Hii Guys! This is Charlese! And I'm back at it again with another post!
This post is based on a comment I got in one of my videos asking me, and I quote,
"How people feel about you at auditions? I mean did someone stares at you in a different way (or laugh etc.) because your not Asian or any racism thing happen?" - neltasticvids I did a video answering the question here
and I thought it would be a good idea to make a blog post about it as well! The commenter is basically asking, do I experience racism or discrimination, as a Black/African American girl, at K-pop auditions? The short answer to this question is.....(drum roll)...............No! BUT I know you guys want the long answer lol xD So for the long answer, I'm not going to lie when I first started auditioning for Korean entertainment companies I did experience some awkwardness and feeling like I was out of place like I didn't belong there; kind of like semi impostor syndrome. But those feelings of not belonging and not "fitting in" were products of my own insecurities and lack of confidence in myself no one else EVER made me feel that way. If anything, everyone has ALWAYS been kind, respectful and welcoming towards me. No one ever really stares at me and when they do it's not mean or unwelcoming stares. Because I live in Korea now and I'm usually the ONLY NON-ASIAN in the WHOLE room of course I will get some stares [from the Korean applicants] but it's never unfriendly or rude.. When they [the Korean applicants] stare at me it's out of admiration or genuine interest! They think it's cool that I'm auditioning for the same things they are. They even go so far as helping me fill out my application form and showing me where to go, etc....
I have a cute experience to share ^_^
Every time I have gone to a JYP audition some random cute Korean guy is ALWAYS trying to help me! I'm SO SERIOUS!!! I don't know what it is but EVERY TIME I went to a JYP audition [here in Korea] there was always a Korean guy, who was also auditioning for JYP, that would help me. BTW these guys were REALLY good looking! All of the people that audition are all REALLY GOOD LOOKING so....it made my heart flutter all these good looking guys paying attention to me I felt special lol xD hahaha
Also the staff is REALLY nice and welcoming! They NEVER made me feel like I didn't belong there; they treated me with just as much respect and kindness like they did with the other Korean applicants. I was never made to feel out of place at ANY audition I've gone to. They assisted me to the best of their abilities and made me feel comfortable being there which leads me to the main point of this post.
Being a Non-Asian K-pop fan is hard ENOUGH as it is but being an Aspiring Non-Asian K-pop Idol is seen as you asking to get laughed at, mocked and publicly shamed. For YEARS and until this day I still get comments of people saying that I shouldn't audition [to become a K-pop idol] because Koreans are RACIST and they will be racist towards you so I shouldn't even try and that I would have a better chance in my own country as a singer blah blah blah yeah....okay -.-
Well I'm here to tell you that those opinions are exactly what they are....OPINIONS! they are completely FALSE! and therefore, they don't matter! ^_^
And you can take my word for it! As a Black/African American girl who goes to K-pop auditions and has been for the past decade! I can surely say that these people don't know what they are talking about because I have NEVER experienced ANY RACISM or DISCRIMINATION at ANY of the K-pop auditions I went to! And I have been to K-pop auditions in the USA, China and South Korea!
And like I said...I'm a Black/African American girl with an Afro! okay...I look NOTHING like the average Korean applicant. I don't have pale skin, I don't have long straight hair, I am not 43kgs! But despite ALL of that I still go to the auditions and I NEVER have any problems!
Basically what I'm trying to say is don't let someone else's opinion dictate how you should live your life. Because if you do that you're giving that person power to rule over you and persuade you and to make you believe that you aren't good enough when in all actual reality what you have right now IS good enough! You just need to take the first steps! Start where you are! Use what you have! and be consistent! and I promise everything will fall in place.
So...if you I want to audition for a Korean entertainment company my advice to you is to DO IT! JUST DO IT! What's a fail without a try? 2019 is year of DOING NOT SECOND-GUESSING!!! and no more of letting others opinions rule us anymore!
Hello Everyone! I'm back with another blog post for you guys. I'm really passionate about this topic I'm going to discuss simply because the arguments that surround this group correspond with the topics I have been discussing on this blog for a while now.
EXP EDITION
EXP EDITION have recently made a comeback this January with their title song, Stress, off of their first mini album, FIRST EDITION.
I think the song is amazing! If you haven’t, go check it out. You should also go listen to their album; it has a really good collection of songs and just an all-around great album.
