Some fans are encouraging to support the courageous choice, but on the 13th, the EXO Gallery, Dish Inside, etc., posted a statement demanding Chen's Exiting, and on the 16th day of the fourth day, various communities said, "Is there any responsibility for those who love you?" "Was our relationship just business?" There are a series of articles urging to speak or to Exit.
Some point out that "Idol is also human, but it is excessive to demand Exiting because of marriage," and there is also a voice that "there is room for understanding considering the specificity of Idol industry."
“marriage=Exiting is excessive,” said Jeong Duk-hyun, a pop culture critic. “The relationship between Idol and fans in K-pop is different from the relationship between teen stars and fans in the 80s and 90s.” “K-pop fans have a powerful influence from the beginning to growth of Idol based on their powerful consumption power, which is called fansumer,” he said. “The sense of loss they feel is special because they are involved in management such as schedule and publicity beyond the relationship between simple artists and fans based on these consumption power.”
It was a similar atmosphere in the marriage of Sunye in the past Wonder Girls. Some fans have been celebrating marriage, while some fans have slammed Sunye, saying it has become difficult to survive the team Wonder Girls. In fact, Wonder Girls' activities have not been actively resumed since then.
“Unless we avoid the current Idol marketing or growth strategy that is honestly a proxy satisfaction like virtual love,” said an agency official, citing FT Island member Choi Min-hwan as an example. Choi Min-hwan announced the marriage for 2018 but passed without much backlash. Rather, he appeared in entertainment with his wife Yulhee from the girl group, and marriage expanded his radius of activity. “In the case of FT Island, there were also characteristics of being a band group, and since it debuted in 2007, there are a few people who have become marriages, such as fans in their 30s,” the official said. “The stage of expressing betrayal due to marriage has passed.”
Japan, which has a strong girl group fandom culture as well as Korea's boy group, is similar in atmosphere. In the case of AKB48, which is considered to be Japan's best girl group, love is prohibited during the activity period. For this reason, it is a big controversy when public love is known as well as marriage announcement during activities.
In fact, Takahashi Juri Ueno, who ranked 11th after a major disturbance when Stor Ririka (a member of sister group NMB48), who was ranked 20th in the 2017 general election, announced his impressions while announcing his impressions, said on the spot, "Some members are tearful because they can not get in the rankings. "I am really sick when I think about the tears that other members have shed so far while watching members who say things that make you feel complicated," he said.
AKB48 is the largest event of the year, setting a new list of music selections through the general election every year. As hundreds of people support each year, 20th place is ranked high, and 100th place is called 'out of the box', making it difficult to actually do activities. Meanwhile, Takahashi Juri Ueno, who blamed Stor Ririka at the time, made his debut with the Korea Girl Group rocket punch last year.