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NCT U (Taeil, Kun, & YangYang) has released a set of teaser images for their upcoming SM STATION NCTLAB digital single “ Rain Day” which is scheduled to be released on July 19th.
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KISS ME !
summary: people were so hyped about Mark SMstation that forgot the meaning of the lyrics, a song about you and how he felt.
pairing: idol!reader x idol!mark
new SMstation was out and everyone was so mesmerized by Mark Lee cursing and singing about how much he loved his ‘hypothetical’ girl.
the fact here is that the girl who he was going to love everywhere as he says in the song, wasn’t hypothetical, it was you.
in the kiss me music video he appears doing things you guys like to do in little hidden dates like riding bikes by the han river or just watch the tv.
people were amazed with Mark’s songwriting and arranging skills but Mark was so amazed with you.
“for my life, my love, my muse…”Mark whispered as he wrote it in the special edition photocard SM did for his solo you were handling him as soon as he came across the door of your room.
“stop it! Don’t say things like that, it’s embarrassing”
“i wrote that whole song for you, how embarrassing can be me calling you my everything if you are”
the room remained silent but as soon as both of you did eye contact couldn’t help to let out a childish giggle.
“you went nasty on that lyrics Mark Lee, everyone here was teasing me about it” after giggling and exchanging little pecks for a while you were now laying on top of Mark.
“i don’t even know how SM approved it to be sincere, I mean the lyrics are words from a whole grown up” Mark raised his eyebrows as he caressed your back “Not from the ‘Stop my black sneakers now, you who made them’ Mark Lee”.
you both laughed as he careless sang chewing gum, and suddenly the silence came back.
“i love you” at the same time, while looking at each other’s eyes and in the intimacy of your room, you exchanged that words.
there you were.
when Mark sang ‘my girl’ in that song, he was talking about your state in the moment.
so messy and undone, so natural and cute for him.
even in your idol persona you were always carefree, but not as you are with Mark and viceversa.
“my muse, my life, my melody…”
“if you keep up with that i’m recording you to send it to John and everyone else, i swear to god Mark Lee”
“okay, i love you”
“i love you more Minhyungie”
“ew girl!”
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Hello! Just want to say again that I'm glad I found your blog, your down-to-earth commentary, especially about the business side of it all, is very much appreciated :)
Hi. Thank you for letting me know, I'm glad you find some more down to earth posts useful. In part, I run this blog to offer an alternative in fandom experience.
Thing is, we, as k-pop fans and as people who don't work in showbusiness or South Korea, don't have enough knowledge, experience or inside information to have a strong educated opinion on most of things when it comes to idol companies and their executives. We can have opinions as customers - I like this music, this promotional strategy works on me, these outfits are ugly, this concept rocks -, but not as business analytics. Especially considering how much media play, false information and difference in cultures we face.
However, nowadays everyone has the illusion that they know better, that their opinion and feelings are valid when it comes to any topic. And spread and defend their opinion like it is the ultimate truth.
I've recently come across a twit starting with "it appears that" and ending with "for sure". In a span of a few sentences the fan offered an imaginary scenario and finished with a "this is truth". Of course to "prove" that SM is evil, heh. Such baseless statements easily play on fans' love for their biases, evoke an emotional response, call to arms, they give an answer to "Who is to blame?!", provide a target for unleashing frustration and anger.
When one solo-stan blames our bias, we can call bullshit because we know how things really are. When a fan blames Chris Lee or SM, other fans are ready to accept the words as believeable. Either because they share the sentiment, or have no own opinion on the matter, so any will do. If everyone around says the same thing, it should be true, afterall? That's how our brains are wired: follow the majority, agree with the tribe, mirror everyone's current emotion.
We can't see the inner works and we don't know the inner rules, but we can see the results of labour and sometimes a reflection of things.
When I came to k-pop, I knew SM as the company that overworks its artists, has lawsuits with them, is super strict. Broken in two halves TVXQ and EXO with half of its members gone weren't a good representation. So when I started to get to know NCT better, I started to wonder if I was lied to or that something had changed in SM (the latter). Neos were taught how to songwrite, SM persisted with good quality music for NCT despite the group not taking off right away, artists not looking slavelike, there was SMstation and interesting projects.
Sure, I can observe bad work: poorly prepared concerts (Link), constant failures with album production (omitting Doyoung's name, boring designs for 127), tasteless stylists, etc. However, I also see good work: artists flying first/business class and living in 5 star hotels, being given opportunity to go to the beach, museums, to enjoy sightseeing in new countries; opportunity to explore one's creativity (soundcloud, NCTLabs, solo performances for Link); SM giving artists second professions (MC, variety host, model) that will aid professional longevity (Doyoung hasn't finished school and doesn't have a degree, but I'm not worried for him, even if SM collapses, he'll always find a job. Same for Taeyong, he came as a blank page, now he is a songwriter and a producer, he can even become a choreographer); neos progressively being given more choice and say, their opinion being consulted and their ideas being implemented once they gain enough experience (Golden Dust story, Taeyong making his own setlist for his concert, Doyoung saying Unity should not have solo-stages, Ten choosing the mood and genre for his solo, etc).
Most importantly, I can see many friendships between neos and producers/managers, and that Haechan and Doyoung, who experienced all of SM's downsides personally and not once, continue to like the company. Meaning, the good should outweight the bad. At least for now.
