i'm so sorry if this comes across as ragebaiting or redundant (i'm new here idk what gets asked often). i'm a new taekooker and i found out about jkk and i get so confused when jkkers completely ignore the whole daeun thing, especially considering there was a whole official confirmation. they act like it doesn't exist or invent stuff like "they were just neighbors". so i see why jkkrs get called delusional a lot, but then i think about the thing that happened with tae in paris in 2023 and i feel like tkkrs do the same thing pretending like it never happened or collectively seeing it as a publicity stunt or edited, etc. did that thing ever get debunked. i try to look for info about it, but it's just biased fandom discourse depending on which space you're looking at. i also heard he sued someone over it but i'm not sure if that's true. ig i kinda just wanna know what's the official narrative that's not heavily warped by rumors or opinions. i know that there's definitely something between tkk no matter what, but i kind of struggle to ignore that moment in 2023 because it just doesn't make sense to me. i can't reconcile both things.
Hi anon!
Oooh, well… you are asking a tkkr.. so my answer will be reflecting that in the way that I have looked beyond the official narrative (which doesn’t actually exist tbh, because there’s not been official mentions).
First of all, Daeun and Jm’s situation and how we got to know about it is wildly different from that of Tae and Jnn. Everything we learned about Daeunmin came from the people involved. Mostly Daeun, and the official statement (which is actually official even though Jkkrs don’t believe it since it wasn’t posted on weverse 🫠) came from Jm through the company. There’s plenty to guess at in terms of timing, length, and seriousness of their relationship… but at the very least we can say they were involved and they themselves admitted it.
Now, Taenie never came from the persons involved that way. Let me start with what’s generally believed and narrated. Opinions actually vary a bit (even without tkkrs involved). Many think actually dated and got caught in Paris. Many also think it was pr (even non tkkrs) because of obvious it was. Some think they simply didn’t care, others think they made a statement. Blinks are mad at Tae for not stepping up and army simply doesn’t want to be involved with BP. Even without tkkrs involved it was a whole shitstorm.
If I were to describe tnnie, the one word that keeps popping up is ‘organized’. The pics dropping was organized, the papwalk was organized, the timing of spreading the Paris video was organized. And after Paris everything also stopped.. Tae posted a pic of himself wearing a Pride Disney hoody and seemingly separated himself from the narrative by untagging himself from insta posts (I was online when it happened, I swear that’s what it looked like) and he went live as soon as he was in the car after he arrived back from a flight people said he shared with her (kind of in the same vein of him going live during the BP show in LA last year). A breakup article arrived shortly before Tae enlisted.. how convenient.
The Paris walk happened a couple of days before Jnns series ‘The idol’ debuted at Cannes film festival, with Jnnie in attendance. That series needed good pr desperately, because it already got bad critiques even before it came out. Every magazine covering Jennie and her series mentioned her and Tae. Articles were basically standing at the ready to drop. Tae meanwhile also attended Cannes, looked sad in the pics, and spent almost all his time there with Bogum.
There’s a lot more to it. I’ll add tags to my posts on it at the tagline. Overall though, the two situations aren’t the same… though non tkkrs will most likely tell you different.
