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Not Kpop related but Shinjiro Atae from the popular japanese group triple A (AAA) just came out! I'm so proud of him. Please show support and give him lots of love https://www.instagram.com/p/CvKROvAPJ55/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Time for part 3, this time featuring Suho! As far as surgical changes go Suho was a pretty easy member to analyze. However there is one thing I need to clarify before I start: Unlike Baekhyun and Chen who trained for less than a year, Suho trained for a whopping six years, meaning there is a chance that some of the predebut pics I've used won't necessarily be pre-surgery as well. Just a thing to keep in mind. Suho with his classically handsome face is someone who obviously won the genetic lottery, hence very little work was needed to make him look idol-worthy. When it comes to surgeries I think he kept it simple and went for a conservative eyes and nose combo. Looking at his eyes, I think it's safe to say that he's had both his eyelid crease deepened as well as an epicanthoplasty. The first two pictures are both predebut, but we can see a clear change in the shape of his inner eye corners as well as a deeper and more defined crease. However I will have to say that the crease part could be due to the poor quality of the first pic; in all of his predebut pictures he's had obvious double eyelids, so it's possible that the only double eyelid surgery he's had was in preparation for his debut. The last photo is the most recent, and his eyelids are no longer uneven. The second obvious change is his nose. While it was rather shapely to begin with, it has since been narrowed down considerably. Sadly I haven't been able to find a predebut picture of his profile to check whether the height of his nose bridge changed as well, but regardless of that I think we can safely assume he's had an implant inserted to give his bridge more height and definition. While these angles are obviously not quite the same, his nostrils are also slightly more on display than before. Consequently he's probably had a tip plasty as well. I'll have to retract my statement from earlier though that he's had an obvious nose job around Overdose. I was so sure of that for many years but once I actually put pictures from 2012-2014 together I came to the realization that nothing much changed at all? Maybe it was the drastic weight loss and blond hair that threw me off. The lighting obviously isn't the same but as far as the shape goes I'm pretty sure it's the same. While it's overall a well done nose job, the tip at times looks slightly pinched depending on the angle: This is purely my opinion, but I have an inkling that this type of nose job won't age too well as the skin around the implant becomes thinner with age. That's it for surgical changes, however a common "complaint" about Suho's look is that he often looks waxy, puffy and pillowy. While he has naturally full cheeks to begin with it is not farfetched to assume he regularly get's fillers as well, especially around the cheek area. Here's all the procedures summed up: 1. Double Eyelid Surgery 2. Epicanthoplasty 3. Rhinoplasty featuring a silicone implant 4. Possible Tip Plasty 5. Fillers, especially to the cheeks Please let me know what you think, especially regarding his nose. I felt like I was going insane because I swear there are some more changes than the initial first nose job but whenever I try to directly compare pictures of similar angles everything suddenly looks the same to me.

So proud of him. And is good to know that the members awas there to support him i am not a AAA stan but I love many of their songs. unfortunately they don't seem much active lately as a group but more individually (i mostly follow Nissy and SKY-HI solo careers) i will definitely check his new song. i remember that i like "i cant stop", "Follow Me", "Say My Name" and "How We Do It" Is he the 1st j-idol to come out or there is more? i hope this trigger a revolution and more will feel safe to come out edit: i went to check the IG link and noticed LOL members liked his post did you guys noticed more j-idols that you guys follow that are publicly supporting his coming out?

there's a nice article in the new york times about Shinjiro and his journey with details about why he decided to come out if anybody's curious. that's a gift link so you shouldn't be paywalled.

loona members are a bit notorious for fluctuation with fillers, but mainly jinsoul and kim lip. heejin has definitely done her eyelids, they are artificially deep. the other two.. not sure, we do know hyunjin got a mole removed predebut if you count that ugh, sihyeon was stunning around produce 48 and even past everglow eras. her lips were perfect for her face i wish she would chill. i hate this lip filler epidemic in kpop. also anyone have any theories about e:u's recent work? many were talking about it maybe 1-2 months ago how she looks so different but pretty but can't pinpoint the exact differences.

I can't believe it! (well I actually can). As someone who has been a AAA fan for as long as I've been a kpop fan, I'm really happy for him. Sometimes I did wonder about Shinji, but not as much as the other members (except Nissy) or Urata when he was part of the group. They've been in the industry since 2008 (edit: oops 2005, I just discovered them around 2008), and since after members leaving or getting pregnant, they've been doing mostly solo activities. Despite that, I'm happy the other 4 in the group still joined him on the big day!

