Talked to my american bf about Mark lol. He literally laughed and was like "how are people gonna call someone racist just over a tshirt?" We both agree mark made mistakes but says people taking it this far is wild.
Just want to add that Mark personally never posted those pictures on his own page, they weren't posted on Upper Room page too. It was posted by third party, owner of the cafe and then owner deleted them. So those pictures were NEVER posted on official Mark and uproom pages.
uprm statement showed
1. why he was wearing the shirt
2. acknowledged the lack of knowledge of what it symbolize
3. expressed their stance on the issue
4. shared how theyll move forward
5. apologized
but you all wouldnt acknowledge it just bc it wasnt posted on Mark’s IG like???
Mark himself said that he has never written with AI, his label stated that they're against AI too and proved their point. Mark is writing since his teenage years when Chatgpt didn't even exist. If you was his fan as you claim you would know that there are billions of behind the scenes and stories about Mark writing lyrics for different songs, the way he was struggling when he was writing lyrics for 1999 and he rewrote them 5 times. Ex members are also calling him professional lyricist but of course no name's opinion on X dot com is more relevant, right 👍
being disappointed in mark and not accepting his apology is completely your right. but mocking and harassing him isnt. i don't believe he knew what the shirt meant or wore it with bad intentions. after 10 years without any behavior that suggested racism, i don’t think it's fair +
Hates toward mark is massive. why? Because he had been keeping a good image for years. when he made one mistake, ppl see it as a chance to talk badly. Funny. A lot of idols did similar things and not even apologized. It’s not abt the mistake from the start, it’s bcs hes mark.