The Kulture Study: K/DA 'MORE' (ft. Madison Beer, GI DLE, Lexie Liu, Jaira Burns, Seraphine)

[@jiarengoh2881]

Lexie Liu is the voice of Seraphine. Seraphine is the new fictional character that collaborated with K/DA, and Lexie Liu was brought in to voice her.

[@yeetacactus4849]

@Aldercy Prophecy no lol. Seraphine is a new champion yes but they based off her kda lore of an aspiring artist that collaborated with kda. So now she’s not kda’s new member she’s an artists collaborating with them and is voiced by lexie liu

[@jiarengoh2881]

@Aldercy Prophecy unfortunately you have been mistaken. While yes Seraphine is a new champion in the game the motif for her KDA skin is based on the idea that she has been invited to collaborate with the original 4 members of KDA.

[@Verdantier]

@Aldercy Prophecy KDA is a 4 member group, Seraphine was just a collab.

[@na.nguyen91]

I think they listed 6, it’s like K/DA featuring Seraphine, same as G-Idle, Jaira Burns, Madison Beer featuring Lexie Liu. I don’t think Seraphine is an official member of K/DA, just a feature.

[@Sam-ol5mx]

@Aldercy Prophecy no she’s just featured! ya’ll better read the kda lore before spreading nonesense

[@pineapple21723]

I think Soyeon had a small part in More because in "the Baddest" song she had a long verse 🤣

[@sidekicks1403]

baddest is her song. the others have their own song too but theirs are solos

[@dylanthatsit390]

@@sidekicks1403 yup Like how Villain is Evelynn's (Madison Beer) solo

[@Momogamer9]

@@dylanthatsit390 kim Petras is on it to, not a soli

[@missbrauchbar]

@@Momogamer9 that's why he said Villain is Evelynns song. Both singers impersonate Evelynn. Still in The Baddest all sing, altough it's Akalis solo. So it's just a bit reflected to the character.

[@The_Celestial_Fox]

@@Momogamer9 All the songs apart from more are considered solos for each member. The Baddest - Akali solo Villain - Evelynn solo Drum Go Dum - Kai'Sa solo I'll Show You - Ahri solo In their Spotify takeover they all talk about what inspired them to create the song, what they wanted their audience to feel when listening to it, what they themselves felt. Every song has multiple artists on it, yes. However only Ahri's has Korean (she's the only Korean character), so it's hard to pinpoint solo as in production (they are all credited on their respective solo songs) or as in the character sings the song.

[@cherryuqi478]

You should check "THE BADDEST", Soyeon had a whole minute verse there, that song is fire.

[@YaruSasaki]

Suggestion: let him check out the entire EP so he can give his 2 cents on the song featuring TWICE as well (and the other badass songs)

[@jordansarkisian]

Probably my favorite song of the bunch, track hits me like a punch to the face everytime I get to that part...but a good punch:)

[@cherryuqi478]

@@YaruSasaki Yes, definitely. All the songs in the EP are good. Although, I think it would be great if PD checks the other songs when the respective concept videos are released for an even better experience 👀

[@cherryuqi478]

@@jordansarkisian THE BADDEST and VILLAIN are my favs. The other ones are good too but I personally like those two the most.

[@melissab.1695]

Agree ; )

[@alexanderbihn]

Evelyn’s song ”Villain” by Kim Petras and Madison Beer is THAT song. Best song on the mini album.

[@beatlejuice3times859]

I like the baddest way more

[@tofutz]

same i love villain!

[@panner11]

i think it's a love it or hate it type song

[@autumneagle]

Agreed!

[@redhidinghood9337]

True

[@Chifilly]

Seraphine is a fictional character, being made to "be a real person" sorta thing. She has her own social media etc. because Riot pushed advertising for it hard, since she's the brand new character in League (note, I posted this before finishing the video so if this is addressed I apologise) Akali = Soyeon Ahri = Miyeon Evelyn = Madison Beer Kai'Sa = Jaira Burns Seraphine = Lexie Liu Seraphine was just a feature and isn't a new member of K/DA

[@teddyfeng9733]

And also I think they switch voices for the characters like for baddest, soyeon and miyeon were there but for kai'sa and evelynn, it was other singers, but yes Seraphine is the fictional character and Lexie Liu is voicing her this time.

[@MsMysticworld]

Seraphine and K/DA... collaboration.

[@tlhwamoi8737]

well fictional character like akali and the rest. she's the new champion for league of legends and to promote china since the League of Legends tournament finals were chinese players and took place in china too

[@Kata_Rin]

ah that makes more sense, thank you! I was confused because they listed Lexie Liu and Seraphine both, however usually the real singers' names are listed like that so I thought if this was the case, it would look more like K/DA ft. Seraphine ((G)-IDLE, Jaira Burns, Madison Beer ft. Lexie Liu) or something. real person separate from virtual characters.... now i understand.

[@decemberblue9307]

I'll be honest I like this song because of Soyeon's and exie's verse. I JUST LOVEEEE Lexie's verse cause its so seamless and dreamy

[@sneezu]

i liked lexie's part the best too!! her voice is so soft

[@katet8639]

Same, I liked her voice too. So dreamy

[@Random17Game]

Check ''Mulan'' and ''Manta'' by Lexie Liu, also she trialed for YG but didnt make it

[@cutieasianboi3773]

Im just here to remind people that Riot is a *Gaming Company*

[@sunghoonkisser]

Better than producing songs than some of the kpop companies out there 💀

[@ethanchan2491]

Idk what you’re talking about, it’s riot entertainment, with rito games as a subsidiary /s

[@SuperTwisty99]

To be honest, their music production is better than their gameplay design by far...

