SHINee's fandom, Shawols, are also facing conflict among its members after some OT4s expressed their desire for Onew to leave the team.
On X, Shawols became alarmed after some fan accounts informed the international community about the worsening situation of the fandom's Korean side.
Apparently, the issue started between big fan unions supporting the activities of SHINee as a whole and soloists. This suddenly became a personal attack on Onew, leading OT4s to bring back his controversy in 2017.
안녕하세요
— 샤이니 음원총공팀 (@SHINeemusic_525) October 14, 2024
총공을 앞두고 팀의 운영 개선사항을 공유 드립니다.
1. 그룹/멤버별 모금계좌 분리 운영
2. 총공팀 자산(모금액/아이디) 관리에 특이사항 발생시 사전 공지 및 투표 진행
3. 음원팀, 모금팀, 디자인팀 내 각 세부 분야 책임자 지정제 실시
4. 3번 실행을 위한 운영진 추가모집
5.…
두부공장 입장문입니다. pic.twitter.com/wn7jYcisdv
— 두부공장(온유음원서포터즈) (@onew_factory) October 11, 2024
for context, it all started with this but now it has escalated into hate and threats targeted towards jinki https://t.co/z3wacOjUl0
— sal ◌ (@cowpoke690) October 14, 2024
shinee ot4 stans are planning on an official press release to remove onew out of the group!?
— tina | RIIZE IS 7 ⭑.ᐟ (@kookiexah) October 14, 2024
see? one forced decision will now lead to forceful exemption of members of other groups and nobody bats an eye??? this is ridiculous. sm should be embarrassed of themselves.
There are threats by OT4 to send funeral wreaths to Onew asking he leave SHINee. Onew who lost his brother Jonghyun. Why would you wish death on a living person?
— ⭒ Ara ⭒ (DKB SJ) (@epikvibes) October 14, 2024
Look at the screenshot jjinggu posted. Do you still call bugs harmless? How long are you going to stay silent and look away because it's not your bias? Wake the fuck up https://t.co/GZX69zaUgo
— El🐰Jinkles 온유 ONEW ≋F≋L≋O≋W≋ (@OhNewNorN) October 13, 2024
I want to ask bugs enablers - Is this alright in your books because they provide fancams and such? pic.twitter.com/a7z1RiuFZ3
— El🐰Jinkles 온유 ONEW ≋F≋L≋O≋W≋ (@OhNewNorN) October 13, 2024
For context, SHINee's leader faced sexual harassment allegations in August 2017 in the midst of club partying in Gangnam. At the time, it was reported that he touched a woman's legs three times, but he supposedly mistaken it for a pole after losing balance due to his drunkenness.
SM clarified that it was a misunderstanding, and the police also passed the case over prosecution for an indictment without detention.
Onew then apologized to the woman and the fans.
Despite this, some fans turned their backs on him and decided to support the team without him.
The criticism against him didn't die down but intensified especially after seeing how Korean BRIIZEs were able to kick out Seunghan from RIIZE by bullying the star and sending 1,000 funeral wreaths.
According to X, these fans are now holding votes in deciding to use the press and send the same mass of flowers to their agencies.
After all the clarification and proofs, still
— Lula #ONEW_FLOW (@IAmGab_17) October 14, 2024
Bugs in a nutshell: https://t.co/8WylpLEaN9 pic.twitter.com/TDItiXFA6P
Onew IS NOT LEAVING SHINee so you ot4 bitches need to wake tf up, Taemin is NOT a villian instead you should be THANKING him for working tirelessly during shinee's hiatus to bring in fans, akgaes pls gtfo, Minho is ALWAYS neglected so can we pls focus our energy on his cb? PLS???
— Shak is seeing Taemin! (@5hineeingstars) October 14, 2024
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Written by Eunice Dela Cruz
