them because of it. so after a whooping four years of standing on stage and lipsyncing to meaningless pop songs, i can absolutely imagine how fun it would be to just half-ass it, just for the cynism of it. "look at me, i'm not even trying, but can you stop yourself from loving me? can you?"
tl;dr: when you're 14 it's no problem to stand on stage and sing songs with words that you don't mean. that's what kids do. it's fun to hear "you're so pretty" over and over again. that's what a teenage girl wants to hear. at age 19, however, you want more. you want so much more of the world, of other people, of yourself. and being in f(x) and sme will never ever give them that. it seems that they just want to get over album promotions as quickly over as possible so they can move on to their individual careers (which, frankly, is more entertaining to watch anyway).
2. so many people have been calling out krystal and sulli for being unprofessional, rude and outright bored during this promotion cycle. i watched the performances and i agree. however. i also completely understand where they are coming from.
krystal and sulli have been stuck with sme since they were little kiddies. heck, they even debuted when they were barely 15 years old, which in my own experience was the age where everybody happily threw themselves into partying, dating, drinking, and just generally exploring themselves and the world. none of the girls were up for this kind of experience. and now that they became adults, naturally there would be frustration over their lack of a personal life.
moreover, during their break after the pinocchio/hot summer promotions, both krystal and sulli actually broke out into other branches like acting and variety, and i think this first taste of experimenting with personal artistry and (to some extent) freedom was so sweet, so eye-opening, that when they came back with rppp, it must have felt to be back in square one. (ironically, the song is even about their "true first love".)
then there is the fact that we are talking about two extremely beautiful individuals here. at some point, when you've heard the phrase "you're my ideal type" for so many times, you are going to start doubting whether there can be more to you, especially at their very specific age and stage of lie. whether people will also like you without your face, without your eye-smile and your v-line. but wondering is all they can do about it, because they are stuck with this label and sme is sure to make good use of it for as long as they possibly can, so there is simply no chance for the girls to explore their abilities any more than this.
they are constantly painfully aware of the fact that right now, they have all those assets, and people are just going to scream and throw confetti at them because of it. so after a whooping four years of standing on stage and lipsyncing to meaningless pop songs, i can absolutely imagine how fun it would be to just half-ass it, just for the cynism of it. "look at me, i'm not even trying, but can you stop yourself from loving me? can you?"
tl;dr: when you're 14 it's no problem to stand on stage and sing songs with words that you don't mean. that's what kids do. it's fun to hear "you're so pretty" over and over again. that's what a teenage girl wants to hear. at age 19, however, you want more. you want so much more of the world, of other people, of yourself. and being in f(x) and sme will never ever give them that. it seems that they just want to get over album promotions as quickly over as possible so they can move on to their individual careers (which, frankly, is more entertaining to watch anyway).