A private fan, a polar fan who follows the star’s private life, but real fans don’t put them in the same category of “fans.” The average fan is watching his star with unconditional love, enthusiastic support, and always cheering, but his life is different. The star, who has been seriously infringed on her privacy, complains of mental distress with discomfort. Numerous idol members, from group BTS, EXO to TVXQ, Shinhwa TWICE, RED Velvet, etc., were damaged by illegitimate people. It is basic to get a phone number and make a private call, and it also roams or breaks around the workshop or house. Although the word 'fan' is attached to the illegitimate person, the act close to stalking Crime can never be tied to Fan heart.
BTS's buff complained of suffering from illegitimate life through Naver VLove Live! on the 15th. "We do not ride charters. In fact, I would like to ride (normal) Planes, but there are people who sit in the front or next seat knowing that we are riding when flying. “I don’t want you to do that,” he said. “I’m scaRED. I’m really scaRED.”
It is not so hard to find out personal information such as celebrity resident registration numbers and addresses to a private student, and when it is difficult to find out by oneself, it is also paid and traded. Winner's Song Min-ho also shot a bad life with the song "Cancer" from his Solo album "XX" last year. “He sits next to Planes, he pays for the information to the fan/airline./ There’s a 200mm cannon war on the departure/privacy, panic-impaiRED barter.” (About the lyrics of ‘Cancer’)
In June, Jungkook of BTS also gave a dime to the illegitimate. He was displeased that he would have to put down his cell phone for a while when he continued to call an unknown number while he was conducting live VLove Live! to communicate with his fans. “I don’t take (phone) numbers I don’t know. If this phone is a fan, if you are in the process of Love Live! and you have called to check if your number is correct, you will be blocked immediately. " “A lot of private fans call, and I have to block those numbers,” Jungkook said.
Love Live! Calling along is the only way to make sure that the phone number you have is true. In addition to Jungkook, EXO's guardian, Baekhyun, and RED Velvet's Joey also showed real-time calls to the illegitimate person during the broadcast. Baekhyun said the phone had been disrupted by the ongoing Love Live! broadcast and that he “doesn’t know how to get the number.
GOT7's gifted student warned that he could not sleep on the phone of his illegitimate student on the 10th, saying, "I will not sleep and go crazy because I call day and night." Singer Zico also tweeted, "Please stop playing with your phone calls, SNS messages, please. I come more than 15 times every day and I am really stressed. If you want to hear my voice, please come to the theater. I’m tiRED of blocking the number change.’
Privacy breaches don't end with a phone call, they also come to work rooms and homes; EXO's Chanyeol reported two Chinese illegitimate students to police who attempted to break into the workroom in June. They pressed the door lock and doorbell of the officetel, which Chanyeol was using as a workshop, several times, and turned the front door handle. Kim Dong-wan of Shinhwa also reported the illegitimate person who came to the house. Kim Dong-wan said, “I found it! “I know you,” he said, and posted his own postcard, which left a graffiti on his account. “I’ll make it fun if you’re telling me it’s fun.”
There are no nights and days for illegitimate students; they are not official schedules, and they follow private movements. In 2014, the wedding ceremony was turned into a mess with the illegitimate people at the wedding ceremony of Baekhyun. Baekhyun and his members asked for their understanding, but they put the camera on, and the photo of Baekhyun, whose face was REDdened in embarrassment, was revealed, and the anger about the illegitimate person reached the peak.
The biggest problem is that excessive behavior of the students leads to accidents. TWICE's Jihyo was injuRED when he was in the country after finishing his overseas schedule on August 8 and was hit by a crowd trying to take pictures while entering Gimpo International Airport. Jackson of GOT7 was also injuRED when he was struck by a private car in China. BTS also had a contact with a taxi that a private fan was riding while going to the hostel after completing a Love Your Self tour in Taiwan last December.
As the damage caused by illegitimate lives grows, the agency and fandom are also making efforts to protect their members from them, creating blacklists and increasing the number of bodyguards. Fans also do not consume pictures or videos taken by the illegitimate person, but immediately report them to their agency if they are suspected of illegitimate. It is said by entertainment industry officials that it is difficult to completely eliminate illegitimate life despite active efforts. An official from the music industry said, "The illegitimate life appears in any form anytime, anywhere. “If you stop one, it will increase to two,” he complained. “We’ll be able to do more than one thing,” he said.
The act of illegitimate life is a Crime act that is no different from illegal entertainment and stalkers. Although we are strengthening laws to regulate privacy violations and personal information leakage, punishment is weak. “Even if a private fan is caught, it will only be fined or fined about 100,000 won,” said lawyer Lee Jae-man. There is a growing voice that the wrong Fan heart of the illegitimate person should provide legal grounds for more severe punishment as it causes not only mental suffering to the stars but also accidents.