Jaeboem Leaves 2PM
I don’t usually post K-Pop news because that’s what the hundreds of K-Pop gossip sites are for but this just put me in shock and disbelief that I’ve joined the scores of teenyboppers around the world and cried like I lost my favorite idol. Well, I don’t have a favorite but Jay and 2PM were the most entertaining and funniest group to watch. It’s not just about losing an idol though, it’s about someone’s dreams being taken away from them.
2PM’s leader, Park Jaebeom, made an official announcement with his intentions to leave his group. The message reads:
Hello, I’m 2PM’s Jaebeom.
I’m sorry for giving you my last greeting through this letter. I think it will be hard for me to see you all on stage because of my sorry heart. Icm really sorry to everyone, and I’m even more sorry to the fans who have shown me love.
From today, I will leave 2PM.
2PM boys, I’m really sorry to the boys and I’m sorry I couldn’t be strong as a leader and a hyung and have to leave like this. However, I hope you will be more cool and charming.
Again, I’m sorry.
JYP Entertainment has accepted that Jae Bum will leave 2PM. They stated, “We have discussed what was going to happen, and decided on the fact that Jae Bum will leave 2PM.” At least for now, he will be going back to the US and stay with his family.
Click here to see how the scandal began and what led to this.
The world of K-Pop is practically run by fans/netizens and in the small country, celebrities frequently look themselves up online to see what’s being said about them which has led to celebrity suicides in South Korea. Their fans are so crazy and supportive of their favorites stars (or unsupportive) that they buy stocks from entertainment companies to protest and make themselves heard so it’s possible for them to take a star out of the limelight if they really wanted to. A mob of 13-year-olds have power over you if you’re a celebrity over there. Scary thought, isn’t it?
It’s so sad for someone who has worked so hard to achieve his dreams be “forced out” of the Korean entertainment industry for something he said years ago when he first came to Korea as a young JYP trainee. Life was hard because he didn’t know the country and the language, training was hard and intense and he was lonely and depressed; at one point, he even said that he didn’t even feel like he was alive anymore. What he said was wrong and stupid especially towards a country full of pride but his thoughts about Korea has obviously changed and he has undeniably worked hard and has been a great leader to one of the top idol groups in Asia. He has obviously learned his lesson but I guess he couldn’t take the pressure (netizens even started a “Jaeboem should commit suicide” petition) and the same people who released the negative MySpace comments released his positive ones about Korea too late.
He’s even made it to the trending topics on Twitter… it’s news from a tiny country but a star with so much love and support from his fans.
‘Tis an extremely sad day. I hope he rejoins the group after this scandal dies down.
Also check out this blog entry at Soompi.
waa i never knoe netizens own so much power, sounds bit creepy
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Oh no! and he’s my favorite 2PM member too
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*sigh* it wasnt, well what i put down was i cant believe that this happened. I luv ALL of 2pm. And i just found out yesterday about the whole scandal. 2pm was one of the major kpop groups that i listen to that got me back into practicing singing and dancing.And nothing will be the same without Jaebeom. I mean he was the loveable, crazy life of the party. ^.^(all of 2pm is awesome tho)And I even actually signed a petition to bring him back to 2pm. Which ive never done petitions or even comments or anything like that for musical groups before tht. So yea XD. But i really want Jay to go bck to Korea and join 2pm again no matter what the netizens said because I love their music and the group in total. (ok this time it turned out differently what i wrote from last time lolz)hwaiting
xoxo maria a.k.a kuu kuu kachuu a.k.a. muZic
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O.o i dnt kno if my comment was posted>.<
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Katy
September 9th, 2009 |
Sorry your comment had to be moderated first since this is your first time commenting but I didn’t see your previous comment so I guess it didn’t show up.
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maria
September 9th, 2009 |
yeah I think it was because i put something where it said website XD:3 but ive got the hang of it now lolz, i have a feeling jay is going to go bck into 2pm tho…hopefully^.^
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Boo, I failed to type clearly. I gotcha! It’s still CRAZY!
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Katy
September 9th, 2009 |
No it’s okay, I didn’t explain clearly.
Yes, it’s insane!!
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I don’t know anything about kpop so this has been a very interesting post. The whole idea of stocks in the entertainment industry controlling the success of the stars is so unlike what I know. I would imagine entertainment to be a completey different beast, probably bearing resemblance to your descriptions.
Crazy!
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Katy
September 9th, 2009 |
Oops, sorry for the misunderstanding! The fans tried to buy out stocks from the band’s entertainment company because they were trying to add another member to the group and they didn’t want that so they tried to get a say in the situation. They don’t use it to control the success of the stars but I just wanted to show an example of how crazy and how far those fans would go over there.
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OMG, I first saw this on allkpop and was like WTF. But, I question whether he really made the decision to leave by himself or was pressured/forced by JYP behind the scenes? So sad :[.
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Katy
September 9th, 2009 |
I don’t think he was forced out; I really think it was his own decision. Hopefully this is temporary and he’ll make some amazing comeback to 2PM in a couple months though. *wishful thinking*
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Boyfriend is Korean and it would make talking to his parents.
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I’m laughing at this.
I’m laughing at how cruel Koreans are of each other. And some people wonder why I don’t like to call myself Korean or American? Well this is one great example why.
Korean netizens are just cruel. I wasn’t even aware this was going on since I don’t care about K-Entertainment industry (and I live here, LOL), but I am sorry to hear about this. I think it’s interesting how they are flipping out by a comment a Korean-American made. I can only imagine the HELL they’d create if a non-Korean had made that comment.
. . . Just, ugh.
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That is very sad. Kpop fans are definitely more fanatic than other mainland stuff… I mean, people are still supporting Chris Brown! I think Jae Bum had a point in that the Koreans were definitely different than the people back home.
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Katy
September 8th, 2009 |
It’s been only 4 days since the news about the Myspace messages came out and he already resigned. Netizens are hella crazy and to think that they JUST released his good comments about loving Korea too late.
I’m sad that the group is broken now but what I’m more sad about is how much control netizens have over their lives. I bet most of Korea doesn’t even give a shit about his comments; only those annoying kids who have nothing better to do. How can they take away someone’s dream like that? It’s devastating.
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