i'm only a casual listener (as in i spammed 'impossible' and 'honestly' for like two weeks nonstop) and i just hope this guy is well-protected and has a lot of support around him, because some of the shit the "riize is 6" people are saying and sending (funeral wreaths????) you'd think he killed someone.
accepting his return on moral grounds aside, riize desperately needs his vocal color in the mix bc while i like wonbin and sohee, they're both tonally high and it isn't always flattering on their tracks
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’d like to see idols apologize less. He shouldn’t be sorry he had a life pre-debut. He shouldn’t be sorry it was exposed by someone violating his privacy. Hell, unless he’s my kid, I don’t need an apology for underage smoking. Tell your mom. I don’t need it and I don’t deserve it. The constant demands for apologies for missteps, mistreatment, and disrespect is just…a lot. A lot a lot.
no i fully agree. apologizing is telling people who are upset that they're right to be upset. it also tells people who support him or don't care that they're wrong for thinking he should be allowed to have a personal life.
As a newish K-pop fan, I still can't understand or wrap my head around how these men and women are viewed and treated in Korea compared to their global fans.
Maybe it’s because global fans have never had the weird parasocial relationship kfans (and honestly? Maybe Asian fans. CBRIIZE is acting up too and there’s that Japanese group that are 40+ and their fans won’t let them get married) had, or at least, global fans have never had that kind of connection on that level. There’s always a gap between fans and artists, even this day and age in the west.
But tbh, i do think it’s something they’ll have to start to change and maybe Seunghan coming back is a small piece of of that change?
Thank you for replying with your insight on this topic. It's still an education for me because at times how this fandom consumed by those fans so abnormal.
That is WILD that 40+ year old humans can't get married. Damn :-/
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accepting his return on moral grounds aside, riize desperately needs his vocal color in the mix bc while i like wonbin and sohee, they're both tonally high and it isn't always flattering on their tracks
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the wreaths are really a step too far. agencies need to blacklist people who send them from interacting with any of their idols ever again.
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no i fully agree. apologizing is telling people who are upset that they're right to be upset. it also tells people who support him or don't care that they're wrong for thinking he should be allowed to have a personal life.
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But tbh, i do think it’s something they’ll have to start to change and maybe Seunghan coming back is a small piece of of that change?
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That is WILD that 40+ year old humans can't get married. Damn :-/
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