[@sunghoonkisser]

@@SuperTwisty99 the shade ☕

[@princebokuto8252]

@@SuperTwisty99 LMFAOOOO

[@raechen5259]

Lexie Liu always blends english and chinese insanely well in her songs, and I suggest her Manta if pd is going to check it out!

[@xylypotatohead3947]

To me More looks more realistic and is good but it is not shocking or anything like that Popstars had a more creative direction and more striking and memorable visuals. Don't get me wrong I like them both but I prefer Pop stars

[@Kuebiko1]

Mines the opposite of urs XDDD i prefer MORE than Pop/Stars XD

[@xylypotatohead3947]

@@Kuebiko1 That’s so funny how different the preferences of people are.☺️🤗 I think I was just too obsessed with the colors n everything in Popstars lol

[@Kuebiko1]

@@xylypotatohead3947 ye people really have different taste XD

[@hvnterly8388]

I feel like when POPstars played around with the character's powers, it was the focus of the shot. And in More, they're still there, but they look more like generic music video special effects, and I love both MVs! Like Kai'sa's stuttering image to the beat in popstars, and in More, all the tortured men as statues/props for Evelynn's backdrop. POPstars was more fantastical, and More is more typical, but still incorporating fantasy, and it's more subtle. Idk, I just think both videos are so cool for both reasons! All that being said, a goddess/angel/demon concept with even more of their powers would be soooooo cool :0

[@HPblu3]

Villain is better than both tbh. Better looking and more creative in my opinion. Recommend to watch TBSkyen analysis of the video.

[@katiecathcart6774]

Not a cpop stan, but when they announced the lineup for the KDA EP I checked out Lexie Liu's single "Manta" and I'm highkey obsessed

[@mochiyeosang1908]

Omg same! Hide and Seek is actually my favorite song of hers though :D

[@davidh4653]

Yeah, Manta is fire. Definitely the song that I heard after More that locked me in as a fan.

[@zeph5319]

if you haven't listened to it, i love her song Mulan too ! :D

[@autumneagle]

More is good, Soyeon's rap was fire. But I too am a Popstars boomer, I liked the original better. However the dance version of this with Idle and 1Million is so amazing it blew me away

[@skewedpriorities1857]

exactly me, I prefer popstars but I'm extremely partial to that 1Million dance cover

[@tristianybanez5972]

Just a reminder that Seraphine is NOT A KDA MEMBER, SHE'S A FEATURE, before Koreans bring up drama here again PS: stop hating on Xiir guys, he/she is just explaining why Koreans are angry at China, and to Xiir, you worded your first reply wrong so it got a negative reaction. and to the reason why i made this comment is that Koreans tend to be overcritical of anything that they don't like, even the simplest of things like a tattoo of someone miles away from them that's not even from their country and many more

[@__Kimes]

Hello from South Korea!

[@densebread]

Hi, heres me playing devils advocate and over simplifying this issue: Idk if you can call China fucking up Koreans for past hundreds of years as "drama" lol EDIT: I keep getting replies. I see a lot of "why do Koreans hate seraphine" and "Koreans are so dramatic" type of comments. The purpose of why I made that comment is to answer that question, and play devil's advocate. Korean netizens, are extremely upset about Seraphine because she's Chinese. Yes. Chinese. That's because these Koreans are still bitter about China's history and repeated claims of taking Korean culture away... Such as claiming that the Korean Hanbok is China's, and claiming historical Korean settlements as theirs. If you don't know Korea, Japan, and China, have tense relationships due to war. I am korean and my family hate China and Japan for what they did during Korean war, and Japanese invasions, China for assisting these invasions along side with Russia, and many other things during imperial times. Infact, due to Japanese invasions it made Koreans (especially older generations) obsessed with "pure bloodline" as Japan raped many women, and committed many brutal crimes (which you can find yourself from watching documentaries if you wish) and so in other words.... my korean friends and family are not keen to the idea of dating non-koreans and non-whites. Some go far as not to purchase any Chinese made brands or Japanese brands. When it comes to me though, I do not care about Seraphine being Chinese. And I do not care about who I date, love is love. Infact my fiancee is non-korean, and my family disowned me for this. They refuse to see my loved one for EVEN 1 second. There are many Korean/Non-Korean couples that show this struggle of parents refusing to even SEE their loved one. Example would be a youtuber "Love Withstanding" video titled "Brought my blasian fiancee to meet my Korean parents unannounced" What i have an issue about is when people call this bitterness and hatred "drama". I do not think it is drama! It is very serious and should be treated seriously, to say it is drama sounds very dismissing and mitigating. This bitterness and hatred isnt random or appeared in 2k20. It's been generational and deep rooted. It's real, it's not drama. TLDR : I'm not mad about seraphine, just playing devils advocate about Korean Netizens who are mad. This hatred is not drama, it's real, and awful. Thanks for listening to my tedtalk.

