Can you separate the artist from the art?

Depends. Some people are too nasty to support even if they are good musicians, actors or film makers.

Depends on the severity of the artists issues. Things like violence, rape, paedo etc it's very hard to listen or watch their work without thinking what kind of scumbags they are. That shit wouldn't be acceptable under normal circumstances so why should certain people get a magic pass because they're rich and famous?

Other "lesser" issues I can look past to an extent and enjoy the art for what it is rather than the person's background.

yes but to me its different from kpop vs western artist. There are many toxic western artist i listen to their music but fully understand they are a bad person. But the difference is i dont stan these western artist or support them like kpop groups i like. i would probably never buy a physical album of a western artist, attend a fan sign/meet and greet, or watch any type of live stream from them like i would for a kpop group i enjoy.

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So you have a personal sense on where you draw the line, and what is too far for you I'm guessing?

Yes, i wouldnt support someone like Chris Brown even if i liked his music, i wouldnt support Roman Polanski even if he was the best film director in the world, for example. I wont seperate art from artist when it comes to violence and abuse.

I guess most of the times, I don't separate them.

i can,but some people dont deserve even that.example = r.kelly or chris brown

I can separate art from the artist up until crimes such as rape, murder, etc. The best example would be Kris Wu. Other examples would be like Chris Brown (I never listened to him in the first place, though).

I usually do that by ignorance. I barely read any celeb news, so there's nothing to separate. But I like Tears in Heaven and after I found out about Eric Clapton's racist, xenophobic and antivax rants I stopped listening to it on Spotify. I can listen to it illegally on YouTube and sing along, but I refuse to give him any money.

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Depends on the severity of the artists issues. Things like violence, rape, paedo etc it's very hard to listen or watch their work without thinking what kind of scumbags they are. That shit wouldn't be acceptable under normal circumstances so why should certain people get a magic pass because they're rich and famous?

Other "lesser" issues I can look past to an extent and enjoy the art for what it is rather than the person's background.

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I can separate art from the artist up until crimes such as rape, murder, etc. The best example would be Kris Wu. Other examples would be like Chris Brown (I never listened to him in the first place, though).

Pretty much what these two people said. Something like what they listed, and I'd drop them forever like a hot cake. If it's a more minor issue though, I'll take it on a case-by-case basis, but most likely end up not losing any sleep over it. It also depends on circumstances too though (for minor things, not the big ones obviously): how long ago was it? Did they mean to cause harm, or was it a lack of knowledge or misunderstanding? Have they repeated it once they were called out for it? Did they apologize? How well? Stuff like that.

If I like their music, I'll listen to it illegally and pretend it's someone else.

IDK, I'm generally of the opinion that there are so few people who are so singularly phenomenal at what they do that you need to support trash.

If it turns out the person who cures cancer is kind of a POS otherwise, then yeah, screw that guy, but go get your cancer cure.

But pop music? I dunno...

Depends, but most of the times NO

i stream everything free so either way im not contributing to their wealth

Sometimes….but it’s hard for me especially if I grew up on them. Like Melanie Martinez for example. She was my idol until the age of like, 12 when she got exposed for doing a horrible thing to her friend. Shit tore me up inside. When she came out with k-12 I was wary of stanning her again because like, it’s not like the allegations just disappeared, you know? I still have a hard time deciding on whether to Stan her or not, but her music will always deliver for me.