A viral voice re-emerged, shaking the K-pop fandoms and triggering a new debate on the treatment of LGBTQ+ figures in the sector. The history-publishing originally years ago-hints around two male idols of the same group that were presumably captured in a secret relationship of the same sex, hidden by the eyes of the public but known within their agency.
“Please, stay with us!”
“Someone calls 911!”
According to the report, the chaos broke out in the waiting room of a transmission station after a member – he reported to as a member A – collap, apparently unconscious. Member B, from the same group, rushed to his side, keeping him as a slowly regained conscience. According to reports, the gaze between them has betrayed an intense emotional connection.
With the increasing situation, the group manager quickly inaugurated all the others outside the room. But the conversation that followed between the two idols also shocked the insiders:
A: “How could you do this?”
B: “I told you not to behave like this during the broadcast!”
A: “If I like you, can’t I act like that?”
The clash ended with B Starching Out. As the article suggests, the two were romantically involved: a fact of which the company was long aware, but chose not to confront.
Why? They were the most popular members of the group.
Their removal could have made a commercial disaster for the group. Instead, the agency took the unusual step to silently protect their secret.
The article also claims that the tensions between the two once intensified in a fight before a live music show, resulting in not being able to perform that day. Despite the drama, they continued to appear closely in official programs, even gaining the nickname of “1+1” in the sector.
“It’s like something from a drama, but the people who worked with them confirmed that it is real.”
“Their group has melted later, and now one of them is a really famous actor.”
“If A and B were fighting to the extent that they could not even perform in the music show, what crime committed the staff and members? They are going crazy annoyed ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ ㅠㅠ
“Apart from the same relationship *, I am such an annoyance in the group … if they were so popular, they could have retained and perhaps they could have become popular idols now.”
“They are really them?
Online forum as Instiz illuminated for the speculations on the identity of the duo, rekindling the discussions on the challenges of the LGBTQ+ being in the entertainment panorama still conservative of Korea.
While some have rejected history as sensationalized gossip, others believe that it is a rare window on the hidden reality of the most strictly controlled idols of K-pop.
Sources: Koreaboo, Insetiz, Woman Sense