I'm back with the second part of my EXO series! This time we're going to look at Chen! I actually meant to post his analysis yesterday as well thinking it was going to be quick and easy, but when I was deciding on which pictures to choose I realized his case wasn't quite as clear cut as I initially thought. After browsing some more old blogs and looking at him in motion I think I can finally pinpoint what's changed for sure. All disclaimers from yesterday apply here as well. Let's start with a general comparison: (Apologies for the bad quality of the predebut pic, all the better quality ones had him wearing glasses so you could barely see his eyes which is why I had to settle for this one.) Anyway, at first glance it kinda seems like nothing much has changed at all. While predebut Chen had a noticeably square jaw, which resulted in his face sometimes looking rather bottom heavy and a little bit imbalanced, his post debut jaw doesn't look all that much different from the front. His profile however is a different story: With SM's love for v-lines and soft, steep jaws, there was no way they'd let a strong jaw like Chen's pass. And fair enough, at debut his mandible angle had been visibly shaved down, indicating a jaw reduction. What really tripped me up however was when this was supposed to have happened. Watching their old MVs, I initially thought he had debuted with his original jaw and either went in for a jaw shave during their hiatus between their debut and their first album, or had his jaw shaved down sometime between their MV filming and debut, which would have left him with very little recovery time: This gif from the History MV shows him with his distinctly square jaw. Same with some of their earliest promo: Once he'd debuted however his lower face started to look significantly slimmer and more v-shaped, and from looking at pics as early as his Gayo Daejun performance in 2011 it was clear that his jaw shave must have already happened by then, given his mandible angle was nowhere to be found. This leads me to believe that he did not only have a large mandibular bone, but large masseter muscles as well. In addition to a jaw shave he must've also gotten botox to the masseter muscles for the desired v-line effect that a jaw reduction alone couldn't achieve. I personally believe he still gets botox shots every once in a while. His jaw isn't nearly as inconsistent as, say, Jaehyun's, but it does occasionally seem to fluctuate a bit. The other thing that stuck out to me are his eyes. Sadly none of the predebut photos I've found are high quality enough to allow for a detailed analysis, but I'll try my best: These two photos admittedly don't give me much to work with, but judging by the second pic I believe Chen already had double eyelids to begin with, they were just rather uneven and a bit hidden. For his debut I believe he's had his double eyelids deepened and the crease heightened, as well as an epicanthoplasty to get rid of the epicanthic fold: I cannot tell whether he had an upper blepharoplasty as well, it's possible but for now I'm sticking with double eyelids+epicanthoplasty only. I do not think he touched his nose either; the picture with the glasses is pretty much the only one we have of his profile and his nose bridge looks about the same height as now to me. It does look a little bit more defined in his after pictures, but it's nothing good lighting can't do so I don't want to jump to conclusions without sufficient material to judge from. To sum it all up, here's what I believe Chen had done over the years: 1. Jaw Reduction 2. Masseter Botox 3. Double Eyelid Surgery 4. Epicanthoplasty Interestingly enough he's never struck me as the type to go ham on fillers. He probably does get them every once in a while, but overall his face moves very naturally and he never looks visibly filled in. My personal opinion is that while his jaw shave is definitely one of the better ones we've seen and only truly noticeable in profile when you know what to look for, it was also wholly unnecessary. I feel botox alone would've done a lot already to slim down his lower face and balance his features, but at the end of the day it's his face and I can't say he looks bad now. His eyes on the other hand are a stand out to me, I think getting rid of his epicanthic fold was an interesting choice that paid off. That's it for Chen! As always, comments and corrections are more than welcome!