Now, I’m pretty sure everyone knows about EXP EDITION and if you don’t I am glad that you are learning about them here.Ever since word hit the surface about them back in 2015, now more recently 2017 with their debut title track, Feel Like This, they have definitely caused an uproar within the K-pop community. Just their overall EXISTENCE has rubbed people the wrong way but for what reasons? I wanted to make a post about them a while ago when they debuted in 2017 but I wanted to wait until their comeback to see how people would react to them and everything would start to unfold. BUT now the group have returned with their comeback title track, STRESS, along with their first mini album, FIRST EDITION. I have seen the overall reactions and NOW I feel like I can fully dive into this group.
EXP EDITION forces the K-pop community to discuss so many topics that I will be breaking this up into a part series. This first blog post will explain the deep history of EXP EDITION. I always think it's a good idea to do heavy research and find out about the history that way you are informed and can place better arguments. Plus, I want to make sure that we are all on the same page and everything is clear because I see that a bunch a people don't really know the history of EXP EDITION so I wanted to take some time and cover it here so we can fully understand the creation of the group, their motives, their current situation and any arguments that will be presented in this blog post.
THE HISTORY
OF EXP EDITION
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Group Name: EXP EDITION
Official Debut Date: April 17, 2017
Official Debut song: “Feel Like
This”
Members: [from left to right] Hunter, Frankie, Sime, Koki
Label: IMMABB Slogan: borninNYmadeinSEOUL
Fanclub Name: BB
Fun Facts:
·EXP EDITION is the first and only non-Korean
K-pop group.
·EXP EDITION is the first K-pop band made by
three Korean women.
·EXP EDITION started out as an EXP experimental
project of a Columbia University graduate student.
·Before EXP EDITION, the members were
professional actors, dancers, modeling and musical theater performers in New
York.
·Write their own lyrics for their songs.
A lot people think that this is the very beginning of EXP EDITION but people don't know that the EXP EDITION we see today is actually not how they
started. BORA KIM AND THE IDEA OF EXP
The idea of EXP EDITION came about in 2012 when international mega superstar, PSY, took theworld by storm and became a worldwide phenomenon with his viral
hit, “Gangnam Style”. PSY seemed to have become an overnight success and this took the
interest of three Korean university women, Bora Kim, Karin Kuroda and Samantha
Shao. Kim Bora is a Korean student in
interdisciplinary studies and sociology, and has based her thesis on in-depth
cultural research “around the spectacle and performance of Asian femininity,
particularly in the context of global media.” She teamed up with Karin ]Kuroda, who studies
post-colonial theory and pop culture (photography, sculpture, fashion, and art
criticism), and Samantha Shao, who studied Arts Administration at Maastricht
University, in Netherlands.3 The
journey of Bora Kim, Karin Kuroda and Samantha Shao began last October, when
they first sat down and talked about how gender is performed in pop culture,
and how it relates to many other issues in our globalized society. In addition
to being participants of the fine art world (artists, researchers, creatives),
they are also huge fans of K-pop music. And so, the question arose, “How do
these two spheres of interest, mirror one another?” 4
Bora Kim’s Statement:
“I
was interested in researching the phenomenon of the Korean Wave, and the
commercial success of K-pop especially, on a global scale. It was almost an
overnight explosion with PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style,’ and the way that the Korean
press and public dealt with this phenomenon intrigued me. I thought it was very
important and poignant that, as a post-colonial country, Korea had successfully
managed to export cultural goods to other Asian countries and soon after, ‘the
West’…
[She continued to explain the
double standard that comes with K-pop as well. Though the music genre has
proven popular overseas with K-pop proudly becoming part of South Korea’s
national identity, K-pop idols continue to receive endless criticism from the
Korean public.]
