Another K-Pop Apology: Stans Pressure Seunghan Not To Rejoin RIIZE After Controversy
Being a K-pop star means always having to say you’re sorry. Imagine the South Korean pop machine as a technologically advanced, extremely online version of the old Hollywood studio system. Idols are expected to maintain a certain standard of behavior, and their transgressions are constantly surveilled and documented. That means that everytime one of the genre’s biggest stars fucks up, or even when they engage in behavior that can be nebulously viewed as a fuckup, they must publicly beg for atonement. We’ve seen some prominent examples in recent months, and now we’ve got another one.
14 Oct 17:08 · Stereogum