Hello and Welcome to the first installment of my EXO analysis masterpost!! Predebut EXO with their current lineup, poor Xiumin wasn't invited it seems. But worry not, he will be part of this series. Now before we begin, here are a few disclaimers to start with: I am not going to analyze the ex-members(Kris, Tao, Luhan), simply because their departure from the group was almost ten years ago by now and I have no idea what they've been up to since (except Kris being in jail hopefully) or where to even start looking for updates on them. If anyone here happens to still follow them, they are welcome to make their own analyses and I will add them to the masterpost. I will try my best to include Lay though. Secondly, I will not go through era by era for every single member, for multiple reasons. Those being a) even with three/four members leaving or being inactive, they're still a big group, b) they've been around for a hot minute and sifting through old tumblr archives for pictures that are HD, unedited, have them wearing as little makeup as possible and have the right angle gave me a major headache, and c) they've really not changed all that much throughout the years. Lastly, please know that I know nothing. I only have a working set of eyes and google on my side. Corrections, comments and suggestions are more than welcome. Let's get started! The first member in this series is going to be no other than Baekhyun, whose analysis is probably one of the most anticipated! Now Baekhyun was an interesting and ngl one of the hardest cases for me to make sense of, for several reasons. Consequently, chances I'm wrong about pretty much everything are pretty high. Please take everything I say with a grain of salt. While at first glance it may seem like his surgeon crafted him a whole new face, the more I looked into it the more I came to the conlusion that he really didn't have all that much more done than the rest of the members at all. Rather, I think it was a few but very specific and effective changes that made all the difference in the end, because something clearly happened between these two photos, and it wasn't just a decent haircut and professional styling: We're going to look at three things that I think have changed, namely his eyes, nose and lower face, meaning the jaw/chin area. I apologize in advance for the terrible quality and angles of some of the predebut pics, I tried my best but he really didn't give me much to work with. I'm gonna start with the eyes, since those two pics already provide a pretty good look at what possibly changed (sorry for the inconsistent sizing lol also please note he is wearing light makeup in the second and third photos): The shape of his eyes stayed surprisingly similar. Droopy eyelids with a hidden crease and downturned corners. My guess is that he had an upper blepharoplasty predebut to get rid of excess fat and tissue on his upper eyelid. This small but decisive change did some heavy lifting and opened up his eyes quite a bit without altering the shape. At the same time it exposed his eyelid crease and irises a bit more, as is typical of blepharoplasties. His inner corners look the same to me, but he may have had his outer corners cut a little bit. Not sure about this one at all though, since it could just be side effect of the upper bleph. Now to get an idea of the changes to his nose: As we can see, from the front his nose bridge looks a bit bumpy with a bulbous tip. A quick glance it his side profile also shows that his nose used to be shorter than it was at debut/now: Compared to 2012, where not only his nose bridge is smoothed out but his nose is also visibly longer: I had to look up which procedure can elongate the nose, and it seems that the answer is by reshaping the nose tip through cartilage grafting. I do not think he has an implant; it has been established before that he uses fillers to smooth out his bridge and it does seem to fluctuate every once in a while between slightly bumpy, straight and even hooked at times. He probably gets fillers in the upper part of his bridge up until the eyebrows and above the tip: Admittedly not the best pic, but the bridge is slightly more bumpy here. Versus more hooked in 2016: I also think he may have had an alarplasty in addition to the reshaping of the tip. Saving the best for last, let's look at the work the transformed his lower face. This is the one part about his face that has been debated the most throughout the years, with speculations ranging from jaw shave to chin shave to chin wing implants. After looking at a million pics I reckon he probably got the Jessica Special, meaning corrective jaw surgery with some cosmetic bonuses, since we're already at it. Using this pic again, we can see that his chin juts out awkwardly, creating an imbalanced lower face, with clear indents around his chin. This leads me to believe he first and foremost had corrective jaw surgery to fix his underbite, similar to Jessica, and then some more work to shorten and soften his chin a little bit and create an oval face shape: compared to his profile at debut: Now what's interesting is that the closer we get to his predebut times at SM, the more his jaw looks like his post debut one. It could theoretically be possible that he already had corrective jaw surgery in high school as it would be beneficial for him, with SM only adding the finishing touches to complete his flowerboyification. Look at his jaw during his high school graduation ceremony, it does not look all that different from how it looks now: I still believe he either had a chin reduction or a chin wing implant later on to further integrate his chin and create more of a v-line. There's this indent between his lower lip and chin that doesn't seem to exist anymore. Comparing predebut Baekhyun to a more recent picture: To sum it all up, here's what I think he's got done: 1. Upper Blepharoplasty 2. Possible Epicanthoplasty 3. Tip plasty by using cartilage grafting 4. Possible Alarplasty 5. Fillers to smooth out nose bump 6. Corrective Jaw Surgery to fix bite issues 7. Chin Reduction or Chin Wing Implant to give the illusion of a reduction 8. Generally fillers like how all idols get them What do you think? I think it's a shame how much flack Baekhyun gets for looking "ugly" predebut, so I tried my best not to use the worst pictures ever for this comparison. He undoubtedly had work done to get to his current looks, but I am firmly against purposefully using the most unflattering pics one can find and comparing them with pics where he is clearly all dolled up. For the after-photos I tried using pics where he's wearing very little to no makeup and that weren't edited to hell and back, to make it as fair as possible. As I said in the introduction, I am by no means an expert on this and at the end of the day only he knows the amount of plastic surgery he's had. I limited myself to only pointing out the changes I can personally see, but if there's anything else that caught your eye please do comment and I might add it to the post. Also please let me know if I should put the pics under spoilers, I tried to limit my selection as much as possible and tried my best at resizing them without compromising too much of the quality, but if it's still too much I'll change it. Next member will follow soon!

