[팝인터뷰]씨엔블루 “‘헷갈리게’, 못 듣는 사람이 손해”

솔로앨범 2집에도 담길수 있을런지 ㅋㅋㅋ 넘나 기대됩니다!! 저스틴과의 작업물이 정말 시너지가 좋아요.

It's kinda like a workshop where artists gather together for a few days and brainstorm ideas... seems like YH really focused and actually wrote for 3 days straight :D

Pretty sure it was in Korea. YH was too busy to be abroad for a few days, and he would have been surely noticed if he went to the airport^^

"especially as he was involved in last year "problem", which still seems to appear in some reviews, even from Billboard."

You do know that he was "actually" not involved at all, right? But his company deemed it right to involve an innocent person to take away attention from those who are really "involved". It's one of the reasons why some fans are making a stand this comeback. For years, CNBLUE has greatly benefitted from Yonghwa's fans. A lot of group fans love to criticize "YH only" fans but in fact they have made huge contributions to the group's success. I always knew they're a huge contributor to CNBLUE's success in charts especially album sales but I really didn't expect it to be this huge. As I see it now, majority of this group's sales come from YH's fans. What do they get from fully supporting the group for years? FNC blatantly favoring a member and using their fave as a shield for another member and the company. If the group was so important, why didn't FNC protect him the same way they protected the other one who's actually involved? Also, why is he and his fans being burdened so much when there are other 3 members in the group? Where are their fans? Why aren't people outraged by lack of support from the others' fans? YH fans have saved FNC's a** for years for their lackluster promo of the group. Any fan who blames YH for what's happening now should reflect on themselves. Group fans who insisted that the group don't need personal fans should reflect as well. It's all empty when they can't walk the talk.

That said, I'm not happy about the low sales at all. Between You and It's You are both beautiful creations. It's sad it has to come to this point. I've done what I can for this comeback. Bought copies for myself, streaming, voting etc. At this point, I'm just really looking forward to the solo. I just hope solo won't be compromised because of what's happening to the group comeback.

Shouldn't it be "CNBLUE lost a bunch of their fanbase". Unless, you're saying CNBLUE is only Yonghwa. However, that seems the case with how some fans are reacting on twitter with some personal fans choosing not to support, I bet that when sales are high, it's all because fans of all 4 did well. Sales are low so people needed to find someone to blame. Why can't we blame the lack of group support then since this is a group release anyway? Just like you, I wish he could have gotten more support but seriously group fans shouldn't put the burden on personal fans to save the album sales. I really don't like that when things get tough, it seems Yonghwa is alone with the burden but when all's good, it's always a group achievement. Where are the group fans this comeback?

I totally agree with you, in that the general public equate CNB to YH and if the group fails, it's seen as his failure. When a company does not earn money from an artist, that's the start of the artist's decline cos he/she is no longer raking in the money. I feel that YH had so much freedom to do his music because he was earning good money for the company and so they let him be. Things will change if the album does not do well. Any money grabing company (esp his company) will cut loss and start to focus on others, so to me, it is important that anything he does becomes a commercial success. That's the only way to ensure his continued survival in this game.

I didn't say Yonghwa was involved (in my heart I know he will not do something to compromise himself), all I said is his name was used and as I underlined, the problem is still in the memory of some and because of that they will have a reason to blame him. That's why he needs all the support from his fans.
What everybody knows the problem is his management company, but they will never assume that - it's a common technique called yellow journalism to put the guilt to someone else who has the best and immaculate image and as all knows Yonghwa, unfortunately, fits in that "profile".

He is the frontman of CnBlue, he put a lot of effort in this album (3/6 are his compositions, one is the title track and in one he contributes to the lyrics), so it's evident he will receive the most blame... As someone else said, it's a CNblue album, therefore they need the support from all the members' fans. if Yonghwa would have in the meantime another album, then I agree the thinks could be seen different, but this is the first one since the "problem", therefore I don't want the guilt to be on his side, that's all. Even when his name was "immaculate' there were enough CNBLUE's fans, but Yonghwa's anti-fans, therefore they don't need another reason to blame him. More important he, emotionally, will suffer, I hope he still can have another solo soon to demonstrate he still have a huge fanbase. I hope he will not suffer restrictions, in terms of music composition or other individual activities.

He really doesn't deserve that, therefore fighting Yonghwa! Always be happy, strong, healthy and inspired!