On August 28, BLACKPINK made history at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. There, the group won the "Best Metaverse Performance" award, and Lisa won the "Best K-Pop" award.

The group also shut down the internet when they played their pre-single "Pink Venom" live. Social media was buzzing about the group's performance because of how good their singing was.

But it looks like the American news outlet Variety wasn't impressed and magazine published an article that talked about the best and worst parts of the award show.

The article said that BLACKPINK was lip-syncing, and it said that it was one of the worst parts of the night.

On that day, a post about BLACKPINK began trending on Instiz's community board under the title, "Even now, there are articles about BLACKPINK lip-syncing in other countries".

The netizen who posted wrote, "They could have done just as well if they had performed live, so why do they insist on lip-syncing?".

Other netizens quickly responded with comments such as:

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I can't help but laugh.

Pffff.

Huh? It was totally live though….?? You could even hear them touching their mics.

It was straight up live?

Jennie was criticized for getting her lyrics wrong, and now they don't like them because they lip sync ㅠ.

They did perform live though? Shouldn't Variety apologize….? They even called them 'repeat offender'…

Isn't Variety quite a reputed outlet? I don't know who to believe…

Why is Variety putting out articles saying they lip-synced when it was clear it was live??????

No but anyone could tell it was live..

It was live.

What are your thoughts on the post about BLACKPINK?

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Park Bo Gum is not just a talented actor — he’s showing he’s smart with money too!

The star of Netflix’s When Life Gives You Tangerines (폭싹 속았수다) recently made headlines after the value of his apartment jumped by a whopping 500 million won (about 370,000 USD) in just one year.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s real estate transaction records revealed on the 19th, the apartment where Park Bo Gum lives — an 84㎡ unit in Gyeonghuigung Ja-i Complex 2 in Hongpa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul — was sold for a record-breaking 2.54 billion won on March 21st. The unit is located on the 11th floor.

When you compare it to last year’s prices, which ranged from 1.95 billion to 2.05 billion won, that’s a massive increase of about 500 million won!

Gyeonghuigung Ja-i is known as a luxury apartment complex inside Seoul’s historic Four Great Gates area. It’s super close to popular spots like Gwanghwamun, City Hall, and Seodaemun Station on Subway Line 5 — making it really easy to get to hot places like Yeouido, Mapo, and even Gangnam through Line 3’s Dongnimmun Station.

It’s reported that Park Bo Gum moved there back in 2019 after leaving Mokdong in Yangcheon-gu, choosing Gyeonghuigung Ja-i mainly for its perfect location near his work spots.

Other units in the same complex have also been seeing crazy price jumps! A 59㎡ unit recently sold for 1.85 billion won (15th floor) last month, and a 101㎡ unit was sold for 2.73 billion won (7th floor) in February.

An insider from the real estate industry said, "Apartments near palaces will likely stay in high demand because of their historic meaning, the beautiful city surroundings, and great transportation."

Looks like Park Bo Gum definitely made a smart move with this one.

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