[@ch3rry554]

@@densebread Koreans have every right to be angry at China but being angry at a song made by an American company with game characters of ambiguous ethnicity/origin seems pointless (I am aware that Ahri is nine tail but I am sure that Akali was supposed to be a ninja of Japanese inspiration)

[@tanianeira9532]

@@densebread lmao, what does that have to do with KDA, League of Legends, and the girls featuring their voices to virtual characters

[@kuumih0]

@@densebread But koreans have been hella racist towards Lexie Liu and a video game character. Saying "dont speak chinese" yet in the same breath Kpop has songs that features French, English, Spanish, Japanese. Have kpop idols who are chinese, japanese, mixed etc. so like you cant pick and choose

[@awoxyla970]

the villain mv is way more creative and abstract, it is a Evelyn (madison beer character) solo, and the mv is so realistic but unsettling, you should REALLY chekc it out.

[@Odd_Cinderella]

"Concept Video."

[@irenegallardo2767]

I'd really recommend checking out "The Baddest" and "Villain" too, it adds more to their individual voices.

[@pan0ramy_]

no joke, the all out EP might be one of my favourite albums this year. it's THAT good. i don't think i've listened to anything else this past week lol

[@slylover123]

same. ive been listening to it nonstop and i expect Spotify to include it on my top ten for the year lol

[@kingfusca22342]

i'm in shock, i was watching the mv right now and thinking that if you did a reaction already and open a new window and what happen??? Your video was there. Thanks for doing this, i love your channel. Sorry for my english.

[@formoftherapy]

Don’t apologize??? Especially when your comment was perfect!

[@reesehaag5451]

YES that's what I said. Seraphine's (Lexie Liu's) voice is just so soothing in a way. I don't even know how to explain it, but it's beautiful.

[@zoyakhrystova1269]

According to the experts, they animated every character individually, so they look authentic. Amazing video!

[@slumberstudio4757]

look at the chorus dance, no way they are animated individually. first that is just stupid, second imagine doing full body chorus-length animation with facial expression 5 times. plus that chorus animation is maybe not even mocapped, looks too rigid if you compared it with real dancer

[@HPblu3]

@@slumberstudio4757 It has already been said they were animated individually. Check out TBSkyen he's an artist/animator that analyses pretty much everything riot releases mind you those videos are very long 1-2 hours. Anyway, you can pause the video at any time when they dance in group or just go frame by frame and they are never in sync, sometimes it's actually very obvious.

[@zoyakhrystova1269]

@@slumberstudio4757 there’s a video exploring every frame for an hour. Go watch. Might change your mind 😉

[@nuraisyahzulkifli1737]

@@slumberstudio4757 i agree with you the way they move (when they dance) looks rigid to me My eyes just naturally avoid looking at their moves during the dance scenes- Still a good song tho 👌✨

[@aleksandrakyupova5347]

Seraphine is just added as a character, which voice is from Lexie.

[@ryco6270]

Seraphine is a new league of legend character, but i think they should have written KDA feat Seraphine and add the artist names between parentheses. And you were right, Lexie Liu is the one singing for Seraphine. And Lexie is actually singing some adlibs/back up vocals during soyeong's part and she has a part in each chorus too. And i definitely want an album reaction/review, they even did a special clip for one of the songs, called "villain" so i'm assuming they will probably be doing the other one, but i'm not sure. Hope it's clear :D

[@Kaastengels]

People rarely talks about miyeon or jaira but without them k/da wont be the same. Especially miyeon, she's like the base.

[@ToriCake95]

*Soyeon

[@w04andia]

@@ToriCake95 Miyeon is indeed who the commenter meant. One of the singers from (G)-Idle. Soyeon is the rapper voicing Akali.

[@Kaastengels]

@@ToriCake95 miyeon.

[@ToriCake95]

Soyeon is tbe most popular idol in (G)-Idle.

[@H34rtofFire]

@@ToriCake95 While that is most definitely the case, popularity of a singular idol within a group does not (or at least... SHOULD not) diminish the importance of the rest of the group. Miyeon, for example, is their best singer... that in and of itself leads to a drastic difference in sound if she just wasn't there. And on the topic of THIS particular group/song... yes, Akali/Soyeon gets parts that stand out a lot. But you know who sings arguably the most important part of the song, aka, THE HOOK? Miyeon, in tandem with Madison. As the OP suggested, the hook is, fundamentally, the base of a song. Without the hook, you'd just have what amounts to a rap cypher, not a full song. Just like without the rest of (G)-Idle, Soyeon would just be a solo rapper. Obviously, that isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's not what (G)-Idle nor KDA are about.

[@茜仔-d7q]

Yes, do check out Lexie Liu! She’s an artist that has the perfect blend of English and Mandarin in her songs. Her songs such as Manta and Mulan are my personal favourites :)

[@emmamalory2640]

Lexie did an amazing job, her voice is so smooth that every time I hear it, it gives me goose bumps. And I listen to Chinese songs quite a lot

[@animegirl1414_random]

The hype you feel when you see pd’s notification is insane😂

[@zhonglisrock-hardpulsating5796]

I'm OBSESSED with Miyeon's voice in the prechorus and Madison's "What's higher than the top, that's me.". This time, Miyeon was the one whom I can feel the power from, and Madison balances it with her sultry voice. Plus, Jaira's little rap is actually the most catchy for me (I honestly can't catch up with Soyeon's awesome rap obviously) Proves that the little chunks of the whole song make the song complete.

