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This is interesting, I found a TikTok discussing temple filler (link here) and I feel like a lot of idols may have gotten this done instead of shaving their cheekbones, which is a much much more invasive procedure.

Sorry for the late reply! Well if I remember correctly he did "date" Suzy for a few months, and he had dating rumours with one of his co-star too, but nothing too serious. Tbh, I always thought that between him and his close friend Gong Yoo, Gong Yoo is the one that pings me the most. But for LDW, I think it's a bit weird that he's still not dating publicly or something ? Idk the guy has it all imo! so it's either he's dating secretly, probably a female, or he might be queer but I don't think so. He may simply doesn't want to get married or start a family too. Who knows. Besides Yoo ah in ( ) , the only actors that I follow and ping me are Yim Siwan ( since his ze:a days, and if I remember correctly there were few rumours back then, a tv host asked him what he thought about it and he was pretty chill. The tv host wasn't great tho as she kept asking him if he's gay and all...) , Gong Yoo, Seoham... Also Park Bogum is a big enigma. They're all I can think rn. What about your opinion ?

Reading those replies made me so sad. Like we know everything is edited to perfection in kpop, but seeing people think that that's not the case in honestly concerning. Like how far you have to be in denial that you would even consider that 5th comment Karina pic to not be edited. My faves get edited, your faves get edited. It's just a thing everyone should be aware. Idols are good looking people but they are not perfect porcelain ai-dolls. I'm personally never really connected to Winter's visuals but in the un-edited waving picture i think she looks so adorable and i see the charm. (in the other picture she looks way too skinny tho). Usually when i see fan-taken pics by non-fansites i find idols way more attractive than in fansite pics or overly edited journalist, concept pics etc.

It's a shame I don't have access to create a new thread. It would have been so cool as there are so many wholesome moments to share. It's even more interesting to see that most of them happens behind the scenes and both of them seems to restrain themselves when they catch a camera or fans. I wish we could discuss them freely without annoying people in this thread or attract wrong people too.

Does anyone have unedited (legitimately) and non-airbrushed photos of idols, actors or celebrities (Korean, Japanese or even from the West)? I recently found this article without any interference and the 3rd photo (Winter) and Ningning (1st photo) don’t look like them at all, Karina looks uncanny valley: https://www.pannchoa.com/2023/06/enter-talk-seeing-aespas-pictures-you.html?m=1 The replies then go on to post extremely edited/ airbrushed photos. Side note: Winter looks way too skinny.

Im Young Woong has built an empire of ajumma fans that is surpassing any K-Pop fandom Article: "The rich mothers of K-Pop that make up Im Young Woong's fanbase" fans in their fifties listen to more music than teens Source: Money Today via Naver [+153, -35] I'm so sick and tired of trot! Enough's enough. There's no difference between idols and their hook songs and trots. [+55, -7] I'm not an Im Young Woong anti but I'm sick of seeing him on the Melon charts. I feel like I need to switch over to Apple Music. [+46, -5] The culture of music is changing with the times. The elderly are learning to enjoy their retirement by listening to music and healing. Invest in yourself. Life is short. [+56, -22] He's constantly in the Melon top 100 so I just canceled my subscription [+23, -1] I feel like there's way too much trot shows now... it's actually turning me off from the singers. [+28, -11] I quit Melon because of all the Im Young Woong songs in the top 100. I'm so sick and tired of him. [+23, -7] I left Melon because of this guy. If you play the top 100, it's all his songs. I'd understand two or three being up there but his ajumma fans have every single one of his stupid songs lined up there, ugh. I started making my own playlists and deleting all of his songs. His ajumma fans are ruining it for the rest of us and it's actually making me petty enough to refuse to listen to his songs no matter what. [+17, -1] I'm honestly a bit amazed that he's gotten this big ㅎㅎ [+15, -5] Please don't try and link trot to K-Pop [+19, -10] I'm in my forties and I like Im Young Woong. He's good at ballads and drama OSTs too. His albums have a lot of different genres... He was the #1 favorite singer in the Gallup poll of forties last year. [+33, -25] Im Young Woong's fanclub reminds me of the JMS cult. They treat him like a god and have no problem crushing any other artist in his way and attacking their fandoms. They seriously look possessed with how easily they'll attack anyone who's against him. [+8, -0] His ajummas are in their fifties which means they were the start of the early days of fandom culture. Now they have the money and time to back it all up. [+23, -17] His fandom feels like a mental illness [+8, -2] His fans aren't true fans. They'll take his articles and spam them with thousands of comments... They'll trash all of the music charts by purposely lining up all his songs on them. This can't be what real fandom culture is... How can they be so inconsiderate to everyone else? http://netizenbuzz.blogspot.com/2023/06/im-young-woong-has-built-empire-of.html

EXO ‘Let Me In’ MV

source | translation June 8 is a typo - it is June 26; and KST, not ET.

