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Japanese adult video stars launch K-pop group, spark divisive debate
For a freshly-minted K-pop band, the trio could not look any more ordinary. Dressed in bright colorful dresses, the bubbly ladies of Honey Popcorn sang their catchy synthpop track, "Bibidi Babidi Boo," during their debut showcase on Wednesday in Seoul, dancing adorably like any other by-the-numbers rookie girl group. These seemingly unassuming women, however, have found themselves at the center of a public brouhaha, with tens of thousands demanding the government ban their activities. To a large extent, the controversy was unavoidable. The three singers are all Japanese adult video actresses.
The Honey Popcorn members, Mikami Yua, Sakura Moko, and Matsuda Miko, all started their careers in the Japanese entertainment industry as singers in the J-pop idol scene. After retiring from their bands, SKE48, NMB48 and Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome, respectively, they turned to the Japanese adult video scene. Mikami later joined Ebisu Muscats, a musical group composed of Japanese adult video stars, in 2016. The group's formation was announced in late February, along with plans to hold a showcase in Seoul on March 14. The news of the members' steamy professional backgrounds was more than enough to turn heads. Many parents and conservatives became vigilant and demanded the group cancel their debut. A petition was filed on the presidential website, requesting the government to ban Honey Popcorn's debut.
[...] By all accounts, the members appear genuine in their passion for K-pop and their project. According to Kyun Create, the members are huge fans of K-pop music, with Mikami's partiality towards Korea and Korean culture fairly well known among her fans. On her YouTube account, Mikami has several videos of her dancing to hits from A-Pink, Cosmic Girl and TWICE. According to the company, Honey Popcorn is essentially a passion project funded by Mikami. The band also does not appear gimmicky, with production values for the music and videos on par with standard rookie K-pop acts. Not all opinions are negative either, with many supportive comments posted on their artist page on music streaming service Melon.
"I want to live in a world where Honey Popcorn can sing with confidence," Melon user gkakf123 wrote. "Korean girl groups also often perform lewd dance moves. Is there a reason why these girls can't follow the footsteps of idol girl groups?" posted user ktmsh1211.
2018 in South Korean music. Honey Popcorn at K-pop Wiki. And an article about K-pop.
(Score: 1) by cocaine overdose on Saturday March 24 2018, @08:35AM (2 children)
And the reviews. I gotta agree with Bai Guanxi here, but in a broader stroke. "ワーストクソ監督" is right. I've been meaning to post a review of a porno, even my very worn out and soaked copy of Kanojo-VR, but it's all trash. Everytime I turn on the sound or subtitles, I'm blasted in the face with just the most annoying, immersion-breaking, and ridiculously inane dialogs. Hentais are infamous for doing this. I believe because it stems from the "moe" movement of freaks getting off on high-pitched aliens with ultra daddy issues and some sort of executive functioning disorder. For example, I was experiencing the latest Oni ChiChi release, which have now been scrubbed clean off of all the regular sites, and I couldn't get past the first few minutes. The last few seasons have just been non-stop rape, humiliation, and mind-breaking. And now we're being slapped in the face with "oh yeah, I love your cock, give me your seed." Naw, man I ain't havin that. You've been raped to pieces for years on end and now the stockholm syndrome's finally kicking in? Directors don't know shit about writing good porn stories or making their work unique besides the rabidly common "bang bang sploosh," where it's two monkeys, one who most certainly has fake tits and looks like shit, is getting in and outted for 15 minutes, before the dicking-monkey finally gets out of breath and decides to wrap it up.
And the porn stars are to blame to. There's nothing wrong with corny porn a la "let me take a look at your pipes." It's simple and it works. For fucks sake, don't give me the "you wanna see my pussy? Mmmm yeeah? yeeaaeeaah?? oh daddy can I have your big... hard... cock?..." You're not a goddamn Oscar-nominee, so don't even go in that direction. My immersion has been severely broken after being unable to focus on anything besides your annoying voice and terrible story setting. Then there's male porn stars. What the fuck is wrong with all of you? "Amateur" couples videos just contain one guy furiously humping his gf like a chihuahua and all recommendations to spice things up, like "you can pull my hair if you want," are met with emasculated grunts or autistic silence. The ones that are professionals, just look dead inside. Where's my A Serbian Film, Milos? I'm going to kill your wife and children if you don't show me some passion.
Fuck. And why do the girls look like shit now? I remember being a wee 6th grader going through puberty; I had nothing less than an entire universe of good looking babes to jerk it to. There was just a never ending supply of professional and amateur porno, where the girls didn't have signs of genetic mutations. And the amateurs, whooo man, they were hot as fuck. I don't get it. I remember being being 13 and wacking it to jailbait my age. Every fucking photo online from back then, featured a cute girl who wasn't teetering on obesity/anorexia, and had very good looking skin. Now? What the fuck, I can barely find a single good looking pic to wack it to, let alone a porno. Everyone's misshapen, surgically botched, and has poor skin, from what I imagine is an overzealous reliance on makeup to cover up problems, instead of fixing them at the core. I even see the same pics I've came to tens of times floating around every so often. They haven't changed and they're exactly as I remember them.
Is it because shit's no longer curated? Is it because any old sacks of shit can make a porno, sign up for a patreon, and start raking in dosh? Fucking normies with no taste, ruining the last pure creative outlet of our times.
As much as I would like to torrent that movie you linked, I'm aware of the very high possibility I won't finish. I'll probably get frustrated that the cameraman's being a jacakass, getting up close and personal on the dude's asshole. Or that the goddamn nip squeals like a pig and I'd have to turn the sound off, making my review less accurate. What a terrible state of affairs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 24 2018, @10:29AM (1 child)
why am I reminded of this post: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=2652&cid=61971 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 1) by cocaine overdose on Saturday March 24 2018, @01:34PM