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I think what shocked people the most was the fact that her own label shut down all the promotion she was doing, and also all the tie-in she had at that time. You can see that by all the news around that time mentioning that her schedule was put on hold during the first week of her album release. I understand that going for a low profile situation was a good thing, but it was shocking either way.
It's undeniable how the "scandal" hurt Kingdom's sales (from 400k to 80k during the second week) but we will never know how her career would be if the whole thing that scrapped during the recording of the show.
Saying that the incident destroyed her career is a little too much... Moon Crying / MOON was a big success, TABOO was a #1 single and the sales for the Kingdom Tour were as good as the Black Cherry Tour...
I don't see any problem in talking about this, because it's part of her career and it's one of the most clear examples of how japanese media treats their female acts. What she said was true, and she has always been like that, an outspoken woman, but you know how everything went down. You know... "Lippy like a rude girl".
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