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Originally posted by Blueberry Kisses
It's not about authenticity, and while I don't particularly like urban music I only meant that I think they (2NE1) don't pull the style off well. Their voices aren't suited to it, and as a group they can't really bring the choreography necessary to make it shine. 
Rather than taking a jab at the authenticity of their sound, I'm just expressing my discontent with the fact that they go for it time and time again, not very successfully, when their ventures into more traditional pop are actually a lot better + more interesting. I've made it clear before that I totally agree with you about the pervasiveness of "ghetto" culture in K-pop and why it's come to be - I'm just not pleased with the results. Some acts pull it off, I don't think 2NE1 do. |
it's not necessarily you, it's just...there's a certain kind of fan that's typically a white teenage female who thinks she's both a cultural aficionado & creative director material, always spewing **** on Tumblr and not stepping out of it to realize it's not her gig and maybe she can just settle for "I didn't like ____________" instead of turning it into a battle of right and wrong.
kind of like how those Simon & Martina people comment on appropriation while in reality they're two white folk living in a country that's not theirs and applying their home values to a culture that isn't theirs.
Like...it's great that everyone has an outlet and a platform in 2013, only not.
