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Hybe released today on their youtube channel the documentary on Le Sserafim’s debut. It’s a one hour and a half content that is presented as a documentary, while it’s far from being that. It’s on four parts, I’ll link the first one here:

I’d like to start with a very short and simple definition of what that is. A documentary expresses or deals with factual events. Instead, what I saw was footage manipulation because they decided that because Kim Garam is no longer in the group, then she shouldn’t appear in the pre-debut footage. How was that achieved? By using methods that are basically unethical in the documentary practices. In the editing phase, they reframed the shots by cutting them in order to not show a sixth person next to the other girls; they carefully selected clips and made a mosaic by choosing close-up shots, fragmented discussions and rarely showed everyone in a full frame, although there are moments where it’s obvious there is another person there (hips or arms in the background or at the edge of the frame); and finally, by digitally removing Garam out of full body shots, where there is an obvious empty space in between the girls when they pose.

I checked the reactions on twitter and the usual explanation was that, because Garam is no longer under contract, using footage of her would be illegal. Then how does anyone explain why they were able to show a trainee who didn’t make their debut? Presently, Hybe is still making money out of Garam, along with the other remaining members, through album sales. It’s not like they can remove her voice from the songs, unless they rerecord the album.

The actual point is that Hybe is trying to manufacture another reality through manipulation and I’m shocked to see this actually happening like it’s no big deal. This is a very serious matter and it’s definitely not acceptable. If they didn’t want that scandal to loom over the group, they could have chosen to not use the footage and instead, make a documentary focused on something else that include the current members. Instead they went the unethical route. And it’s funny (not) that the company has people that are taught to ‘’document’’ what is happening using certain techniques that actually makes it easier to do what they did. The typical close-up shots are ever present, which helps them a lot when they have to edit. We see that with Bangtan Bombs as well.

And one last thing about this ‘’doc’’. These girls are also singers. As much as K-pop is an important fusion between music and choreography, what I saw was not that. 90 percent of the footage was focused on rehearsing the dance moves, while only 10 percent of them in the recording studio or vocal training. It’s like they were backup dancers, not singers as well. I want to make this very clear. I’m not criticizing the girls. I’m sure they worked really hard and it’s not easy to debut and I’m 100 percent sure they spent countless hours in the recording studio, otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to put out an album. But I think this ‘’doc’’ is a disservice to them as well because they are not shown working more on a major part of what a music group should do.

By only releasing documentaries under the the company name, Hybe is able to present a manufactured image of their groups, without even allowing the possibility of an outside perspective. And it doesn’t mean that such an approach will reveal some dark secrets. That’s not the point or the intention. But an actual documentarian would be able to look at it with fresh eyes, without the need to promote the group. Because that’s what Hybe is doing with this type of content. It’s just another promotion material.

I’d like to recommend watching 9 Muses of Star Empire, a 2012 documentary made by a filmmaker who had no official connection to the company. They show the good and the bad, because pre-debut and what comes after is not a fairytale. And I’m not talking only about the hours spent working, but about egos getting in the way and how shitty people are everywhere. The company does not come out with a pristine image and the filmmaker is not shy from showing that. And lastly, they mention at the end what happened to every girl, including the ones who didn’t make their debut and also those who left later, a year after being in the group. No one erased their existence, regardless of their motives. And what was interesting is that they were able to show that not every one of them is perfect. They were real girls who made shitty decisions, did ‘’bad’’ things, they complained, some of them suffered and others were really passionate and made it.

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Hybe is getting on my nerves with the subtitles or lack thereof. Not just about english, but other languages as well especially spanish or Portuguese. They have a huge fan following in SA. But for example, they will release Enhypen content even though they were put together with the "help" of global fans. One member is Japanese and it will take days for it to become subtitled. TXT they know has a big global following, and again we have to wait days. The new Japanese group being put together for Hybe Japan via a show, that's only captioned in Korean and Japanese on the show. I honestly don't understand why they're now waiting. They want global money but they don't care to add global languages. Some of us can't pick up Korean or other languages. I have tried but I still think if a company wants to be global and appeal to other countries, they should release content that has subs in many different languages

For content that is not live, it makes no sense for them to not have immediate subtitles. For all the marketing research they must be doing, I'm sure the company is perfectly aware of the demographics of their fans. This is a very poor look for them, but it seems they don't care. As Hybe has done so many times in the past, they rely on fan labor for that. Which is ridiculous. This is not some small company that just debuted some rookie groups for the first time. It's embarrasing to have a publicly traded corp that can't do the bare minimum for its international fans. As you said, they want the global money, but they can't deliver a quality product for that specific audience. And no, the fans should not have to learn Korean in order to enjoy and be a fan of K-Pop groups. If they want to, good for them, but it's not a requirment. Hybe can release their Edu packages as much as they want (I'm not even gonna get into that because it boils my blood given that they care more about their money and they have no conscience), but they also should add subtitles in multiple languages. This should not be a debate and fans should not have to immediately work for free and do translations for a content that should already have that feature.

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this is why i don't believe bunnies and kpop stans when they say they hate the company and not the artists

#and then bunnies cry when someone says their favs made a bad decision and call it bullying #when bunnies are the biggest bullies around right now #hybe groups #lesserafim

new favorite stim: hybe finger twirl

#⋆˚࿔ ୨ৎ 🌸─> me yapping #I kid you not I will literally like sit in front of my mirror and just. practice it #kpop #Hybe groups #Hybe kpop #Katseye #yap #idk

obviously not the most important thing, but I had this fool's dream of a game caterers 3 hosted by jin and including all of the hybe artists and I don't think anything even close to that is going to happen considering how awkward that might be rip

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Oh lawd.