kicking ur leader drummer lyricist composer and then forcing the rest of the group to change the sound they've been working insanely hard for and make them take a new path after 5 years is truly the worst thing to ever happen in my life
sorry aja tapi sangat insensitive bikin lore yg based on a very fucked up situation of someones career and life. ntm the shooting is definitely recent and after aug 13 seeing their looks (hairstyles and everything). and you expect me to be ok and just hype that shit? lol
Doesn't this sound familiar?
Aside from individuals, I think this could apply to all companies in the K-pop industry (and in general, but let me focus on this to make my point).
When an idol shows even a glimpse of their humanity, a loud portion of those so called "fans" reacts with outrage. And instead of standing by their artists, companies would rather terminate contracts or discard incredibly talented people just to protect the revenue coming from those "fans". Because to them, losing a talented artist is just a "great thing gone." It’s a loss they’re completely willing to take since they view idols as replaceable inventory anyway. What actually terrifies them is the "small thing lost": the threat of losing a few dollars from "fans" demanding absolute perfection.
And honestly, this applies to those "fans" too. It’s wild how they feel more personally offended by a mistake than by the fact that they’re ruining the life of a person who is a core part of the group and has genuine feelings. They care more about them not being perfect and living up to their standards than about ruining the career of a whole human being.
In the end, as they say in that last line, maybe the dollar was never even the point. What really drives both the companies and those "fans" is that unexplainable, insistent urge to control and reclaim every single bit of perfection, no matter how small, because it satisfies their image and gives them the chance to demand even more if everything is as perfect as they claim. They’d rather pull a human being off the shelf at the slightest sign of a defect than let even one dollar or perfect image slip away. It’s just deeply saddening to see how someone's worth and art are sacrificed over an endless compulsion.
and Idont think I can do so with the upcoming ones <///3 I’ll always root for the rest of heroes I cant even imagine being in their shoes but the loss of nil’s presence is as huge as my love for the band and I fear it will really haunts me for the rest of life
even worse knowing that ltd was the last era I could fully hype <///3 the amount of regrets of skipping dead and era knowing it was the last really hits like a truck I feel nauseous to even bring myself listen to thst album anymore