More Thoughts on K-pop

     I just watched the debut music video for Pristin, the new girl group at Pledis, famous for After School, Son Dambi, and now Seventeen, and I admit that I like it. The song is called "Wee Woo" and its catchy and has a cute dance and most the member get a pretty good moment to shine. But honestly, the first thing I thought about it all was that I could have sworn that this was a collab group because almost every member looks like a girl in another group that is already out there. I mean, I know Korea is a very homogenous country and culture, but the more I see of kpop, for the most part, only certain types of faces get admitted into these groups. After a while, everyone starts to look the same. And, I don't mean this in a rude way like "Oh my gosh, all Asians look the same", because they don't. But, Korea in particular has such a.. small window that is their "standard of beauty" and if you keep to that, everyone is gonna look the same! Now, as you invest time into each group and get to see the member for their "true" selves they begin to differentiate and its easier to tell them apart in their group and from group to group, but when you first look at them you can only think of the person they look like. And... really, I'm not making an opinions on this, just saying. I know that over time I'll be able to tell them all apart and stuff. Well... that may not be true. I bet I won't learn names. I used to be super obsessed and learn all the groups and members, but I stopped that in like 2013. There are way too many now. Smaller groups I can do and groups that I really, really like, but I know that now, I won't be memorizing people left and right.
     The other thing I wanted to say that stems from this new girl group, is my personal theory about when companies debut large membered groups. Really, I think anything over 4 is unnecessary. Well, 5 is  ok, but once you start getting into 6 people or more in a group the only reason why that company debuted that many people is because they got a bunch of trainees that they want to "get rid of". And I don't mean get rid of in a bad sense, but more that after the company got some recognition with their inition investments, like After School for Pledis, they got a lot more people auditioning for their company and a lot more trainees to put through the system. I'm sure its "easier" and cheaper to debut one 12 membered group rather than three 4 membered groups or even two 6 membered groups. And these entertainment companies are all about the money. They want pretty faces who can at least kinda sin  and dance together to start making them money. Its harsh, but I bet its true. So yeah, that's also the next thing I think of when I see a kpop group with a lot of people.

     Also, off topic, but I'm gonna try to post more because I feel like I haven't been pushing myself enough I want to post more... so yeah! I think I'm gonna try a different layout possible too. because the scrolling layout isn't my favorite.