And so, she continued, “I was interested in K-pop and Idol Groups
on this level initially as I was thinking about cultural flow, or the
relationship of dominant culture and peripheral culture, and how that is
interwoven with one’s identity or one’s national identity. I wanted to see what
would happen if I made American boys into K-pop performers, by teaching them
how to sing in Korean and act like Korean boys, and complicate this
flow/appropriation even more, since I’m in New York, where so many talents are
just one online recruitment ad away.”3
After much thought and consideration,
one thing became clear. In order to demonstrate these concepts, they had to
make a boy band, from scratch. 4
THE MAKING OF IMMABB AND EXP
I’m Making A Boy Band (IMMABB), initiated by Korean Columbia
MFA graduate Bora Kim, is a small dedicated team who been working hard since October
of 2014 on a small budget,many people assume we are a huge company who
spent an immense amount of money to produce this project, but in reality we’ve
made amazing strides with extremely limited financial resources,to
produce a project that music corporations would typically launch. We have
established production, communication, development, administrative and research
divisions in order to strategically and effectively accomplish the work needed
to reach our goals. Most importantly, we approach this project with
intentionality and criticality, staying true to the conceptual rigor of the
artwork while maintaining the authenticity and energy of the pop experience.4
This project uses Korean pop (K-pop) to pose questions about nationhood,
cultural appropriation, and gender roles.5 EXP has been revealed to have actually
sprung forth from a college student Kim Bora’s thesis project, “I’m Making A
Boy Band (IMABB)” that aims to “examine critical aspects of pop/business
culture through the lens of an artist. By asking oneself what it means to
assimilate or twist the rudimentary formula in K-pop ‘idol’ culture, this
project highlights societal issues on a global and personal level.”3
After the formation of IMMABB, EXP
was in the process for being formed. Bora Kim, CEO of IMMABB, used scouting
websites to find young talented hopefuls to audition for the project.
We had three auditions. At first, we screened mostly from
appearance because in K-pop it’s very much about the visuals. But we discovered
it’s really important to work with people who have talent and experience. We
also came to realize that how we phrased [IMMABB] could help get us who we
wanted.5
All of the members EXP were professional actors, dancers, models, singers and
musical theater.
After auditioning hundreds of applicants, the team cast
their very own band which consists of six charming and talented boys: Hunter,
Frankie, David, Sime, Tarion and Koki. Together, they became EXP. They would eventually release their first single, “Luv/Wrong”.
EXP
is the first New York based K-pop boy band. The name of EXP came from
“experiment”, to emphasize the importance of innovation, risk taking and
challenges. More specifically, EXP is influenced by talented K-pop idol groups
like EXO, BIG BANG and BTS. K-pop definitely includes and is inspired by a wide
range of genres, similar to any other pop music. However, what makes K-pop
different is its emphasis on the idea of "visible music,"
characterized by its high production quality and charming ability to engage
viewers. Its shinier, more energetic and nostalgic yet contemporary. The
members of EXP aspire to reach the level upheld by the K-pop industry- an
industry of highly talented and humble performers.
A
project initiated by artist Bora Kim, "I'm Making a Boy Band,” (IMMABB)
consists of three main elements: pop music, contemporary visual art and
documentary film. IMMABB brings issues such as cultural appropriation and
gender performativity into the actual surface of the entertainment sector,
beginning with the fact that none of the EXP members are Korean, which begins
to deconstruct concepts of race and representation in media. In an age of
cultural homogenization, IMMABB questions the meaning of both pop and art in
relation to
hybridity, assimilation, and identity. As an artwork, the project
not only aims to reflect reality, but also present and re-present a rhizomatic,
challenging, and perhaps spectacular version of the diverse world itself.4
OH! I forget to mention their second single they released in NY titled, Nolja Let's Party!
FROM EXP TO EXP
EDITION
Fast forward from
2015 to 2016, EXP were still in an experimental phase and one member of the
group, David, left the group to go pursue modelingand so the group went from 6 to 5.
The group then released they 2nd single, Nolja Let's Party!
Here's a dance version
At this time EXP are still training and doing performances in New York and at this point they were working on releasing their first mini album and were going to release singles and music videos.
Their every day schedule would be early mornings starting off with 2 hour Korean classes followed by vocal and dance lessons. Then they would go and perform at night
They had plans to
release their first mini album but it got delayed probably due to low funds. But
thankfully during this time they were getting a lot of media attention from
tons an American outlets which allowed to stay busy doing live performances and
earning money. This is also the time where the guys wanted to take the EXPeriment
to the next level and debut as an actual K-pop group and see if they could make
it as a kpop boy group.
In August of 2016,
EXP, using the money they raised, moved from New York to South Korea to make
their official debut as a K-pop boy group.
But
unfortunately, Tarion, the fifth member of EXP left the group before for
personal reasons before their departure to South Korea leaving only four
remaining members of EXP; which are, Sime, Frankie, Koki and Hunter.
While in South
Korea, they continued their training in Korean, singing and dancing; even til
this day they still take 2 hours of Korean classes.
With the changing
from an experimental thesis project to an official K-pop group their name also
needed to change. They eventually changed their name from EXP to EXP EDITION as
a sign that they have moved on from the experiment in New York and are setting
a new course and going on an expedition in South Korea.
