‘stupid song’ by Olivia Rodrigo remains at #1 on the Global Spotify chart for a third day with 6.48 million streams.
It also charts at #1 on the US Spotify chart with 2.29 million streams.
“The Difference Between NewJeans and the Conventional K-Pop”
🧢: Uh, for me, it feels completely natural. The thing is, naturalness isn’t something that can simply be created through direction. How I spend time with the NewJeans members on a daily basis, the environment they practice in, the environment in which they carry out their entertainment activities—those are all things that exist behind the scenes, beyond what the camera can see. I think that kind of environment has to be in place first for genuine naturalness to emerge.
So I wanted to create that kind of environment for these girls, and I wanted to build that kind of working environment for myself as well. Because I believed that only then could a kind of naturalness emerge that isn’t artificial or overly provocative.
Originally, I’ve always thought that no one—not just celebrities, but anyone—can be completely natural when there is a camera or people watching them. Inevitably, you’re conscious of others. But in my view, naturalness is our strength; it can’t be a concept. Once naturalness becomes a concept, it actually becomes something very artificial.
The reason I place such importance on naturalness is because these girls are young. While other people their age are in school having different kinds of experiences, these girls are not. In fact, before we debuted, one of the things I told them was that they would be studying together with me.
Our standard contract term is usually seven years. If you compare those seven years to the Korean education system, it’s roughly equivalent to three years of high school and four years of university. So I told them, “You’re going to school with me. You’re learning with me.” The staff we work with are all great teachers, and in reality there are many highly professional people whom you might never have the opportunity to meet even while attending school.
I’ve never liked the term “idol” itself. Nowadays, the word “idol” is used less in its original sense and more as the name of a profession created by this industry. So I think the meaning of the word has changed, and because of that, it feels to me like a somewhat misplaced label.
And originally, I’m not the type of person who gets obsessed with terminology. Rather, because the idol industry comes with so many preconceived notions, I wanted us to show a different side and challenge some of those stereotypes. That’s something I’ve always wanted to do.
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