Volume 5 2013 Chapter 992: Marionette
On February 12, 2014, Jeon Yu-ri's group Stellar released its first mini album "Marionette". After the MV video of its title song of the same name was released, it topped the real-time search charts of South Korea's three major portals and topped the Chinese Yinyue TaiMV weekly chart.
This is so unexpected.
You have to understand that Stellar is just a combination of small companies.
Although Shinhwa's leader Eric is the producer, they have not been doing well since their debut in 2011. Not only have they experienced member changes, but their comebacks have also not made much of a splash. After three years of debut, they are basically nowhere to be found in the South Korean idol circle.
How could such a girl group suddenly occupy the top spot on the real-time search list?
The reason is simple.
Yi Haoyan has said before that when the sexy trend emerges, girl groups that want to stand out can only become more and more outrageous, constantly breaking the limits, and ultimately breaking the bottom line to challenge the public's aesthetic nerves.
Previously, even a girl group like AOA, which came from a medium-sized company, had to push the bottom line of sexiness when they returned with "Short Skirt" in order to stand out through the sexy route.
If an unknown girl group like Stellar, which does not have enough resources, wants to gain attention by taking the sexy route, it is destined to go only so far.
So they broke the bottom line.
The scale of the MV of "Marionette" breaks the bottom line of the current sexy style of South Korean girl groups and almost reaches the level of an R-rated movie.
In the MV, the members wore purple and white high-slit tight-fitting one-piece swimsuits with black lace tights, exposing their chests, thighs and buttocks.
The cleavage can be seen in the upper body, and the smile line can be seen in the lower body, which is extremely sexy and provocative.
This kind of clothing can no longer be said to have a sexy element. It is basically just dancing in sexy lingerie.
The MV is also filled with close-ups of the members’ bodies.
It is common to see naked backs, close-ups of the lower body and long legs showing underwear, and close-ups of the chest and cleavage.
In addition to these, the design of the single-player scenes is also full of sexual innuendo, with Zhu Minxi and Tian Yuli being the most excessive.
Zhu Minxi has a very good figure, with a naturally curvy figure. She made great sacrifices in this MV, basically showing everything that could be shown.
In her solo shot, she was soaking in the bathtub, with her entire body exposed except for the area below her chest and above her thighs. Her thighs and cleavage were given multiple close-ups.
It's no different from taking sexy photos.
And Tian Yuli was even more surprising.
The youngest member of the group, wearing a white suspender pajamas and underwear, sat on the bed and drank milk. The milky white milk overflowed from the corners of her mouth, sliding down her neck all the way to her cleavage. The whole process was captured in close-up with a high-definition camera!
This kind of picture is simply naked sexual suggestion.
The key point is that Tian Yuli and Yi Haoyan were born in the same year and are both less than 20 years old this year!
At this age, she appeared in the MV wearing underwear, and she also took pictures of the kind of scenes that only adult actresses would take. It was really surprising! You know, Choi Jin-ri, who was the same age as her, was still acting cute and handsome on stage at this time!
Yi Haoyan and Quan Eunfei could never imagine how their senior schoolmate had become like this.
In addition to the MV scenes and styling, the dance of "The Marionette" is basically all about flirting and naked body language , without any subtlety at all.
They twist their hips with their backs to the camera, and their movements are exaggerated and large, as if they are afraid that no one can see their hips.
This kind of dance design with strong sexual connotations usually only appears in erotic dances, and the movements are so large-scale that they are almost lewd.
Not to mention the various designs in the choreography of touching breasts and buttocks with hands, which are completely teasing the audience. This is no longer a sexual suggestion, it is simply an explicit suggestion.
Such costumes, scenes and dance moves, coupled with the members' well-managed sexy bodies.
It's impossible not to attract attention!
Of course, an MV of this scale will set the Internet on fire!
Being an idol is a profession that requires exposure, and only with attention can there be success.
Even if you are selling meat, as long as you are willing to sell it, there will definitely be people watching. This is human nature.
This unpresentable method also created the best return result for Stellar since its debut.
"The Show" entered the Top 10, "Music Bank" ranked 45th, "Show Champion" ranked 21st, and "M! Countdown" ranked 10th, each of which is the best result since debut.
Even though she didn't win first place, her revealing MV and dance still sparked heated discussions.
For a time, all kinds of comments emerged online.
Some lamented that morals have gone downhill and people's hearts have changed, some said that they are shameless and will do anything to make money, some worried that such performances on stage would have a bad influence on television, some just wanted to watch the fun and cheered crazily, and some people who knew the girls in real life were very shocked.
Yi Haoyan and Quan Eunfei belong to the last category.
Although they graduated and debuted in 2011, and they only spent a year together, Tian Yuli was their senior and a classmate in the early days of the cram school group.
Since she almost never missed tutoring, I was quite familiar with her.
In my impression, this is a girl who looks mature but has a simple personality and is cautious in her work. There is nothing special about her in normal times, and I didn't expect her to make such a choice.
When she was in school, Tian Yuli worked very hard and had good grades. Basically, her studies did not hinder her and she successfully graduated and debuted. Although we know that her performance after her debut was average and her several comebacks were not very popular, it was mostly due to the company's planning and had nothing to do with the members' abilities.
The members of Stellar are all very good-looking, have good figures, and are able to manage themselves. Although there are no members with stunning dancing or singing skills, they are definitely pleasing to the eye on an idol stage.
No one expected that she would choose this path.
This kind of large-scale MV has gone viral on the Internet, and there are also formal promotional stages and commercial performances. Such performances have probably been repeated thousands of times. Is it really okay to dance like this in front of everyone?
This time, Quan Enfei realized something was wrong.
The MV was too explicit, with erotic lingerie-like clothing and dance moves that had obvious sexual connotations. Eun Fei herself absolutely couldn't accept this, and it wasn't something that could be covered up with just a formal stage.
Seeing this, she suddenly remembered that Yi Haoyan had lost his temper with him before.
Is he worried that something similar will happen to him?
Like Jeon Yuri, although this is a formal stage, and she can still perform on the three major TV stations' regular music programs, but this kind of stage...
When Enfei saw the messy messages online, she immediately understood why Yi Haoyan had never allowed her to perform any large-scale performances.
This kind of stage will indeed attract attention and can make one a little famous, but everything has a price. Breaking the scale and bottom line can attract attention, but what is the price?
How will people view Stellar and Yuri Tian in the future?
Will those meaningful looks and dirty words stay with her for the rest of her life?
Enfei felt horrible just thinking about it.
