#americandebut

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I love my internet mom aka my queen aka CL ❤ this video is for us the fans, her gzbz, her bjs. I’m all in to support her and love her. ❤

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LISTEN: SNSD's Tiffany Young Gets Sexy For American Debut With "Over My Skin"

SNSD's Tiffany Young has made her American debut! On June 28th, Tiffany released the audio for her new single "Over My Skin." With R&B influences and a funky beat, Tiffany definitely manages to show off a new side of herself and her musicality. Meanwhile, the sexy lyrics talk about desiring someone who has caught your eye. This marls Tiffany's first release since leaving SM Entertainment and relocating to Los Angeles— where she signed with Paradigm Talent Agency. Check out the new song below! What do you think? Congratulations to Tiffany on her American debut! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIV7S6qWOp4 Media: Tiffany Young Official Read the full article

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CL vs. Conservative Language

Honestly, I don’t feel any sort of way about CL’s Dr. Pepper MV…

I wasn’t in love with the song but it was tolerable and sometimes even catchy. The music video wasn’t all that trashy or as some fans like to call it “american”, yes, I get it; America is the capital of oversexualization- I can live with that because I know how close to fact that is. However, instead of having international fans cringing and sitting in the edge of their seat every time a Korean/Asian fan throws the ‘trashy’ or ‘slutty’ (and I do cringe when I see these overused word on every possible post). Ive found that these expressions and conservative thinking has rubbed off on many international fans both because some are by all rights raised with a conservative mindset (nothing at all wrong with that) and because (and this is really the point I’m trying to make) through learning and experiencing the Asian cultures we so very much cherish we’ve come to shun anything that is ‘too sexy’ or ‘too revealing’ to fit conservative Asian standards.

This, mind you, isn’t because of being apart or wanting to be apart of Asian culture but more so it’s based on netizens constantly criticizing female Kpop artists. We’ve seen so much hate based around concepts that are too sexy or idols being too ‘slutty’ that it is almost engraved into our minds that too revealing is bad and slutty (that word again). I’m not going to even start on the double standards in Korea revolving around Kpop boy bands vs. Kpop girl bands. ‘Oppa’ has a whole concert shirtless but god forbid HyunA wears red lipstick and grinds up against some backup dancers. Like I said I’m not even getting into that....

What I really wanted to address is how we are using words like ‘slut’ and ‘trashy’  without realizing the real significance or reality of these words we so easily throw around. Instead of cringing every time we see a revealing cut of our artist’s body when it is being critiqued by Kpop fans we should be proud- born in America or elsewhere. I’ve been born in America, and have a Polish background and I can say after 22 years of living on this blessed green earth that I would not like to live in a conservative nation of any kind. Sure, the thought feels refreshing and nice- it can get exhausting when all you see is breasts and booty on TV or ads or anything really- America loves the female anatomy (male too, don’t get me wrong) and sex, yes, let’s all admit that much, because it is true. Why is this a bad thing though? We should be proud and liberated to know that we have the option of being able to express ourselves freely sexually and physically without getting called out for it or banned from television for it, etc.

CL is a prime example- she’s trying to break the stereotype that Asian women are conservative ladies without a backbone of any kind who shun any kind of inappropriate conduct. I see haters (and I shall call them this because there is no other word for them, honestly) using fragments of CL’s words about her conduct, style, concept and all around personality as CL to nullify her goals to make sure people realize Asians can be just as badass as the next girl and no less so.

“I want to represent Asian women the right way” (rough translation)

-Edaily (I’m still unsure the exact source but most included Edaily in sources, I’d say do some research- this wasn’t supposed to get this long)

Apparently this means she’s trying to represent Asians wearing as much clothes as possible in MVs and making straight up Kpop music that simply will not fit American standards (Yes, we love Kpop but many also need to realize what Kpop really is because it is not just one genre, again this is a whole different topic that I simply can’t get into) while not adapting at all in her new and entirely different environment while also being successful as well.

You can’t expect to throw someone from one culture into another highly different culture and not expect them to adapt in order to survive and accumulate fame and respect in the music industry of this country. She’s not becoming a ‘white girl’ as many have so lovingly (can you feel the sarcasm) deemed CL; She’s adapting to a new culture. Just for the record there really is no such thing as being a ‘white girl’; America is not all white people, America is a melting pot of cultures and colors and ethnicity.

CL is wearing short shorts and crop tops and twerking (thought I have to say I’ve seen the most of that in MTBD and not much since) because she CAN. She is in America where women can feel empowered because they can be confident with their body as well as being strong females in general. Yes female oppression still exists, yes, other countries have much better female cultures and empowerment , I wouldn’t say America is at the top of its game with that but it sure as hell has female advocates trying and we have the freedom to fight for equality and rip off the double standard wool cast over many eyes.

So yes, CL is wearing revealing clothing and making provocative and suggestive moves and she may damn well please to walk naked if she dares- that is her right, that is her body and that is her music- her art.

“What was Braun's advice for navigating the tricky climate of pop? "Be a boss ass bitch," CL says. "I have more freedom with Scooter."”

-FADER (NewYork Magazine) The FADER #97, Photo Issue, April/May 2015. Featuring Hannibal Buress and PARTYNEXTDOOR.

(* I’m not sure if it is that exact issue but she does have a spread in the FADER magazine with an interview that I urge everyone to read)

She has the freedom of doing her own thing and really expressing herself the way she wants whether it be the real her or the real version of CL she wants the people to witness- because let’s face it, we haven’t seen CL’s true capabilities.

“CL seems to understand that she might need to unlearn a little polish if she wants to win over new fans. Though she often speaks like a woman who's been media-trained since childhood—repeating generic press-release phrases like "express myself," "the real me," and "more personal"—there are hints of a ferocity underneath the polite sheen, and she'd be wise to exploit it. "I don't want a 'good' image. I'm not the standard Asian girl," she says definitively, if still vaguely.”

-FADER

If you haven’t already noticed America leans more toward the unfiltered, real artists that are rebellious and the exact opposite of perfect (talk about night and day between Korean and American standards).

If haters (I actually dislike the word very much) want to quote her interviews to fit their needs they should simply read the extensive ones. I feel many people could come to like CL but with all the rumors and constant hate she receives people pass up on her or agree with the mass of haters/antis/netizens. If you really took the time to understand CL as an artist rather than Chaerin, a korean woman who has the right of privacy and the right to separate the artist CL from the person Chaerin. Because let’s make it very clear that CL is the one wearing revealing clothing and twerking (to the dismay of many and the encouragement of many), not Chaerin, Chaerin should not be getting any hate because she is entirely different and very private- to the point where people do not know enough about her to be offended by anything she does.

All in all, I’m very supportive of her (CL)- she has taught me to be confident with myself and to be fierce despite my more subtle, complacent demeanor.

#DONE

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2ne1 album update by will.i.am

http://www.kpoplive.com/2011/01/09/will-i-am-updates-fans-on-2ne1s-us-album/

My friend was tweeted back about 2ne1's american debut album by will.i.am !!

Also they did an article about it on the website !!