ƸӜƷ KING TAEYEON OFFICIAL THREAD ƸӜƷ

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Welcome to the Kim Taeyeon thread!
Rules: Anyone is allowed to talk and contribute as long as it's not hating/trolling
Just have fun~

~Please bare with me while the OP is in progress~


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Essential Links:

Taeyeon Official Instagram
Taeyeon Official Youtube Channel "탱구TV"
309KTYSS Taeyeon Updates Twitter
Taeyeon Fan Union Twitter
Girls' Generation Official Twitter
Girls' Generation Japan Official Twitter
SMtown Taeyeon Website
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Fansite List:
Active fansites:
https://twitter.com/flying_petals
https://twitter.com/jjoggomi_ty
https://twitter.com/BAEKSSUEL
https://twitter.com/Ineffablemoment
https://twitter.com/breath_39
https://twitter.com/blsforever309
https://twitter.com/TVTM39
https://twitter.com/Reasonofbeing39/
https://twitter.com/TYminion0309
https://twitter.com/invisiblewing39
https://twitter.com/chasestars_ss
https://twitter.com/39Limerence
https://twitter.com/YEN_39
https://twitter.com/TaengMania
https://twitter.com/SWEET3HAVEN9
https://twitter.com/309_tv
https://twitter.com/SumSum_TY
https://twitter.com/309mystarlight
https://twitter.com/jovialmood39
https://twitter.com/code0309_ty *new*
https://twitter.com/PolarisforTae *new*
Fansites on hiatus-ish:
https://twitter.com/309486
https://twitter.com/tyfm309
https://twitter.com/thisisswag_gg
https://twitter.com/TangParadise
https://twitter.com/tysonehk
https://twitter.com/angelsmelody309
https://twitter.com/JJ_TAEYEON
https://twitter.com/taeeeeeyeon

Couple Fansites:
https://twitter.com/alluring_voice (Taeyeon + Tiffany)
https://twitter.com/thisisswag_gg (Taeyeon + Tiffany)
https://twitter.com/deartaeny3981 (Taeyeon + Tiffany)
https://twitter.com/sootaeggoma (Taeyeon + Sooyoung)
https://twitter.com/Binary_Stars930 (Taeyeon + Jessica)

Full Group Fansites:
https://twitter.com/ttora0805
https://twitter.com/AllWithYou8
https://twitter.com/like_a_fool_
https://twitter.com/GSt89222
https://twitter.com/astralstone
Fansites on hiatus-ish:

*More Full Group Fansites & Closed Fansites (for Archive) to be added soon*
- Please write a comment if I've missed one!

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PURPOSE + PURPOSE Repackage
Taeyeon's 2nd Full Album

Release: October 28th - January 15th
Spotify - Itunes/Apple Music - Melon





ORDER LINKS:
Regular Version: Preview

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Kpopmart
Gmarket
YesAsia - Red Version
YesAsia - White Version
YesAsia - Red + White Version
YesAsia - Random Version + Random Poster
YesAsia - Random Version + Two Posters
SMTown & Store
**Note: If nothing specified they usually send different versions if you order 2 or more

Deluxe Version: Preview
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Kpoptown
Kpopmart
Gmarket
YesAsia
SMTown & Store


사계 (Four Seasons) - Digital Single
March 22, 2019
Spotify - Itunes - Apple Music - Melon

Tracklist:
01. Blue
02. 사계 (Four Seasons)



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VOICE - 1st Japanese EP
May 13, 2019 (Digital)
Spotify - Itunes - Apple Music - Melon - Line Music
June 5, 2019 (Physical)
CDJapan (Regular Edition) - CDJapan (Type A - Limited Live Edition) -
CDJapan (Type B - Limited Visual Edition)
Tracklist:
01. VOICE
02. I Found You
03. HORIZON
04. Vanilla
05. TURNT AND BURNT
06. SIGNAL



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그대라는 시(All About You) - Hotel Del Luna OST Part 3

July 21, 2019
Spotify - Itunes - Apple Music - Melon




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Other 2019 Releases:

