totally normal person · 1mo
Yunho and Changmin did kinda of pushed back when they talked about SM not giving them any careers within SM and outside of the group recently. Like a lot of other SM artists. Even some of juniors get more opportunities than they do. That’s really been the only time I’ve seen them complain openly. The problem is it’s hard to tell between dedication and obligation. What else would Yunho or Changmin without the group? Neither has a steady solo career anywhere else. Their main source of income right now is Japan. Are they really just gonna do Dome tours forever? That’s really exhausting for guys almost in their 40s. I just can’t see how that’s what those 2 really want for themselves and tvxq. And this has nothing to do with the ex-members either.
yeah sm loves dropping the ball when it comes to their senior artists so it'd be surprising if they weren't dissatisfied yk. i think it's fine if neither of them really want to pursue solo careers to the extent of some of their peers, honestly, but if they want to do it they shouldn't be stopped from it. however tvxq's main source of income has been in japan since like, 2006, so them focusing on promotions there genuinely doesn't surprise me. it's not an awful setup though, you do one dome tour for 3ish months of the year and then get the rest of the time to do whatever (like spend time with your family) bcs ur income has been made from that. with the way the situation is rn it's really hard to tell whether it is dedication or obligation, because it's possible they're content or it's sm pushing them back or it's some combination of both.
