Fans & netizens comment on EXO DO's voluntary enlistment

- DO is confirmed to have enlisted voluntarily. His enlistment will take place on July 1st.
- EXO's concert begins on July 19 and runs for 2 weeks which he will narrowly miss.
- He will be discharged in January 2021, which is just before the filming date of Along With The Gods 2. By then, other members will enlist so there won't be many group promotions.
- Fans have been already disappointed with DO's lack of enthusiasm in EXO's promotions

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Pann: I've been an EXO stan for 8 years and I give up on Do Kyungsoo now

1. [+805, -48] Kyungsoo-ya, you need to wake up for real. Your votes for Baeksang and the cheering crowd to cheer you up are 90% EXO fans, not your fans as an actor.

2. [+655, -61] A planned enlistment to avoid a concert and to fit the date of Along With The Gods, goosebumps.

3. [+553, -33] Even those who are defending Do Kyungsoo right now know he has no affection left for EXO anymore. He freaks out at the fans who are waiting for him after a schedule but when he's Actor Do Kyungsoo, he's super kind to the fans waiting for him after a schedule.

4. [+308, -3] What's funny is that Joonmyun will enlist after the concert but Kyungsoo is voluntarily enlisting for a film when he still has 2 more years left.

5. [+303, -2] Honestly, if you're an EXO-L, you've worried about how Kyungsoo is feeling at least once. It's wise of him to talk carefully but is it that hard to say the things fans want him to for at least once? He says EXO's promotions are his priority but when he's Actor Do Kyungsoo, he even shaves his head whereas when he's EXO Do Kyungsoo, his face is always blank and never agrees to wear the rabbit hat. I love DO's voice as a fan so I'm really worried that he'll leave EXO. I hope he makes it clear that EXO will last long.

6. [+280, -4] We're not mad about him enlisting. We're mad that he can still do the concert and enlist but he's enlisting before that and how he chose to enlist to film the movie. Besides, there are so many things that he disappointed the fans with, so the fans aren't having it anymore.

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Pann: Fans are pissed at EXO Do Kyungsoo's voluntary enlistment

1. [+278, -72] I've seen many idols who left their groups to debut as actors but DO is a legendary one... Not leaving the group but enlisting earlier to skip on the group promotions and after he's discharged, he can promote as an actor without having to care about the group. Kya... goosebumps.

2. [+230, -49] If he was my bias, I would've been totally speechless.

3. [+196, -80] Goosebumps, he's a selfish kid.

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Pann: I'm an EXO fan and I'm disappointed with DO

1. [+258, -48] I left the fandom way before. If you're an idol, isn't communication a must thing to do? On the official app, he posts like once a year. He doesn't use social media so we can't even see a selca of him. Never does V app, either. I wonder if he truly cares about the fans. There's nothing about him so I had to stan with old videos only. It made me frustrated so I left the fandom.

2. [+247, -88] EXO's concert was supposed to be in February but fans were confused why it got pushed. So DO was the reason. I'm an EXO fan but I'll support OT8 without DO. He doesn't want to promote as EXO, too annoyed to prepare for the concert, but wants to film Along With The Gods 3 in 2021 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Yeah, do whatever you want.

3. [+197, -33] It pisses me off to think how the delay of the concert created rumors about other members.

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Article: "Heavy heart"... 'Enlisting in July' Do Kyungsoo (DO) writes a letter to fans

Source: My Daily via Nate

1. [+163, -8] Usually, celebrities delay as much as they could but he's enlisting earlier than the hyungs in his group. I think it's actually better to enlist early. Hope he has a safe enlistment!

2. [+135, -6] Kyungsoo-ya, be healthy ㅠㅠ Sad that I won't see you at the concert but I always respect your decision.

3. [+68, -5] I still can't forget 100 Days My Prince. I re-watch it sometimes and it's a masterpiece.

4. [+13, -1] I think his shoulders will look broader after ㅋㅋㅋㅋ He's cool.

5. [+12, -1] He's saying that his heart is heavy because he couldn't inform the fans first due to the journalists ㅠㅠ Have a safe enlistment~

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Source: Naver

1. [+1123, -25] Whatever Kyungsoo decides, I'll always cheer for him~

2. [+603, -9] Have a safe enlistment Do Kyungsoo <3

3. [+359, -11] It's your duty as a Korean man~ These days, if you're a celebrity, it's much better to enlist early.

4. [+267, -11] I was so surprised but I'll respect your decision~ Have a safe enlistment for a better future~

5. [+259, -56] He delayed a lot since people enlist in their early 20's. But since he's enlisting in his mid-20's, he can come back and act, release solo albums, and promote more.