Chancellor ft. Taeyeon - Angel
Digital Single Feature
May 1st, 2019
Spotify - Itunes - Apple Music - Melon




'춘천가는 기차 A train to chuncheon (Yoon Jong Shin Monthly Project 2019 - Beanpole Project "Hello 30")
Promotional Digital Single
May 21, 2019
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~ 탱구TV (Taengoo TV Youtube Channel) ~
LINK
DATE
TITLE/DESCRIPTION
LINKS
190514
(vlog) Taeyeon's daily life: Olive Young, Baskin Robbins, Simple fun outing
LINK
190505
Taengoo really received supplies from PUBG 🎁😳
LINK
190419
(vlog) The daily life of Taeyeon who's crazy about PUBG🔫: is this PUBG or dance addiction?
LINK
190409
Four Seasons Music Video Behind The Scenes Footage 🎥 Take A Look Into Taeyeon's 48-hours 👀
LINK
190404
Taeyeon's Curtain Call Band Rehearsal💜
LINK
190402
Recollecting Memories of Taeyeon's Why Choreography🔥
LINK
190327
Taeyeon - Four Seasons (Rehearsal Ver.) @ 's...one Taeyeon Concert
LINK
190325
Taeyeon - Four Seasons (Live) Focused CAM
LINK
190321
(vlog) Taeyeon's Daily Life: Volunteering, Fulfilling B-day, Human Theater, Life Experience
LINK
190303
(vlog) 🤓Taeyeon's Daily Life: Drive, Carpool Karaoke, Nutella Pancake
LINK
190226
First reveal of the Something New stage! that I performed at the Singapore Concert💜
LINK
190215
Hit drama Sky Castle🦋 Taengoo's Sky Castle parody *Warning: It's so short you'll want to swear*
LINK
190208
...'S concert in THAILAND 🐘🌴 Seeing Taeyeon's concert in Bangkok 💜
LINK
190127
...'S Concert
LINK
190127
Ba Bum Ba Dum Taengoo's First Alone Coin Karaoke Experience 🎤
LINK
190127
Ba Bum Ba Dum Taengoo's 2018 Tree Making🎄
LINK
190127
Ba Bum Ba Dum Tasting Taengoo's Ocean Friends 🐟🥢
LINK
190127
Ba Dum Ba Bum Making of Taengoo's Japanese Single🌝🎵
LINK
190127
Hello, It's Small-Mouthed Taengnim
LINK
190127
Ba Bum Ba Dum Behind story filled with laughter of Taengoo in Dubai😎 -
LINK
190127
Golden Disc Awards 2018 🏆 Let's take a look at Taengoo's waiting room
LINK
190127
Let's meet Vancouver Taengoo ! 🇨🇦
LINK
190118
Taeyeon's Milan Travelogue
LINK
190118
Taeyeon's Grindelwald Travelogue
LINK
190118
Taeyeon's Bern Travelogue
LINK
190118
Taeyeon's London Travelogue
LINK
140104
Be alright - taeyeon
LINK

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ƸӜƷ ~ Taeyeon Reality Shows ~ ƸӜƷ

DATE
Taeng9Cam - Solo Debut Reality Show (2015)
LINKS
151121
Episode 5
151114
Episode 4
151107
Episode 3
151031
Episode 2
151024
Episode 1
2018 - Girls For Rest (With Oh!GG) - All Episodes - Untold Stories
2015 - Channel SNSD (With full group) - All Episodes
2014 - The TaeTiSeo (With TTS) - All Episodes
2009 - We Got Married (With Taeyeon & Hyungdon) - Ep 42-54 (Full)
2009 - Hello Baby (With full group) -
All Episodes
2009 - Horror Movie Factory (With full group) - All Episodes
2008 - Factory Girl (With full group) - All Episodes
2007 - Girls Go To School (With full group, first show) - All Episodes

