GOT7's Youngjae asks sasaeng fans to stop invading his privacy

[pippopippo.livejournal.com]

On June 3, GOT7's Youngjae left a post on his Instagram message politely asking for fans to stop invading his privacy.

Below is his message:

Hello. This is GOT7's Youngjae.
Everyday I gain strength from the love that fans give.

However, there are some who take photos and videos at places like the airport or when we are spending personal time. I think we need to be more respectful of each other. (For example, at times when the entire screen of my cellphone is shown.) I'm worried that people following us and continuing to take photos when we are moving to a different location might fall. I would also like for people to be more careful not to disrupt other individuals in public places.

I am also very worried about a dangerous situation happening to those who stay until dawn in front of our dormitory and to those who follow us in cars when we are going to a location for individual schedules. I would like to continue meeting each other in a safe and healthy manner.

Thank you very much for reading my poor writing.

I really love you Ahgases.

Let's continue to stay together for a long time. (If anyone can translate this into Japanese, Chinese, English, or Thai, I would really appreciate it...)

jbmtjr.jsyjbbyk | Soompi

It must've gotten pretty bad lately for Youngjae of all people to post this, and for JYP to intensify those blacklist rules for GOT7, DAY6, and Twice. :(

Comments

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

poor bb :( I'm glad that JYP is at least taking some kind of measures to discourage this behavior with the blacklists but I hope they're stepping up security for their artists as well.

[chasing-thewind.livejournal.com]

poor youngjae :( and the rest of the JYPE artists too... hope that fans can get some common sense and realize that they should respect artists' privacy instead of creeping them out with their behavior. Let's hope that JYPE's new blacklist rules will make harder for saesangs and discourage this behavior.

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

Damn, these idols can't catch a break, can they?

Side note; I was on Insta a few hours ago, & I happened to stumble across the sasaeng tag… Creepy. As. Fuck. People asking to trade #'s/ID's/emails/etc, & not just of the idols, but for their family/stylists/managers/etc… Really, really, REALLY scary. =\

[hozrien.livejournal.com]

I remember checking the tag forever ago when there was a post on here, and I just checked there again and nopppping out of there.

[kyokomurasaki.livejournal.com]

Can you report them to instagram? I feel like that's something they could get their accounts shut down for.

[kamoteatmani.livejournal.com]

A lot of people have been doing that since the saesang tag started but considering that this has been going on for some time now I doubt it's doing anything to minimize the damage. I think this is something that should be getting the police involved already.

[22-taken.livejournal.com]

Many fans tried but it doesn't work. Even that creepy sasaeng of Key who called him and bragged about it is still there. She retweeted a soompi article about herself -___-

[kamoteatmani.livejournal.com]

I remember it was also last week or last last, but Taeyeon said something similar on her snapchat (instead of IG this time) about random people calling her and invading her privacy late at night. In my head I was like wow wtf it still hasn't stopped??? And to think it's been about a month (or longer) since this had started.

If JYP's blacklist rules are effective enough to keep some fans at bay I hope other agencies adopt this too. But otherwise shouldn't the police be involved here already????????

[22-taken.livejournal.com]

JYP blacklist rules will work on official fanclub members only ): And GOT7 have many crazy fans who aren't official members

[skidadler.livejournal.com]

I dunno man, I wish he would have taken the road of Taecyeon and be more firm about it. I feel like him being kind isn't going to make it stop and might make it even worse because they probably get some weird kick out of his message. You guys gotta be more firm with these people.

[22-taken.livejournal.com]

GOT7 members have been dealing with sasaengs and crazy fans since debut but recently their number grew. Some say that the reason why JYPE isn't accepting gifts anymore is that fans put recording devices inside gifts.

[ohcrepe.livejournal.com]

Apparently a fan followed Junior all the way back to dorm & the next day,JYPE released intensified blacklist rules. pic.twitter.com/qrAs0thE9M (https://t.co/qrAs0thE9M)

— #POTB (@jinxpil) June 1, 2016 (https://twitter.com/jinxpil/status/737991267544506369)

jinyoung walked a longer way to dorm to avoid ppl but she still followed. jinyoung then took pic of her and went back to jype

— xkffld ㄴㅌㄹ (@852natari) June 1, 2016 (https://twitter.com/852natari/status/738000553247019008)