[@lahvelasque]

i love lexie’s work so i was very happy when i saw she was in this song with idle

[@Kaastengels]

Man the comments are fresh, no toxic solo fans in sight

[@KayEeEss]

Ahhhh I would love to see you check out more Lexie Liu, even if it's just on Patreon! I realize that's outside of your normal kpop/jpop content, but her music is dope!

[@KayEeEss]

She was actually on Kpop Star in the same group as Denise from Secret Number and Yerim (formerly) of 12DAL.

[@KayEeEss]

Ah I just finished the video! I shouldn't comment halfway through lol. I'll send some suggestions on Patreon!

[@willb.4141]

South Koreans need to listen to your explanation on how this is neither Kpop nor American pop. They be crying over Seraphine’s Chinese line saying that she ‘stole Kpop’ like lmaoo nooo. Seraphine is not even a permanent member 😂 And I totally agree how the Chinese part just seamlessly blends with the rest of the song and that part is IMMACULATE!

[@xwah5016]

Lmao srssly tho. They said this is Kpop. Then why the hell they aren’t mad when literally most Kpop songs have English lyrics and some Spanish words??? This isn’t even Kpop, it’s created by white people who used the Korean music industry system. Like srssly

[@m40ro]

I want to ask you that do you even know there are many things happen between Korea and China for a long, srsly long time in our history? Don't worry, I will not tell you about like 5K years long history about the Korean peninsula, just, let's talk about stuffs which are happening in these days. Small thing first, like, yellow smog from China. We-South Korean- couldn't enjoy our blue sky in a long time, b/c yellow smog came from central/eastern chinese industrial complex. Yeah, I know, wind came from west, and China was there, that's it. Not just only Chinese problem but also global issue. However, do you possibly think that clearly if you were here? That issue gave us bad impression of Chinese attitude for a long long time. Like DoT(Damage over Time). And Stealing neighbor countries' cultural heritage. This is a big deal. Since Tiananmen massacre, Chinese Communist Party tried to 'organization' their past culture stuffs. Therefore, for now, they lost many of their unique, great, elder's legacy. I think that is a reason why they keep try to insist and stick with ownership for other countries' cultural heritages and even actual land territory. (FYI Conflict with Korea : North-eastern Asia Project to distort history, Attacking BTS and speaking bullshit about Korean war, Trying to steal Hanbok(Korean traditional clothes) and Kimchi's originality. Conflict with Japan : Senkaku-shotō / Diaoyudao Qundao / Diaoyutai Lieyu. Conflict with Hongkong : Democratic movement as you heard. Conflict with Tibet, Xinjiang uyghur. ) I wrote just simple issues just what I can remember right now. Many things happened between us, and it still goes on. I can understand ppl from other country and other culture like you hard to understand our 'behind story'. (However, I want to ask you guys that why don't you guys think twice like 'Hmm, China and Korea are neighbor, but I can feel some kind bad atmosphere between of them. Let's find what is going on.') In conclusion, most of South Korean have srsly bad impression about China in these days. (Sometimes even more than Japan.) I know, Seraphine issue doesn't look like that much critical or big deal for you guys, however, for us? It's kinda big deal.

[@xwah5016]

