Devastated. Anguished.

That is what I felt as my pride and joy get crushed into a million pieces in an instant.

SNSD.

Their glowing reputation took years to build, and it only took one moment for it to go away.

Fake. Two-Faced. Betrayers.

It hurts me to hear these words spoken against the girls because I know, or rather feel, that these are untrue and unfair.

After spending years at the top of the chaotic world of K-Pop, I wonder how many times worse are the remaining members of SNSD feeling right now, seeing that after all their hard work to maintain their positive image, it was all washed away at Jessica's words when she included her members in her statement that she was forced out of the group.

People take sides, hurtful words are said. This is a battle where no one really wins, but everyone else gets hurt in the process. The name SNSD is now tarnished, already a collateral damage this early in the battle.

But I will stay.

Like parents who take care of their sick siblings, I will stay.

Just like a band-aid on a wound, I will stay.

Like how there is a rainbow after the rain, I will stay.

Right now, more than ever, these 9 girls need the support of Sones to get through this.

As my personal way of supporting them, I decided not to judge any of them.

I decided to support them in any way I can, either as a group or solo.

I decided to trust them, because this incident is not enough to replace seven years (and more) worth of Soshi-Bond memories.

At first I thought I got into K-Pop because of SNSD, but now I finally realized that I got into K-Pop because of Taeyeon, Tiffany, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun, and Jessica.

Though this is not how I wanted things to happen, rest assured that I will stand beside you even if the whole world turn against you.

I will stay forever, if that is how much time it would take to see everyone smiling together again.

Don't lose hope. Keep the faith. Don't let anger turn to hate.

Jigeumeun. Appeurodo. Yongwonhi.

#StayStrongSNSD #StayStrongSone