back in 2007 heath ledger refused to present at the oscars bc producers wanted him to do an opening segment that poked fun at brokeback mountain. now nearly 20 years later still all award shows have to say about a gay romance is "butt sex haha". nothing has fundamentally changed
i found again the article of eunseok in singles korea 2023, we can see here how emotionally stable he is, maybe that’s why riize’s members tend to rely in him so much ❤️ it would be so interesting if he did again an interview like this again
Remember those stories about male writers who stopped writing after their wives died, and we called it "losing their muse"? They didn't lose inspiration, they lost their uncredited co-writer.
1st to 2nd gen kpop were both extremely inspired by (and to a certain extent entirely coping) 80s/90s american hip-hop and RnB whilst also writing lyrics uniquely concerned with a changing korean society/korean politics