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~ Reality/Variety/Other ~

DATE
INDIVIDUAL/UNIT/GROUP
TITLE/DESCRIPTION
LINKS
2019
190920
Taeyeon
Begin Again 3, Episode 9
190906
Taeyeon
Begin Again 3, Episode 8
190830
Taeyeon
Begin Again 3, Episode 7 (First ep with Taeyeons team)
190827
Taeyeon & Sunny
PUBG Mobile Streaming
RAW
190826
Taeyeon & Sunny
PUBG Mobile Streaming
RAW
190813
Taeyeon & Sunny
PUBG Mobile Streaming
RAW
190812
Taeyeon & Sunny
PUBG Mobile Streaming
RAW
190810
Taeyeon & Sunny
Amazing Saturday - DoReMi Market (Dandyu Cut)
190730
Taeyeon & Sunny
PUBG Mobile Streaming
RAW
190718
Taeyeon & Sunny
PUBG Mobile Streaming
RAW
190701
Taeyeon & Sunny
PUBG Mobile Streaming
RAW
190323
Taeyeon
TAEYEON 태연 '사계 (Four Seasons)' MV Making Film
RAW
2018
181218
Taeyeon
Sullis Jinri Market - Taeyeon Cut
181206
Taeyeon
!t Live SM - Taeyeon concert cut
180920
Taeyeon
Keychen/Kibumtchen Ep 3 (2018)
2017
170819
Full Group
Entertainment Weekly Ep. 1685
170813
Full Group
Running Man Ep. 363
170819
Full Group
Knowing Brother Ep. 89
170812
Full Group
Knowing Brother Ep. 88
170810
Full Group (minus Seohyun)
Happy Together S3 Ep. 511
170807
Full Group
Girls' Generation X LieV Vlive
170805
Full Group
SNSD 10th Anniversary Fanmeet
Highlight , FMV
170801
Full Group
SNSD PARTY Night Vlive (2017)
170514
Taeyeon
YHYs Sketchbook Ep. 364 - With Jonghyun promoting Lonely
170319
Taeyeon
YHYs Sketchbook Ep. 356 - Promoting Fine
170318
Taeyeon
Jonghyuns Blue Night Radio (Audio)
RAW
170313
Taeyeon
Entertainment Weekly - Cook & Talk (2017)
170307
Taeyeon
Pops in Seoul Fine MV Making (2017)
170306
Taeyeon
PSH's Love Game Radio
170306
Taeyeon
Kim Shinyoungs Hope Song at Noon Radio
170304
Taeyeon
Music Core Vlive (at 58:47)
170302
Taeyeon
LieV x Taeyeon Vlive (2017)
170222
Taeyeon
Taeyeon appearing on Red Velvet Vlive (2017)
170207
Full Group
Casio IG Live - Full Group BTS Shenanigans
2016
161102
Taeyeon
11:11 Surprise Thank You Vlive
161101
Taeyeon
11:11 Oven & Eleven Vlive
160808
Taeyeon
Starlight Behind the scenes
160808
Taeyeon
Why Behind the scenes
160808
Taeyeon
Why Behind the scenes
160630
Taeyeon
Song Hope at noon Radio
RAW
160627
Taeyeon
WHY Vlive (2016)
160625
Taeyeon
Starlight Vlive (2016)
160219
Taeyeon
Taeyeon YHYs Sketchbook (2016)
160216
Taeyeon
Taeyeon Suprise Live! (2016)
160203
Taeyeon
Please Take Care Of My Refrigerator China, Ep. 10
160127
Taeyeon
Please Take Care Of My Refrigerator China, Ep. 9
2015
151208
TTS
Dear Santa, MV BTS
151207
TTS
Dear Santa, Jacket Photoshoot
151204
TTS
TTS Dear Santa Comeback Vlive (2015)
Taeyeon & Sunny
Sunnys FM Date (2015)
151007
Taeyeon
Taeyeon I Comeback VLIVE (2015)
150918
Group
YHY's Sketchbook
150903
Taeyeon, Tiff, Soo, Yuri
Kim Shinyoungs Hope Song At Noon - Radio
150829
Group
Show Champion Backstage
150828
Group
You Think - MV Making Part 2
150826
Group
Weekly Idol Ep. 213 (Part 2)
Group
SNSD 팔방미인 VLIVE - 7th - Bowling Competition
150823
Group
SNSD 팔방미인 VLIVE - 6th - With WG
150822
Group
SNSD 팔방미인 VLIVE - 5th - Games
150822
Group
You Think - MV Making Part 1
150821
Taeyeon, Sunny, Hyo, Seo
SNSD 팔방미인 VLIVE - 4th - With RV Irene
