This past Sunday, HOTSechgodRG held a mini-concert and fanmeet (that lasted like five hours~!). Unfortunately, they failed to generate 69,950 likes on their FB page in time, so we will never get that guerrilla concert of our dreams. But nonetheless, they still held a "mini-concert" to give the fans something. On top of guests J-Walk, amazingly, Tony made his first public appearance since going to court in December of last year.
The fans wanted to see Tony, and he was on their Wish List, so at the end of the concert, they got their wish. It was a last minute surprise, but, despite being nervous and worried (obviously), Tony felt it was necessary to come out and once again apologize to fans, the other members, and staff affected and to thank all of his supporters. I've commented on Tony's scandal in a previous post, and as I've said, what Tony did was not anything evil. Tony came from a rough family background before he joined H.O.T and really worked hard to build himself up as a successful business man, so it was so sad to see him lose all of that (at least he still has Jaeduc), and I think that was punishment enough. If he was not Korean, it would have been a complete non-issue, but nonethelesss, Tony is not making a comeback just yet of course. If Andy took a whole year off, I can only assume that Tony will be away hiding, reflecting on his actions (he even admitted that he could not watch the World Cup this year) for at least another year. And even then I do not think he'll just jump right back into promotions.
The fans wanted to see Tony, and he was on their Wish List, so at the end of the concert, they got their wish. It was a last minute surprise, but, despite being nervous and worried (obviously), Tony felt it was necessary to come out and once again apologize to fans, the other members, and staff affected and to thank all of his supporters. I've commented on Tony's scandal in a previous post, and as I've said, what Tony did was not anything evil. Tony came from a rough family background before he joined H.O.T and really worked hard to build himself up as a successful business man, so it was so sad to see him lose all of that (at least he still has Jaeduc), and I think that was punishment enough. If he was not Korean, it would have been a complete non-issue, but nonethelesss, Tony is not making a comeback just yet of course. If Andy took a whole year off, I can only assume that Tony will be away hiding, reflecting on his actions (he even admitted that he could not watch the World Cup this year) for at least another year. And even then I do not think he'll just jump right back into promotions.
Before the big Tony reveal, HOTSechgodRG put on an intimate, fun little concert for a fan-packed audience. They came out like models, each representing different fashion centers from around the world (Heejun represented Tokyo, Jiwon LA, Danny New York, and Myeonghun Milan... I was just happy that Myeonghun looked pretty good tbh). There was a lot of interaction between the boys and the fans in attendance; they talked about the past, gave out advice, and discussed their Facebook endeavor. Of course I was hugely jealous that they held a hug lottery, since I would die happy if I could just get one Myeonghun hug.
The relationship between HOTSechgodRG and the fans is very unique. It's amazing that fans of each of the four groups came together and can support the boys as a whole. Though they have been able to attract younger fans, which is remarkable given the diverse options that exist in Kpop today, many fans have been with the members since their debuts, or close to it. As such, HOTSechgodRG fans tend to be adults (manly young women in their 20s and 30s), so there's a maturity that allows them to interact so closely with fans, as well as an old familiarity.
The event was filmed, so the footage should be worked into future WISH episodes. I honestly cannot wait to see what happened, especially since I have not encountered any real fan accounts or seen many fan photos from Sunday.
The WISH Facebook page had surpassed 50,000 likes, and it has been announced that the boys will be appearing on Running Man in late August (they just filmed their episode on the 29th).
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