Thread by @renebaeby_, Irene knows that the public’s expectations of her have considerably risen & [...]

Irene knows that the public’s expectations of her have considerably risen & that is why she is stricter to herself these days. She knows the impact she creates and that’s why she really only tells the public what she wants to share. Every single thing she does gets talked about

Irene mentioned she read a book then men burned her at the stake for choosing to be more aware and more educated. People hated for answering honestly on Radio Star & listening intently when not being spoken to. And yet people wonder why she doesn’t share a lot to the public.

It makes me remember that time Irene said“I believe that people judge me the way they do because I look like that to them.”Haters alreadyhave preconceived notions about her &what they fail to realize is that they don’t even know her personally to even be saying anything about her

Kang Hodong, Heechul, and the rest of Knowing Bros even said that Irene gets viral or always gets talked about when she works hard and even when she stays still...people would always find a reason to hate on Irene because they can never be like her.

It’s no wonder why Irene said in GQ that she wants people to not know her. Everything she does—even if it is good—would always make antis find ways to make it look like she did something wrong. If she had written her strength in that form, they’d find ways to twist her words.

If Irene had written her weaknesses in that Weekly Idol form,antis would also find ways to make her look incompetent and lacking....and do you honestly think she’d write her weakness there when before she wouldn’t even show and tell her own members her struggles as their leader?

Irene only shares what she wants to and no one has the right to ever demand getting more from her than what she already gives...Everything she does gets scrutinized and she knows that. That’s why I could never blame her for being privy to her thoughts

If you really wanted to know Irene, why would you even be so intent on hating the Weekly Idol form she barely answered? If you wanted to know more about her, all you have to do is follow her. Why limit yourself to a piece of paper when you have so much RV data everywhere

I mean, you have the whole Grazia 2018 interview (a thread) right here: https://twitter.com/vjdec_/status/1030798443755782144?s=21 and her GQ 2016 interview right here: https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/4lv68c/eng_gq_korea_interview_with_red_velvets_irene/ I feel like even just these two interviews among a hundred others speak so much more about her than that Weekly Idol form

https://twitter.com/vjdec_/status/1030798443755782144?s=21

I remember back when people only started noticing Irene, everyone would praise her a lot but as her influence and impact increased (notice that I didn’t say popularity), people started turning against her and haters would drag her down even more. What kind of mentality is that

Also, before coming for Irene’s attitude and work ethic...look closely at the work she’s done...Everyone she has worked with only has nice words to say about her. Also, if Irene is problematic, do you honestly think she’d score cfs one after another?

Maxwell House Colombiana renewed their contract with her after a year of having her as their endorser. When Irene had her Nuovo solo fansign, Colombiana even gave out coffee for Irene’s fans as they wait in line.

Nuovo personally had Irene talk about her likes and had taken all of them in consideration on one of her shoots with them. They even had the self-love campaign with Irene and also renewed their contract with Irene.

Anyway, here we have Irene’s Daegu satoori clip with 164,254 replays and counting~ https://m.tv.naver.com/v/3875733/list/67096 still at #6 after almost a day~ :)