EXP EDITION made
their first Korean TV debut on the popular show, I Can See You Voice. They
performed a cover of Super Junior’s popular hit single, U, in front of the
special guest on the show which happened to be the members of Super Junior
themselves! EXP EDITION wowed the audience and Super Junior with their
impressive performance.
On April 17, 2017
EXP EDITION debuted with their title track, “Feel Like This” and had their debut on Show Champion.
This is a behind the scenes video of their first live performance of, Feel Like This.
Since then, they have stayed pretty active in the K-pop industry.
AS A GROUP
They did a ton of live performances and concerts outside of music shows (at colleges, local events. etc...) and busking performances. (Here are some of them)
Promoted to the 8th Incheon Airport bbb-day campaign ambassadors.
bbb Korea is a registered nonprofit corporation established by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in order to resolve the language discomfort of foreigners visiting the 2002 World Cup. Since its inception in 2002, 'bbb volunteer', which means to make a world of communication beyond the walls of language, has been participated by about 4,500 volunteers. Exp Edition is the first foreign K-pop idol group in Korea that is made up of Koreans without being Koreans, and was appointed as the ambassador for the bbb Korea bbb-day campaign.
Appeared on Arirang TV's, Heart to Heart, and had a full epsidoe on the popular Korean show, My Neighbor Charles.
Performed at MAMF (Migrants' Arirang Multicultural Festival) 2017
Performed at Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
Performed at the Beatles Festival.
Performed at the LBMA (Luxury Brand Model Award) Global Fashion Week of 2017 and received an award for "Global K-pop Best New Artist".
Were given exclusive features on BNT News, The Korea Times,Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange, CNN, SBS Morning Wide, Newsis, etc...
Made guest appearances on a variety of radio stations including Arirang.
INDIVIDUALLY
Hunter was a guest radio host on101.3 MHz, tbseFM "Soundcheck”.
Frankie, and sometimes Hunter, has been making regular appearances on Arirang TV's show, Globe Trotters, along side Alex Michin, who some one you might know because he is a TV personality in Korean and has been on many shows.
Sime joined, Phantom Singer 2, which is a very popular new singing competition show in Korea. This show is looking to for talented males singers to form a the next powerhouse le divo quartet in South Korea. Sime made it to the semi-finals but unfortunately was eliminated right before the finals. I'm still trying to find where to watch the whole show but I don't think it's on YouTube yet. When I find it I will update this post.
Sime also released his debut solo single, I Found You.
Koki joined, The Unit, a popular idol reboot show. The main focus of this show is to give veteran idols who haven't struck fame a second chance to make it big.
Koki was also casted as a model for a music video.
Sunday Moon (선데이문) - Million Miles [Music Video]
Frankie and Hunter were casted as voice actors for the English dubbing of two very popular K-dramas with one of them being, Descendants of the Sun.
During this time they were preparing for their comeback, which was suppose to happen in October 2017 but during the last shooting for the music video, during their running scene, Hunter fell and ruptured all the alignments in his right foot and ankle, blacked out and had to be rushed to the hospital. That's why in some of their performances he isn't dancing or he's sitting in chair. This caused their comeback to be delayed until January of 2018 that next year. Here is a video Hunter posted explaining the situation.
Later that year. EXP EDITION had their first Christmas concert. Sime also invited his friends he made on the show, Phantom Singer 2, to do a guest performance.
Now fast foward to January 2018 after a long delay, EXP EDITION has officially made their comeback with their title track, STRESS along with their first mini album, FIRST EDITION. They did a countdown on V-Live for there comeback. Click Here to watch the video.
Check out FIRST EDITION on Spotify and comeback and tell me what your favorite song off the album is. Mine is, GADAWADA.
Live of STRESS.
Dance Practice for STRESS
Here also a video of them doing a interview on Benji's Curtain Talk.
And most recently they gotto perform at the 12th Nam June Paik Memorial Service.
and NOW we are all caught up to the present!!! YEAH!!! ^_^
This comeback has gotten an overall better review than their debut single but I will discuss all that in a later post.
WHEW!!! Now that was a LOT of information to take in ....let it soak in for minute.....I know it was a lot to take in but at least we are all caught up and, hopefully, all on the same page so NOW we can get into the meat and potatoes of the situation....that's right now we can go in and discuss the REAL question that EVERYONE wants to know...Is EXP EDITION K-pop or Not? Please stay tune for the next post that might take a week or three to get out because I'm in the process of moving (which I'll also tell you where in another post ^_^) BUT I will hopefully have it out sometime later in February.
