Appreciation Holland is not actually the first openly gay solo k-idol (2 Viewers)

[spicy_illusion]

It's actually this woman!

Her stage names are Magolpy/Maman and she actually came out around 2006 or 2007 in an interview, but the sad thing was, her label said it was all a prank and actually dropped her.
She then got picked up by another label but she hasn't really had much activity for about 3 years.

She is not very well known but she has a lot of talent.
She released an LGBTQ MV in 2015 as Maman and here is also her live performance:



Before Maman though, her stage name was Magolpy and she released an MV called Girl in flight which had pretty famous k-idols and K-actors/actress like Heechul, Yoochun, and Kim Hyang Gi.

Live performances:



This is an MV with herself in it:


She's even done a couple of OST's.

Please check her out because she's so talented.
If you want to know more about her, I found this page on Amino:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/aminoapps.com/c/k-pop/amp/blog/meet-maman-maman-takeover/obId_uBj5qeQ4ogZ8GMmRpV47rlnNQ

 

[NogaNono]

sad that someone's career basically got ruined because of her being gay. She has a nice voice and she's very pretty.

 

[spicy_illusion]

sad that someone's career basically got ruined because of her being gay. She has a nice voice and she's very pretty.

Yes! She's very brave for coming out back then but it is really sad.
They deleted almost everything about her as well except a few things.
I would love her to make a comeback soon.

 

[mirella]

Yeah I remember being confused when people hailed Holland as the first, because I recalled there was someone else. Wish she would release more music, her first company dropped her when they found out which is really unfortunate.

 

[ddeonghwaaa]

sad that someone's career basically got ruined because of her being gay. She has a nice voice and she's very pretty.

ikr it kinda sucks like why judge someone on their sexuality? It really just matter about his/her personality.....i dont get people these days

 

[spicy_illusion]

sad that someone's career basically got ruined because of her being gay. She has a nice voice and she's very pretty.

Yes definitely! Maybe it would have been a bit different if she came out today though and not over 10 years ago. Although Holland wasn't the first, it will be good if he can succeed, then that will open new doors for lgbtq in Korea.
Also funny thing is, I heard that they said she doesn't have the looks or anything which is ridiculous since she is pretty.
We need both male and female lgbtq role models, so I really do hope she makes a comeback!

Yeah I remember being confused when people hailed Holland as the first, because I recalled there was someone else. Wish she would release more music, her first company dropped her when they found out which is really unfortunate.

Yes exactly! Holland wasn't even the second as there is a guy named Marshall Bang who also came out just before and is also friends with CL, so Holland is actually the 3rd to come out.
Yes not only that but they called her coming out a prank and then they dropped her when she said it wasn't a prank. That would make you feel like absolute shit.

ikr it kinda sucks like why judge someone on their sexuality? It really just matter about his/her personality.....i dont get people these days

Yeah, it doesn't change who they are as a person, as an idol. As long as they can connect with an audience and representation is needed, then there should be no problem.

 

[spicy_illusion]

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[Darkyoda47]

It's absolutely vile that a company would drop such a talented artist just because of her sexuality. Appalling to say the least. It's even more sad that this kind of thing still happens today.

I wish her well and I hope all her dreams come true :')

 

[spicy_illusion]

It's absolutely vile that a company would drop such a talented artist just because of her sexuality. Appalling to say the least. It's even more sad that this kind of thing still happens today.

I wish her well and I hope all her dreams come true :')

Yes I agree. Imo it's a waste of talent not to have her on our MV's. Plus if you think about it, like Holland has most likely been doing to young gay/bi men, she could be reaching out to young gay/bi women and inspiring them.
She's like 32 or 33 now though, so she's getting kinda old for an idol, but I hope she does make a comeback and make more music.

 

[Bopper]

Its sad that South Korea is still far behind other countries when it comes to the LGBT community. If you have a talent such as singing you should be able to show it off without being judged.

 

[spicy_illusion]

Btw this is her lgbt MV in english subs, the lyrics are quite sad:

 

[spicy_illusion]

This is so odd... I was just reading about Sappho, the Greek poet, before clicking on this thread XD But she was also gay, and apparently people not only wrote poems mocking her after her death, some editors have even changed or omitted the contents of her poetry. This kind of behavior in general is just so stupid.

That is disgusting to say the least. Why would anyone do that to someones work? It's like someone destroying Leonardo Da Vinci's artwork or adding extra things to it so it's unrecognisable. I doubt people would keep quiet about that and there would be outrage and rightly so.

 

[spicy_illusion]

I also forgot to mention she worked under SM for 4 years.

 

[lexus]

It’s horrible how they just dropped her for being gay. Her sexuality has nothing to do with her talent so why waste her talent away?

 

[spicy_illusion]

It’s horrible how they just dropped her for being gay. Her sexuality has nothing to do with her talent so why waste her talent away?

Exactly my thinking. I mean they would rather have non-talent over talent just because of sexuality.
If you watch the live video of her LGBT MV, you'll see the pain she's in while performing it, you can see she's almost going to burst into tears which is hard to see:

 

[lexus]

Exactly my thinking. I mean they would rather have non-talent over talent just because of sexuality.
If you watch the live video of her LGBT MV, you'll see the pain she's in while performing it, you can see she's almost going to burst into tears which is hard to see:

Her voice is so beautiful too. Seeing her in pain is just heartbreaking. I hope she can continue to make music despite what her companies have done to her.

 

[mirella]

Yes exactly! Holland wasn't even the second as there is a guy named Marshall Bang who also came out just before and is also friends with CL, so Holland is actually the 3rd to come out.
Yes not only that but they called her coming out a prank and then they dropped her when she said it wasn't a prank. That would make you feel like absolute shit.

I get people not mentioning Marshall Bang (MRSHLL) though, since they were talking about idols. I guess technically that makes Holland the first as an "idol" -- I don't know if Maman was considered an idol -- though when most people say it, they mean first Korean singer.

MRSHLL is so underrated. At least he is being supported by Tiger JK and Yoon Mi-rae's label.

 

[spicy_illusion]

Her voice is so beautiful too. Seeing her in pain is just heartbreaking. I hope she can continue to make music despite what her companies have done to her.

Yes I agree. But there really isn't many people who know about her, I think that is why her company isn't promoting her right now.
If she can be more known, we might see some more content from her.
I blame the first company who dropped her in the first place though, if they hadn't have dropped her, maybe she would be much bigger than she is.

 

[spicy_illusion]

I get people not mentioning Marshall Bang (MRSHLL) though, since they were talking about idols. I guess technically that makes Holland the first as an "idol" -- I don't know if Maman was considered an idol -- though when most people say it, they mean first Korean singer.

MRSHLL is so underrated. At least he is being supported by Tiger JK and Yoon Mi-rae's label.

That is true. But doesn't working under SM for 4 years count as being an idol?

That's good that MRSHLL is being supported.

 

[lexus]

Yes I agree. But there really isn't many people who know about her, I think that is why her company isn't promoting her right now.
If she can be more known, we might see some more content from her.
I blame the first company who dropped her in the first place though, if they hadn't have dropped her, maybe she would be much bigger than she is.

I guess that makes sense. Hopefully she can become more renowned someday. She has so much talent and she definitely deserves recognition after what her first company didn’t to her. I hope her current company will promote her more too.