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Oh. Interesting. It looks like they're really determined to go through with this smear campaign and they don't give a damn about anyone who doesn't support their side.
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Yes, I agree with this 100%. Loen sucks at PR. They need to hire better PR folks and have a good law firm on retainer. All those papers who deliberately left out parts of what IU said and stringing non-related things as though it was related ... edit: and stating opinions like it's a fact in the header. this is esp problematic since there are a lot of folks who don't read the full article.
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i agree. i'm a little confused by this too. it should be sony or whoever owns the rights that should be answering this. unless they're not the ones who owns the rights to it?
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I don't think there's anything to be worried about. I mean even Britney had something like this happened to her (she sampled someone else): http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/05/britney-spears-piece-of-me-lawsuit-copyright-sony/ http://www.whosampled.com/sample/16717/Britney-Spears-Toxic-Lata-Mangeshkar-S.-P.-Balasubramaniam-Tere-Mere-Beech-Mein/ By the way folks, check out wiki for Britney samples listed there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Britney_Spears_audio_samples And here: http://sounds.beatport.com/publisher/twenty-six/25869/packs BeatPort is a legally operated company and, if I recall correctly, they sell precleared samples too.
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This one is clarifying how those U&I videos/screen caps are manipulated to prove Lolita. It's in support of IU.
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I'm of the opinion that it is the third and possibly the other ones you mentioned after that. I think they were enjoying all the free publicity that they were getting until they noticed that the outside world may weigh in. I mean outside world who has the original book and can read for themselves without any kind of influence from them.
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I think a lot of people are missing the main point here. They almost straight out accused IU of pedophilia and sexualizing a child. They are backpedaling like crazy after they really dug into the matter and found out what this is really about. The publisher and their lawyers know that they are liable for DEFAMATION and that Loen has every right to sue the hell out of them. They know that they were wrong on several accounts yet they chose to "apologize" in this fashion?!? Did they finally realize that the some of the reference like dirty came directly out the book when last they stated in their tweeted that ignornant statement that Zeze was not like that? Or did they finally find the parts from the book that IU referenced? I think they need to come out and make an honest apology to IU, not this half assed one.
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Just saw some comment that basically confirmed for me few things: . First: there are quite few Kr commenters who up voted that they found the lyric "climb up me" most perverted. As many have pointed out, there literally is a something the tree says to zeze. This 1/2 confirms for me that either the Kr translation is half assed and is not well translated OR these people have not read MSOT the book. I tend to go with the these people did not read the book and just picking out things that they can throw at these sheets so they naturally follow this conclusion. . Two: a lot of the comments are just rehash of vitriol. The same old that you saw before. They keep using the same copy and paste comments. . Three: Sheeps will be Sheeps. People are lacking critical thinking skills. I mean IU straight out told you about metaphor and what she accociat s with flower. The director told you what the milk is supposed to represent. The pann posts about what the judge wrote , even pann users are very careful for that one. It's a little telling that they attack everyone but the judge, no?
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and all those netz who insist that korea uses the appropriated word sexy for sexual sexy. it is used for both sex sexy, and non-sexy. there was minority in those comments who kept on insisting that was not the case in the kr article but that never got a lot of +. Edit: clarification. Those who insisted on different use of sexy did not get a lot of up votes. Need to concentrate on something else now.
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well, life is hectic for us all. i can't keep up with everything and i'm sure that's the case with iu and company.
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Oh him. Personally, I disagree. I really like to know if anyone is just going by the movie or they are actually going by the book? The book Zeze, as described by some people who wrote a summary for it, really fits in perfectly with IU's interpretation. It really makes me wonder how white washed the actual work that is published in Korea is. Movies take the liberty of deleting scenes and other things out of their adaption of the story to empahsize certain things that they want but it really makes me curious as to how much this was done to My Sweet Orange Tree. Gosh, I need to go but I do not see the need to pull it.
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I'll be frank. Pulling the music will not help at all. If they do, the antis and haters will point to it and say, look we were right! So, my vote is to not pull it. As a matter of fact, if they had a good spin doctor that they can hire, IU and Loen can still come out the winner. That is why I am side eyeing the hell out of Loen. What exactly is their plan? I don't want to get may hopes up but I can't believe that Loen could be this helpless at PR.
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^^ Thank goodness. I just saw so much negativity that I just jumped the gun there. In between getting emails out and preparing for presentation, I still stop by here. On the plus aspect, I would be in awe if Loen does something right for ONCE. I mean they goofed on the PR back on 2012. They did not do a good job with the MT comeback and the controversy then. It made me wonder if they really are just a music house who has no idea about PR and how to handle it.
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Man, I decided to take a 15 minute break and this is what I see. I'm really appalled at the Guardian article. Someone needs to point out that that there are those exact lyrics in the book. Man what a bunch of b.s. This whole thing is really messy because Loen is doing a piss poor job of PR. They are literally letting things fall through the crack. I mean like what?!? I am starting to lose respect for Loen as well as their PR team. I mean really?!? They need to get their act together. IU can come of this even better than she was before if her team handles it correctly because this will elevate her to another level of intellilectual level that no amount of PR could have ever done.
