Sasaeng Fans 1
K-Pop Audition/Trainee QuestionsSasaeng fans are a huge issue now. If you guys haven't hear it already, but apparently sasaeng fans trespassed into Baekhyun's brother's wedding, which in turn caused huge controversy.
Now, sasaeng fans have always been K-pop's little dark secret about how excessive their fans could get. TVXQ/DBSK had so many problems with them and now rookie group EXO is leading the news about those regarding saesang fans. Their antics ranged from breaking into member's rooms, taking pictures, getting into dangerous car chases, hurting the members and other fans.
Something I've noticied about sasaeng fans when I was reading articles about them, was that sasaeng fans are more prominent in boy bands and not so much girl groups. This is probably because both groups target different age groups (boy bands target younger girls whereas girl groups tend to target older men). Also, that's just my two cents on it.
Therefore, if you are a girl debuting, you wouldn't have to worry about sasaeng fans that much -- but that comes with a price. It's much harder for girl groups to gain popularity in general in Korea. For guys, it is a lot easier -- all you really need are a couple of good looking boys with catchy tunes -- but that comes with a price of sasaeng fans. Which do you guys think is better?
This was a quick update -- I'll post more about this issue in another chapter.
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