[2024.04.24] KEUNG TO TEARFULLY APOLOGIZES

As soon as Keung To appears the rain stops, no wonder he is in such a good mood

Many "Keung Candies" happily celebrate Keung To's birthday

Anson Lo has been busy with audience appreciation and "defusing bombs"

Edan and Stanley round out the apper

AK and Ian dance in synch
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After all that has happened in the past few years, Keung To once questions whether fans would be at his birthday party

3,000 Keung Candies attend the "Keung To Ocean Carnival"

Keung Candies brave the rain and declare that they would provide cover from the wind and the rain for Keung To

Birthday boy to be Keung To cuts the cake

The Park has many Keung To themed photo opportunities

Anson Lo responds to every request as he stops for photos

Keung To walks rapidly with his headphones on

All members of MIRROR attend the WE 12 meeting
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Earlier when the guy group MIRROR returned to Hong Kong, "Keung Candies" and the "Disciples" supposedly went into a "MMA" war at the airport while jockeying for positions, making Keung To and Anson Lo to "defuse bombs" despite days of exhausting work. With his birthday on the way Keung To revealed that the conflict was not the firs time and even braved the suspicion of being "pretentious" as he tearfully apologized online. He also made an extremely rare admission that he and good friend Anson Lo's friendship was once damaged. The next day at his 3,000 person birthday party the sky opened up when he appeared and he smiled again.

As the popularity MIRROR's Keung To and Anson Lo climbed, the rivalry between their fans "Keung Candies" and the "Disciples" grew heavier. Earlier at the airport they had physical altercation while fighting over positions and some "Disiciples" claimed to be injured. Due to the severity of the issue, Anson Lo spoke up first and expressed concern for the safety of his "Disciples"; Keung To two nights ago while attending their film WE 12 (12 GWAI TOH)'s audience appreciation event also mentioned the "fan chaos". He said that over the past few days he kept trying to get an understanding of what happened and saw many versions online. However since the incident has already occurred, he could only hope, "Everyone can safely and happily support us, don't have any conflict or altercation." He also said that he had discussions with Anson Lo afterward and both felt troubled. "We don't know what to do, something like this has happened more than just once or twice; but we seem to have no way to resolve it so far." He pleaded with fans, "Everyone no matter supporting us MIRROR or any one of us, I hope from now on each time we meet would be pleasant, safe and peaceful." Finishing the Kowloon cinema audience appreciation events with Jeremy on the same day, Anson Lo at the event was asked to demonstrate the fighting in the film. When he left he also played to the "Disciples".

Two days ago after the 6 hour long audience appreciation events, Keung To who claimed to "have not eaten yet" suddenly went live online. Despite starvation he continued his "bomb defusing project". He again pointed out that he and Anson Lo learned about the incident before leaving the plane and were disappointed. He said, "Ultimately we have been away for so many days, we really miss here. We were coming home in a happy mood, taking a break before working hard for the next stop; but we never thought something like this would happen." He sighed and publicly apologized, "I have some place I haven't done so well in, I hereby apologize to everyone." He got misty eyed and had to take a deep breath to calm down.

At the same time he also made an extremely rare mention of his conflict with Anson Lo, admitting, "Something has affected us, 5 or 6 years after we started we have already experienced so much. We don't really understand each other, but in the end we know that these things happened because everyone are concerned about us and love us. Luckily we are now very good friends." Turning 25 on the 30th, he talked about his wish. "I wish for everyone in the world would have empathy. The world doesn't have right or wrong, only different view points, stances and opinions. We can disagree with others, but when we look from other people's stance we may have more understanding." As the live stream neared its end, he also said that he might be criticized as being "pretentious", but he did not want to be an artist who just lived in his own world, so he would not avoid any outside "voices". Someone asked him during the live stream, "When your Candies hit people, how do you feel?" Some supported Keung To as innocent. "Both groups of people have no sense." Some also blamed the company for improper management.

Yesterday under a yellow storm warning, 3,000 soaked "Keung Candies" gathered at Ocean Park to celebrate Keung To's birthday in advance, but before he appeared the rain suddenly stopped and he was much in a better mood. He kept smiling and waving, but when he spoke he got nervous and stuttered. "After the highs and the lows, earlier I suspected whether you would still be here for the next birthday party." He also said that he was lacking and felt that he owed everyone, but he would remind himself to maintain his original intent when he started. He immediately spread positive energy and said, "I would tell those who still have negative ideas about me, I would perform even better." Later when he performed his new song TOO EXCESSIVELY GOOD he forgot the lyrics, but the "Keung Candies" still accepted it. He used his phone for a selfie with the entire audience. The host suggested that manager Sister Fa could get in the photos, but the audience suddenly became silent. Sister Fa awkwardly turned around and left the stage.

MIRROR last night attended their film WE 12 (12 GWAI TOH) group soul meeting in West Kowloon. Over 100 fans waited at the parking lot. Because Keung To and Anson Lo's fans earlier had conflicts, the relationship between fans of the two sides have been tense. However perhaps they heard "the call of Keung To", everyone's fans were rather harmonious and orderly as nothing unpleasant took place.

Around 5 PM, MIRROR members gradually arrived. Lokman, Alton, Ian, Frankie arrived first, AK and Tiger stopped for photos. As the 7 PM start neared, Anson Lo and Jeremy appeared, Keung To with his headphones on and Jer tightly followed. Anson Lo stopped for photos per requests and looked to be in a decent mood. Edan and Stanley rounded out the line up.

After the meeting ended, the harmonious atmosphere took a turn. As MIRROR members left, when Keung To arrived at the parking lot the "Disciples" who were present in majority went into an uproar. They screamed at Keung to, "Anson Lo, Anson Lo." and seemed to be taunting him. However Keung To ignored them and boarded the vehicle. Later when Anson Lo appeared, many "Disciples" rushed up for photos and caused a little chaos.

Guy group MIRROR recently has been busy with their concert tour and promoting their new song DAY 0 at the same time. After members Tiger, Frankie, Alton, Lokman and others danced on the streets, earlier it was AK and Ian's turn but they only performed backstage. Some online joked that it met with Ian's otaku designation. "Even for street dance he chose back stage." Fans praised this "friend group" dance as very well coordinated and cool, but the video was only a dozen or so seconds long and they have not had enough. Meanwhile the Ian written, arranged and produced new song THANK YOU POSTMAN was released today. He on social media posted his single cover. Some fans thought that the song had quite a feel and looked forward to the story. They even asked if the title also came from Ian.