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Jessica's 'Fly' comeback, SNSD, Sones

Pann: Jessica's 'Fly'

1. [+166, -75] Her title track is good but the b-sides are even better! She's a voice queen ㅠㅠ

2. [+155, -73] I love her song <3

3. [+152, -77] I can tell that Jung Sooyeon prepared hard for this ㅠㅠ

4. [+89, -69] SM lost ㅋㅋㅋ Jessica's song is really good

5. [+70, -11] I felt that Jessica knows what suits her and doesn't go beyond limits, like her fashion and her new album. She knows what kind of styling suits her and she dresses neatly without looking boring. She knows her voice isn't powerful so she chose songs that go well with her voice instead of powerful songs. It seems easy to go with what suits you but it's not easy to balance things. Sometimes, you're tempted to try something that doesn't suit you. But Jessica pulls off just right. As a SNSD fan, I didn't want Jessica to succeed more but I also didn't want her to collapse... Jung Sooyeon did well as expected.

6. [+53, -15] I thought, "As expected~" when I watched her music video ㅋㅋㅋㅋ She's got good senses definitely. Her style is so unique ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Since before, she was the only fashionable member. She knows what women like. I understand why Jessica was a role model of so many women when she was controversial for her rude personality.

7. [+52, -25] Tiffany is completely defeated and Sone-roaches are trembling hard

8. [+48, -5] Jessica had more female stans than Tiffany ㅋㅋ China mass-bought her album also. China is where the money is at. Her song isn't my style but I think it'll do well. I knew she'd do well, just look at the number of fans she has ㅋㅋ She has a really good image on female-dominated sites and even on Naver. She'll all-kill if she brings a public-friendly song.

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Pann: Jessica says she still contacts SNSD

1. [+201, -10] I heard that Jessica and SNSD still have a good relationship. It seems that Sulli and f(x) don't contact each other at all.

2. [+170, -4] But they said 8 members all agreed on kicking out Jessica. Was it SM's media-play then? Yeah, it'd be weird if they don't keep in touch when they've known each other for more than 10 years.

3. [+166, -6] Jessica and Yoona were very close. As years passed, they were more pictures of both together.

4. [+106, -2] SNSD had a member change in 8 years, right? I think SNSD stayed well for a long time. It's hard to stay the same when there are nine girls... SNSD members aren't fierce, so...

5. [+94, -34] I doubt she'd contact Taeyeon

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Pann: Sones, what do you think of Jessica?

1. [+150, -10] I feel like I'm watching an ex-boyfriend. We're done and dragging more only hurts us. I hope we'd just go on our own ways without mentioning each other. I can't wish for her happiness but I don't want her to suffer.

2. [+125, -84] She's worse than EXO traitors. A lot of people don't know so they just think she got kicked out ㅋㅋ

3. [+109, -43] I don't care. I'm just gonna stan the 8 members, lulu

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Fans become depressed after seeing their favorite artists?

"The reality hits you.
You thought you'd be so happy and excited to see them in real life.
But after seeing them, you're left with a sense of futility and become depressed.
Dejection + emptiness + depression + futility = reality.
And you feel the gap between the artists and you."

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Instiz: The unexpected emotion fans feel the most after seeing their favorite celebrities

- I get what it means ㅋㅋ I wondered what I had achieved while my favorite artist was gaining so many fans like this.

- Am I the only one who's still a big stan? I stay excited after a stage so I watch other fancams and go, "oh, someone was shooting from this direction" and enjoy the performance again.

- I cried on my way to home from a fansign ㅠㅠ The reality hits you really hard

- Indeed... I was thinking, "My favorite artist is successful and is performing in front of so many people. What am I even doing?"

- It's especially severe if you're stanning foreign idols ㅋㅋㅋ

- I expected the reality to hit me and went all the way to China to go to a concert, but I ended up liking the artist even more. I love you Luhan <3

- I feel this the most on my way to home from a concert. I get really depressed and I don't even remember how I got home. But I get over it after a day.

- Singers also get the depression after they finish a concert... It's like an aftereffect

- I really liked Bigbang but I left the fandom after going to their concert because of this ㅠㅠ

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BTS fansite sells unofficial goods copied from EXO's official goods?

