avarice 4,219 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I'm talking to a friend about korean fan/ idol culture and I was explaining the hatemongering that happens online and how it can actually threaten careers. this made me think about the worst witch hunts that idols have gone through. what's the worst y'all can remember? the ones I gave him are (in order of seriousness imo) 1. t-ara post bullying scandal which was this close to ending their careers for good (thank god for the chinese market) 2. seolhyun & jimin's history scandal; hunted for months, aoa practically had to restart from the bottom 3. taeyeon & baekhyun's dating scandal where she ended up crying and begging fans for forgiveness in airports 4. tiffany's flag scandal 5. tzuyu taiwan controversy, forced to apologize publicly for, well, nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Ren 4,272 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Jay Park - He had to leave 2pm but it was ultimately good for him Block B's Thailand scandal, they had to issue an apology online & it was crazy at the time and almost finished their careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallows 9,902 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 The whole nation witch hunts park bom. She deserves a mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVC's-Octoputhy 1,412 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Sulli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJWD 1,558 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i dont think taeyeon x baekhyun scandal is bigger than tiffany's scandal since it didnt affect taeyeon's work/schedule in any way. and she wasnt crying and begging at the airport. she said she was sorry to fans... taeyeon x baekhyun scandal was big but it wasnt career threating scandal. fans went crazy and they were called out names but thats pretty much it. they werent kicked from a show or took hiatus or anything like that. personally no dating scandal was that huge in kpop to be able to compare to actually serious scandals. Also Bom scandal was/is huge, it kinda destroyed her career. I think Daesung scandal was huge when it happened also. Nichkhun's DUI destroyed his career in Korea. no one denies he is popular but he lost a lot of korean fans, his popularity is now mostly outside korea. The girl from jewelry that got into a fight with actress that seemed pretty big. All those scandals imo are bigger than Taeyeon scandal or Tzuyu scandal (her was more serious in china than korea) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyseulgi 1,558 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 top - weed scandal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o.bb.o 272 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Bom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoll 2,051 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 i dont think taeyeon x baekhyun scandal is bigger than tiffany's scandal since it didnt affect taeyeon's work/schedule in any way. and she wasnt crying and begging at the airport. she said she was sorry to fans... taeyeon x baekhyun scandal was big but it wasnt career threating scandal. fans went crazy and they were called out names but thats pretty much it. they werent kicked from a show or took hiatus or anything like that. personally no dating scandal was that huge in kpop to be able to compare to actually serious scandals. Also Bom scandal was/is huge, it kinda destroyed her career. I think Daesung scandal was huge when it happened also. Nichkhun's DUI destroyed his career in Korea. no one denies he is popular but he lost a lot of korean fans, his popularity is now mostly outside korea. The girl from jewelry that got into a fight with actress that seemed pretty big. All those scandals imo are bigger than Taeyeon scandal or Tzuyu scandal (her was more serious in china than korea) yewon and lee taeim. iconic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriy.m 2,900 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 The girl from jewelry that got into a fight with actress that seemed pretty big. Yeah it was Yewon, she was kicked out of wgm that she was filming with henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shun 28 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 How is baekyeon above Tiffany? As far as I know nobody did anything that couldve remotely ruined their careers.. and all that did was anger their fans, while I'm pretty sure tiffany pissed off korea as a whole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicPotato 2,197 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Yeah, dating scandals aren't that bad in the long term. Baekhyun/Taeyeon got a lot of shit and rumors thrown at them, but they recovered from that fairly fast. Even IU, who lost her creepy uncle fans with the Eunhyuk thing, reached new heights in the years after (it did fuck up Eunhyuk's career though). GD's plagiarism accusations were pretty huge (he got suicide petitions iirc, which...), and so was the weed thing. It didn't destroy his career though, so I guess the after effects of a scandal depend both on the nature of what you did and the way you're marketed/your popularity (people who are seen as talented and popular for that perception seem to recover more easily) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I agree with almost all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebells and Snowdrops 3,566 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Exp edition. I get why people might not like them, but their mv has so many dislikes, although the song is actually not that bad. Daesung with his car accident. To this day, I still feel sorry for him. T-ara's bullying scandal is one of the worst cases of mass witch hunting I have seen, that scandal ruined their Korean careers for years. YG's drug scandals (GD, Bom and most recently TOP). Bom's career was destroyed, and while GD was saved somehow, he probably still lost a lot of fans and respect. And TOP dont really have much credibility with the Korean public ATM (I seriously hope he will be okay). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetvelvet 1,590 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Where is Park Bom and Sulli's scandal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllieSmiles 701 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Kangin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missycin 1,117 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Why are we forgetting Tablo and the way knetz hounded him to the point he was even so afraid to bring Haru to the hospital because of death threats. I'm glad he recovered and it was thanks to his wife that he got signed to YG. Yoochun got accused of rape and almost every media outfit jumped on it and then it turned out false accusation - but nobody cares and hardly anybody reported on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity 773 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 jessica getting kicked out n knetz hating her for it still dont get that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Irene 677 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 GD & BIGBANG ( except Taeyang ) . KNETZ will hate them until whenever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUQHEN27 164 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Tzuyu -only chineses ... Korea Loves tzuyu Tzuyu -only chineses ... Korea Loves tzuyu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_9ss 1,338 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 T-Ara was definitely the biggest thing in recent K-Pop history. It was absolutely crazy back then. You really had to be there to understand what it was like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancake 18 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 As someone mentioned Henry =)) Do you all remember the 'Only 13' thing? The fact that SJ is coming back remind me of this. And, there're still lots of 'Only 13' now. I read from some pages that they'll stick with 'Only 13 + 2'. I am not saying in term of, wanting Henry to be in, or bashing 'Only 13', since it's a controversial topic. I am just mentioning it as a fact that follow Henry 10 years already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsocks 7,986 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 top - weed scandal Please remember that he's in the hospital right now and this is still a sensitive issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIRE BIRD 434 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Why are we forgetting Tablo and the way knetz hounded him to the point he was even so afraid to bring Haru to the hospital because of death threats. I'm glad he recovered and it was thanks to his wife that he got signed to YG. Yoochun got accused of rape and almost every media outfit jumped on it and then it turned out false accusation - but nobody cares and hardly anybody reported on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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