150819
Group
Weekly Idol Ep. 212 (Part 1)
150818
Group
SNSD 팔방미인 VLIVE - 2nd - Dance Practice
150818
Taeyeon, Sooyoung, Yoona
SNSD 팔방미인 VLIVE - 1st - Talk, showing album
Group
Channel SNSD - All Episodes
150724
Group
Guerilla Date
150714
Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yuri
Cultow Show Radio
150711
Group
Sunnys FM Date Radio
150708
Group
Hanbam One Night of TV Entertainment
150707
Group
Banyan Tree Showcase "PARTY"
150705
Group
Running Man - Ep 254
150421
Group
Naked4show Heechil Ep. 15
150408
Taeyeon
Midnight TV Entertainment Hanbam - TTS
150313
Taeyeon
Taeyeon Advice for Red Velvet
150125
Taeyeon & Yuri
Animals - Episode 1 (Yuri cut, Taeyeon narrator)
2014
141027
TTS
Hello Counselor - TTS
141003
TTS
YHYs Sketchbook - TTS
140927
TTS
Guerilla Date
Taeyeon & Members
Hidden Singer
140918
TTS
M! Countdown Begins TTS Interview
TTS
The TaeTiSeo - All Episodes
140815
Group
The Strongest Group
140727
Group
The Best - Concert DVD Interview
140700
Group
NTV Another Sky
P1 P2 P3 P4 ENG
140429
Group
Beatles Code 3D
140420
Group
Return Of Superman Ep. 22
140317
Group
Healing Camp Ep. 132
140314
Group
YHY's Sketchbook
140313&20
Group
Mnet Japan Wide Entertainment News
140308
Group
Guerilla Date
140305
Group
Midnight TV Ep. 452 (SNSD + Sooyoung MC)
140112&19
Group
NTV Live Monster
P1, P2
2013
Jounetsu Tairiku
130217
Group
Shinhwa Broadcast Ep. 48
130210
Group
Shinhwa Broadcast Ep. 47
130205
Group
Strong Heart Ep. 165
130204
Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yuri, Seohyun
The Beatles Code S2 Ep. 47
130119
Group
YHY's Sketchbook (2013)
130109
Group
Midnight TV Interview
130112
Group
Guerilla Date
Group
Naver Music Girls' Generation V Concert
ENG P1, P2, P3, P4
130101
Group
Romantic Fantasy
2012
120923
Taeyeon
Running Man - Episode 112
120620
TTS
Midnight TV Entertainment HanBam - TTS
TTS
Kangta Pasta.E.Basta
120513
TTS
Gag Concert Ep. 645
2011
2010
100317
Taeyeon
1 vs. 100
2009
091222
Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Seohyun
Strong Heart - Ep. 12 (Tae, Hyo, Seo)
091215
Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Seohyun
Strong Heart - Ep. 11 (Tae, Hyo, Seo)
Taeyeon
1 against 100
2008
081229
Taeyeon & Yuri
SBS Gayo Daejun Hit Song Parade (Taeyeon & Yuri)
081224
Taeyeon
Radio Star Ep. 120
081221
Taeyeon
Immortal Musical Classics
080921
Taeyeon
Family Outing - Ep. 14
080914
Taeyeon
Family Outing - Ep. 13
080321
Taeyeon & Tiffany
Sonyeon Sonyeo Gayo Baekso (Tiff + Tae guesting)
080323
Taeyeon & Yoona
Scenes of Life Experiences (Taeyeon + Yoona)
080315
Taeyeon & Sooyoung
Star Golden Bell - Ep. 176 (Taeyeon & Sooyoung)
080301
Taeyeon, Tiffany, Sooyoung
Star Golden Bell - Ep. 174 (Tae, Tiff, Soo)
080209
Taeyeon & Sooyoung
Star Golden Bell - Ep. 171 (Taeyeon & Sooyoung)
080119
Taeyeon, Jessica, Yoona
Star Golden Bell - Ep. 168 (Tae, Jess, Yoona)
2007
071216
Taeyeon & Tiffany
Brain King Einstein (Tae & Tiff)
071215
Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona
Star Golden Bell - Ep. 163 (Tae, Tiff, Yoona)
071101
Taeyeon
MTV SNSD - Ep. 9 (Taeyeon)
070719
Taeyeon
SNSD UCC - Ep. 1 (Taeyeon)

