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Two of the three tweets made by the artist were regarding his two solo tracks “Tough Cookie” and “Well Done,” and the third tweet was a short message remembering the Sewol Ferry tragedy that occurred in April 2014.

The first tweet, which was posted on November 3, 2014, reads, “The completed version of‘Tough Cookie’ has a running time of 4 minutes and 16 seconds,”

However, in the following month on December 31st, Zico tweeted a photo of a yellow ribbon, the official support campaign symbol for the Sewol tragedy, with a caption that read, “Even if sewol(time) passes, let us not forget that one Sewol. Don’t forget, never forget. 4.16.”

The third and most recent Twitter update by the idol star was a message regarding the length of his newest single, which reads, “My new single ‘Well Done’ has a running time of 4 minutes and 16 seconds,” an uncanny resemblance to the first tweet.

Yoo’s father stated in the interview, “She was really looking forward to attending Block B’s concert after coming back home from the high school science [Sewol Ferry] trip because we promised to let her go as a birthday gift…”

Mr. Yoo further commented that the news of his daughter’s passing during the tragedy was somehow reported to the Block B members. He then stated that his daughter’s favorite member, speculated to be Zico, paid a visit on the day of Yoo’s funeral with a handwritten letter to her.

“He [Zico] stayed for about an hour and a half. He and I talked and cried together for the whole time before he left. He said that he lost a very valuable and precious fan and shed a lot of tears… he cried a lot,” said Mr. Yoo.

Yoo’s father also told the interviewer that when Block B’s concert was postponed due to the tragedy and was rescheduled for several weeks later, he and his wife were invited to attend the concert as special guests. Yoo’s father and mother attended the concert with a framed photo of their daughter in their arms and enjoyed the show.

“My daughter was able to watch her favorite oppas at the concert she’s been dying to go to,” stated Mr. Yoo, “By the end of the concert, in the photo we had of our daughter, she looked like she was smiling.”

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The judges ragged on Michelle for her performance that day. They said they were disappointed in her because she had a sore throat. BoA went as far as to say she was upset that Michelle had spoken to other contestants before performing and the other judges saying she shouldn’t have greeted them so she could save her voice. They were ragging on her because she spoke and blamed her “poor performance” on it. So of course when the guy tried to speak to her she told him to stop. They just made her feel bad for talking, so why would she keep doing it? Nobody had any reason to be angry with her, she was upset and wanted to be left alone.

Lee Michelle was painted to look like an “Angry Black Girl”.

That stereotype exists everywhere, S.Korea included. They needed an antagonist for that season and picked the one the public would be quickest to turn against: the darker-skinned, confident, Black woman. People saw/see her as “arrogant” for no reason other than the fact that she is proud of her talent, but male idols (example: Heechul) can be as conceited as they want and be seen as entertaining or manly or cool. In Korean music, Black women are depicted as flirty/promiscuos and rarely seen outside of club scenes. They are never portrayed as complex people, and certainly are never shown as people with feelings. So when Michelle showed that she was irritated, the viewers got pissed that she wasn’t giving face or showing the image they wanted to see. Even now, anti-fans and haters use that against her. Besides, I wouldn’t care if she did have a stank attitude, negative people get work in the music industry all the time (ex: Kangin, Heechul, Kyuhyun, etc).

You do not need to mold Lee Michelle into a stereotype so you can feel better about your faves.

Her race, skin color, and even her body type influence people’s view of her. She doesn’t fit the image of “beauty” promoted in S.Korea’s music industry because of those things and it affects how she is reviewed/promoted. The last thing her career needs is to be weighed down by racism, colorism, fatphobia, and a painfully negative stereotype like the “Angry Black Girl”. Let her be, attitude or not, because she is human and shouldn’t be expected to change who she is. She can be successful despite all this (Tasha, Ameriie, and Insooni have done it) but that doesn’t invalidate her feelings or her struggle. Stop dissing my girl to defend your faves, it’s not necessary. I say this because the reason someone brought up her “attitude” was an ask talking about Somi and Vernon being glorified for their biracial background (which they are) while she is ignored and even hated for hers (which she is).

Lee Michelle can, and hopefully will, do amazing things with her music. If you aren’t gonna support her, that’s completely fine. I love Michelle enough that you don’t have to, but don’t come for my girl just to uplift other people. I will repeat it again.

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