the person who left gets to express himself through carefully curated and scripted content that avoids provoking the people who still believe in him. meanwhile, enhypen has had to address everything through lives that were meant to be intimate and celebratory, and through concerts that were supposed to be about the 6 members who stayed and continued moving forward.
you don’t see enhypen filming a documentary about picking up the pieces after everything suddenly became uncertain for them. you don’t see the people who faced months of backlash presenting themselves as victims. instead, you see 6 professionals who kept their heads held high, consistently reaffirmed that enhypen is 6, and continued to stand on stage despite everything thrown at them.
they did not need an entire production team, carefully edited footage, or scripted narratives to defend themselves. they let their actions, performances, and dedication speak for themselves because they knew their conscience was clear. my respect will always be with enhypen.
they deserve a massive apology from everyone. for four months straight, it’s been non-stop harassment and name-calling, yet they've had to deal with everything so professionally. they had to make huge adjustments and didn't even get the time to process everything cuz they just had to keep showing up. even during fan calls, they had to listen to things that obviously don’t fit where they're heading now, but they still chose kindness. they could have easily played the victim card, and honestly, they'd be justified since people are villainizing them. but no, they chose to show up anyway.
being in this group is a massive commitment, and the fact that they stayed and chose to stick together as one team proves just how much they love doing this and being with each other. i seriously can't imagine going through all that pressure and still doing their best to put smiles on our faces every single day. it takes so much courage to keep going like this. but now, there’s no way but up, and after everything they've been through, they truly deserve nothing but the best. thank you so much to the six of you for staying together, so we all still have our favorite safe space to come back to. i love you, ENHYPEN 😭😣