I'm disappointed, but at the same time I'm not?
This isn't an angry rant or anything, I swear. This is me just honestly trying to let out some feelings here.
I've literally just heard that EXO is having a Tokyo Dome concert, and I feel conflicted.
I'm happy for them. Oh gosh, I'm really happy for them, I really am. I'm proud of them, because I really do love EXO. A lot of people seem to think that I hate EXO but I really don't. While I'm not happy with a lot of what the fans have done, I don't in any way hate EXO. The fans and the group are two different things.
But at the same time, I'm terribly upset by this. I think it's just a hit to the pride.
Because I'm not trying to say that EXO doesn't work hard. I know that those boys have worked their hardest to get to where they are now. I really do.
But I just don't feel like Tokyo Dome is truly something they've earned, you know? And this isn't just me being a hurt Shawol. It's really not. Because it's not just SHINee that have been to Tokyo Dome. So have SNSD, TVXQ, and Super Junior, and they are all groups that I love dearly. What I'm trying to say though, is that EXO has spend nearly the amount of time that previous SM groups have to get to Tokyo Dome. They don't even have a single Japanese song.
Have they even shown any interest in Tokyo Dome before it was announced that they were going?
And I'm not trying to say that it's bad that they're going, because it's not. Its a great achievement. I just feel as though its rushed is all, because I don't think that they've gotten to the stage where they've really earned the privelege. Like, I understand EXO's popularity, I do. And I know that they're an amazing group despite my dislike for their live performances. That is my opinion that I choose to stick to. While I love their albums, I don't think they sound good live. But you know, you have your opinion and I have mine. Just because I don't think they sound good live doesn't mean that I don't like them. They just aren't my favorite.
I think my biggest problem with it all is that, in all the years that I've known SHINee, Tokyo Dome is something they strived for. Tokyo Dome was their absolute dream. To them, it was the of their career and though I know that I shouldn't feel like this, I feel as though EXO going to Tokyo Dome has sort of shattered that. Because they've been out for three years, no Japanese songs, I've never heard them mention Tokyo Dome before, and suddenly they're just there? With a 3 day show no less, when SHINee had been waiting for the chance to be there for four years and they got a two day concert.
And don't get me wrong. SHINee made the most of those two days. I wasn't there, but I listened to the live audio streaming, and you can believe me that I cried my eyes out with all the pride.
And again, EXO going to Tokyo Dome isn't a bad thing, I'm proud of them.
I just wish it hadn't been now. I wish it were when they actually showed the true desire to go there, you know?
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