Chen (EXO), Bobby (iKON) and a series of stars were boycotted for being a father too soon

Recently, Korean media reported that Bobby (iKON) welcomed his first child.

The management company YG Entertainment confirmed the male rapper's fiancée had given birth, but did not provide any further information. With only the above brief information, the controversy regarding Bobby once again flared up. The audience asked the 26-year-old rapper to leave the group because he could not accept "a child father on stage". During the livestream to celebrate the 6th anniversary of his debut on September 16, Bobby received a lot of comments disparaging his appearance. The audience thinks that getting married and having children makes the 26-year-old rapper neglect his image, become sloppy, and deviate from idol standards.

Before Bobby, Chen (EXO) was also chased away by the audience "for the same reason, when he announced his marriage and had children. Bobby and Chen are two of the many cases where male stars lost their careers and were ignored by the public. criticized and ostracized for having children and getting married.

Bobby or Chen are not the first male idols to openly have children. Previously, Choi Min Hwan (FT.Island) surprised the Korean audience when he suddenly announced his marriage to Yul Hee (former Laboum member) in early 2018. The reason why the star couple "quickly fell in love" was for having a baby. Becoming a married man and having his first child at the age of 26 made Choi Min Hwan heavily criticized. Even when the drummer of FT.Island participated in Mr. House-husband and sharing about his daily life of taking care of his wife and children, the kimchi audience still constantly commented on how he got married too early, still more like a young boy than a man as the head of the house. family. But above all, the audience is not satisfied that Choi Min Hwan is still a member of FT.Island and can return to the stage to perform at any time.

Not only fans of the group, even the mass audience, who are not fans of an artist or group, often give harsh criticisms or demand that married idols retire. The most common reason given by the mass audience for this action was "it is not acceptable for a married person to stand on the stage dancing and singing". A part of the Korean audience thinks that it is offensive for a married man to still go on stage to perform fan service (speak words of love, act according to the will of fans) and sing romantic love songs.

Therefore, in Korean opinion, it is too early for a male singer to get married and have children in their 20s (and less than 30), especially when they are people who have spent many years training hard. and to pursue art. "He is pursuing his happiness at the expense of the other members' dreams, youth, and passion," Chen's fans specifically replied to the Korea Herald while ranking. protest line, asking the male singer to leave EXO.

The same case also happened with Sung Min (Super Junior). The male singer was criticized for being selfish, disrespecting his teammates and the group's work when he was determined to hold a wedding at a time when Super Junior had to complete many overseas performance schedules. Before the strong boycott wave of fans, Sung Min had to stop all activities with Super Junior after holding the wedding. Up to now, 7 years since getting married, Sung Min still cannot return to activities with the group because fans do not accept married members to participate in music promotion and performance activities.

According to Lee Jong Im - author of Idol Trainees Sweat and Tears, female fans tend to see idols as their dream boyfriends, and they will feel betrayed when idols announce their dating, marry. The average age of group members usually ranges from 17-22 years old. The golden time to operate and attract fans of groups is the first 5 years after debuting to the audience. Therefore, when going through the peak of their career, most male idols are just over 30 years old. Once the first 5-7 years have passed, female fans tend to stop fantasizing about possessing idols, or treating idols as lovers. Therefore, idol singers gradually get rid of the risk of being criticized and boycotted for dating. Simultaneously with the growth of fans, idol singers also gradually reach the milestone of 30, 40 years old, and have 10-15 years of activity in showbiz. At this age, audiences tend to support artists who have a girlfriend or get married.

For example, in the case of members Shinhwa, Eric Moon, and Jun Jin, they were all blessed by fans when publicly getting married. Shim Chang Min (DBSK) was also not opposed by any fans or public audience when announcing his marriage in October 2020. Taeyang (Big Bang) was even urged by fans to hold a wedding after many years of dating actress Min Hyo Rin. In addition, with idols who have stopped working and left showbiz, they can get married without any conflicting opinions. Because in fact, when they leave the group or retire, they are no longer singers and are no longer tied to female fans' desire to possess idols.

It can be seen that Korean audiences are actually not too strict about idol group members getting married and having children. However, the prerequisite for idols is that the time of operation and age must meet the standard, even though the standard is actually set by the audience themselves. Failure to comply with the above standards, the artist risks losing his career when he violates the taboo in Kpop, which is dating and getting married while still at the peak of his career.

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