Recently, EXO's Baekhyun and Girls' Generations' Taeyeon received intense media backlash by revealing their relationship with each other.
"I feel like no matter what I say right now, it could all be perceived differently," Taeyeon wrote on June 19 on her Instagram account. "I'm not trying to explain myself, but rather I want to speak to you in the hopes that you would stop hurting at least one day earlier."
Taeyeon has joined fellow Girls' Generation members YoonA, Sooyoung and Tiffany as idols who have stepped out to admit their relationships, a practice often frowned upon in the K-pop industry.