[theqoo] AREUM'S INSTA UPDATE

“I have nothing to say officially about the incident itself, but I’ll leave a short message because I keep getting DMs. When I first joined the group, I was busy adjusting and keeping up with them by memorizing all the songs in Korean and Japanese, learning the choreography, and even memorizing the movements.

So, practicing hard was all I did, but it was hard to accept everything when the Twitter incident occurred among the members.

I’ve said this many times since leaving the group, but it always gets buried. As a new group member, maybe it was because she knew how I felt, but Hwayoung Unni took care of me, and I was always so grateful and followed her around. But after the injury incident and everything between the members, it felt like I was walking on thin ice and had no one to lean on.

Every day was torture for me at such a young age. I had no time or energy to cause trouble. And after the misunderstanding, it’s true that I received an apology from Hwayoung.

If I had a younger sister, I would have done the same thing, as it was the only thing she could do for her sister then. I didn’t take it to heart, so everything ended well.

T-ARA was just a scar, nothing more and nothing less. I just left it as part of a memory where I lived my hardest. How about we just leave it as the main characters of the songs we liked back then? What’s the point of asking me all these questions?

I believe everyone involved regrets and feels sorry and hurt due to their actions from when they were young. It’s just that there are some people that have a harder time. I don’t think there was anyone then who didn’t have a hard time. A lot of time passed, and every time I went on broadcast, they would always use the ’T-ARA’ keyword, whether I liked it or not.

I just wanted to live quietly. Even now, and in the future, I just want to live a normal life. I hope everyone can forget the pain from that time and live peacefully.”

CR: Koreaboo

original post: here

1. So only the victims are clarifyingㅠㅠ

2. The T-ARA members were indeed at fault, but the bigger issue lies with their former CEO, Kim Kwang-soo. Instead of properly addressing the situation and having them apologize, he simply terminated Hwayoung’s contract and pushed ahead with their activities. This prevented a proper resolution or apology. That’s why people often say the CEO bears more responsibility than the members. As for the members, it feels like things could be resolved now if someone stepped up and issued an apology.