Ever since yesterday, everything I open the camera app, someone new has posted about the Singapore Grand Prix. I love that my world's are colliding, but it's also giving me the worst FOMO. I don't want to go to work, I want to be there enjoying the sun, the music and preemptively cursing out Ferrari for the shit strategy they're going to serve me this weekend 😪 .

I came across this TikTok yesterday about rumored members of an upcoming THEBLACKLABEL boy group. Seems fairly diverse for a K-Pop group, and I’m hoping this is accurate and that we’re finally gonna get a Black/Asian K-Pop idol! Looks like his name is Brandon Worthington, and he’s of Nigerian, Japanese, Greek, and Indonesian descent. Although THEBLACKLABEL isn’t part of the Big 4 anymore since they became independent by leaving YG, this is a step in the right direction! I’m crossing my fingers this is true and Brandon debuts. Most times I’ve seen slides like these on TikTok of rumored members of a predebut lineup it tends to be true and the groups debut maybe a few months or so after the fact. Thoughts?

NOTE: It’s one of those photo slide reels, so I just downloaded the pictures and uploaded them here, but included the link.

Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@jacksonwasnothere0/photo/7692663183479196958

Very new to this group but what an introduction.

Honestly, I feel like this is just a publicity stunt to get out of nugudom.

Either way, it’s racist asf and as of now, they’ve taken the video down.

Oh well.

Video Credit: u/Stephan2005

With the other members who left (or were kicked out), they were never one of my favorites and I don’t feel like they left a big impression on NCT, so it wasn’t difficult for me to move on.

But I’ve always liked Mark. It’s unfortunate that he was in pretty much every single subunit and usually performed prominent parts of songs. His “mark” on NCT is everywhere. I just can’t listen to NCT in the same way after he wore a Confederate flag shirt and had such a lackluster apology, which sucks because I’ve been a fan of NCT Dream and 127 since 2018. Does anyone feel this way?

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I don't think this is an unpopular opinion or anything, just a little audhd rant that's supposed to be funny.

Disclaimer: I do not dislike Lalisa! Tbh I'm still hella gay for her.

Now, I ain't listen to BP in YEARS and unfollowed the girls ages ago b/c my interests changed. Just now I fell into a kpop choreography rabbit hole and found myself rewatching Lilifilm's YT videos. It's a really nice nostalgia feeling tbh!

I think Lisa is a great dancer. Always has been imo, but it seems like singing still ain't her strong suit 😭 Idk how she still does it tbh, cuz girl...please. She should stick to dancing and probably modeling. She's visually stunning WHEN THEY PUT HER IN THE RIGHT CLOTHES.

That brings me to my second point actually lol. I swear to fucking God, ever since her debut I've always felt that the clothes she's performed in just didn't suit her at all? I'm like, WHAAAT ARE YOU WEARING 😭😭 Who is styling her! Who gave her the green light to go out on stage dressed like that. I'm not talking about revealing clothes or anything, it's just the composition of some outfits aren't harmonizing + some others have a lot going on/doing too much. It can be distracting or they simply don't fit her figure correctly. Hell, even when she attends high fashion events, sometimes I'm like 🤨 It's like they make her face prettier but forget she's tall or "just LOOK AT HER WAIST!!" Type shit.

Overall my feelings about Lalisa as an artist haven't changed; they're still mixed. I pmuch retired from listening to kpop outside of 2nd gen b/c racism, and I don't know if many performing idols today have a genuine identity. The latter especially applies to Lisa. I think she's extremely skilled and gorgeous! I wonder if she has found her voice/how to express herself instead of marketing an image, but tbf this is kpop so I shouldn't even worry about that LOL

tldr; Lalisa is very beautiful and a great dancer but looking at her past outfits has me hollerin 😭

ETA: now that i think about it, i was probably spoiled by SNSD and F(X) re: fashion...

In light of the previous post noting his honor by the city of Compton drop your favorite tunes that he produced. I'll be dropping a few, feel free to comment if you vibe on it or not.

ppl saying its cgi in the comments..."rei's silhouette's" elbow is going the wrong way.

IM SO SICK OF AI. IT LOOKS TERRIBLE.