THIS POST MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO THE EXO FANDOM AND ANYTHING POSTED HERE SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY. THESE ARE BASED ON WHAT I HAVE FOUND, WHAT I HEARD AND WHAT I REMEMBERED. IF YOU BELIEVED THAT YOU MAY GET OFFENDED, I SUGGEST YOU NOT TO READ.
Hello readers,
Today I am here to talk about South Korean-Chinese K-pop boy group, EXO. Yesterday, the group made a headline after one of their members, Kris decided to file a lawsuit against SM Entertainment, who has been managing the members since 2012.
I am indeed shocked to hear such news about Kris trying to leave the label since their promotion for their new extended play (EP),
Overdose, was started a week ago. The group wanted to promote the EP last month. Unfortunately, due to the Sewol ferry incident, the EP was postponed till this month. According to the Chinese media outlet, Kris filed the lawsuit yesterday morning around almost lunch hour. The news soon spread to Weibo, Twitter and even at the same time,
Allkpop has published the news article with additional mini updates from various sources.
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Kris filed a lawsuit on May 15, 2014 and he will be represented by a lawyer who had previously handed the case of former SM Entertainment artiste, Han Geng in 2009.
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As you can see the above image, this shows the lawsuit which Kris has filed yesterday morning under this birth name,
Wu Yi Fan. He will be represented by a lawyer who happened to took up a case of former artiste from the same label, Han Geng in 2009.
Kris's reason for the lawsuit was because he felt he was being treated as if he was an object rather than being respected as an artiste. Sources have mentioned that SM Entertainment being one-sided when deciding on the schedule, not giving thoughts to his opinion or health condition. They also believed that the label is restricting Kris from his basic human rights to freedom and his career choices, therefore the contract should be nullified.
I am utterly disappointed in the fans for blaming SM Entertainment and the other members including Tao.
The reason why the fans are blaming SM because the label was known for their infamous 'slave contract'. A slave contract is a long-term and/or unfair agreement signed by K-pop artistes with their management agencies. So far I have not heard anything about 'slave contract' between artistes and the label since the dark days in 2009.
I believed that this lawsuit filed by Kris has nothing to do with the label's past scandals. In fact, the label has no knowledge about the lawsuit until the news article was published.
"We are trying to confirm the facts regarding the lawsuit requesting for the termination of Kris' contract. It is a very shocking issue, but we will do our best so that EXO's activities will go on smoothly."
On the other hand, Tao took his thoughts to his Instagram and Weibo.
路很长,想去哪里都可以,决定没有谁可以替别人做。 事实大众永远都是被隐瞒的, 也许大众会偏向少数的那一边,但那却不是真相。真相永远只有经历这些事情的人们才明白。比如我们11个成员,我们的S.M公司和工作人员。可在外面却被颠倒了好与坏。你们不会感受到被人背叛之后的那种感觉,被背叛之后所有人却向着一个背叛别人的人,你们可以有自己的观点和立场,但我还是想说,错与对事实分明,我们问心无愧。一个人想要走,拦不住,想方设法的会逃离这里, 所以逃离成功了。在我们不知情的情况下果然还是瞒着我们和公司还是没有回来。野心会伴随许多人,但希望每个人都能够善于运用。练习练的满头大汗,却突然发现有一人不会在回来的消息, 演唱会又要11个人重新开始准备了,好累。 EXO사랑하자~
The road is long, and no one can decide where you want to go. The public will always be left in the dark, but it might be that the public will side with who is in the minority. However that's not the truth. Only those who have experienced the truth are able to understand, such as our eleven members and SM employees. To those on the outside, the right and wrong could be reflected oppositely. They probably won't know what it feels like to be betrayed by another person and then to have everyone side with the person who has betrayed us. Everyone can have their own perspectives and opinions. However, the truth is pointing to what is right and wrong. We have a clear conscience. We can't stop someone who wants to leave, and he kept this from us. As we were sweating and practicing hard for our concert, we learned that one wouldn't be coming back. We have to restart preparations for the concert as eleven members. So tired. EXO, let's love.
From Tao's respective, Kris betrayed the remaining EXO members and the label. He believed the majority of the public will side with the minority which indirectly referred to Kris himself. Tao is very clear about Kris' actions and the truth. No one, except for the people in the label will be able to understand the feeling of betrayal.
I feel for Tao and the other affected parties since I once got betrayed and it felt horrible. Unfortunately, some fans believed these precious words were written by the label to go against Kris.
I don't stand by Tao just because he is my bias, I stand by him because of his character. Tao is someone who was raised with moral values in him. Prior to joining EXO, he used to complained about his tiredness, training or sometimes expressed his views in an ugly way. If you remembered
the sasaengs incident back in October last year, he wrote and expressed his anger through Weibo which has since been removed.
"我实在是受不了半夜三更一直给我们打电话的、一天到晚发短信发KAKAO的、不管去哪里都要偷偷跟着的那种人，有意思吗？我很讨厌别人来打扰我的生活！我喜欢逛街吃饭在外面见朋友，但我不喜欢被人跟着，我不是罪人！出去不是去犯罪！我只想工作完了可以安静的休息，有属于自己的空间！而不是像现在这样！"
"I really cannot stand calls coming in the middle of the night, endless messages from Kakao, no matter where I go there's always people following, is it that fun and meaningful? I hate people who disturb my private life! I love eating with my friends outside, however I don't like people stalking me, I am not an offender! Going out is not against the law! All I want is to get my work done so I can have my quiet, peaceful rest, especially giving myself space! Not how it is now!"
Tao is someone who speaks the truth and say an opinion which he believed the public should know. From the way the Instagram post was written, this was definitely written and uploaded by none other than him. If you are
not convinced, I suggest you do some digging on his deleted Weibo and/or QQ posts. That includes pre-debut ones too!
Many hours after he posted the Instagram message and saw negative responses, he went to his Weibo to clarify that he was in fact the one and only person who wrote the messages.
很多人看到的东西并不真实。很多人都喜欢站在人数少的那边。很多人都不原意相信事实。很多人都希望某人能和我们一起走到最后一起看着我们的银海一起走,可偏偏某人离开了我们。希望你一切都好。EXO加油~我们爱你们,世界对我们来说没有不可能! 无论发生什么。在一起
I am EXO member Tao. The things said on Weibo and Instagram are by me. I have nothing to hide.
I will not be translating the words because they are similar to the Instagram message.
I was pissed off by the fans who kept asking whether SM is behind all of the messages. I believed that the fans should accept the truth and stop lying to themselves. For example,
"Oh, Tao wouldn't say such a thing about Kris" or
"Kris treated you so well, blah blah blah." I always thought Taoris (Tao + Kris) was actually a shipping couple in the group. However, as months go by, I am convinced that none of the shipping couple was true.
I am always seeing Tao with the two youngest members,
Kai and
Sehun. Speaking of Tao, I am also convinced that Kris has other personal interests which led him to filing the lawsuit. He was most of the time outcast from the variety shows and was rarely given a chance to be in the spotlight.
Anyway from all the current situation of the scandal right now, we, as the member of the public, will never know the true reason behind Kris decision to leave the company and how serious was the betrayal. We must also let go of the past. Sometimes, the past scandals does not reflect on the current ones. All we can do now is just wait and see...
P.S. Took me almost two hours to write this post. Also, fans should stop asking Tao whether it was really him who wrote those messages. He has already stated that anything he posts on Weibo and Instagram are his actions. Recently, Tao has posted a selfie of himself in a gym. Therefore, this proved that SM Entertainment confiscating phone from every member is not true.
