Leader J wished he took Human Comm class )=

My stomach dropped as I heard the news. It could not be true , I thought. It was just yesterday when I watched him with his hilarious antics on my favourite game show. Some part of me want to believe that this was a publicity stunt or maybe his idea of a ‘September Fool’ joke.


So this was what happened, J, leader to one of my favourite, most-rapidly rising boy bands in Korea has been kicked out from his band. He made such a terrible mistake, he was threatened with a suicide petition with a few thousand signatures in which he reacted by leaving Korea.

What horrific thing did J do that cost him his entire career? Well, you see, J was an American born Korean. Having lived his life in America, he is pretty much white-washed. He came back to Korea to pursue his dreams of becoming a singer at the age of 18. Because of this, he had to be separated from his family and friends. Being a young boy at that time, he was carrying a heavier burden than any other young boys his age were. Where he studied in Korea, he was teased for not being able to converse in Korean. The lack of emotional support must have taken a toll on him and that caused him to react irrationally by posting inappropriate comments on a popular networking site, MySpace.


Leader J is in da middle !! =)



The MySpace posts which ruined his career . )=


J’s posts on MySpace were leaked out and were exposed to the public eye. Netizens were furious by his comments and some think that he was ethnocentric and too arrogant on being American born.

On another note, The Star published an article on US President Barack Obama warning teenagers about social networking sites, recently. He stated that whatever comments or pictures posted by us can be pulled up again later somewhere in our lives. Did you know that employers do research on potential employees on social networking sites? Would you ever want your potential employer to be going through your photos and comments you posted when you were in high school? It’s amazing how communication has evolved throughout the years. Computer-mediated communication has made things so much easier for people all around the world. But we have to be extremely careful of what we do and what we say because in this modern world of communication, they can be used against us in the future.

It was a pity that this young talent was not competent communication-wise. J should have been more aware of the culture aspect and avoid making remarks about the culture difference as communication is irreversible.

It was also a shame how communication could destroy one’s career, or in some cases, even one’s life. All the tears and sweat which had been shed for the past 4 years before he finally debuted went down the drain because of a few irrational rants.






Carmen Lee



credits to soompi forums for the pics and info.