If she feels the same way about you, then maybe star-crossed

IM YELLING AT THE KPOP FANS BEING SALTY

the way some (most) of the comments really seem to believe that posting unedited photos of idols equals to hating and bashing them ((: and they have the nerve to call whoever posts unedited idol pics weird for doing so and not just believing idols are a different species of 100% perfect humans.... where do we go from here? this is kinda embarrassing and sad at the same time

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The release feels bittersweet, especially the pole dancing aspect of the dance. The stickers were used to hide injuries on their body (tw: see here). I still like the EP though, especially Time's Up and Love Beat.

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SHINee 샤이니 The 8th Album 〖HARD〗 ‘HARD’ Clue Poster 2

2023.07.26 Release

Pre-orders for EXO's upcoming full-length album, "Exist," began Monday at online and offline stores. "Exist," set to drop on July 10, comes two years after EXO's special album "Don't Fight the Feeling" released in June 2021 and the first new full-length album in three years and eight months since "Obsession" (2019). The album will include nine tracks, including "Let Me In," a pre-release track that will be made available for streaming starting Monday at 6 p.m. The song was first performed in April during the band's fan meet and greet. The news comes amid turmoil for both the band and its agency, which has been in a legal battle since the start of this month. Members Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin — also members of the subunit EXO-CBX — claimed that SM Entertainment forced artists to sign unfair contracts and demanded the agency terminate their contracts immediately. The agency has refuted the members' claims, arguing that they have been influenced by a third party with "absurd" intentions. BY YOON SO-YEON [[email protected]] Source: Korea Joongang Daily

Wendy: we were walking fr far when we saw the eiffel tower, its so pretty! frm afar we cld see the twinkle; i went together with seulgi, “seulgi ya, i fulfilled my bucket list” it was so nice, as we slowly got nearer i was overwhelmed by emotions. everyone, if u hv bucketlist, i really recommend u go there n see it in person. it’s so beautiful. if u go together with precious ppl, i think can make even more beautiful memories. i took photos with handphone, n videos, n i tried my best to capture with my eyes. i was so happy~ Wendy: … bcos (i’m) sitting next to members. this time on the return flight, i sat next to maknae, for abt 4 hours we were chatting non-stop, “yah, at this rate we won’t be able to sleep, please let’s sleep!” so we stopped n we slept. Wendy: so i’m gonna bring this up.. to share this news as soon as i’m back, i’m sorry, many ppl shld have seen the news, i’ll wrap up my stint as a DJ in june. when i host ys, i really receive alot of energy from everyone, i also hope to repay everyone from this seat, sincerely many ppl might have been surprised when the news came out, tho i’m talking like it’s the end, it’s not! we still have 3 weeks! for the remaining 3 weeks we’ll spend happier times, make many beautiful memories, we’ll have fun together, yeah~

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You can not fracture a clavicle by just bumping into a studio door with your shoulder. Something else happened. It's not adding up.

Advise? There's never overextending words and or explanations when you're trying to be respectful to someone and yourself at the same time. I see you're in a complicated situation, judgement aside from her side because that's not my business, but the right thing to do is explain exactly that. Although you want to be with her, you've got your own limitations. You don't want to put her in the spot of choosing so you're doing it yourself for the best of you both, in which maybe you wouldn't be truly living happily in the situation.

happy for them, but at the same time idk how to feel about the logo hinting at LOONA, it just feels like they are dragging an ending and not letting fans move on

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The girls look even prettier in the unedited pictures imo, shame they don't feel the same

wrong answer, it's K-ON

'The Feeling' : 15th Anniversary for SHINee WORLD

SHINee’s Onew Reassures Fans With Sweet Message After Announcing Temporary Hiatus SHINee’s Onew has personally reassured fans after the announcement of his temporary hiatus. On June 9, SM Entertainment announced that Onew would sit out SHINee’s upcoming concerts and album activities for health reasons. Shortly after the announcement, Onew took to his personal Instagram account to share the following reassuring message to fans: Hello. This is Onew! I just thought some people may have been surprised and thought it was right I say something so I’ve come to write this. The point is! I will come back after recovering well! I apologize for worrying many people and would be grateful if you thought of this as a time to momentarily take a breather for the sake of SHINee, who I will be with in the future! Given the timing, I thought a lot but as I was not recovering, I believe there was a misunderstanding or error. But I’ve made this decision in order to properly protect what I want to protect, and because the future is more important. Anyway, please be happy and healthy! In order for us to meaningfully spend happy days and bits and pieces of life together, I will think and return in good health. I’m sorry for worrying you!