@@m40ro i don’t wether to laugh or pity you guys. Apparently all the smog that Korea has apparently comes from China. So you guys are in a Stone Age?? You guys don’t contribute to carbon emissions?? China has been contributing to lowering carbon emissions, NASA even said China is leading in lowering carbon emissions, being the first country to put a desert into forestry, many lands of theirs are full of forests, plastic is being banned, recycling laws are implemented in big cities, So your blaming those countries like China who has foreign businesses coming into China doing low pay for the people bc they can’t do it themselves in the u.s. which caused ppl to have low salary in the past, now china wants to implement a new law that would make the wages higher w the made in China 2025 but ofc Many western countries especially your Master the U.S who currently has a military Base on ur land and bombed your country in the past is residing and making u ppl pay large taxes for it. They started the trade war bc China refuses to be a damn servant who only gets 20M out of the 100M worth of shipments trade w the u.s. tehy went against the u.s wishes of keeping China and many those other Asian countries in a cycle where they will always be the factory countries. Second of all, IF ur gonna get political, Abt Taiwan and HK, here’s something in history that maybe ur brainwashed media hasn’t been able to convey. Taiwan is the only “country” in the world that goes against their constitution that defines Taiwan as part of the people’s republic of China and the only constitution of the party in power is actually violating the constitution. Constitution of Democratic progressive Party (in power) states that the party in Taiwan is pushing independence while their constitution deems it illegal. An illegal political organization. The KMT fled and lost the civil war and resided in Taiwan. U think if the KMT was so good why did the ppl back then hated the KMT party?? They were just servant lapdogs like your country currently is and the KMT soldiers raped village women, is corrupted, supported the Nazi’s and the elites only got richer while the poor suffered. Hong Kong- I guess u support those “protestors” who were already exposed after countless evidence of pictures of the leaders meeting w u.s embassy officials and cia agents . U support pregnant women beaters, support them as they killed an elderly by smashing a brick to the head, support them as they harassed a mother who lost her daughter to suicide and threatening her to lie and say the girl died bc of the fear of “Mainland”, u support murderers as they doused a man in flammable liquid and set him on fire bc the man simply told them to stop, his freedom of speech was taken away by the very protestors that r asking for freedom when on the world index, HK is the number one free place. HK had no freedom after the handover from British colony in which HK port was stolen bc of drugs. HK were treated like dirt! U never were taught that in Korea?? Conflict w Korea. - I don’t know what bullshit ur media is saying and ofc ur not a threatening big country like Russia and China r, u wouldn’t have to experience malicious lies spread abt ur country. The BTS issue, maybe u should read reliable sources or go to weibo bc what the news r reporting is messed up. Kpop isn’t big in China, BTS is not even the top popular groups in China, those bts fans in China were wondering why the soldiers that fought in the war and died weren’t honored, but they were stupid as some Chinese know that BTS a music group is being used as a political tool and collab of U.S help w the Democratic Party at that time of s.Korea. they were not changing any news as apparently the u.s didn’t tell u guys that when China had their civil war and war w Japan, their economy was weak, rubbish, dirt. WAS NEVER gonna interfere in the Korean civil war in which the Democratic Party in Korea was actually slaughtering those that are accused of being “communist”. Ur county were suffering from invasions as well and from Japan, Japan that was backed by other western countries. you’re country didn’t tell u that?! Ur gov in the past massacred ppl. Then Stalin informed Mao that The u.s was gonna use the Korean War and cross up the Yalu river and fight on the grounds in China w their ships docked in Philippines, if u don’t trust, search up the former lead cia agent. They thought it was gonna be easy, but no, china interfere bc they had to protest their country, Stalin also helped so maybe u should also blame Russia then?? America was and still doing their “democracy ideology spread” u see Syria, Palestine, and all of the Middle East?? Yea, that’s the cause of the u.s. and their belief that they are the world police and w their white supremacy thinking that it’s god’s will. Tiananmen Massacre - I hope u know how dirty and traitor like and lying pigs some Chinese ppl r for the sake of money and power. U can read this, don’t worry, it’s from an independent western site. worldaffairs.blog/2019/06/02/tiananmen-square-massacre-facts-fiction-and-propaganda/ Hanbok and Kimchi- Chinese ppl respect ur Koreans Hanbok and Kimchi, kimchi in Chinese is Korean Paocai, that’s the respect for it. It’s facts that Hanbok and neighboring countries have connections in the ancient times, it’s fact that Hanbok has INFLUENCE from China. As a fashion major, that is a FACT. Kimchi is obviously Korean, Islamic what the fuss is abt bc no Chinese is saying it’s Chinese?!!!? Conflict w Tibet and Xinjiang?? Tibet? U poor soul, maybe u should visit Tibet, it’s not a poor place anymore. It’s sad bc u actually don’t even know what Tibet is like and how it’s run besides from what u heard from the news and how the u.s is funding the Dhali Lama for political reasons and those rich Tibetans who fled bc tehy didn’t want to share tehir wealth w the poor. Xinjiang issue, Maybe u should read these articles and clear ur mind, bc u clearly don’t k what’s happening, don’t worry, those r from independence American sources that has evidence of lies abt the situation in Xinjiang. U obviously ignorant. 1. The original "evidence" of 1 million Uyghurs being sent to concentration camps original stems from US propaganda outlets: thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/ 2. The Keriya Aitika Mosque that was claimed in 2018 to be demolished is actually still there. They were merely renovating, albeit most buildings surrounding the mosque was replaced with newer/ bigger ones as Xinjiang is developing incredibly fast. medium.com/@sunfeiyang/the-case-of-the-keriya-aitika-mosque-efa29e456339 3. The often used picture of Uyghurs dressed uniformly lined up sitting in a re-education camp actually comes from an early 2017 picture of regular prisoners in Xinjiang listening to a public speech in a regular jail. It wasn't just prisoners who listened to the speech. web.archive.org/web/20180820154817/ baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1564669932542581&wfr=spider&for=pc (scroll down 4. The video of a supposed Uyghur being beaten for having a copy of a Quaran, was actually an Indonesian police beating a pickpocket. The police was discharged afterwards. factcheck.afp.com/no-not-video-chinese-soldier-beating-uighur-muslim-having-copy-koran 5. Some pictures of Uyghurs in Chinese detention camps, including that of a crying child, are pictures edited from protests, people rescued from human trafficking, and Uyghurs protesting outside in 2009 as a result of a riot that killed 156 people. factcheck.afp.com/these-photos-show-protests-istanbul-and-xinjiang-and-migrant-shelter-thailand 6. Claim of a Chinese police officer strangling a Uyghur woman caught praying is actually a video of the police officer restraining a violent drunk woman in 2018. factcheck.afp.com/video-shows-police- officer-pinning-down-drunk-chinese-woman-his-knee-hotel-shenzhen 7. Picture of "forced labor" of Uyghurs, first published by Forbes, originally came from a factory in 2010 Brazil. Forbes later changed the picture without announcing their error. i.redd.it/20mzu89zo1d51.jpg 8. Picture of an "uyghur" with his eyes/mouth/ears sewn shut, is actually a picture of Abas Amini protesting the UK's treatment of asylum seekers in 2003 i.redd.it/9zixb3ukmad51.png news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/ nottinghamshire/2941780.stm 9. Rushan Abbas, who claimed that her sister/ friends are locked in Chinese concentration camps, is actually a participator of Guantanamo Bay in 2003 with CIA ties, which has verifiable human rights violations against Muslim prisoners. When confronted she claimed she was only a translator, but also justified Guantanamo Bay. www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/e9ad4ni_am_rushan_abbas_uyghur_activist_and_survivor_Of/ 11. Sayragul Sauytbay first claimed that she did not see any violence, only hunger and that they never had any meat. However, later her story changed, claiming that they were forced to eat pork. She also added a new story that she saw police raping prisoners in public, and anyone who showed facial expressions or couldn't watch was taken away and disappeared. www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/world/article-everyone-was-silent-endlessly-mute-former-chinese-re-education/ www.haaretz.com/amp/world- news/.premium.MAGAZINE-a-million-people-are-jailed-at-china-s-gulags-i-escaped-here-s-what-goes-on-inside-1.7994216