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sigh ... i really hate the sheep mentality that they have going on right now. they really want to witch hunt a celebrity to death. by the way, i took a quick look at the post. unfortunately, i am really crunched for time right now and can't work on the translation but it basically lays down the interpretation using the director's own words along with iu's lyrics. there is a part about iu's lyric where she wants to stay a child forever and then there is a part about how she want to fall in love; this expression in the video shows iu knocking her mike over and that is reflected in the flower and the spilled milk in the bottle; since i am in a hurry i'll write it as i recall and do a really, really rough summary of this portion milk represents iu's desire to remain a child and the flower represents the lovely, young womanhood. her frustration and indecision is reflected here with the two. iu has mentioned before previously (?) about flower and it relates well to it. as for the picture of iu in blanket, that is the picture for glasses song which is all about perspective. the picture for 23, that is for the producer and the first picture in it looks like kissing more than anything. let's be honest, smeared lipstick is generally equated with kiss. the first picture that they talk about does have IU making a kissing lips. i wish i can do an adequate explanation as this does a pretty detailed job of refuting the claims. edit: it includes even more example. argh ... i am at work and i have a big meeting that i have to prepare for tomorrow. so unfortunately, i can't do this but i hope someone else will.
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Also @kinshasa, you have a better chance of getting this interpretation spread around if you contact some of the bigger IU sites like Iu-jjang, iumushimushi, and that Facebook that says IU's official fan page or something
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Yeah it would be exhausting. I find it ironic that an Exo MV director of all people is speaking about this. I mean pretty much everyone in kpop industry has used these Lolita concepts including acts from SM. I wish that someone would post what @kinshasa has posted. It made sense to me as the message behind this whole thing. Also, Loen really needs to hire an outside PR team, an expert one asap. I mean perhaps they are too close to the issue and cannot see the real issues here.
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omg yes. it's annoying. you have people who claim iu is melon's top star and bread earner in one thread. then in another they discount iu's affect saying iu is a big company. people can't seem to make up their mind. it's pretty basic really. loen and melon distribution are separate, independently operated business. kind of like how holding and venture capitalists buy companies under one name but that does not mean that one operation affects the other. oh well, whatever. edit: signing off for the dayy since i have to review things for work tomorrow and get ready for bed. i'm going to be good for once and get my 8 hours of beauty sleep.
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hahah that is a funny thing. on the topic of the company loen, i think they need to take the antis seriously and start doing some root termination. they're laissez-faire seem to have allowed the anti to fester to this point and gain true momentum. also, they really suck at pr and iu may be a fluke. i mean none of their other acts, even though they're good, seemed to gain any traction or interest. i mean fiestar had a great start with iu and their debut song. yet look at where they're at. history, their boy group, despite a promising start is also buried. let's not forget the other one what was co-ed, i can't recall the name of the group right now but they did ok and even gained some momentum with iu promoting the hell out of them at one point before her scandal. on the topic of leon, that is a good song to exercise too.
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You know I was thinking about ZeZe a lot and I came to the following conclusion. I believe that duality of the song for me is that there is the straight interpretation of ZeZe and the mango tree and the more abstract one where IU is ZeZe but she is writing from the stand point of the tree. Once I thought of it this way, it was much easier in making some sense to start thinking of another way to interpret the song. But what does the tree represent? Is it the entertainment world or something bigger? Gosh, I can't think of a song that was this thought provoking in a long while. Perhaps if IU had not become an entertainer, she might have gone onto become a literary giant. Who knows but I am sure that this lady would have done well whatever her chosen field may have been. It is odd how circumstances shape our life. Would IU have been allowed to chase after being a singer if her family was not separated and going through difficult times? Just some thoughts that I had after a brief talk about how small things can have a ripple effect on life.
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Hi folks. I just came back from Sunday service. The pastor made an interesting comment that had me thinking of IU's situation. I will paraphrase here: Society does not shape the people; people shape the society. I had a moment of ah hah after hearing that. He was talking about us doing our best and how our attitude should be sincere and earnest. This will affect not just us but those around us and help shape their view (of us) and perhaps eventually to a change in those around us. His message fit so well with IU's situation that I thought I'd share. It is a little abstract but I think you can probably see where I am going with this. In any case, I need to go eat now. I saw the idea of translation and I think it sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately, I have some important meetings and deadlines that I have to get ready for. After that I am going to be on travel for a week for work. :( I will try to help when I can though.
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by the way folks, i have taken to reading asianjunkie as a refugee from nb and kpopfansblog. it really is refreshing but with a lot of satire. anyways, i ran across some more good news. this is about IU's concert tickets supposedly being returned. I edited and put it behind spoilers since I am quoting the person without their permission.