How will fans’ advocacy and commentary shape a reckoning about sexual assault and exploitation in the entertainment industry in Japan that has been exposed through the Johnny & Associates scandal?
Their compilation album Love Yourself: Answer sold 2.5m copies – that’s twice as many as One Direction’s last album.
British band One Direction has a huge following worldwide. But media criticism of their fans doesn’t respect the knowledge and power they possess.
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Over the weekend, rumours have spread that Crazy About One Direction, a documentary on the eponymous boy band broadcast by the UK’s Channel 4, has led to suicides among distraught fans. One thing is certain…