6th Station ~Other Bands for H!P Fans~

[Moh]

Better late than never:

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[Zunu]

Someone posted this on reddit; a fairly chill Spotify Jpop playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3vwoK ... u0nSbEseYA
A few of the songs aren't available (in the US?) but what's left is plenty good.

[TotallyUncool]

I just did a search and realized that this MV is now on YT (at least for now) - I thought it had dropped out of public view a long time ago. And I just realized (OK, I'm a little slow sometimes) that it's a perfect metaphor for living in (and ultimately resisting) a social system built on zero-sum competition.

[Zunu]

^ Speaking of zero-sum competition, how about the Thai remake?

[TotallyUncool]

That was beautiful, and very zero-sum in its own way!

[TotallyUncool]

I was watching old clips of Shizuka on YT, and when I got to this classic Best Ten appearance, and I found myself wondering, wait a minute - who does she remind me of when she comes out and signs the autograph book?
Then I realized who - Maachan. When she's talking, her mannner and voice remind me so much of Sato Masaki...

[Zunu]

^ Thanks to years of Kaori Iida's imitations to tune of "Mugo n Iroppoi", I'm always going to see her first when I look at Shizuka, but I do totally see what you mean about Masaki.

Completely unrelated, here's a funny MV:



The singer is an artist by the name of ShounenT who is known as an utaite but I guess is transitioning to becoming a full-blown boy idol?

[Moh]

Goo Hara (KARA) was found dead in her apartment. She was 28.

[Zunu]

HOLY ----

[Moh]

Hara was helping out with an investigation into Jung Joon Young's chatroom case:

Spoiler: show

Following the news of Goo Hara’s tragic passing, it was revealed that Goo Hara had helped reporter Kang Kyung Yoon investigate Jung Joon Young’s chatroom case.

On November 25, SBS funE reporter Kang Kyung Yoon appeared on SBS’s “Joo Young Jin’s News Briefing” (literal title). Kang Kyung Yoon is the reporter who released the initial reports on KakaoTalk chatrooms between Seungri, Jung Joon Young, and others.

Kang Kyung Yoon began, “The day after the unfortunate news about Sulli, I contacted Goo Hara. I told her, ‘Be strong, and don’t make the wrong choice. Let’s work hard and live on until the end,’ but this happened. It’s very unfortunate.”

She continued, “Goo Hara had her case with her ex-boyfriend (Choi Jong Bum), and many people on portal sites thoughtlessly inflicted secondary damage on Goo Hara by talking about how she had a video of her private life and how that’s fatal to a female celebrity. Choi Jong Bum received a suspended sentence in his first trial. This means he was guilty, but the malicious comments [about Goo Hara] didn’t subside even after that. Goo Hara was also very frustrated after that happened. She had a hard time about the fact that he was acquitted of the charge of filming her without permission.”

The reporter revealed that she had become acquainted with Goo Hara after the singer offered to help her uncover the truth behind Jung Joon Young’s chatroom case. Kang Kyung Yoon stated, “I reported on the ‘Jung Joon Young chatroom’ case, and Goo Hara personally gave me a call afterwards. She’s also a victim [of a similar case], so she told me, ‘I had to contact you after seeing the article. I don’t know how I can help, but I would like to help you.’ She appeared to be wanting to actively work her way through the situation.”

Kang Kyung Yoon continued, “Because Goo Hara is a female celebrity and because she was attending court trials as the victim of illegal filming by her ex-boyfriend, she courageously asked around for my contact details and contacted me first. She said she wanted to help in any way she could to uncover the truth behind the case, and she actually provided lots of help.”

https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=404&aid=0000257296
https://www.soompi.com/article/1368023w ... joon-young

There's a lot to unpack regarding the investigation; Google sort of helps if you can avoid biased "articles", but there were discussions of drugging/sexually assaulting women in these chatrooms. They also shared pictures of the women.
If you value your time and blood pressure, it would be smart to avoid the comments on Soompi/Twitter regarding this article. Lot of Seungri/Big Bang fans insulting her and calling her all kinds of disgusting things.

I am so bothered by her death. Maybe cause of what she went through earlier this year, and the fact that people are still insulting her after death.
Her ex-boyfriend basically got off scot-free and she had to continue to live with the fallout. It just doesn't seem fair to me.