I know I've seen them mentioned a few times here (not as much as the other Loona members) but did Heejin, Hyunjin, and Yeojin have any work done considering I see a lot of people say their natural

Is it just me or can you see the nose bridge implants from a head-on angle in this video interview of NewJeans? I see this weird line on each of their nose bridges except for Hyein ( understandably as she's the youngest so she doesn't appear to have any cosmetic work aside from the large veneers). What kind of lighting does this? I've been into kpop for 10 years now and I swear that I have never seen this--I am shocked! A picture where you can see what I'm talking about, look at the line down Hanni's nose. And this is apparent for 4/5 members in the group if you watch the video.

Sunoo going viral on Tiktok & Twitter for walking lmao I think it's interesting how perception of Sunoo has shifted among Engenes. Even just a year or two ago, swathes of people were insisting he was becoming more manly or more "boyfriend-coded," with an intensity that kinda felt like denial. Now if you check Tiktok comments or qrts about him, it's nothing* but babygirl/slay/goddess/mother/cuntress/girlypop/etc (which is iffy in a different way). I'm curious whether it's the same people and they finally accepted reality let go of the manly man rhetoric, or whether Enhypen's growing popularity has introduced new fans who never bought into the manly man rhetoric in the first place. Even Belift seems to have backed off on that a little, thank god. *ok there are still some boyfriend stans but they're a much smaller contingent than they used to be.

Not Boa and Hwasa cuddleing in bed... And then flirting again

WENDY for Theatre Plus Magazine (August 2023) Wendy expressed her feelings about her upcoming musical debut, saying, "I think I always had a dream about musicals in my heart. There was a small seed, but I felt like I couldn't fully water it until now. I'm so honored and grateful to start this wonderful opportunity."

Queen Eunbi is back!

Ended produce lol (ngl i have high expectations )

Heejin's eyes have been mentioned already but both Hyunjin and Yeojin have at least got their eyes done as well. Wouldn't be surprised if all of the members have got their eyes done just for the uniform look, it's not abnormal for groups to do that

can't wait :3

Yeah I think I remember you bringing that up before. I haven't been paying as much attention to WeMe as of late though so I have no clue if she's said or done anything else that can be considered sus. Out of all the contestants, the only one that I'm familiar with that I think could be into women is Yuki. She hasn't done anything on the show to make me think that, but that one clip of her getting incredibly flustered while complimenting Moonbyul and the fact that she (along with Goeun) participated in writing the lyrics to Sweet Juice is enough to make me keep an eye on her. Unfortunately I haven't gotten anything from the other contestants, but I'm not familiar with everyone on the show anyway. Besides Purple Kiss, I'm also familiar with WJSN and Cherry Bullet but I think Yeoreum and the Chebul members on the show are straight (I'm a bit behind on Chebul content though so maybe I'm missing something). I'm also looking to get into Rocket Punch and H1-KEY so maybe I'll find something as I go through each groups' content.

Ooh i haven't seen the name Clazziquai in a while.

starship isn’t camp enough to do a spooky halloween comeback these days (like..idk, their boyfriend MVs) but i’m excited to see what they deliver

Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor, who topped charts in the 90s dies aged 56 Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor, who became a superstar in her mid-20s, has died at 56. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time," the singer's family said in a statement reported by the BBC and RTE. Recognisable by her shaved head, O'Connor began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame. She was a star from her 1987 debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, and became a sensation in 1990 with her cover of Prince's ballad Nothing Compares 2 U, a seething, shattering performance that topped charts from Europe to Australia and was heightened by a promotional video featuring the grey-eyed O'Connor in intense close-up. The music video was subsequently viewed nearly 400 million times on YouTube.