Five BTS fansites collaborated and are selling these goods:

EXO's official goods:

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Pann: BTS goods are similar to EXO's official goods

1. [+303, -10] EXO-Ls, you guys are on Twitter, right? If you don't, make an account and please throw tons of curses at 'Hi, Spring' fansite admin. I really hate how this fandom causes controversies when they're fansite admins... I hate getting into trouble with EXO-L, why do they do this... They gave a long feedback but what they said was basically "we're not at fault." Other than brainless Armies, Armies are not shielding them. Just days ago, there was another mess from international goods... Big Hit also told them not to make unofficial goods but they never listen... I didn't like them since they started following BTS' schedule.

2. [+274, -74] ㅋㅋㅋㅋ If EXO-L did this, they would've gotten bashed so much but this issue isn't even blowing up. What kind of a logic is it to say unofficial goods are fine?

3. [+220, -9] 

The colored name tag - The 'Hi Spring' admin gave a feedback - "It doesn't matter because its color and text are different." This admin knows BTS' manager personally and gives him gifticons. That's how she finds out BTS' schedule. Armies also don't like her.

The name tag with black background - They're mass-selling it on Instiz. The seller apologized and said she'll refund it. She's in grade 12 and she's even selling her concert tickets to refund.

It's not done by the entire fandom. Armies are also demanding a feedback from the admin.

4. [+91, -115] I'm so sick of Big Hit and BTS' fandom trying to copy EXO

5. [+86, -39] If EXO-L did this, they would've gotten a lot of hate. But people are defending BTS and their fans... I didn't even think of bashing them but I find this situation funny.

6. [+76, -1] What's certain: 1) We're not criticizing the name tag itself. 2) The problem is that the name tag is hanging on the lightstick. 3) EXO's fandom was the first to hang a name tag on the lightstick and other fandoms never did the same.

7. [+76, -36] But BTS' goods aren't official so instead of bluntly bashing them, we should demand a feedback from the one that made it.

8. [+74, -4] Shouldn't there be a feedback from the admin, not from the fandom? It's the admin's fault to sell unofficial goods and she's also the one that made it. I don't want to defend her.

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Sechs Kies fans struggle to catch up on new fandom culture after 16 years

"Do fans still send wreaths? I want to do everything fans do these days. We're not dead!!"

- Fans do rice wreaths these days

- Rice wreaths!

- Yes. Rice wreaths, ramen wreaths, school supply wreaths, food wreaths, and etc. Fans choose whatever they want for the wreaths.

- Yes, I really want to do everything for them ㅠㅠ It's time to fire the bullets that I've kept for 16 years.

"If we're going to do rice wreaths, let's put brown rice instead of white rice since it's healthier."

- ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Brown rice is also yellow <3 (tn: Yellow is Sechs Kies' official color)

- Might as well do yellow millet ㅋㅋ

- Let's put all sorts of grains for the members' health ㅋㅋㅋ

Title: I'm the halmaemi (tn: old fan) that posted below. So there's no wreaths of red ginseng or vitamins?

"Thanks for answering my questions... So you really don't put up a banner? Then what do you do at a concert without a banner? And I didn't know that you're actually donating the rice. Fandoms do a lot of good deeds these days... So there's no wreaths of dog food or red ginseng? My oppa raises a dog."

Title: I'm a halmaemi from other gallery, can I ask some questions...

"I'm from the gallery of a first generation idol group that recently reunited... We're preparing for a concert and gifts. We're all halmaemis so we don't know a thing... I was looking for other active idol galleries and because SHINee and 2PM are the newest groups that I know, I decided to come here. Please help me with these questions..

1) What exactly are rice wreaths? Do the members eat the rice?

2) Fans don't put up a vertical banner at a concert these days? And what's a slogan?

3) There's no fanclub president? Then how are you supposed to contact the company?

4) Why can't we make placards?"

 

"You halmaemis do realize that the members don't actually eat the rice wreaths, right? You guys seem to be misunderstanding this ㅋㅋㅋ"

- Then who eats those? ㅠㅠ

- You're donating them ㅋㅋ

- I was also confused. So where do you donate them?

- They don't??

- Ah, I see! I didn't know ㅋㅋ I'm learning a new thing today ㅋㅋㅋ ㅠㅠ

- Oh, they don't? Yeah... I was wondering how they could take the huge amount of rice...

- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ You should've searched up rice wreaths at least ㅋㅋㅋ

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Pann: Sechs Kies fans who are stanning after 16 years

1. [+188, -0] My favorite singer has a comeback once a year and I still want to do everything for them ㅋㅋ I can't imagine how it is to have waited for 16 years ㅋㅋ I understand them. And they're so cute ㅠㅠ

2. [+155, -0] Why are they so cute? ㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+128, -0] Ah ㅋㅋㅋ I understand their feelings ㅋㅋ

4. [+68, -0] I read on a blog that the difference between stanning in the past and present was that they're going to the concert with their husband and kids and they don't have to worry about the time of the train. It made me tear up. I wonder how I'll be stanning in 15 years.