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~ Taeyeon Instagram Lives ~

DATE
TITLE/DESCRIPTION
LINKS
190910
Chuseok Live
RAW
190820
Damaged hair (with Zero)
190521
in car
190501
Malfoy, Timestone
190410
190406
Thanking for music show win, singing etc
190227
190202
Nighttalk, singing etc
190101
Welcoming the new year
181121
Part 2, squishy
181121
Part 1, malfoy scarf
181119
Potter and some deep talk
181116
(ft. Yeri)
RAW
181025
Halloween
181016
Lightstick
181007
(Tiffany ft Taeyeon)
181005
Yuri album review, singalong etc
180925
Storyteller, TaengKoMo
180917
BunnyTaeng, singing etc
180902
Felting
180820
with zero
180807
facemask
180727
Out walking with Zero at night, violin etc
180704
Outside walk, playing with kids
180704
Silent
180101
After golden disk awards
170228
RAW
 
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Introduction

Taeyeon was born on March 9, 1989, in Jeonju, South Korea. Her family consists of her parents, an older brother, and a younger sister.
During her second year in middle school, Taeyeon accompanied her father to SM Academy to pursue vocal lessons.
Although at the time her father did not encourage Taeyeon to become an entertainer, he was persuaded by the school's president to give his daughter a chance after she recognized Taeyeon's "clean" voice.
Taeyeon was trained by a vocal instructor known professionally as The One for three years. In a 2011 interview, he described Taeyeon as a "smart" student, someone "unlike others who came to him with dreams of becoming a celebrity... [she] wanted to be a singer and reach the top with her own talents." In 2004, he wanted to acknowledge Taeyeon's potential by giving her the chance to be in his song "You Bring Me Joy".
That same year, she won the grand prize at the SM Youth Best Competition and signed a contract with SM Entertainment.
In August 2007 she debuted as the leader of girl group Girls' Generation that went on to be one of the most famous & influential kpop groups of all time.

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Hello everyone! I hope she feels better soon and we will be able to enjoy her singing again :love:

And to celebrate her, here is her last korean song, the lovely and successful "Four seasons"


 

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Alright, looks like Aya is sticking to OH :cry: At least until it dies ;)
Anyone else interested in making and maintaining Taengs thread or should I go ahead?

In the meantime we got an update from Taeyeon through Yeri, I'm glad she has her support ❤
 
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I really like her. She's talented, funny and I think she's a good human. So I don't exactly understand why so many ppl (Koreans mostly) hate her so much.

An un-idol like personality and lots of unfortunate circumstances. She attracts haters like she attracts fans.
 

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Any takers? Otherwise I'll start on it tomorrow ^^

Good luck!

I can't be the OP (I'm busy with some Red Velvet threads) but you'll have my support.
 

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Alright I'll do it for now ^^

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Taeng off to Germany to film Begin Again, I assume SM didn't actually invite media since there were only a few pics
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Take care Taeyeon, hope you can sing comfortably~
 
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Her smile ?❤

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Fan met her in Berlin! And I see mics, looks like they're filming already​
 

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Nominated as Best Female Solo for MGMA, i'm not sure if SM artists can win at this show though since it's Mnet (like with MAMA).




 

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Hiii~~
Also an OH migrant. I'm an old Taeyeon/SNSD fan who actually hasn't posted in ages in either of those threads. But I wanted to check the taeng thread in the new forum and all!

