Why people can’t let go of TVXQ’s split but can more easily accept Super Junior (& other SM artists) members leaving
When Hangeng left Super Junior, he went back to China, another country, to do what he wanted instead of being stuck in SM’s control. Since he could freely promote in China, we were still able to easily see him without restrictions and could accept that he moved on with his life. Also, we’ve seen him happily reunite with his former members, especially Siwon and Heechul who he’s still very close with.
Kibum never showed up in Super Junior stuff really after Sorry Sorry, so naturally we let him go when he officially withdrew from SM years later.
We knew how unhappy Henry was in SM and as an unofficial member of Super Junior. He was already acting more as a solo artist rather than a band member so many of us supported him as a soloist and support him for leaving SM.
I can’t comment too much on Sulli because I don’t know her situation as much, but she is still under SM but hasn’t done anything since she left f(x) as far as I’ve heard.
I can’t comment on the few SNSD members that did not resign their contract because I’m not exactly sure what’s going on with that.
Jessica leaving SNSD is where things start to fall apart more because SM is actively pressuring stations to not show her on their channels. Jessica, at least, we know is still close to her former members and her sister, Krystal, of course, and that makes us more at ease because we see her living her best life and still friendly with her former co-artists.
EXO members leaving could be related back to the same reasons Hangeng left and fans are more accepting of that and also we see them being successful in China and moving on with their lives.
The TVXQ split is shrouded in a drama that never got closure
Something that the other artists didn’t do when splitting with SM was create their own group that promoted in Korea (except Jessica who is acting as a solo artist) and therefore created competition in the same market which leads to fans picking sides
How come we never get to see JYJ interacting with TV2XQ? (not counting Yunho’s & Jaejoong’s interaction in the military festival). We know that JYJ is still close to SM artists, and we can especially see this through Jaejoong’s & Heechul’s interactions.
TVXQ vs JYJ is nearly a decade-old ongoing drama that the media blows up and attracts people to reading articles about them, but let’s be real, they’ve probably spoken to each other and are at least on civil terms with each other.
The media goes out of their way to bash JYJ and make them scandal-ridden whereas TV2XQ is pristine and perfect (not like I’m saying Yunho & Changmin do anything bad, it’s nice that they haven’t gotten into a scandal!)
SM definitely fuels this drama - the dance practice version of the song Maximum is the recording of 5 members singing. Was that to fuel TV2XQ’s and/or fans anger of splitting? Rather, isn’t that more of a sad torture to have to practice to the 5 member version of the song when they could have re-recorded it as 2 first?
TV2XQ’s comeback was literally “Keep Your Head Down” when JYJ was making a splash in the media with Yoochun’s & Jaejoong’s drama roles and their OST songs and Junsu’s musical roles.
TV2XQ has stayed relatively quiet about their feelings about the split and their former members while JYJ composes songs about how much they miss the other two and that they’ll always love them.
Also just this week, after TV2XQ comes back after 3 years from their military hiatus, Heaven’s Postman’s music producer releases an OST track from TV5XQ that was unreleased in 2009 because of the lawsuit, bringing back a nostalgia of when they were 5 just when we were celebrating how far TV2XQ has come.
And as we all know, JYJ is still being banned on music shows by SM’s pressure, but still manage to win huge awards (Yoochun & Jaejoong in drama, Junsu in musical, all 3 for OSTs, Jaejoong for Golden Disk) and able to perform in legendary spaces (Tokyo Dome, Olympic stadiums) which creates more discourse as to the fairness of them not being able to perform on music shows. Also, their sales are just as high as TV2XQ’s and attract the same amount of fans to their concerts.
Leeteuk always mentions 13 members in his speeches and messages whereas SM is trying to erase TVXQ’s former members by censoring things about them and purposely editing old videos/songs so JYJ doesn’t appear in them for shows. Their pressure is so strong that when Jaejoong was the male lead in his movie Jackal, his female co-star was only allowed to appear on Star King to promote the movie and even then she couldn’t mention his name and the trailer they showed edited him out.
In SM’s Museum, the TVXQ showcase of their timeline and songs starts at 2004′s Hug and skips to 2011′s Keep Your Head Down. This is blatant erasure of the past and incredibly rude to not acknowledge their hard work, awards, songs, and time together that got TV2XQ where they are today.
Basically, the TVXQ vs JYJ drama is always being fed to us by the media and that’s why many people can’t let go of TV5XQ or pick sides and start hating on each other. It’s been nearly a decade since the split, it’s time the media lets go of it and stops dramatizing it for their own gain so that fans and the members can move on. This is just my thoughts, feel free to input yours, but I do support both TVXQ and JYJ and love them equally!
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