Korean EXO Fans Send Protest Trucks To The SM Entertainment Building, Calling For The Removal Of Chen And Chanyeol From The Group

Korean EXO fans sent protest trucks to the SM Entertainment building in Seoul on May 26, 2023. The trucks called for the removal of members Chen and Chanyeol from the group. The fans who engineered the protest are in support of a six-member group.

The truck was parked right in front of the building at Seoul Forest station.

Protest truck outside the SM Entertainment building. | @outccout_/Twitter

Maintain EXO as six members and ensure promotions. Protect your artists. SM, stop neglecting them.

— Truck

The trucks accused Chen and Chanyeol of “harming the group.”

Protest truck outside the SM Entertainment building. | @outccout_/Twitter

Remove Chen and Chanyeol, who harmed the group. Stop treating fans like fools. EXO doesn’t need malignant members. Chen, Chanyeol, Out.

— Truck

While netizens feel sympathetic to the cause, ardent fans of the group are defending the two members.

Protest truck outside the SM Entertainment building. | @outccout_/Twitter

Netizens expressed their sympathy for the fans, as well as criticized those who are unable to understand how a celebrity’s private life can also affect their work.

Netizen reactions. | theqoo

• Those who are defending Chen and Chanyeol in the comments above, why don’t you guys fangirl/boy on them if you guys like them so much?
• To the fans, have strength. I’m cheering you on.
• The dad should leave the group and because of you who sabotaged the group due to girl problems, I’m too embarrassed to even say I was your fan. If you have a conscience, leave the group.
• Hwaiting
• I hope EXO fans can find strength and manage to get good results. I think they’ll do fine even with just six members. It actually might look even more stable.
• For real, one is no different from Lucas, the other really… I’m not saying anything about a shotgun marriage, but the entire process was too… I support EXO fans.
• EXO-Ls are too pitiful.
• I’m a fan of another group, but it’s too much to dismiss it as “their private lives.” It’s true that because of their private lives, they couldn’t release albums which affected the promotions. If the company truly believed that this was a matter of their private lives, they would’ve gone ahead with promotions. I think it’s reasonable to be mad when they were unable to promote during one of their most active periods.

On the other hand, international fans are continuing to support both members. They disapprove of the protest trucks.

i have never been so embarrassed by the actions of someone else in my entire life https://t.co/tMWS8b5Lsw

— ⚝ (@wordsbyexo) May 26, 2023

International fans continue to support a nine-membered group.

A few cards short of a full deck
A couple of cans short of a six pack
OT9 forever https://t.co/PWpbQhPUMC pic.twitter.com/FY2JQRuVXp

— parkloeyyyy (@parkloeyyyy1) May 26, 2023

EXO IS NINE #EXOISNINE https://t.co/abaHvLpdHX pic.twitter.com/GsiyQRsQwA

— Roya???? ᴷᴬᴵ ????D_626 (@Roya_zkdlin) May 26, 2023

On the other hand, EXO is slated for a comeback soon! The comeback was originally scheduled for April but was pushed back due to delays.