Those of you familiar with me will know my undying love for all things TOP, but I'm not very delusional about it at all. I clearly see his (many) faults. For example:
He's a mediocre rapper (at best) who at least knows how to hype up a crowd and/or leverage his deeper register to cover his flawed/basic flows. He's a shitty dancer who can only really do a couple dance moves, and otherwise gives no shits on stage. He doesn't exactly drip sex appeal through the 2-3 layers of clothing he insists on wearing at all times. He's an alright actor whose portfolio consists of mostly typecasted stoic/troubled characters. He doesn't really do any crucial shit for Big Bang besides participate in the odd high-profile movie/CF.
All things considered, he's pretty much the Dara/Yoona/Sohee/etc of the crew -- only good for bringing in acting/CF money and looking good.
But goddamn does he look good.So you can imagine my surprise when I find out he made it onto Rolling Stone's 2013 List of Hottest Sex Symbols...
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| They didn't even pick one of his best pictures!! |
Now before you shout me down for sacrilege, I do realize his inclusion among peers like
Margot Robbie (gorg),
Emily Ratajkowski (also gorg), or
Naya Rivera(ignore her Glee credits and actually Google her outside of that horrible show), or
Sam Claflin doesn't exactly mean a ton when it means he's also counted among the likes of Miley Cyrus or A$AP Rocky. They DID write a fairly glowing review about TOP the man but come on. Look at this shit:
While his South Korean counterpart Psy grabbed worldwide attention with his novelty hit "Gangnam Style," rapper/actor/model T.O.P. merely went about the business of becoming K-Pop's answer to Justin Timberlake: a handsome, stylish, talented multi-threat. The standout member of the boyband Bigbang made serious inroads of late by popping up on tracks by Major Lazer and Pixie Lott, and seems destined to be endorsed by much bigger Western names.
KPop's answer to Justin Timberlake?
Okay first of all, the boy can't even carry a tune as well as Justin on his worst day, so that's moot. If by multi-threat they mean "Someone who happens to dabble in music, acting, and modeling," then sure TOP is the Korean Justin Timberlake. Secondly, hardly anyone heard about the
Major Lazer track (that he did as GD&TOP) or
Pixie Lott track (also as GD&TOP) he appeared on, so I wouldn't even consider that an inroad to anything.
The whole thing is 99.9% simple clickbait cash-in to get the hordes of rabid fangirls to swarm the article with hits and put eyeballs on the Rolling Stone website/ads, whether it's only to say "YASSSSSSSSSSS I KNEW TOP DA BESSSSSSSS" or whine that their favorite oppa isn't on here instead. It's fairly obvious when TOP's the only Asian person on this list, let alone male, but don't let that stop
the crazies:
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| Exhibit A: Crazy TOP stans |
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| Exhibit B: Jelly GD stans + fanschism |
It's all quite hilarious to see, and TOP's laughin' all the way to the bank.
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| "Haw ha-ha-ha-HAW" |
