Former (G)I-DLE member Soo-jin overcame the school violence scandal and made a comeback after two years
Soo-jin made her comeback 2 years after leaving (G)I-DLE and terminated her exclusive contract with CUBE Entertainment after her school violence scandal. Announcing that she would not appear on broadcast or music shows, she still expressed her willingness to promote her new solo album through performances.
Soo-jin released her first solo album called “AGASSY” and succeeded in arousing attention by emphasizing her strength, which is performance. However, she still received negative feedback. In particular, the public showed an even colder gaze on Soo-jin after reading her answers during her new album press conference interview.
In the full interview, there are obvious signs that she tried to ignore the school violence scandal. She talked about various things, such as her feelings about being a solo artist, concerns during hiatus, album introduction, her focuses, favorite tracks, listening points, goals and activities as a singer, and messages to fans, but did not mention her school violence issue. She naturally took her self-reflection time as a normal hiatus and ignored the school violence scandal as if it never happened in the first place.
Soo-jin caused a stir in the entertainment industry with her school violence controversy in 2021. She claimed that she once swore at a middle school friend during their fight over the phone but never committed violence. However, the situation got worse when actress Seo Shin-ae claimed herself as one of the victims. At that time, Soo-jin emphasized, “I’ve never talked to her in school”.
However, Seo Shin-ae broke the silence and wrote a post exposing Soo-jin for being a member of a bully group in middle school that verbally abused her, spread groundless accusations, and made personal attacks against her. Soo-jin strongly denied the claims but her words lost credibility due to lack of evidence.
Soo-jin sued the first person who accused her of being a school violence perpetrator but the case was not prosecuted. In this regard, Soo-jin insisted that the controversy was not true and maintained her position that she was confirmed innocent of school violence by the School Violence Countermeasures Committee during the first year of middle school and was later recognized as a victim of other seniors.
Netizens expressed disappointment when Soo-jin did not give any explanation despite being the main character of such a big controversy. Without a proper statement, it is inevitable that the public will consider the intention of her comeback a quiet return, which contradicts her position that the school violence issue was not true. If she decided to endure criticism and move forward, she would need to have more courage and be more sincere. Meeting the public with a more humble attitude would be more helpful for her long-term activities. Keeping this ignorance of the past, Soo-jin will never get rid of the “school violence” tag while carrying out solo activities.
Source: Nate
