Finally watched the long-awaited BLACKPINK documentary. Unlike "Miss America: Taylor Swift" which is also produced by Netflix, the whole film is more like a kind of revealing and promoting the K-pop music and idol group industry. Of course, there are also many stories about the growth background and mutual support of the four members. Rather, they actually represent countless idols dancing collective choreography. Generally speaking, few people understand them personally. Any combination of activities is packaged and output. It doesn't matter who you are. The four of them are like a specimen, leaving a microcosm of the moment for this industry.
The appearance of the behind-the-scenes producer TEDDY set a commercial atmosphere and capital tone for the entire documentary from the very beginning, as he said, "We are just a group of Koreans who make music." This can be called "the man behind YG" has been choosing from the beginning of their trainees, which ones are more suitable for grouping together. And made all the songs for them since their debut. Of course, he himself can say that different cultural backgrounds make them unique. And I prefer to think that it is the company's whole set of plans that choose the right people to show them.
As a fan, I think I saw in this documentary the fresh side of the four people I wanted to see. The first is JENNIE, she is probably the most controversial figure in the group. The singing and dancing skills are very strong and the fashion expression is very good. At the same time, because of stage paddling and breaking love, he has become the object of being attacked and unprofessional. But as the producer described her, she knows her emotions and thoughts very well and is a perfectionist. Perhaps the experience of studying in New Zealand taught her to make her own decisions. But at the same time she is a person with very poor physical condition, which is almost a fatal flaw for this idol. However, this makes the aura of fried dumplings on the stage look more attractive, because she has overcome a lot of it.
LISA is probably a natural idol, and JENNIE, who is a trainee, thinks of her the same way. But her pressure is more from the hardship of leaving her hometown. After all, as the only pure foreigner who is neither native of South Korea nor of Korean descent, it is not easy to be able to go to the present in such a strict idol industry environment. For her, the evaluation of other members is that she is very good at adjusting the atmosphere and amusing others. And she herself was worried about whether she would overreact sometimes. I seem to see a purely flattering personality in her. From a child who claims to be a mother-in-law to a member who can take care of everyone's emotions, her heart is strong enough.
ROSE is the person who surprises me the most in the entire documentary. It can be seen that she really loves music and thinks this matter is sacred and can be used to express many ideas. If JENNIE is the ACE in the group, she is more like a pin on the sea, interpreting the most complicated part of each song. When her parents persuaded her to audition, they said this: You should try it, otherwise you will regret that you haven't tried anything when you are 25 years old. Therefore, coming to Korea from Australia to debut as a singer may not support her being famous, but her love and the courage to try. She is a person who is serious about music. She feels that singing songs written by others is more like using their emotions to express herself, and for music, she is more like a baby who just started to learn to talk.
Compared with the above several members, Ji Soo may be the one who lacks stories and characteristics. She was born and raised in South Korea, because she liked theatrical performances and was suggested by friends to audition and became a member of BLACKPINK. She always shows a serious professional face, and TEDDY, who has known her for six years, has only seen her cry once. She said that her current life is different from what she imagined. It seems that she rarely feels happy on the stage, but she feels more pressured when she is not working. So I always feel that she seems to be the one who is being carried forward by the company, and also the one who completely treats this as a pure job. In rap, dancing and singing do not have the obvious talents of other members, but she tries very hard to take care of the work in front of her, just like those who have finally gotten a job but only accept it meaninglessly. Same for most people.
Many people who like them say that they have seen the realization of their dreams in the four members. But sometimes, they also worry about themselves, is they enough to be a role model in the eyes of others? In my opinion, they are totally fine. In addition to their hard work, there is another reason that this is the most fundamental business logic of the idol industry, to find their idols for those who want to realize their dreams. When they were trainees, they were like uncut jade, waiting to be selected, evaluated and shaped. At this time, the joining of any newcomer makes the whole environment even more dangerous. But they are also easy to become friends, because only they can truly understand each other. This is a friendship that the company, parents, fans, and anyone else cannot match.
TEDDY also said that the trainee system is so popular because at such a young age, they can absorb all the skills and tools. And these things will be needed for them in the next ten years. Therefore, anyone who survives under this system may experience the hardships of life and see the essence of life earlier than most people in society, especially college students living in ivory towers. As long as the entire industry endures, there will be more people willing to experience this cruel system, or survive to become an idol that countless people admire, or be ruthlessly eliminated and return to be ordinary people. However, Guangxian will always only belong to those who survive, because they are qualified to shoot such documentaries for this system and industry.
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