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All this discourse over who does "painting with light"

I'll throw in the wonderful Eizin Suzuki into this ring too, a man whose work just breathes light without actually using dynamic lighting in the usual way. It's no surprise both Nagai and Suzuki are both considered prolific in art pertaining to the city pop genre because they're able to paint these kinds of scenes with a delicate touch.

*plit plit pippippappip plit*

Impeccable music choice here:

it's not a romantic song, and never was. emilee petersmark, the frontwoman, is a korean adoptee raised why a white american family. growing up in a predominantly white area, despite her adoptive parents' best efforts, she felt out of place and disconnected from her culture. even when she went back to south korea, it was hard for her to fit in, and she states that "[n]ot a single person spoke to [her] in Korean – it was like [she] had a neon sign over my head spelling 'FOREIGNER,' and the locals steered clear" in the source above. she struggled especially not having any knowledge of her bio mother or why she couldn't raise her. never love an anchor is her stated imagining of why she was put up for adoption, as a way to cope with the disconnect and feeling of not being wanted. it's about a mother feeling unworthy of raising her child, and scared to ruin them.