Wishing the best for Taeyeon with her recent slump with depression. I think actually there may be some positive that we might be able to interpret from her comment. Mental health is so taboo especially in Korea. There's stigma and many don't even believe the diseases to be real diseases. In turn it makes it hard for those suffering to acknowledge it as an actual problem, to reach out for help, to come to terms with their disease, etc. It's incredibly difficult for regular people, much less how much those difficulties must be amplified since she's under such a big spotlight. Given that, I found that from one perspective of the situation, certain aspects of her comment were reassuring in a sense. That she isn't buying into the stigma garbage surrounding mental health and is sticking up for herself and others. Also that she's been actively seeking help, treatment, medication, etc. She's addressing the problem and is doing her best to feel better. I can't imagine what she's going through, but I hope she has good support and help to get better.

Also wanted to reply to this comment, which weirdly seems to be gone from the thread,
@Zweig who was curious why she gets hate.

It's really only a vocal minority on the hate bandwagon. They're overrepresented online. Compare them to the hordes of fans and the love and success she has now and has had so far, yeah it's small.
As a really well loved celeb, she unsurprisingly also incites a lot of hate from certain people. I think the peak of hate comments she got were with the dating scandal and around the time of the SNSD member drama. These days I actually feel it's been a lot better, probably because she's been killing it with her solo career.
 
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Hiii~~
Also an OH migrant. I'm an old Taeyeon/SNSD fan who actually hasn't posted in ages in either of those threads. But I wanted to check the taeng thread in the new forum and all!

Wishing the best for Taeyeon with her recent slump with depression. I think actually there may be some positive that we might be able to interpret from her comment. Mental health is so taboo especially in Korea. There's stigma and many don't even believe the diseases to be real diseases. In turn it makes it hard for those suffering to acknowledge it as an actual problem, to reach out for help, to come to terms with their disease, etc. It's incredibly difficult for regular people, much less how much those difficulties must be amplified since she's under such a big spotlight. Given that, I found that from one perspective of the situation, certain aspects of her comment were reassuring in a sense. That she isn't buying into the stigma garbage surrounding mental health and is sticking up for herself and others. Also that she's been actively seeking help, treatment, medication, etc. She's addressing the problem and is doing her best to feel better. I can't imagine what she's going through, but I hope she has good support and help to get better.

Also wanted to reply to this comment, which weirdly seems to be gone from the thread,
@Zweig who was curious why she gets hate.

It's really only a vocal minority on the hate bandwagon. They're overrepresented online. Compare them to the hordes of fans and the love and success she has now and has had so far, yeah it's small.
As a really well loved celeb, she unsurprisingly also incites a lot of hate from certain people. I think the peak of hate comments she got were with the dating scandal and around the time of the SNSD member drama. These days I actually feel it's been a lot better, probably because she's been killing it with her solo career.
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I agree, I take the fact that she's speaking about it and sticking up for herself and others with mental illnesses as a good sign.
I really find it so brave and admirable that she's so transparant about it and open about actually getting treatment - and considering her status in the industry that can hopefully be a step in removing the stigma.
Kpopfans loves to praise "strong" idols who are able to adapt well to the industry and the spotlight which is such bs. The whole thing where people in the public eye are always expected to present a positive side and always smile is something that needs to be changed. As Robin Lehner, a hockey goalie who has struggled with mental illnesses and addiction for years in an industry where people are expected to just "tough it out" said in his award speech yesterday; “I’m not ashamed to say that I’m mentally ill, but that doesn’t mean I'm mentally weak.”


Taeyeon is mentally ill but not mentally weak. She's facing an illness that's not her fault and thankfully she seems to understand that and understand and accept that she needs help for it. Unfortunately she does have very loud antis who have already tried to use it against her, which is why fans needs to be all the more vocal in their support and not pressure her. I hate to quote from Koreaboo but this comment by a neuropsychologist rings true.
"It was a very brave cry for help. It’s very often for celebrities to not seek treatment or stop treatments for depression because of the negative view and stereotypes society has on mental illnesses.
The fans’ reactions are very important in this situation. She took the courage to confess the struggles she’s facing with her illness and seek help. But if she’s faced with malicious comments, it can worsen her symptoms and have an even more negative effect."



(And if you're wondering why the comment was gone I just had to take it over because I'm making the OP haha)
 
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