Y'all need to stop. Hes gone. Let it go.
You are going to force the the band to make a blatant statement and then you’re gonna act like rabid wolverines toward anyone who agrees with them because you’re hurt.
We’re not talking about the american music industry where being a Teflon Don and the concept of “i got away with (insert list of crimes)” is admired. We’re talking about an industry where musicians are called idols and put on (for the most part) “innocent good boys you want to bring home to mom” facades. Once that facade is broken it’s pretty much over.
If y'all really want him back that badly, I suggest you hype him to move to the US as a solo artist and join Chris Brown in that whole cesspool where he can brag about what he did and be commended for it.
Because seriously even if he did try to come back. There is no image he could sell other than that. It’s exactly why robin thicke’s career tanked after Paula. Even tho thicke committed no crimes he was caught doing things that contradicted his public persona (which was at the time “a ladies man but for one lady only, his wife”) and people weren’t all about that. He then had a choice to make, he could own what he did and ride that “douchebag playboy” wave he stirred up (which might have worked for him) or he could actually apologize. Instead he took the third option where he “apologized” but made it all about him in hopes no one would notice and he could get his career back on track and it bit him in the ass.
The same applies to this situation this boy he was caught doing things that contradicted his public persona, but instead of atleast trying to apologize, he ran and the entire world saw it happen. There is no image in K-Pop that you can sell based on that.
You all are looking at this from purely a fan stand point. From a business stand point he is kryptonite, he is Jared from subway, he is jenelle from teen mom. And even tho bands love to throw that whole “we’re brother’s and will be together forever” stuff around it’s just simply not true. Hell, look at oasis, they actually were brothers and the hate each other.
The second a band signs a contract they become a business. If you do things that hurt the image that the business wants to portray to the world then your going to be booted (and pulling a “you can’t fire me, i quit” is not any different). It’s the same as being employed, and then being fired for making inflammatory statements on Facebook while having your employer on your profile. Your going on the “do not rehire” list even if there are a group of customers who complain about you being gone.
You people are literally hurting the band as a business by trying to advertise them with him included. Whether or not you believe or agree with it, as far as the world is concerned he is a dirty unreilable business man who hangs around a bunch of convicted serial rapists. That is not someone you can market to the public. Not unless he goes through a SERIOUS personality change and even then it would take years of continuous effort on his part for the public to trust him enough to support him. And I’m talkin efforts like setting up organizations for rape survivors, speaking out for womens rights…Etc. things that show that he is no longer the person he was. And considering that he still hasn’t even made any sort of statement expressing his remorse over what happened to those women, I can’t see that happening in a billion years.
So it’d be a damn good idea to seperate the idea/concept of him from the rest of the band because they’re still here and they’re ready to rock the house without him. And you can either accept that these are 2 seperate entities now and look forward to what IS going to happen or you can be bitter about it.
But if you gonna be bitter keep that shit to yourself and stop trying to not only rain on everyone esles parade but also pop all the floats.
