omonatheydid | Taeyeon vs Wiz Khalifa Part IV

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As we all know, one of the highlights of the 2016 Mnet Asian Musics Awards awards happened to be the social media dispute between Taeyeon and Wiz Kalifa after their joint performance was cancelled last minute.

DJ Bonic's, who was also present at the MAMA's, has since taken to twitter to explain things further following a barrage of angry fans demanding an apology and explanation after both Taeyeon and Wiz posted their own versions of what happened through their respective SNS accounts.

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Never apologize for being yourself and never let anyone else's self projection determine your worth.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) December 2, 2016

The fact that Teyeon backed out of our performance caught me off guard too but never accept rejection as failure.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) December 2, 2016

It’s clear after talking to Wiz Khalifa’s team that these tweets referenced and mentioned Taeyeon directly, instead of the 2016 MAMA or SM Entertainment, due to a complete and total misunderstanding.

Wiz Khalifa and his team work primarily in the U.S., where an artist as big as Taeyeon would have total and complete control over their activities. While U.S. artists are still signed to labels and have massive distribution deals that may place restrictions on them, it is unusual for an artist to back out of a concert, stage, and/or performance without making the decision themselves.

“We didn’t know that Taeyeon couldn’t perform without her agency’s approval and that they had the final decision in all matters.” — Wiz Khalifa’s Team

Because of this, all tweets written by Wiz Khalifa and DJ Bonics that were related to their collaboration stage were directed towards Taeyeon. The assumption was that if Taeyeon backed out of their collaboration stage, she *must* have made the final call. It is clear to K-Pop fans that she definitely did not make the final call.

Performing the song as a special stage is such an enormous opportunity that it was unclear to Wiz Khalifa and his team why she would cancel it. They believed that no matter the reason, Taeyeon would have fought back and demanded to perform the song if she had wanted to.

In our [Koreaboo's] conversations with DJ Bonics, it was clear he was extremely disappointed this stage and performance did not happen.

He revealed, “She sounded amazing. Nobody over here was like, she’s wack. Nobody over here was like, she can’t sing. She sounded so amazing.”

There's no BEEF... it just sucked that we never got to do it... We were looking forward to it...
— DJ BONICS (@DJBonics) December 2, 2016

The confusion was confirmed when DJ Bonics revealed, “We are in charge of our own artistry. If Wiz wants to do something, he’s going to do it. We didn’t know that K-Pop artists don’t manage themselves 100%.”

The most revealing statements came when Koreaboo discussed the rehearsal with DJ Bonics. Below is a quick summary of what happened during this rehearsal.

“They gave me both MR and AR files to download. I downloaded one of them. I played it for them. That’s the whole point of the Thursday night rehearsal. Whether or not I played the AR or MR, that’s what rehearsals are for. On Thursday night, I played the AR. Not one person, not the representative from MAMA or [SM Entertainment] told me it was the wrong one.

She didn’t stay for the rehearsal on Thursday. They said she didn’t feel well, she had to go to the hospital. Whether they meant hotel or hospital, she left the rehearsal. We flew that day to attend the rehearsal. We rehearsed and no one told me it was the wrong track on Thursday. They said, ‘Cool, it’s all good.’ The next day we did the same thing, they said, ‘It’s the wrong one.’

They waited until the day after for the next rehearsal to say that it was the wrong file. When we tried to rehearse again, they said, ‘We don’t have enough time. Let’s just do it the way we did it.’

We could have fixed the track and prepared the correct one if Taeyeon’s team had stayed behind and told us that it was the wrong track or told us earlier it was the wrong track.”

Wiz Khalifa tweeted that Taeyeon was in the hospital prior to MAMA which was immediately refuted by Taeyeon herself in an Instagram Story post. In her post, Taeyeon said, “I didn’t go to the hospital buddy.. it says here I’m washing up after waiting for you.”

DJ Bonics confirmed that they were absolutely told she was leaving the rehearsal to go to the hospital because she was not feeling well. He states that there may have been a misunderstanding and either SM Entertainment or MAMA representatives might have meant hotel. He made it clear that Wiz Khalifa did not make up these statements.

“Why would we make any of this up? What do we have to gain?” — DJ Bonics

“We pleaded with them, I personally told them that I really wanted them to perform together with the right version.” — DJ Bonics

DJ Bonics clarified this tweet, revealing, “It’s so unfortunate. We flew so far. Taeyeon just performed. Wiz just performed. There are no technical problems. We didn’t understand why they couldn’t perform together. The equipment was working fine. Everything was working fine.”

She performed. Then wiz performed. So it was 100% possible to do it. They took it away from you the fans.
— DJ BONICS (@DJBonics) December 3, 2016

Things were further complicated when Wiz Khalifa tweeted about Taeyeon wanting to be on a “different stage.” DJ Bonics added to the tweet by revealing that they were told Taeyeon would look too short next to Wiz Khalifa, by representatives from either MAMA or SM Entertainment.

