3rd Gen K-Pop Idol Praised For Spotlighting Diversity During Comeback

She’s spotlighting queer culture.
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MAMAMOO‘s Solar recently made her solo comeback in about two years with the mini-album COLOURS.

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As always, she impressed fans with her talents. Yet, she has earned praise for even more.

For Solar’s title track, “Colors,” she became the first K-Pop idol to do full voguing choreography. According to Wikipedia, “Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. It is inspired by the poses of models in fashion magazines.”

Ballroom houses are known to create safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community. Vogue India explained, “Voguing was a tool for the ball-goers to tell their stories, including a way of responding to the AIDS crisis.”

The ballroom community was deeply impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s, losing countless members and leaders to the disease. In response, the community mobilized to raise awareness, advocate for testing and prevention, and provide support to those affected.

Over the years, the ballroom community has extended its reach to provide access to healthcare and HIV testing, especially for those who face barriers to such services. This outreach contributes to the overall reduction of HIV transmission rates.

— My Resources Center

Solar didn’t just use voguing as her choreography. She featured members of House of Love, a kiki house, in her music video for “Colors.”

‘Kiki’ is a term which started in ballroom culture and has recently been brought back to slang by the LGBTQIA+ community, is loosely defined as a gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat, and later made more famous in the 2012 song “Let’s Have a Kiki” by the Scissor Sisters.

— Wikipedia

Solar impressed fans with her provocative lyrics, such as “Look in the mirror and pose. So damn fine. And say it, ‘I’m sick, so bad.’ Louder, louder. ‘I’m sick, I’m hot, I’m gorgeous, so bad,'” along with flipping off the cameras, although it’s blurred in the music video. Giving one the finger can translate to “f*ck you,” “f*ck me,” “shove it up your a*s,” “up yours,” or “go f*ck yourself.” 

The obscene gesture is not included in music show promotions. Still, Solar’s performances have been a pleasant surprise, as she included the house members as her backup dancers.

@moonstar__i

NOBODY DOING IT LIKE KIM YONGSUN #solar #mamamoo #lgbtq

♬ original sound – MOONSTAR

Fans applauded her for showcasing the diversity, including not just queer culture but different body sizes. Korean society is still quite conservative.

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Shoota especially has gone viral with 588.1K views on TikTok at the time of writing. Shoota’s style and ability to effortlessly dance in high-heeled boots impressed netizens.

@thenightwevemet

#kpop #fyp #solarcolors I wanted to wrie “db” not “bd”. My bad!!

♬ Colors – Solar

When promoting her new album, Solar explained that her goal was always respecting and celebrating diversity.

The dancers also praised Solar. She was not just accepting but embracing.

Ahead of the release of “Colors,” Solar’s teasers went viral. Read more below.

MAMAMOO’s Solar Goes Viral For LGBTQIA+ Inclusion In New MV

Source: My Rescources Center

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