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Posted by serendipity47 pts Friday, September 5, 2014

SPEED's Taewoon receives backlash for tweet aimed towards efforts to have Ladies' Code's song rank #1 on music charts

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SPEED's Taewoon has come under fire as his deleted tweet is making its way around, angering the public and fans of Ladies' Code.


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The deleted tweet was thought to be aimed towards the recent efforts by netizens and Ladies' Code fans to have the girl group's "I'm Fine Thank You" rank #1 on music charts to help make EunB's wish come true.




The tweet read, "Sympathy should end as sympathy... These nonsense events that are becoming reality because of a surge of emotion... Is that really something that is for them... It makes me angry... Attention is something that's more beautiful when you give it to them when they exist, so why now;;... I really wish we could send [her] off peacefully."

Many interpreted this to be in regards to fans and netizens streaming and downloading Ladies' Code's song in a joint effort to reach #1 on music charts to fulfill a wish of EunB's from when she was alive. Criticism was sparked as many felt he was criticizing the fact that people helped to fulfill a wish, and because of his wording, describing it as 'nonsense events'. However, it seems Taewoon could have perhaps been stating that this effort may not really be something that will help in peacefully sending off EunB and that it angers him that people are only now giving them attention.


When this started to become an issue with backlash coming about, the tweet was deleted, and another tweet took its place, which read, "Those who keep their mouths shut do better. Let's keep the mouth shut," seeming as if Taewoon was reminding himself it's better to keep quiet sometimes.


As criticism grew, Taewoon just recently took to Twitter to apologize. He wrote, "I'm sorry that I expressed the sadness I felt in my heart as a fellow colleague in the wrong manner. I am sincerely praying for a speedy recovery... And lastly, I respectfully send my condolences..."



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  2. Taewoon
  3. Ladies' Code
  4. EunB
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