digital character from aespa's universe releases new single!

[ladychips]

For those who have followed aespa's digital universe (Kwangya) the "person" they sometimes sing about has launched her own music career! I guess this way SM doesn't have to pay an idol. In the video she's described as an AI who wants to enter the human world. This is interesting in part because aespa hasn't used their digital versions for some time

Comments

[lovingyous]

"watch me come til i'm numb"?!

[smegma]

she has no stage presence, the vocals are heavily autotuned, and she's had so much plastic surgery that she doesn't even look human. hybe nose, SM jaw, double eyelid surgery, rearranged pixels... korean beauty standards are so toxic. smh.

[recognitions]

And American ones aren't?

[fauxkaren]

no thank you

[fauxkaren]

on a similar note, I know that the virtual idol group Plave has had some big hits but like IDGI. I DON'T GET THE APPEAL OF VIRTUAL IDOLS.

Maybe i am just too old

[ladychips]

it really annoys me and idk why

also you know the people doing the work arent getting paid enough, just like here

[originaru]

ngl plave have some songs i liked, but it blows my mind that people are so invested in them. like they have an actual fandom, they've won music shows, they're in competition to win music shows etc. people actually pay to have fancalls with a literal animated cartoon on the screen.

i am way too old for this lmao.

[froggster]

But Plave isn't remotely the same??? Plave are basically vtubers. They write and choreograph their own songs, there's no AI. (also I'm happy for one of the members because I liked his previous failed real-life group)
or do you just mean the whole avatar thing in general? ehh I don't really mind. The idol media scene is so different from the late 00s early 10s. There are no more variety shows with lots of intermingling so it's not like that's a big drawback for them. and I was never into kpop for the looks/'sex appeal' of idols anyway.

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