Fans learnt the name of Chris Lee and continue to blame him for everything to this day, although he doesn't own any shares in SM and has stopped being a CEO a year ago. He is a token scapegoat.
Should I blindly trust fans or should I go read Wikipedia, interviews and listen to the guy himself? In situations like these I always choose the latter.
Sure, I can't tell if he evades taxes or participates in shady business, and what neos think of him (aside from Doyoung calling him "hyung" in public and not being afraid of getting punished for it), but I can see he was the person who overlooked all the early NCT songs (we have "Limitless", "Cherry bomb" thanks to him); created SMStation and SMClassics (say thank you for "Try again", "Star blossom"); found Dem Jointz ("Kick it", "Punch", "Sticker") and multiple other songwriters who now work for SM; brought to Korea the idea of songwriting camps, in which Kun participates nowadays and where he befriends foreign creators; invested SM money into a publishing company (and not a winery or a hotel business), which means SM artists will be secured to have a lot of songs to choose from in the future, and Korean young producers will have access to the global market. He has been with SM close to 20 years, and he is evidently a music nerd, ergo he understands artists and their love for music. So why should I hate him? I have no proof of him taking money away from neos, but I have evidence he was very essential to formation of NCT and the quality of SM sound being maintained. On the contrary, I'm inclined to suspect the quality of albums (song setlist, production) is raising again because he is back to supervising A&R in SM.
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I was tagged by @apeacebone to post my top 5 most-listened spotify songs this months and uhhhh it's JUST as bad as i thought it would be let me preface this by saying i have a large playlist of songs that sound like they should be in video game trailers by which i mean THEY ARE BAD, BUT IT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM PLAYING THEM ON REpEAT ANYWHAY
Golden Touch - Jaxson Gamble (muffled crying)
Electric Kiss - EXO (i'll stand by this one)
Great! Big! Party! - eyeamki (I think this came from my discover weekly, so. also, slaps?)
Numb the Pain - Clarx, Catas, Le Malls, CHENDA, Anikdote (dont. dont even listen to this. please don.t)
Dancing King - SMStation (but basically EXO) (I THINK IT'S GOOD)
tagging anyone who wants to do it but @husbono @heck @boxboxlewis @leclercenjoyer @grussell63 @sssneakiest no pressure!
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jaehyun drama doyoung drama yangyang smstation all my nerds in their employed era
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[STATION] LIM KIM (림킴) X JAMIE (제이미) 'Love Me Crazy' Interview #비하인더스테이션 https://youtu.be/Mizu6jH1hrY LIM KIM X JAMIE's new SM STATION single "Love Me Crazy" is out! Listen and download on your favorite platform: https://STATION.lnk.to/LoveMeCrazy 'Love Me Crazy' MV 💗 https://youtu.be/aPPq_FJC-BU 🚂 SM STATION Playlist Spotify: https://smarturl.it/SMSTATION_Spotify Apple Music: https://smarturl.it/SMSTATION_Apple YouTube Music: https://smarturl.it/SMSTATION_YTMusic SM STATION Official http://www.youtube.com/smstation http://www.instagram.com/smtownstation http://www.facebook.com/station.smtown #LIMKIM #JAMIE #LoveMeCrazy #림킴 #제이미 #SMSTATION #STATION SM STATION
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the year is 2023. label SJ completely separates from SM and rebrands to Super. shinee and snsd members sign on after their contracts with SM ends. the artists get even more creative control. i finally get all the collabs that smstation has failed to give me. the fandoms are finally freed from the 4th gen sound and kwangya worldbuilding.
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[Video] ItsLive Tiktok Update 211208 - Onew x Punch
Credit: itslive_official
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(211203) @shinee Instagram update
Caption: [#STATION] 온유X펀치 '별 하나 (Way)’
➫ 2021.12.6. 6PM KST
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aespa has released the MV teaser for their upcoming SMSTATION digital single remake of S.E.S.’s “Dreams Come True” which will be produced by BoA & is scheduled to be released on December 20th.
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#KimickaPhotoADay May Day 4: Happy 😊 🎶 One year ago today Taeyeon released her single Happy. It’s one of my favorite releases of 2020. She’s only performed it live twice, due to Covid limiting her opportunities for live performances. There’s the SM Station Happy Summer Live Version and she performed it at the 2021 SMTown Live online concert in January. It’s a song that will always make you happy. Happy one year of Happy with Taeyeon! #happy #taeyeon #HAPPY1stAnniversary #태연 #snsd #girlsgeneration #kpop #gg4eva #music #smtown #smstation #happysummerlive #fun #love. #kimtaeyeon #templateapp https://www.instagram.com/p/COd8adRDoSs/?igshid=1a2unvm2pbmux
#kimickaphotoaday#happy#taeyeon#happy1stanniversary#태연#snsd#girlsgeneration#kpop#gg4eva#music#smtown#smstation#happysummerlive#fun#love#kimtaeyeon#templateapp
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『All NCT mv’s [11/?]』
-> Joy ( 2017 )
#nct#nct dream#nct gifs#nctinc#SM station#smstation#mark lee#lee mark#mark#lee minhyung#renjun#huang renjun#jeno#lee jeno#jaemin#na jaemin#haechan#lee haechan#lee donghyuck#chenle#zhong chenle#jisung#park jisung
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[STATION] Hitchhiker X sokodomo 'Sugar' MV
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