Alright! I hope you all enjoyed this post and I will see you guys next time...BYEZ!
Hello EVERYONE & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I’M BACK!!!! Long time no see,
literally. BUT I’m back and if you have read the title (which you probably have
because I’m pretty sure that’s the reason you clicked on this post right like…duh
lol) But let me explain, confirm and inform y’all on this title.
So I recently graduated from the University of South
Carolina with my bachelors in Theater YAS!
And I have been thinking about my future and really
trying to figure out what I really want to do. I thought about this a lot in
college and I went through a lot of stress, which lead to self – doubt and
depression and the reason why is because on one hand I wanted to REALLY pursue my dreams
and stand in my truth but on the other hand I was scared to be judged negatively
by the people I grew up with and being looked at as the “weird one”.
A lot of people always thought I would do great things and I didn’t want to let
them down. Plus the lifestyle I want to lead doesn’t guarantee success, fame,
or financial stability. I didn’t want to be a disappointment in their eyes. I
also didn’t want to dishonor my family name. I was so confused and felt trapped
in my own confusion and frustration. I
prayed a lot during this time and talked to God asking him what I should do and
what is the right path for me and if K-pop wasn’t a part of that path I asked Him
to remove it from my life completely but if it was let the love for it [K-pop]
grow stronger. I thought I was going to have to let K-pop go but my love for it
just keep getting stronger and stronger and it wasn’t until after I graduated
and came back home I realized what I have to do; that this was my calling!
It was that time I realized I have to become a K-pop
idol/artist. I don’t just want to do it I HAVE TO DO IT! And when I realized it
all of my thoughts became clear and I understood my purpose and the reason why
I was born. I know this all sounds a little ridiculous right now but these are
my honest feelings. I have ALWAYS wanted to be a popstar like Beyoncé, Rihanna,
Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, etc… but never thought about becoming one until I got into K-pop. I can go into the reasons WHY I want to be a K-pop idol on another post because I have soooooooo many lol! ^_^
So after reading ALL of this, you are probably
wondering well what’s going to happen to the blog well…NOTHING! The blog will
still be here but the content on it will be a little different.
The next chapter of my life will be a whole journey
and I want to take y’all on this journey with me and that’s where this blog
comes in. I will be using this blog to show y’all my journey to becoming a
K-pop idol/artist. This blog will go through some rebranding but the concept
and idea of it will still be the same. I still want this blog to inspire y’all to not be scared to follow your dreams and that you can do anything you
set your mind to. Y’all have no idea how many comments I get on a daily from
Black, White and Hispanic people; and even Southeast Asians from India, the Phillipines, Singapore, etc… asking if
they could be K-pop idols/artists even if they’re not East Asian. And I gave
the best advice telling them they could but I couldn’t go any farther than that
because I am not a K-pop idol and I don’t know any K-pop idols. I felt sad that
I couldn’t really give them better advice. So that’s why I will be using this
blog and documenting my entire experience because I don’t want you to give up
on your dreams and, if I can, help guide and lead you through the right paths.
I want to help create a path for ALL NON EAST ASIANS to become K-pop idols
because honestly that’s the future of, not only K-pop, but the whole world; the
inclusion, representation and acceptance of different races and different
cultures.
ALSO I will not only have this blog but I will also
have a YouTube channel dedicated to this journey as well. My channel is
ThisIsCharlese.
NOW! I do have short-term goals that I have set for
this year in order to reach my overall long-term goal, which is to become a
K-pop idol. So…here are a list of my goals.
1.
MOVE
TO SOUTH KOREA! – Out of all of the I have this is the most important one! If I’m
going to be a K-pop idol that is the place I will wind up eventually and that
is the place that will provide more opportunities. Plus it’s Korean Pop so that
would require me to be in Korea.
GLOW
UP! – I REALLY need to lose weight, it’s ridiculous how fat I am TT^TT and I
also went natural last year so I am growing out my hair. I also need to learn
how to do my makeup. I have watched YouTube videos here and there and I really
want to learn but makeup is SOOOO EXPENSIVE!!! TT^TT I also want to
improve my fashion so yall might see
some stuff about fashion on this blog.
SAVE
MONEY – So in order to get to Korea I am going to have to say money to pay for
my flight and living and to just plain SURVIVE! So yeah…need money!
