In the music video, the ladies were seen wearing a ‘pajama lingerie look’ involving a blouse, hot pants, and garter stockings. Netizens thought that the look was a bit suggestive for a unit that’s going for the innocent concept and raised a bit of controversy over the issue.
Pledis spoke up on the issue by explaining, “It’s not a garter belt but a ‘leggy look’ knee-socks fashion. In order to improve the style, we added a white connecting string from the pants to the stockings.”
After School’s new sub-unit AS Blue is caught in a controversy that allege they copied old school K-pop girl group, Fin.K.L.
AS Blue released their new song “Wonder Boy” on July 20th, and the song quickly garnered accusations of how it was too similar to Fin.K.L.’s 1999 hit song, “Forever Love“. Not only does the song have a similar concept, but the last line which states “Promise me” can also be found in Fin.K.L.’s work as well.
Pledis Entertainment explained,
“It is true that we set Fin.K.L’s ‘Forever Love’ as the concept, since it had a huge ripple effect in the ’90s. However, we were only paying to the innocence and bubbly feel of ‘Forever Love’. We did not intend to cause a controversy over plagiarism.‘Forever Love’ was able to receive much love because it had easy lyrics to sing along to and a fun melody. We wanted to recreate that positive effect through ‘Wonder Boy’.‘Wonder Boy’ is a pop song that can be joyfully listened to, and is easy to sing along to. If you watch a performance, you will see that AS Blue has a own charm totally different from Fin.K.L’s.“
Unfortunately for AS Blue, their connection to Fin.K.L. isn’t the only controversy they have to face. The girls really sought to exude a sense of innocence in their image, but netizens were thrown off by how they donned white garter belts in the music video.
Many people are expressing that garter belts, often considered to be a sexy, if not racy fashion item, are inappropriate for AS Blue’s innocent and cute concept.
Source: Newsen via Nate, Newsen via allkpop20 July:
On July 19th, the idol tweeted, “Blue blue! During the jacket cover shooting.” She also uploaded pictures she had taken during the MV shoot.
Raina is seen flaunting her beautiful blond hair-do, while making cute expressions at the camera. The overall look has a touch of sweetness, thanks to her pink lipgloss and comfy-looking sweater.
Netizens commented, “I didn’t know Raina was this pretty” and “Your hairstyle looks good on you.”
Raina is currently carrying out promotions as AS BLUE with Jooyeon, Lizzy and E-Young.
19 July:
On July 19th, Lizzy tweeted,
“Since I’m in the blue team, blue glasses.“
In the photo, Lizzy is seen making a cute expression while wearing bright blue glasses. She also wore these glasses in the AS BLUE music video teaser.
Fans commented, “Blue is the truth” and “I’ll cheer for you”
Stay tuned for updates on AS RED and AS BLUE’s new music!
After dropping many teasers, the ‘AS Blue‘ team of After School’s two new sub-units has released the MV for “Wonder Boy“.
Although the girls are going for a more innocent and summery look, they’re looking quite sexy wearing gartered stockings. Check out the MV below!
16 July:
After School took a unique approach for their newest comeback, splitting into two units – ‘After School Red‘ and ‘After School Blue‘ – fostering friendly competition between the members.
The two teams are split up as After School RED featuring Kahi, Jungah, Uee, and Nana. While After School BLUE features Raina, Lizzy, Jooyeon, and E-Young.
Just moments ago, Pledis Entertainment’s official YouTube channel uploaded a UCC (User Created Content) video featuring the ladies of the BLUE team. The four lovely ladies each paint an individual letter from “BLUE” on a blue background. Check out the video below!
Source: allkpop
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