After the criticism received after the release of the first trailer for ‘Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop’, the possible source commented on controversy
Announced on Wednesday, 30, the documentary that follows the steps of Lee Soo Manfounder of SM Entertainment, received several criticisms directed at one of the excerpts disclosed, specifically addressing the “dark side of K-Pop”, where records of the deceased member of Shinee were transmitted, JONGHYUN. Trying to clarify the situation after great repercussion, the alleged narrator of the specific Take has spoken on social networks.
Through X, former Twitter, the account that uses the user “DRSSABRECHE” and the name of “Stephanie”, began the testimony claiming to be the source responsible for the moment, and that the edition of the feature distorted his account, saying that, initially, the topic to be discussed would be “orientalist and infantilizing”, defending that he used the singer as an example of the narrative of the media by “portraying them. Idols as intellectually late “, being cited as someone who has always had important positions of relevant topics, as well as participation in the creative process of his works.
She continued sharing her vision about artists being used as “mere consumer objects that do not have their own attitudes, freedom of expression, social awareness or engagement in the process of musical production, social or political issues.” The narrator stressed that the phrase included in the trailer is just the beginning of her statement and “illustrated her with a video of the artist’s funeral, saying the exact opposite of what the initial speech intended.”
Finally, she declared herself a shawol [fandom do SHINee] 10 years ago, “whose speech was overlapping with the images of the Jonghyun funeral,” ending his account saying he was “deeply injured and shocked by the form that this edition was made.”
About ‘Lee Soo Man: King of K-Pop’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoghDBXKURQ
The documentary ‘Lee Soo Man: The King of K-Pop’, with a global debut scheduled for May 13, 2025 in thePrime video, which draw the journey of Lee From his early days as a singer in the 1970s until he became one of the greatest entrepreneurs in the South Korean music industry by founding SM Entertainment, home of artists such as Shinee, Red Velvet, Girls’ Generation, EXO, among others.
Source: Recreio