[@xwah5016]

@@m40ro in conclusion, bc all the sensitivity and u guys unable to see the hidden history, my Chinese friends also have bad impressions of Korean ppl now. Many don’t bc they have Korean friends. I have Korean friends, so I k abt these issues. U need to research deeper as u don’t understand what is really happening atm. China and The U.S are currently in a Cold War bc believe it or not, China’s economy Is rising and a socialist capitalist country is succeeding when The u.S preached that Democracy is the only way to go. U see the U.S does not like an Asian country beating them. China wants to cooperate, but the U.S demands more. Last time China made 100M and 80M were given to the U.S, u tell me isn’t that unfair?? China refused and U.S is merely attacking. I need to tell u that all countries ONLY look out for their own interests, that’s especially the U.S. u think they actually cared abt u guys?? No, they don’t, they have 95% of the worlds military bases and bio weapon labs around the world and pointing at China. They’re doing military drills in the South China Sea, and building up their military ever since China has made their own missile launchers enacted if any dangers comes. U.S is trying to build support so they can go to war w China in the coming future, and Ur country is gonna be inflicted and just a tool bc u guys r neighbors to China. U can search it up. It’s already happening, just know that the u.s started the war. They’re using the same tactics like they did to start the war in Vietnam. Using propaganda to gain support for the war, creating lies. Don’t blame china if ur country gets Chemical fumes when the u.s starts dropping bombs. China only wants to survive and not end up like the countries in the Middle East and become like Palestine. And it’s obv there’s bad blood between China and other Asian counties u guys r playing right in the way the U.S wants. Creating divisions, controlling the world’s media. Using and funding couriered NGO groups etc that kills innocents and spread lies. They did it to Japan when Japan’s economy was second to the U.S and rising. Then they started doing bans on them and threatening them. Ofc they covered it up.

[@m40ro]

@@xwah5016 Thank you for your all effort and links of citation. However, it's day time for here, and I am working now. I will read thoses asap and i will let you know.

[@pineapple21723]

Lexie Liu is the voice behind Seraphine 😊

[@cocopop183]

I kinda like popstars more, but I what makes this equally as good is how much everyone has improved, especially Madison Beer and Miyeon. I watched them side by side to get a better view, and its crazy how much they developed

[@whole.milk__]

always love to see your analysis and appreication of camerawork and videography

[@somihyun]

I love more Lexie really did a great job her voice is really mesmerising

[@ForestSen]

Definitely check out “Villian concept video” cause they really went wild in the abstract ness with a mix of the reality from this one.

[@dunkindonuts5304]

honestly, after listening to this song, i had lexie's bridge on repeat nonstop. then i checked out more of her stuff and OHMYGOD SHE IS IMMACULATE. HER VOICE, HER SEAMLESS TRANSITION BETWEEN CHINESE AND ENGLISH AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING. HER MUSIC VIDEOS ARE SPECTACULAR TOO. EVEN IF A LOT OF THEM SEEM MINIMALISTIC, THEY NEVER FAIL TO BLOW ME AWAY. she is SUCH an amazing artist i would DEFINITELY recommend her songs Manta, Sleep Away, Hide and Seek, and Love and Run. Manta HAS to be my all-time favorite though. fun fact: she used to be a part of 88rising, but she left and started her own label called nixie studios. and let me just say..... she made the best decision ever. there are actually more songs by her i'd like to recommend, but the titles are all in mandarin so it's kind of tough. i'll definitely say to check out b-sides from her albums as well, though. my favorite one is Metropolis. it'll be soooo sooo cool if you could do reactions to her some time PD, i'd geek out like crazy!!

[@animefean1]

Yes Seraphine is a new champion and is voiced by Lexie Liu , shes not a permanent member of KDA and the reason shes not in the whole MV ties a lot with her lore

[@Random17Game]

Lexie Liu auditioned for YG while Blackpink were still preparing to debut Also "Manta" and "Mulan" are good songs by Lexie Liu worth cheking Edit: Never do this, but like this comment so that PD actually sees this 2 songs as he asked for songs from Lexie

[@martamorais5782]

PD i know you like Kim Petras! She voices Evelynn in Villain!

[@chikenman334]

yes Seraphine is the Character Lexie voiced. good question as to why its listed twice

[@ady341]

Seraphine told in her ig she only collaborated with kda. Meaning shes not a member of kda.

[@calmryu9446]

i believe in evelynn supremacy

[@kimbappin]

PD, you should definitely check The Baddest out!

[@nogamenolife1901]

Seraphine is a Neverland. Or Paboland if you know what I mean.

[@irmuunikii]

Poster

[@farzan7447]

What Shuhua says, Shuhua gets

[@irmuunikii]

@@farzan7447 what?

[@farzan7447]

@@irmuunikii Shuhua called us Paboland because we were worrying about her

[@nogamenolife1901]

@@irmuunikii you're not a Neverland are you?

