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What are your thoughts on LE SSERAFIM? LE SSERAFIM is making a lot of noise for their live vocals, just months out from their debut. The group’s debut Music Bank performance on May 27 is regaining attention and has gone viral among online communities. In a particular post that has been viewed over 85K times, the author wrote in the title, “LE SSERAFIM’s live performance is on par with a broadcast accident,” bemoaning the idol’s live vocals. In the May 27 performance, the group’s live vocals can be heard clearly over the background music. The group’s breathing can also be heard loudly throughout the dance performance. Although the post originally was to criticize the group, netizens stated they were amazed at how well the girls sang, given their rigorous dance routine. The netizens pointed out it wasn’t the group’s vocals that needed work, but the audio engineer, as their mic was heard picking up feedback and other background noise. “For a live performance, they sang really well.” “To b...

ENA’s darling Extraordinary Attorney Woo  is limping towards the finish line. The drama that was hailed in its beginning for the drama’s refreshing take on the trite lawyer K-Drama formula and for bringing awareness to developmental disabilities has lost much of its audience’s goodwill in the drama’s later episodes. Your browser does not support video. Last week, the drama was heavily criticized for making light of cancer. The episode saw one of its characters, Jung Myung Seok, who is a fan favorite, be diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, to much of the audience’s chagrin. Controversy erupted, however, when in one of the scenes, Woo Young Woo is seen repeating the statistics of cancer survivors. The scene was meant to be funny, which audiences found in poor taste. My mom returned from chemotherapy, and despite being tired, she watched the drama, even setting the alarm for it, only for her favorite character to repeat cancer survival rates and remind her she is going to die soon....

The havoc created by “Vampire Jungkook” continued, as preview photos of BTS Jungkook were shared to excite ARMYs further on the release of Me, Myself, and Jung Kook “Time Difference” Special 8 Photo-Folio. Weverse opened the pre-selling for this particular Jungkook project, and the stocks were lapped up in minutes! “SOLD OUT” is trending with “Jung KooK” with 1.12M tweets as “Jungkook’s Special 8 Photo-Folio Me, Myself, and Jung Kook 'Time Difference' got SOLD OUT in less than 2 minutes!! pic.twitter.com/JRDBUcFzDH — JUNGKOOK DAILY ⁹⁷𝄞ʲᵏ ²² (@Daily_JKUpdate) August 18, 2022 Weverse released a second batch of the photo-folio stocks, and sold out for the second time in a matter of minutes. Me, Myself, and Jung Kook ‘Time Difference’ Special 8 Photo-Folio has been SOLD OUT for the second time after the re-stock on Weverse Global! SOLD OUT KING JUNGKOOK I vote for #Jungkook of @BTS_twt for #AudacyAOTS pic.twitter.com/Xd10VnkgBA — JUNGKOOK DAILY ⁹⁷𝄞ʲᵏ ²² (@Daily_J...