Teddy bear

So if you were to ask me who my favorite Blackpink member is I’d say, Teddy. 

Blink:  Who is your favorite Black member?

Me: Teddy. 

Blink:  [blink, blink]

Me:  [heartshape with my hands]

Haha.  No seriously.  Teddy is their producer/songwriter.  He appears in “Light up the sky” as the mysterious guy wearing the mask you see at the beginning. 

Teddy is of my generation, born in Korea in 1978 and then moved to the east coast United States (holla) when he was young, then moved back to Korea in his adult years to be part of the kpop group 1TYM (one time, one time, two time, two time ) which came out with their first album in 1998, On Time for Your Mind.  So yeah you see the 90s influence. 

I listened to K-pop in the 90s but not 1TYM.  What was popular was H.O.T (Candy, anyone?).  

At the time K-pop wasn’t mainstream.  My Asian friends and I listened to it along with the mainstream stuff like Nirvana, Cranberries, No Doubt, Green Day, Coolio, TLC, 311, Atlantis Morissette, Spice Girls. 

Ah the Spice Girls.  Came out in the ‘94 when I was in highschool.  I remember everyone was asked which Spice Girl they were when the question came to me, I would say Sporty Spice probably because she was a brunette and the most modestly dressed.  The truth was, I wasn’t represented by any of them but when you have to pick, you do. 

Blackpink did Wannabe at their show in London.  Whether they are mainstream is debatable but H.O.T. would not have played to an audience of 70,000 strong in Wembly, London that’s for sure.