{ The Visual }

Some group assignments in school require us to insert our specific roles and responsibilities in our report / slides. I find dat abit unnecessarily inconvenient, becos sometimes the lines between our parts and our mates’ are blurred. And its always instinctive for us to try to make it seem as balanced as possible, which makes it kinda tedious.

So I was feelin abit cheeky the other day, and in one of such report, I decided to put under my “roles and responsibilities” as the visual of the group (in Kpop, the member who is considered to have the most attractive or interesting looks). Yea I was pretty proud of myself for dat one. Dat was until my groupmates saw it and berated me. Hmph, I see how it is…

But dat got me curious, as to how that role within an idol group is actly chosen. Like every member is already good-looking, and essentially stylised to the max, so how do u decide which among them is the “most” good-looking? So I did some research, and found out some things.

Apparently the company decides who the visual is, right abt the time they form the band. Which is pretty wild cos it means theyre judging bunch of teenagers based on their looks, which sounds highly sus but I guess das just the idol industry eh. Anyways the whole purpose of this role is to draw ppl (specifically Koreans) in on first glance, and as such they’re decided based on members’ early alignment wif Korean Beauty Standards (KBS). This explains why V is considered the most handsome man in the world by the British media (Western beauty standards) but isn’t considered the visual of BTS. That position actly goes to Jin (most compliant to KBS).

Ok, then I tot eh yo wait a minute, can’t dis beauty alignment logic oso apply to bands besides Kpop? Arashi, F4, Westlife, they shld have visuals too right? Just gotta change the K in KBS to J, T and I respectively. So I took dat query to the extreme and went to search who the visual of The Beatles was.

U noe youve asked a stupid qn when Google completely ignores it, while Gemini says it can’t give u an answer. Ok judgey judgersons, I’ll ask AI directly instead, ur more open-minded cousins…

Somehow ChatGPT, Perplexity and DeepSeek all unanimously agreed dat the visual of The Beatles was (while they were still together) and is Paul McCartney. Low-key wasn’t expecting dat. I’d thought it’d be John Lennon. But I guess all dat hippie stuff he did didn’t help his image. Then I read the reasons, things like charisma, charming demeanour and most notably, his boyish good looks. Won’t argue wif dat, with a face like that, you know you should be glad~

Alright but wait a minute, going by those reasons, I think AI made a lil mistake there. The role shld go to Ringo in dat case. I mean come on, look at him:

Look at dat goofy but beautiful smile, man. Dats something enough to make someone’s day. U can’t tell me dis isn’t the epitome of “charming demeanour” . This is a smile dat transcends aging. As I’ve mentioned before about Twink Death, it comes for everyone. Boyish good looks ain’t staying forever. But dat smile? Dat smile is. He can be 120 years old in like 30 years and looking like a mummified corpse, but once his smile kicks in, he’s suddenly the undoubtedly handsome, charming Ringo Starr of old again.

I therefore think the visual shld be decided by who has the best smile. A good smile can make a person look good for a long time, ensuring proper longevity in their visual role. Doesn’t take much too, all they gotta do is be open in expressing their joy, and suddenly they look and likely feel real good, which makes everyone around them feel good too. They look happy, they become happy, everybody becomes happy. Is quite simple, ye.

27.07.2025