[@Adonna2424]

Just found your channel and I was pumped to see this reaction! I LOVE K/DA! Edit: I hope you listened to the whole CD because the production level is out of this world!

[@mateusf.s.880]

I got that "boundaries" feeling, the reason riot did that (I believe) is bc they made comics and twitter posts that show the characters "making" the mv, and so they wanted to resemble those features in the acctual thing.

[@fzfxfcf]

Lexie Liu (seraphine) it's my favorite part of the song!!!! just magical

[@melissabotero2217]

They have a pre-release that was The Baddest, thats the strongest song. You should listen all the EP, is so cool and have a collab with TWICE

[@JmTKokish]

Lexie is the Chinese singer who lend her voice to Seraphine. If y'all not playing LoL, Seraphine is a newly-launched champion (character or hero, call it what you want.) They just added Seraphine to introduce her "arrival" in the game.

[@archwayofcesar]

Since I’ve been listening to Lexie Liu for a while I thought I’d recommend some things. Btw she writes her own music and directs her music videos. She also funded her album Meta Ego, and its videos, with her own money. A big theme for her work is futurism. Check out Lexie’s music video for Manta from Meta Ego. Her video for OK, OK, OK. And her video for Nada from her album 2030. My favorite song from 2030 is Strange Things. My favorite songs from Meta Ego are Holy, Metropolis and Aqua Blue. But if you can listen to 2030 and Meta Ego in full I recommend!

[@_hyungiebaguette9785]

Check out "The Baddest" and "Villain concept video, but the baddest is just a lyric video unfortunately

[@Acsv122]

It's funny how I randomly discovered this song yesterday and got addicted to it, and then today there's a video of your reaction to it hahaha

[@somihyun]

I’m glad you could react !!🧝🏻‍♀️💫

[@yuminglin4004]

Please listen to Lexie’s other songs, her voice really mixes Chinese and English very well

[@SweetLitzLM]

Pop Stars was made by french studio Fortiche while More was made by english studio Axis. If you look at Axis studios portfolio, they made "Anthem" episode from "Love Death + Robots" incredibly reaclistic animated short. They make VFX for series and movies and do realistic cinematic trailers for video games. They really flex on doing realistic stuff (Based on the style i assume they made the Villain video as well?). Fortiche is a animation studio, they did music videos for Gorillaz and a bunch of other shorts for Riot, so they are masters at animating and they are not only a VFX company, they know how to make a interesting video with narrative. Thats why they are different.

[@TheMarieflyy]

Omg yes please check out the ep!! It's incredible! Each song is suppose to represent one member of k/da, and some members of Twice are featured in Ahri's song (Miyeon's character), it's called I'll show you. My personal favorite is villain (Madison Beer and Kim petras' song, representing Evelyn's character)

[@amychang897]

Lexie Liu is great! She’s part of 88rising if you’re interesting in checking her stuff out. She’s also very young so it’ll be exciting to see how her music style progresses. If you're interested in checking her out, I think she released a new video about a month ago called 佳人 or "Jia Ren" which roughly translates to "beautiful woman". It's a more traditional name for a beautiful person. I believe the music video references to a Zhang Yimou film called "Raise the Red Lantern". The song, judging by lyrics, focuses on destroying the traditional concept of how a women should be like. If you're aware of the movie then it'll probably be more apparent. She references some Chinese Poetry too. If you like something slower, then her song Hide and Seek is also a gem.

[@andrewlee9947]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS, THANK YOU

[@sketchios5158]

Might I add that Seraphine has actual social media accounts and she has released songs, which are not bad tbh. "Childhood dreams" and "You made me this way" are quite cute. Your reaction was so on point, totally agree with what you said about MORE ,even though after a few listens the song is actually really good , it lacks that fast tempo and that clever animation style that builds anticipation that gave me chills in POPSTARS . I think it's almost impossible to reach the high bar they set with popstars overall. But honestly ,i can't complain cause their work is mind blowing.That is a solid comeback. ALSO , hope you will react to their ALL OUT ep. album , apart from MORE, the other songs are made to represent each member's aesthetic and character and are so SO experimental soundwise (they even got a Twice collaboration!) . They released a concept video for the song "Villain'" which is Evelyn's song , and they are going to release the rest concept videos the following weeks .

[@awoxyla970]

pd the whole album is DOPE, they are going to drop 4 more mvs, please react to them also!!!!

[@AK-cx6di]

i went to rewatch pop stars mv and yes i agree that music video is sssoooo much more satisfying to watch with all the shots that wouldnt be possible in real life, its also less disturbing bc the characters dont look so real😭 but i enjoy MORE as a song more than pop stars

[@nuraisyahzulkifli1737]

I totally agree with you to me popstar is more visually pleasing like I can watch it multiple times a day. On the other hand, I can totally listen to More all day (tho I gotta admit it did grew on me, didn't really like it all that much at first) I feel like nothing can top popstar visually, like, 10/10

[@faithmo5347]

Lexie Liu has so many good songs too! Her voice is just so smooth

[@aman7930]

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS, THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO REACT TO THIS!!!

