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Fans have the luxury of being their own individual person and seeing their artist as their own individual person and too many people therefore expect to be treated as a friend and given special privileges like you would get from a best friend. Artists can’t do that. (Cont.)

This post is spot on. I think this is a problem that is especially pervasive in kpop spaces (not primarily though). Idols / muscians/ public figures are not puppets or dolls to be controlled. They are living, breathing humans who change and grow just as the rest of us do

super tuna enjoyer@definitionofily.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The thing is that so many people who proclaim to be fans of a thing are in fact *only* a fan of the version they have of it in their heads. The don’t see the creators they like as malleable and changeable human beings who *will* grow and evolve into doing new things (Cont.)

📰 NEWS #BTS #RM will be a keynote speaker at the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju on November 29th. He is the first K-pop artist to do so. He is scheduled to present on the second day with a speech that will focus on "The Cultural Creative Industry and the Soft Power of K-Culture."

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