NSD R-Jam Session #10 (Ruby Suggested Videos) | REACTION
Added 2022-10-24 22:35:20 +0000 UTCBIBI - Animal Farm Official M/V, MINO - 'FIANCÉ' M/V, [Dance] OnlyOneOf 'gaslighting' Choreography, [MV] KB ‘be free’ (be #2)
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I'm a very casual fan of OnlyOneOf so I can't answer many questions about their personal identities or their relationship to the queer themes and stories they depict, but for your question about how Korea views the LGBTQ+, it's definitely a work in progress! Korean is a very conservative country and does not really accept the community much. Obviously in big cities like Seoul you're more likely to find accepting people (same thing for NYC or LA), but there are so many stories of the harassment and mistreatment openly queer people receive. There's very few openly gay celebrities in Korea and one, Hong Seokcheon (Fun fact: he revealed he's distantly related to NCT's Taeyong lol), came out in 2000 and lost most of his job opportunities and connections, but has slowly built himself back up over the years and is still well known as an MC on multiple Korean variety shows. Another, Holland, the 1st openly gay kpop idol, literally had to create his own company because no other companies or studios wanted to work with him knowing he was gay. And even this year in 2022 in Seoul, Holland was violently attacked in the streets for being gay. It's a tough climate and while showing support for the community and engaging in skinship or "implying" gayness is for the most part okay in the industry, among most kpop idols, it would be impossible for any of them to actually come out while active as an idol, less they'd loose most of their support and risk being kicked from their groups and companies. I know OnlyOneOf receive a lot of criticism for their concepts because it pushes at a lot of boundaries, but regardless of any of their identities, I'm glad they've stayed consistent and I admire them for doing what they've done a lot.
sierra's reaction corner
2022-10-26 05:35:39 +0000 UTCAs far as I know (I'm not Korean and don't live there so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), Korea is still pretty conservative so although it is getting better, the LGBT+ community isn't widely accepted yet. OnlyOneOf have even gotten some backlash for their LGBT+ storylines (despite this, they've always stood by their messages and concepts) but they aren't really a 'mainstream' kpop group so I think that gives them a lot more freedom to explore concepts like this. As far as the member's sexualities go, nothings official and I wouldn't like to assume but they definitely appear to be supportive of the community. They have a hand in writing, producing and choreographing the majority of their music. Since you asked how many solos there are going to be, currently 3 out of 6 are released with the 4th dropping tomorrow (the 26th). I'd recommend watching #3 'be mine' before checking that one out :)
Sussuru
2022-10-25 13:14:09 +0000 UTCnever clicked something so fast let’s go !!!!
Sam sam
2022-10-25 12:39:58 +0000 UTC
