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VOGUE KOREA. 2021. 🎁이벤트 있음🎁 카이(KAI)랑 데이트하면 이런 기분인가요?😇💕 l 입어VOGUE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMK0YNtaB5k.
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