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From Irene:

*Hello. This is Irene.

It’s been snowing a lot and got cold out too, are you all doing well? It’s late but I feel nervous to be greeting to you all through a post.

First, I wanted to say that I’m sorry for causing so much pain and worry to many people because of my imperfections.

I started my life as a trainee in 2009 at the age of 19, and standing in front of all of you as Red Velvet’s Irene up until now has been everything in my life. As I approached an age that could be seen as both young and old, while living in the small society known as the entertainment world, I wanted to do the best when it came to my work and I thought of achieving that as being the most important task I’ve been given. I thought that I was getting along well with the people around me in my own way, so I didn’t know that my methods of communication or my expressions could become a problem, and I just thought that everyone has different ways of communicating.

Because of what happened, I received a lot of concern and reprimands from the people around me too as well as the public, and through this I gained the time to quietly reflect upon myself. Also, I realized that there were people around me who cherished me, even if it was undeserved, including my members, fans, and staff, and I also realized that I had been able to promote without any issues because of how they looked after me.

Just as one can’t turn back the clock, I’m also working hard to not return to the way I used to be. I realized the weight of words and actions, and I will try to become a more mature person. On top of showing a good side of myself as Red Velvet’s leader and a singer, I will also work hard as the person Bae Joo Hyun to not disappoint you.

I hope that there will no longer be anyone who is criticized because of what happened due to my imperfections. Although it’s late, happy new year.*

Legends x legends

this live had me crine in the middle of the night

them covering classics

momo did jimin's part so f***ing smooth from dynamite

I might watch this now

can you imagine if western celebs were held to this same standard

98% of artists would be #cancelled for having an attitude

WOW, buying kpop stuff is like cocaine and also these d***dealers keep releasing new stuff. My Twice greeting just arrived, and it's pretty cool although I wish the diary had more pictures and less actual space for writing (since I don't know what to write and don't even want to mess this beauty), and I'm waiting for the Blackpink one, but I suddenly have a massive urge to buy Loona Greeting even though the delivery will cost even more then item itself

tbh theres pros n cons

unfortunately, these standards allows for more ppl to think they really are perfect gods, which means more selling, opportunity and accessibility and ultimately more and better content for us

con is that everyone is subjected to this charade, and sometimes we have to lose out on better careers

yeah it's definitely a grey area. on one hand it's great that celebs are actually held accountable in korea, but on the other, it very quickly turns into a witch hunt

i just find it funny seeing even western kpop fans jump on the hate bandwagon and condemn irene to hell for losing her cool, while still lining the pockets of american artists who are notorious divas. it's such a clear divide

Yeah i think a big part is that people forget theyre on the outside looking in

Some things might not seem like a big deal to us if such a norm is broken, but if u grow up all your life knowing how important a norm is, it seems even more bizarre that u could mess something so 'basic' up

Ehhh sorry if that kinda doesnt make sense

Tbh excited for this new cl feature

I'd wait for orbit 3.0 tbh, the seasons greetings for loona is kinda weak from what I've seen (where as orbit 2.0 was amazing)

Thank you, I'll consider it

Excuse me, isn't this kit only for fanclub members or it will be available in stores?

yeah, pretty sure you have to be a "leveled up" fancafe member or w/e, I don't think it's too hard though

or you can buy it on ebay but it'd be overpriced.

Happy Birthday to Jennie (I hope I'm not too late)

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Damn, that's bad

congrats !!!

kinda insane to have their first win on Inkigayo of all shows (with their debut song), considering how hard it is to get a win on Inkigayo in general. Even more insane is the fact that the last SM group to have a first win w/ their debut song was Girl's generation in 2007.

I cant imagine possesing something so precious that u can produce at any time you want

Awesome song