5. [+67, -0] My heart started beating faster when they mentioned grains. They must be in their 30's, why are they so cute ㅠㅠ

6. [+66, -0] "My oppa raises a dog" ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

7. [+58, -0] They were young fans but now they're madams... Red ginseng wreaths... Their scale is different.

8. [+53, -1] "My oppa raises a dog" is so funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is so cute

9. [+41, -0] The newest idols are 2PM and SHINee ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So cute

10. [+38, -0] "Who eats the rice?" "Fanclub president" ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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When SHINee fansite admins are not with SHINee

To see all photos, go to the Pann link

Caption: "SHINee isn't here T_T"

Caption: "SHINee isn't here ^_T"

Skater Sung Si Bak

Shawol's trip to Serengeti:

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Pann: When SHINee fansite admins are not with SHINee

1. [+20, -1] These people are the ones that created "~ isn't here" series ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Since "SHINee isn't here", other fansite admins started using "~isn't here" phrase.

2. [+15, -1] They're donating their talents ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They're really good at photographing. Thumbs up.

3. [+13, -1] Hul daebak, I can't believe the pictures of Sung Si Bak were from a SHINee fansite admin...

4. [+12, -0] Wow.. the pictures of Shin Hye Sung and Kim Yuna are daebak ㅋㅋ Is there bugs on the tiger's face? Gross...

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Seventeen Mingyu's fansite shuts down after he gives away his gifts

"I finished setting up Mingyu's birthday advertisement at Konkuk University Station~ Please pay a lot of attention~ #Mingyu #Seventeen"

"Happy birthday Mingyu~ I hope you have a good one #Mingyu #Seventeen"

The admin did a subway ad + gave loads of brand gifts for Mingyu's birthday

She closed her fansite however

"It's been three times already. I'm so speechless. He used to use all gifts regardless of their prices but now he's giving them away. Why?"

Pictures of his gifts being used by members & his sister:

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Instiz: Seventeen fansite shuts down because birthday gifts were given to others

- I'd be upset, too. It's not some cheap gift, she prepared so much for a birthday but he gave them away so easily.

- She has the right to be mad as the giver, we can't complain

- I live in a dorm so I can say that my roommates' clothes are mine and my clothes are my roommates' ㅋㅋ

- I can understand sharing them with members since they live together but the case of his sister could be upsetting. It's the third time already...

- If I give my boyfriend clothes and I see his brother wearing it, I'd be very upset...

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Winner's intense fansign in a rainstorm

A rainstorm came during a fansign. It was very windy and Seungyoon fought against the wind with a cushion (picture above)

Fan accounts:

"It was a disaster ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Everywhere was soaked by rain and the tent was shaking so hard. Fans' umbrellas flipped and it was a mess. The fans were worried about the members ㅋㅋ "We're OK!! Just let the members avoid the rain!" ㅋㅋ I saw a fan giving her scarf to a member"

"Mino: It's raining, guys.

(Rain starts pouring)

Seungyoon: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Thanks for coming to see us in this weather

Fans: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ We love you!! This is how much we... (wind) Guys!!! Get in the car!!"

"When it started raining, the fans told the staff, "We can get wet but please don't let the members get wet. They're babysitting a baby, they shouldn't catch a cold.""

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Taehyun shouted, "Guys, get into a building!!"

They had to make the fansign private and changed the location

At the new location, the members and fans were much closer. Seunghoon hid his face shyly.

Pann: Winner had a fansign with a rainstorm

1. [+160, -2] He gave his hair to a fan ㅋㅋ

(Jinwoo allowed his fan to take one hair)

2. [+154, -2] Seungyoon is fighting against the rain with a cushion ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Taehyun's love and worry for fans are as expected.

3. [+144, -2] Seunghoon is so cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

4. [+67, -0] Winner and fans were worried about each other ㅋㅋ Fans shouted, "Guys, don't get sick! Get in the car! We're OK but they shouldn't get wet!" Winner shouted, "Guys, get inside! Share an umbrella!"

5. [+63, -0] I went to watch and I was there for 6 hours in a rain. Before 20 minutes, they opened the side gate. It was so annoying but they looked awesome!

6. [+61, -0] I don't know if it's Winner or the fans that are nice in the first place, but all of them have a beautiful heart.

7. [+60, -0] Inner Circles are so nice... It's also nice how Winner is worried about their fans but the fans talk nicely. I hope Winner lasts long.

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