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#BABYMONSTER

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🧵 Next month I will see my 1st K-pop show, Babymonster, at the Oakland arena. I am super excited, but also having weird thoughts about the grueling and exploitive nature of the K-pop industry. Babymonster is of course YG's newest GG. They debuted at the end of 2023, and they're on their 1st world tour. Their current ages range from 16 (Chiquita) to 23 (Ruka). I am worried about the physical and mental health of the members.
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#kpop
#babymonster

Have been going down a bit of a Babymonster rabbit hole recently. I stumbled onto this cool acoustic version of "Like That" by two of the members, Ayheon and Pharita. This channel has lots of acoustic performances in a pretty outdoor setting, but I can't quite figure out what's going on, since it's all in Korean. But worth a watch 👀

youtu.be/FGXyvxzn-X8?si=I3HdT3

#Babymonster
#acoustic
#kpop

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@baeelly well, there is a thin line between "cloning" and "following the trend" and one song is not enough to say if it's crossed. There are always similar songs and similar MVs even when the concepts are different.

What's also important is that this concept is one of the very few that suit such young idols. The others being cute (that's not very popular now) and teen crush.

I even had some problems with #babymonster when they started in edgy/sexy concept while being underage.