DJ Bonics revealed to Koreaboo, “Why would they even tell us things like, ‘Oh, we want to put her on a different stage because she looks too short next to [Wiz Khalifa]’? This is what our tour manager was told by them.”

At one point we were told that they didn't want her next to wiz on camera because he was too tall next to her. Why would we make this up?
— DJ BONICS (@DJBonics) December 3, 2016

While fans were making DJ Bonics aware that the K-Pop industry does not work the same as the US industry, DJ Bonics clarified that he continued to tweet about Taeyeon making her own decisions because it was simply not understandable how a world star could not put her foot down and demand that she perform. In their eyes, any artist as great and as popular as Taeyeon would have simply told them she would be doing this stage no matter what.

Once again, this is a misunderstanding that Koreaboo has clarified with Wiz Khalifa’s team, explaining the nuances of the K-Pop industry and how unlikely it would be for Taeyeon to have full control over this stage.

DJ Bonics revealed that they were only made aware that Taeyeon would not be performing with Wiz Khalifa minutes before his performance. This was after they had decided on singing over the track as the best option after rehearsals.

“We were sleeping up until 10 minutes before Wiz went on stage due to the rehearsal night before and jetlag. Our management was dealing with it while we were sleeping. Before we were sleeping, everything was okay and the stage was going on as planned. That’s how it was brought to us.” — DJ Bonics

Taeyeon’s only statements regarding this story have been made through her Instagram Story. In her first message, she directs it towards fans who were curious about the reasons why she did not perform with Wiz Khalifa.

From her message, it seems clear she had no part whatsoever in the decision to cancel the performance. It also seems clear that she was not made aware of all the reasons that were told to Wiz Khalifa’s team.

Koreaboo also asked for clarification for the post allegedly made by a contractor present at the reharsal that was quckly passed around on twitter, this is the response:

“Wiz never left rehesarsals. He was there the whole time. We rehearsed even after Taeyeon had left at 1am. There were no technical problems with our equipment or setting up equipment.
We did have problems with our ear packs that were provided by MAMA. There was a bad buzz in it and we had to fix them.

There were no problems with any of the files. MR and AR are just files that you can even play on iTunes. It has nothing to do with our equipment.

Taeyeon left and no one from her team stayed behind either. Wiz and I rehearsed without Taeyeon after 1am. Wiz never left. He was either on stage, beside the stage or in his changing room the entire time.

When we rehearsed the next day, that’s when we were told it was the wrong file. I asked to rehearse again with the correct file, which would take minutes to download. They said there was no time and that she would just perform as rehearsed, over the AR.

When Taeyeon left around 1am, they told us it was because she had to go to the hospital. Maybe they meant the hotel. It feels like they told us it was the hospital so that we couldn’t say anything. We can’t be critical if she went to the hospital.” — DJ Bonics

Koreaboo asked for clarifications on a few points that we knew fans would want answers to. The most important question from those who were not necessarily Taeyeon’s fans, but K-Pop fans in general was: “Did Taeyeon lie?”

In her first message, she revealed that she was waiting for Wiz. However, the claims above clearly refute that Wiz left rehearsals. Here’s the response we received from DJ Bonics:

"The misunderstanding might have come from Wiz going to his changing room after every rehearsal. It’s just normal for the artist to head back to their room after going on stage and doing their thing. They don’t stick around and talk to everyone. Wiz performs, he rehearses, and heads back to his room. He comes back out, rehearses again, sticks around on stage or around the stage to make adjustments and then goes back to his room.He never completely left during rehearsals. Not once."

From the response, it appears that Taeyeon might have also been given the wrong information. There could have been staff who told her that Wiz had left the building.

The question that now remains in the minds of fans is, “Who is responsible for cancelling the performance and why was Wiz Khalifa’s team told that she was in the hospital?”

Below is a collection of DJBoni's remaining tweets stating the beef between Taeyeon and Wiz was a misunderstanding caused by a third party. Whether this third party is SM or MNet remains to be revealed.

Sources:
Koreaboo
DJBonics
WizKhalifa

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I summarized it the best I could without posting the same info over and over again as to avoid confusion. You can read the full, and far more comprehensive, article over at Koreaboo.

I hope it's not confusing.

Edited thrice, hope it's good enough now, mods.

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benihime99.livejournal.com

That pic looks like a teaser for some hollywood face off XD

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benihime99.livejournal.com

The situation is still unclear and this explains nothing XD
Everybody is still unprofessional as fuck
SM and Mnet still suck

BUT
I'm just glad for once a drama has no high stake, just pure non problematic mess
The back and forth was hilarious, so thank you MAMA

endless charms, endless possibilities

Taeyeon vs Wiz Khalifa Part IV

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