LEARN
KOREAN & CULTURE – I have been learning Korean on and off since 2012 lol xD
If I would have stuck with it I would probably be fluent right now and have one
less thing to worry about but meh -.- I also have learned a lot about Korean
culture because I am friends with Koreans from Korea and they have taught me a lot
about their culture and were happy to share it and teach me about it.
STAY
CONSTANT! – When I mean “stay constant” I mean to stick to what I’m doing and
to not give up and to stay focused on my goals. I have problems with inconstancy
in my life but if I can just be constant and focused I know that I can accomplish
ANYTHING!
Overall, these are my main goals for 2018! It’s a
new year it’s a new chapter! I can’t lie to yall…I’m nervous and really scared.
I’m jumping into unknown territory. I have never done ANYTHING like this before
plus I’m doing it all by myself and I don’t even know it I will be successful
but I’ll never know it I don’t try so…wish me luck on this crazy adventure of
ours and I’ll see you in my next post. BYEZ!!!!
Hey so I'm BACK with another post and this is just adding the pervious one I made. If you haven't checked it out yet here's a link--->
So...I got A LOT to talk about and I am SUPER EXCITED to discuss it with you guys. I might make a video after I finish this later...idk
anyways...LET'S GET STARTED!!!!
This right here is theULTIMATE PROOF that Non-Asians CAN indeed become K-pop idols!
If you don't know by now RANIA is a K-pop girl group and they just came back with the addition of 3 new members and one of those members just happens to be NON-ASIAN!!!
Okay if there is anyone confused don't worry I'm gonna break it down for ya ^_~
HISTORY LESSON!!!
Rania (Hangul: 라니아, stylized as RaNia or RANIA, shortened from Regeneration Idol of Asia) is a South Korean girl group formed by DR Music in 2010. The group was initially produced by American Teddy Riley[1] with their first debut single "Dr. Feel Good" in 2011.[2] Although the group is South Korean, former members Joy is Thai descent,[3][4] and Riko was raised in Japan.[1] The current members includes Di, T-ae, Xia, Alex, Hyeme and Seulji.
(This is a picture of the original members of RANIA)
Also, when RANIA was being created they first started off with plans for the group to become the third generation of BABY V.O.X but than they changed the idea and created RANIA. They had plans for RANIA to become global idols they even thought of adding a black member back then when RANIA was first created.
Agency DR Music has announced that the girl group RANIA has recruited a black member named Alexandra Reid to the group.
Alexandra, age 21, is a rapper hailing from the U.S. Her father is white and her mother is black. She was born in Kansas and has lived in New York and Texas. She was part of the American record label Def Jam (housing Kanye West, Ludacris, and Justin Beiber, among others currently) starting from when she was 15 years old. Alexandra was preparing to debut with the help of her manager Scott (who formerly managed Rihanna and currently manages Bruno Mars, according to DR Music), when she came to know RANIA and signed on to become an official member.
Alexandra also starred in Jamie Foxx‘s “You Changed Me” music video, and she is said to boast top rapping skills. In regards to her composition skills, she has worked with Alex Dakid,who has worked with Eminem, and JR Rotem, who has worked with Britney Spears.
According to DR Music, Alexandra became interested in K-pop through YouTube and decided to come to Korea and be part of the K-pop scene through this opportunity with RANIA.
Because of visa issues, Alexandra was only able to join the group in Korea last month, but is currently preparing hard to promote with the group and is looking forward to going on TV.
Viewers will be able to start seeing Alexandra performing November 5, through RANIA’s “Demonstrate” comeback on “M!Countdown.”
Here are the teasers with Alexandra and the live version of the song on M! Countdown
OKAY! You all caught up now? GREAT! so let's talk about this ^_^
MY THOUGHTS:
My thoughts on this are....I LOVE IT!!! I am super excited and happy that she got this amazing opportunity! For years non-Asian people (including me) have been trying to break through into the industry and for her to actually do it I just feel like this is an accomplishment that carries so much meaning and depth that can't be described. This not only proves that non-Asians CAN become k-pop idols, it also proves that EVERYTHING negative that was said before is WRONG! ANYONE CAN BE A K-POP STAR!!! and this PROVES IT!!!
So far she is getting a lot of love from people BUT MOST of the hate comes from non-Asian K-pop fans...What does that tell you?
I can't wait to see how this plays out and the rest of RANIA's future endeavors. I will support the group like I always have. ^_^
Let me know in the comments how this makes you feel? Do you like it? Do you hate it? if so, why?