[@nnarimii]

THANK U SO MUCH FOR REACTING TO THIS! I was really looking forward to it for so long! :D

[@Adawing]

Seraphine is the new character who came into the game (League of Legends) recently. She came at the same time as the song. So basically, her debut in the game was introduced with the song. There's a lore behind that character that I haven't read, but originally, I think she grew up looking up to KDA. Which is why in the MV, you see her in her room, lip syncing the song. She was a music lover who got the chance to sing with her idols. You could say she made it ! Lexi Liu is the voice of Seraphine in there if I got it right

[@cakel7896]

I remember that the camera movement in POPSTARS was only jump cuts, and it was always zooming out with pretty much no tilt. It let people take in the creative shots while u would've missed the environment in MORE.

[@MiaMode]

I'VE BEEN WAITING PD!!! also I LOVE Seraphine/Lexie's VOICE! 💜 💜

[@heneralgregoriohilariodelp6185]

They really put all the efforts on trying to make this close to reality and it's really amazing !

[@sallymatthews2476]

Been looking forward to this!! Thank you for reacting!!!

[@irisbenitho]

The dance video that came out is fire. But their voices are so good.

[@anthonyjameslerit8389]

I haven't seen your videos for ages but now I'm back for this!

[@kinare1853]

You should definitely check out their EP all out. In fact they had the 4th largest streams in a week for a girl group album on spotify after BP(THE ALBUM), Little mix(confetti) and twice (eyes wide open) which is INSANE.

[@maoriin7079]

Finally someone talk about Seraphie singer voice! Her voice is so satisfying.

[@amorfatikhb]

i knew smth felt a lil off between this mv and pop/stars. thank you for breaking it down!

[@kaelenemslie]

Seraphine is the character, voiced by Lexie Lui, and has her own “solo” songs. I would love to see your reaction to her version of K/DA’s Popstars! Are you going to listen to their EP by any chance? Would also love to see your reaction to Villain by Evelynn

[@minnhae]

You should check out their EP! Villain has its own MV and it's definitely a beautiful display of animation!

[@SheWhoLovesKpopXOXO]

Are you gonna review their whole EP "ALL OUT" too? Some of the TWICE members were featured on one of the songs! The song Villain, has a concept video.

[@mainaccount9696]

I dont watch ALL of your videos, I only watched several that I like, but you dont know how HAPPY I AM that your speaking audio finally sounds clear ToT Usually I had to volume up when you're speaking, and then got shocked when suddenly the audio got high during songs lol

[@monimon9]

definitely check out Manta by Lexie Liu, that song is a bop, also her latest album Meta Ego

[@eggdoesstuff.9844]

I LOVED more tbh. This MV really aimed even closer to the kpop MV vibe with the whole thing of sets and choreo etc. But tbh my favorite thing about this is the damn song. I thought it was so catchy. Like the chorus hits really hard and the synths are so nice. Plus the bridge is so pretty with Lexie’s voice. The album is also fantastic. Riots production team is amazing and Im glad they followed up on the KDA project. As a fan of the game i was pretty satisfied. Seraphine has her own issues but thats more on the game rather than the song so 🤷‍♀️

[@clarelamb755]

You had really good energy in this video today!!

[@juliibennington]

You should really check out Lexie´s music Manta, Kappa girl, really good! Hope you can upload those here :(

[@EclipseSeth]

You should check their villain video, from KDA. This one is a solo for a character, and it is very different.

[@andre.salvador2]

Wonderful song, was waiting for you to react! Great video as always. ❤️

[@ot7biasedmashups]

Tbh I just can't decide whether I prefer pop/stars or more. Same with the Mvs. They're very different but still have the same style and I just love both.

[@ixarizskye5440]

Lexie Liu is the singer, Seraphine is the character and both the character and the singer was a feature here which is why it is listed as both of them individually.

[@BloodofaFool]

CHECK OUT THE BADDEST. SOYEON POPPED OFF! Best I've ever heard her.

[@user-ds3si8ez1l]

They featured Seraphine (Lexie Liu) cuz she came in the game as the same time. You really have to listen the Ep "All out", songs are really cool and Twice is featuring. And also should check "Manta" From Lexie Liu

[@LadyMinju]

K/DA stans are called BLADES! 💜

[@jojobelo4830]

I've been waiting for this :(

[@akoliv]

love how you talked about the "realness" factor of the MV and how it still feals kinda surreal in a way and weird? idk haha but you should def check out the EP , you'll probably love drum go dum

[@hofungkwok51]

Definitely suggest The Baddest more than MORE MORE is a large advertisement video of Seraphine only

[@evilwelshman]

Out of curiosity, I think it would be interesting if PD checked out / did a reaction to some of Lexie Liu's songs; even just to see the difference in style from K-pop.

[@ArtemisW21]

Lexie Liu is a talent Chinese singer! You guys can check her KZbin channel to watch some more creative music videos. She also writes her songs using both English and Chinese.

[@greenpan1214]

go check out Lexie's music, the blend between Chinese and English are so smooth, melody is top tier too

[@Dyvvintou]

Fun fact lexie was almost a yg trainee

[@Kamiisama69]

i used to not like more as much as popstars but now ive changed my mind. more is soooooooooooo so so so good. both songs are bangers

[@realsecrets1]

PD'S voice thooo. Makes this video 2x better

[@nbutcher8784]

Definitely recommend looking at the "concept video" for The Kda song Villain (Evelynn's solo track on the ep)

[@hannyai4063]

Yasssssss, I was waiting for this!

[@alexawoo1594]

I can't wait for your reaction of the full EP!!! 😅💖