Your number one fan
Something that's rocking the kpop world right now are stalkers who obsessively follow the superstars of the group JYJ. First, there was a recording of JYJ cussing out the stalkers and even hitting them. JYJ was blacklisted for this, pretty much. "How could they do such a thing?!"
But then more was released, like a photo of a JYJ member in a restaurant, and the windows behind full of girls plastered to the windows. A story about how these girls hire taxis to intentionally crash into JYJ's vehicles. A video of one girl caressing a JYJ member's cheek, then slapping it with all her might. The shock on his face. JYJ saying they've been stalked for years.
Then people started to see that the girls really are stalkers and they're terrifying, so JYJ's hitting and cursing is put into a different light. JYJ made a public apology, but mentioned they've been stalked for 8 years and that it's been extremely stressful.
It reminds me of the TH stalkers incident. There's a line a fan can crosses, and then they become a stalker. They don't realize their actions are causing their star pain, fear, and anxiety. Their goal is that they want their star to remember them, their face out of the faceless masses of fans. So then they resort to desperate measures like violence, harassment, fear, and vandalism. It's really sad. There's no respect for the star -- the more violating the stalker can be, the better.
Emotions like fear and anger run high in the star. The star lashes out in self-defense and is condemned. And then it's a vicious cycle, because the stalker probably takes perverse satisfaction at the pain and harsh words because she's attained her goal of getting her star to remember her and acknowledge her.
Both sides are in the wrong -- the star hit the stalker, and you shouldn't hit people. But, the stalker drove the star to lash out like that. There was a lot of history behind that simple action of punching the girl in the face.
You shouldn't hit people; but then again, you shouldn't give someone such a strong reason to hit you. Being disturbed and obsessed is a very good reason to get a frenzied counterattack. It's not love anymore, and stalkers aren't fans anymore. They're obsessed in a bad way, a clinically obsessed way. They can be diagnosed to have disordered mental processes according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-IV.
On that somber note, I leave this music video by Epik High. It's a really good video. A fan makes a choice to kidnap her star. It ends with the number one fan building a rocket and strapping him to it, to send him to space like the superstar he is.
But then more was released, like a photo of a JYJ member in a restaurant, and the windows behind full of girls plastered to the windows. A story about how these girls hire taxis to intentionally crash into JYJ's vehicles. A video of one girl caressing a JYJ member's cheek, then slapping it with all her might. The shock on his face. JYJ saying they've been stalked for years.
Then people started to see that the girls really are stalkers and they're terrifying, so JYJ's hitting and cursing is put into a different light. JYJ made a public apology, but mentioned they've been stalked for 8 years and that it's been extremely stressful.
It reminds me of the TH stalkers incident. There's a line a fan can crosses, and then they become a stalker. They don't realize their actions are causing their star pain, fear, and anxiety. Their goal is that they want their star to remember them, their face out of the faceless masses of fans. So then they resort to desperate measures like violence, harassment, fear, and vandalism. It's really sad. There's no respect for the star -- the more violating the stalker can be, the better.
Emotions like fear and anger run high in the star. The star lashes out in self-defense and is condemned. And then it's a vicious cycle, because the stalker probably takes perverse satisfaction at the pain and harsh words because she's attained her goal of getting her star to remember her and acknowledge her.
Both sides are in the wrong -- the star hit the stalker, and you shouldn't hit people. But, the stalker drove the star to lash out like that. There was a lot of history behind that simple action of punching the girl in the face.
You shouldn't hit people; but then again, you shouldn't give someone such a strong reason to hit you. Being disturbed and obsessed is a very good reason to get a frenzied counterattack. It's not love anymore, and stalkers aren't fans anymore. They're obsessed in a bad way, a clinically obsessed way. They can be diagnosed to have disordered mental processes according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-IV.
On that somber note, I leave this music video by Epik High. It's a really good video. A fan makes a choice to kidnap her star. It ends with the number one fan building a rocket and strapping him to it, to send him to space like the superstar he is.
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