I just went grocery shopping wearing my Arirang charcoal zip up AND A WOMAN STRAIGHT UP ASKED ME HOW MUCH I WOULD SELL IF FOR, FOR HER DAUGHTER ARE WE FOR REAL?!?!?
I think it's time for some fandom parasocial education, because a lot of what’s happening is due to the level of parasocial behavior.
If anyone cares, I'm breaking down the different parasocial behaviors so you can see where you fit. People like this woman should be de-platformed if they intend to gaslight and be performative for clout but frame it as moral justice.
🧵 starts below this.
If yalls first reaction to this CB situation is “i want BTS to apologize” you don’t care about the actual issue you just feel entitled over them. You’re first reaction should be i hope someone speaks to them about CB past and i hope they further do research and stop supporting him.
(THERES NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR BUT THERE’S SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM)
They’re allowed to make mistakes and we need to allow them to do better. I will forever be army. I owe them so much, they helped me through many difficult times. But I’m allowed to be disappointed too.
My 2 cents about the whole CB topic:
I’m disappointed. Deeply. And I’m criticizing it, holding them accountable for it. But I will NEVER let myself give into hate. Because that isn’t fair. We need to give them the space to learn and be better, without being completely +
At the end of the day they are men we don’t personally know. They are public figures we grew to love. We love their music, and them ofc as well. But they are not our friends. Not our family. They are artists +
BTS announced their hiatus. When nobody expected them to. They fulfilled their country's national duty. Without hesitation. They came back after four years. People doubted them. Said they were over. Said the industry had moved on. Then they released ARIRANG. The biggest. The boldest. The most artistically ambitious projects of the year. Ended the Western Darlings.
And now they've chosen NOT to submit their music to the Grammys, taking a stand against a system they believe categorizes music by region and language.
That's power. Not chasing the industry.
That's how history is written. That's how the industry changes.