US Harper’s Bazaar October 2024 : Jennie RubyJane by Zoe Ghertner

[matheus_s]

The home issue with…?

 

[mikel]

Dreadful!

 

[MModa]

I like both the cover and the photographs inside. The styling is perfect and the gold is a nice touch.

 

[MDNA]

wow she's really there giving us nothing.

 

[blueorchid]

Why don't these K-Pop girlies give any life in their photos?

 

[tigerrouge]

That entire industry is an exercise in providing an audience with a blank slate for maximum projection, while also giving rise to the least offence possible.

 

[KoV]

She and her bandmates have made a commitment to never serve.

 

[kikifoz]

wet rat

 

[blueorchid]

That’s an insult to wet rats

 

[Phuel]

“Blackpink Jennie will always be a part of me, but you will also get to experience this new side” LMFAO— spoken like a true scripted AI fembot to optimize consumer-spending for a new brand produced by her corporate overlords.

As much as this is a bought coverstory, admittedly, it’s nice to see an Asian face on the cover of these Western rags, but these Kpop girls/boys are so assembly-lined dead in the eyes products, with not a sliver of individuality, let alone style, they may as well be plastic mannequins with anime features. But they must have learned from the mother of all fembots-- Beyonce, about optimizing brand profile and profits, while saying as little as possible, lest you offend someone, anyone. That it’s Zoe, the mother of AI-photography 101, shooting this, is sort of brilliantly hilarious in its irony.

And despite all this, Samara’s Bazaar still possesses more life, energy and a POV than the editors of French/English/Italian/American Vogue combined.













Harpers Bazaar USA October 2024

 

[Kimy Jo]

That shot with the close up on the nose… imagine pay money for that