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Girl group T-ara is receiving criticism from a few disappointed fans.
T-ara’s Hwayoung is currently in a wheelchair after hurting her leg from a music program on July 22nd, and was unable to fully participate in the group’s first independent concert at the Budokan.
After the concert, the T-ara members then posted a few tweets that netizens assumed was directed towards fellow member Hwayoung in a teasing manner, and the fans were shocked at the girls lashing out at Hwayoung and the fans are now questioning T-ara’s teamwork.
The story goes as follows.
T-ara held their first independent concert on July 25th and 26th at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. But ahead of their concert, T-ara had apologetically announced that because Hwayoung was injured, she would only be able to be on stage for part of their concert.
Towards the beginning of the Budokan performance, Soyeon, Eunjung, Qri, Boram, Jiyeon, and Hyomin each greeted the fans one at a time, and afterwards Hwayoung came on stage with her crutches, and the fans encouraged her with their cheers.
When the concert was nearly over, T-ara performed their hit song “Day By Day“, and Hwayoung performed her rap portion on stage seated in a chair.
But the problem began when the T-ara members began tweeting on July 25th. Some of their fans grew angry, as they felt the girls were publicly ridiculing Hwayoung and her determination / commitment level.
Hyomin had began by writing, “The difference that determination makes ^^, Let us all have more determination. Fighting!!!”
Member Jiyeon then added, “The difference that determination makes ^^, Always be humble ^^ and sensible ^^ I applaud you, acting genius ^^”
Eunjung continued, “A position can make or break a person, but determination can make a person too. Sigh, it’s unfortunate. You have to know to take care of the people around you.”
In response to this, Hwayoung had tweeted, “Sometimes, even determination alone can be too much. At times like these, I feel upset but I trust that it’s a blessing in disguise from the heavens. God, you know everything right?”
Member Hyoyoung of 5dolls who also happens to be Hwayoung’s twin sister then wrote, “My better half is suffering. My heart hurts. No matter what anyone else says, (Hwayoung), you can get through this,” and Hwayoung responded to her saying, “You’re the best.”
Their agency argued that the girls’ accounts had been hacked, but it seems unlikely that all of their individual Twitters could have been hacked at the same time.
Fans have responded negatively to these tweets to say the least. No matter how young the girls may be, they remarked that it is wrong for the girls as a group to publicly bash their very own group member.
They criticized that although the girls’ career relies on their fame and popularity, the girls are only concerned with their outer image rather than their inner beauty.
On lookers further remarked that the girls got lost in the competition of becoming the main spotlight of the group. Them coming together as a clique to say that an injured group member had no determination and was faking it on stage was a typical example of some mental cracks in their teamwork.
Source & Image: NewsPlus
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