"Isn't Stray kids a 2-3 years old boy group? but they often get into scandals?"
"Why they're facing a lot of problem?"
"Hyunjin again?"
"Bang chan is trending again?? I think STAYs are clearing the searches"
-Knetz
These were the hurtful words I heard from STAY and Knetz.
That first question was actually true. Stray Kids getting hate that they shouldn't. Since their debut to till this second Stray Kids are getting hate.
- Hyunjin bullying issue
- Bang Chan's hairstyle made him racist
- Woojin's departure
- Han's health issue
- Hyunjin's costume made him racist
- Bang chan costume too
- Han's video call
- Bangchan's MAMA stage idea
- Han's old song
- Felix's weight loss
- Hyunjin's mid school bullying issue
Did I forgot something?? Let me know if there is!
Woojin's scandal in 2020 was not a part of Stray Kids!
We got 3 apology letter. One is from Stray Kids, one from Han and last one is from Hyunjin. Though most of the STAYs tweeted while Hyunjin's costume made him racist and that was unintentional and Han's song, this time they know what they need to do.
If some of you guys don't know what happened, I'll tell you
Hyunjin was accused of school bullying when he was in his mid school. The victim said that Hyunjin bullied her verbally in class group chat for not closing the door and not giving money. Though it doesn't seem like an issue, it was a big issue for knetz. Not only Hyunjin, idols of different groups, actors and actresses were accused on these issue. It went like a me too movement.
Though Hyunjin's issue was fake, the victim said that she need an answer for this and she continuously posted some proofs but those proofs had text messages of the victim and the replies were cropped. That person's name was unknown still.
How it evoke?
It was from Pann Nate. It was a Korean opinion forum. Somewhat like Twitter as it was based of trending, tweets, retweets and hashtags. But the author of the post will be shown as anonymous. It like the birth place for fire and it's best for Knetz.
What is the actual issue?
"I went to Seongnae Middle School and during my second year of middle school, I was in the same class as Hwang Hyunjin. I am a victim of his school violence.
He caused me so much pain that I contemplated committing suicide. My past was like hell for me and reminding myself of what happened makes my hands tremble in fear. When he debuted, and I would see him on my television, I would be reminded of all the horrible memories from my past. It was hard for me to live my normal daily life due to the trauma that I received.
He beat me up on campus because I didn’t block the ball during a soccer game. He cursed at me and picked on me because of my size. I became a loser all because I couldn’t block the soccer ball. After this incident, I became the target of Hwang Hyunjin’s mockery and torment.
My name became a joke. In a group chat, he would write things such as, ‘Are you ____ (alleged victim’s name)? Why are you acting like him?’ He would use my name to joke around with his friends. I wasn’t able to do anything about the group chatroom and that made me fall into an even deeper depression. I became so fearful that at one point, I stopped going into the group chatroom. My self-esteem became non-existent.
I may not have physical evidence, but I do have witnesses. I have been collecting their testimonies. I’m sorry that I only have my words and no actual evidence.
I wrote these experiences exactly as they happened. I didn’t want to have proof of the experiences that made life so difficult for me. I wanted to die back then because it was too much to handle. I do want to reiterate that while I may not have photo or video proof, I do have the testimonies of the witnesses who saw what happened.
This person showed chat screenshots as a proof. One was from Kakao which didn't have proper date and second one is also a chat but It doesn't have Assailant's replies.
When did I issue popped up?
This issue popped up all of a sudden before Kingdom's Intro stage. But STAYs were busy voting and they didn't care about this. Twitter STAYs thought that, these were created to distract the Kingdom. But soon it started to spread like a fire. STAY were making fun victim's issue with "Back Door"
First Statement of JYP
Meanwhile Hyunjin's school friends cleared his name but knetz couldn't accept that. Before JYP releases an official notice, 100+ accounts were created in PANN to defame Hyunjin. Luckily STAYs believe Hyunjin and even now.
These fake acquisitions lead to
- CLIO teaser picture rescheduled (I wish it must be because of Kingdom and not because of this issue)
- Itzy Yeji will be substitute for Hyunjin for Music core Saturday
- Hyunjin's absence in JYP Bubble
- Hyunjin was not there in MBN Y Forum
After 3 days of investigation JYPE said
Hyunjin's apology letter translation
STAYs are mad at JYPE for mentioned that last time. Though every STAY, AGHASE, ONCE, My Day hate JYP/JYPE, I didn't hate him that much because he produced best bands and those members are really precious like gems. But today, I was really disappointed on JYPE because of that.
Also, I'm mentioning this again that "No one is born perfect or no one can be perfect"
Idols can't be perfect. They're human too, they make mistake like us, they get hurt like us, they wish to take rest too. And they change too.
"Change is the only thing that doesn't change"
(A proverb that says there is a change for everything that exist in this world)
Believe in CHANGE. People make mistakes in the past but it doesn't mean that they didn't change. We guys changed too. Our preferences change. Most of the times, people make mistakes because of immaturity. And Hyunjin stuck because of that. He didn't bully anyone but still he apologize because some people might get hurt because of him. We might've hurt someone intentionally or unintentionally, If we didn't do that, we're not living a life.
Hyunjin's teacher also made a statement on this issue
here In short, his teacher was worried that he was accused as a bully just because he became an Idol
“It’s cruel to put the blame all to Hyunjin just because he’s a celebrity”
And, I hope Hyunjin is fine. I wish Stray Kids doesn't get involved in stupid acquisitions. I might've made some mistakes. You can ask me through comment. I'll reply to your comments for sure :)
On MBN Y Forum Leeknow said
"Thanks to the choices I made, I was able to meet members of Stray Kids. I have these friends that I will walk together with in this path, I feel so encouraged being surrounded by this people so I can express myself. I'm grateful I'm part of this team."
Before I conclude, I just wanna say, "Trust Stray Kids"
Thank you
HyunJinius