Elly is really into women's volleyball which seems a tad sus to me but apart from that I don't have anything

I hope that she is at peace now. An incredibly talented person.

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Wtf do BTS need cheating for? Pathetic.

Part of what makes Ricky hard to gauge is that imo he's much younger emotionally than expected. Visually he looks mature (I saw people assuming he was 22-23 lol) and during BP he was so petrified of being evil edited he barely emoted, but now in ZB1 it's becoming clear that he's very goofy and sweet and playful in an young way. Half the time the other members are calling him a baby and the fake maknae, and the other half the time they're calling him annoying haha. So whenever he does anything sus, I'm left wondering if he's being a babygirl or just being a baby. My takes... sorry for the novel: Jiwoong: Some BTS stuff with Seobin was interesting but I could go either way. If straight, he's a good ally, based on him being public friends with Holland Hao: Do I even need to say anything here Hanbin: Definitely queer, but more understated than some people expected. I think his predebut fierceness (ex. the Mother video) was a persona he put on to match the vibes of the performances Matthew: Straight and the Mattwoong stuff gives me huge younger child energy lol he grew up with an indulgent older sister and still likes being coddled. I think he's also comfortable with fanservice and plays into it (sometimes tooooo obviously) Taerae: Church Oppa is decisively dead lmao anybody shocked by his transformation in ZB1 needs to go rewatch BP because there's a reason he was attached at the hip to Woongki and Seowon, plus besties with Phanbin Ricky: No clue! I love him though!! Gyuvin: Very straight but effusively affectionate. I hope the intense surge in Gyuricky shipping doesn't make things weird btwn him & Ricky because their dynamic is adorable. Gunwook: Honestly kinda similar to Ricky, he looks and acts mature but is actually quite young and has expressed a desire to be babied by his hyungs which sometimes reads as babygirlism. I know he was part of a gg dance troupe in school but that alone doesn't convince me of anything. Probably straight...?? Yujin: Skipping him lol but I do think it's funny he's more mature (emotionally) than like half the group

Mine isn’t too different than before, though Ricky is the one I ponder about the most. Taerae is the most flamboyant. It’s sad Woongki didn’t make it but Taerae is giving enough sass to help make up for it lol. Zhang Hao too in that regard. SHanbin is less flamboyant than the other two, and I honestly wouldn’t think much of him if it wasn’t for how much he seems to love Hao lol. He literally called him his other half, which was nice to see them affectionate with each other. Gunwook and Gyuvin I think are straight. Yujin seems really mellow overall and I don’t think much either of him but he’s also the youngest so I don’t like to ponder about minors too much, but that’s personal. Jiwoong is our resident boy kisser but bit of enigma. Wouldn’t be shocked if he was gay, bi, or ace tbh. Ricky and Matthew are the more mysterious ones to me. I think Matthew is straight but sometimes I get a vibe. My vibes have always been way off though lol

i really like the interpretation from these tweets: also the way zhang hao just knew hanbin would add a little smiley face... so cute :]

mother!!!!

Basically the dude was born handsome, but yeah he also doesn’t strikes me as one to use much fillers( suho and sehun strike me as the ones who use it a lot, I don’t judge cause if I had money same)in fact sometimes when the photos are unedited I can see his expression lines, wrinkles( like the normal ones that you start to get at his age), I also think, maybe I’m just wrong/have bad eyes but oh well, that there are places where I can see he lost fat/volume because of natural aging, but I don’t think that’s ugly actually it’s kinda endearing and really beautiful, even comforting, it’s nice to see someone on the public eye being okay with all that, I know I wouldn’t be so I’m kinda jealous.

Typical socialite/influencer stuff

karina's boobs hang very low, something implants don't do, and saying most asians are small chested is such a stereotype. my parents are african yet where are my ass and tits? exactly. did she get the sm taeyeon face treatment? absolutely!

JK's debut is boring and underwhelming the explicit version is a cringefest

Her lips definitely got the got stung by bee -look at the moment in some of these pics. I personally dont understand the trend to make upper lip same size as your bottom lip. When it's not natural it can lead to looking bit odd. She definitely didnt need the lip fillers! But it doesnt look too bad on her and if she wont keep filling it over and over and i think it will probably look good

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Forcing polyamorous views on your monogamous partner is so shitty