in the k-pop industry, two things are a very big portion of what makes a group successful; appearance and entertainment factor. itâs always been big factors in creating key successful groups, for example: the sweet and pink bubblegum pop sound and sight of snsd, the dark and hard hitting hip hop of early bts, the colorful individuality that hailed shinee trendsetters from debut, thatâs been the foundation of every group out there. but this year, i feel k-pop has let entertainment take a backseat in favor of appearance, but only for girl groups. boy groups are still allowed to express themselves and perform to the best of their abilities day in and day out with a multitude of unique and eye-catching outfits, but i canât say the same for girl groups. i started REALLY noticing it last year with red velvet, specifically during their red flavor era where in this stage, you can CLEARLY see irene is uncomfortable with the outfit given to her, to the point where she canât dance comfortably for fear of exposing something that she doesnât want seen. even since then, ireneâs stated that she prefers pants rather than dresses and skirts, but her stylists STILL put her in skirts and dresses when she seems a lot more comfortable in pants, as seen here. and itâs not just red velvet, other girl groups have been given extremely short/uncomfortable/tight/revealing outfits to wear on stage, some without even safety shorts!!!!, and be expected to give a good performance when they donât even feel comfortable in their own bodies to do so. such as blackpinkâs jennie, momolandâs yeonwoo, twiceâs momo, momolandâs nancy, clcâs seungyeon AND seunghee, honestly literally all of twice here, and as recently as twiceâs chaeyoung in last weekâs inkigayo (and todayâs show champion) and these girlâs are aware of the way theyâre being taken advantage of for wearing these outfits to perform, as seen here where several twice members wrap little blankets around their chestâs to prevent being photographed in perverted manners. itâs not just the outfits either, itâs the way that these girls are expected to perform and act cute and sweet, or whatever concept theyâve been given that era, when they have to struggle to make sure that theyâre decent. because god forbid thereâs an outfit slip, like here, and then there are tons of people talking about it as if itâs the worst thing in the world when itâs not their fault! in addition, we have camera operators focusing on other parts of their body that ARENâT their face in obscene manners that should also be called out, for example: red velvetâs joy, loonaâs hi high (both the mv and live stages) and itâs not fair to those girls at all. itâs not like these girls can be dressed comfortably, look good and perform well, because we see it daily! we see it in groups like pristin, gugudan, red velvet (on a good day), april, loona, etc, and thankfully, many others! so itâs not like itâs impossible, if these girls are visibly uncomfortable in these outfits and even speak out about wanting things they can perform in better, why deny them that right? some girls donât mind the revealing outfits and thatâs fine (we love a confident girl!!!), but why subject everyone to that same thinking if itâs clear they donât feel that way? if you let these girls at least have a louder say in the outfits they wear on stage iâm sure the appearance factor will skyrocket to pair with the entertainment factor and these girls will be even more successful.
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