Jun fits his nose so well. It looks higher and sharper than his predebut nose but combined with his huge eyes, sharp cheekbones, and that cat smile he has. it gives him a naturally unnatural look (like a manhwa character). Tbf aju nice is quite a long time ago so it’s not surprising for things to change but I think he’s been very consistent visually. The angularity of his face now kinda just looks like his predebut skinniness + the features he tweaked throughout his career. He’s been involved in lots of projects recently so I just hope he’s eating and sleeping well.

not about plastic surgery but people have been posting about onew's weight loss here so i'm posting this as i definitely think it relates to it. i've seen people acting obtuse and like nothing is wrong but c'mon...

SHINee ‘The Feeling’ MV Teaser

Has Somi always been this...busty

Kpoprocedure on Instagram has a good summary of his cosmetic changes, but you can see in the predebut pictures I linked above that his nose was a little flatter and down-turned when he was a trainee. I didn't have time to find pictures that matched the angle of those predebut pictures, but if you just search for pictures of him online, you'll see that he doesn't have the down-turned, slightly hooked nose anymore. His nose bridge is always straight now or slightly hooked if he's smiling. I think his first nose job (see the above 2018 pictures) was decent. It gave him a straighter nose bridge and a little more height, but it wasn't noticeably "plastic" unless you knew what his nose looked like before. I don't think he did anything to decrease the width of his nose before debuting. Kpoprocedure thinks he got an alarplasty a couple years after debuting to bring in his nostrils and make the base of his nose slimmer, though I think if he got one, it's subtle enough that I have a hard time being certain. His nose is definitely bigger and wider than the average kpop idol and Bang Chan definitely mentions it as an insecurity, but to me, it was refreshing to see a guy who was less of a delicate flower-boy type. I personally think JB from Got7, Taecyeon, and 2020 Chan are some of the most attractive male faces because they tend to have more masculine features like wider noses, a stronger jawline, and smaller and more hooded eyes.

His nose implant has been drooping a little low with time. In some pictures, especially those from a lower angle, it almost seems like his nose is folding down a little bit. Below shows him predebut (before his first nose implant), 2018 (debut year), 2020, and the last two rows are from this month. Kind of bums me out because he was a cute kid at debut: And he had the right features to look classically handsome in 2020: I feel like these days when I see his face, his nose and lips stand out way more than they used to, though I'm sure part of it is makeup. I don't like the lip filler on him, though the nose implant drooping is something he doesn't have control over and will need to get fixed eventually. Seems so stressful to have plastic surgery that requires maintenance like nose implants that droop or a jaw shave that requires the occasional face lift. I only learned recently from a Reddit thread that jaw shaves can also increase the deepness of labionasal folds since that entire side of your face has lost part of its anchor, and it's hard to get that skin attached in the same way that it used to be.

Or people don't know what '/s' is supposed to mean so they took the last statement seriously again lol

Is Yujin the only PS-free member of ZB1? From the top of my head: Jiwoong: nose, eyes, lip filler + veneers Zhang Hao: nose, chin Hanbin: eyes, nose, possibly lip filler too and whatever he's done to his bone structure Matthew: nose, eyes (?), chin (??) and something fishy with the face shape as well Taerae: eyes, nose, lips (?) Ricky: nose, chin, probably eyes as well idk Gyuvin: eyes, nose, lips (??) Gunwook: eyes Just what I managed to remember Or maybe they all simply grew up, just like BTS <33 /s (in case y'all missed it the last time)

The people who are responding negatively to this are part of the problem. They don't care about the artists being mistreated. If their supply of daydreams and serotonin idols give is interrupted/stopped, they would rather have their bias enslaved than treated like human beings.

ooh hun you might be in the wrong thread if you think the glow up was all puberty.

Many generic songs are bad but some generic songs are great. Some "original" songs are great but many "original" songs are terrible. A song will not magically become good by virtue of not being generic if it's a disjointed mess. This remix of Sticker will always be far better than the actual song despite being more "generic".

I think Yonghee from CIX is pretty, but everyone has different tastes:

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