Another star couple has emerged in Korea and it's Kim Bum and Moon Geun-Young. I was surprised at this news, even more when I saw that Kim Bum is younger, but I'm also happy for them. I mean, it's their time to date, looking at their age. Plus it was pretty courageous of them to come out all public.
What do I mean? I heard that it's difficult especially for female Korean celebrities to date publicly because apparently, the number of fans go down. Male fans all have this fantasy of their favorite star possibly being their girlfriends and then all of a sudden their noona has a boyfriend, then to their shame, they disloyally leave them. Or something like that. Plus, it's imaginable that it's the same for male Korean stars. So you can see that it's not an easy decision to make whether you're going to go public about your dating life or not as a celebrity.
But this doesn't mean that celebrities all end up forcefully being forever alone. There are considerable numbers of married celebrities. However, it's harder for K-pop idols to date. Okay, instead of sounding all neutral I have to pitch in my own voice in this - I, too, cringe at the thought of one of my favorite boy group members dating someone. So it's not like I'm unsympathetic to K-poppers but at the same time, it's sad to me that their freedom is already virtually deprived from them but the fact that they can't freely have a love life without the consent of their agency is worse.
Unlike many SHINee fans, I was actually happy for Jonghyun when he was dating actress Shin Se Kyung, I thought they looked good together (and, I must admit, Jonghyun is not my favorite member sooooo yeah). Plus I'm happy for Wonder Girls' Sun, who is now married and very recently gave birth to her first child, for making such a big step as a K-pop idol and of course, we can't forget her agency that allowed this huge irrevocable thing. In fact, she's the first K-pop group idol to get married in this generation which brings light to what upsets me. We have older idols, for example, SHINHWA, who are all in their 30s and yet none of them are married yet. Maybe it's not their agency and status preventing them from having a love life, but that's what it seems like and it makes me feel bad for them.
Also, there are K-pop idols who've said they want to get married early. It's a common desire, I also want to get married early. But it's harder for K-pop idols to achieve this dream because, K-pop idols have the reputation of being young, so it's mighty difficult for them to be finding their significant other while busily holding concerts and promoting their next album. Plus think in the view of the fans, they want their oppas to be with them forever, not eventually quitting their job to make their own families.
So there have been gradual increase in celebrity couples or celebrities with boyfriends/girlfriends but not so much in the K-pop world. But sticking to my point, I like that more celebrities are breaking out of their shells and dating, and I'm torn when it comes to K-pop idols. It really always depends on who's dating who for me to decide how I feel about them.
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