October 15, 2019, 03:22 PM
On Oct. 14, former f(x) member Sulli was reported to have been found dead in her apartment.
News of her death has gone international, with close to five million tweets (at time of writing) from Twitter users.
Here's how they remember Sulli.
Heartfelt condolences
Many K-pop fans sent their condolences to the fallen star on social media.
A lot of them expressed that she has "done well"after being in showbiz for close to 14 years.
(You’ve worked hard #Sulli Rest in Peace❤️ ) pic.twitter.com/26T70gS5LT
— Adventurer, aden. (@831x010) October 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/Peach93270634/status/1183849460822085640
https://twitter.com/xuyuzhuos/status/1183829010481995776
Listening to "Peach"
After the news of Sulli's death surfaced, the song "Peach" by fellow K-pop singer IU re-entered Melon's (a South Korean online music store) chart.
The song was first released in 2012.
IU's song 'Peach' receives lots of attention recently, even re-enters music charts. This is because back in 2012, IU revealed that she wrote the lyrics while thinking about her friend, Sulli
— The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) October 15, 2019
Source: https://t.co/AGahjsRi8h pic.twitter.com/5oIGOXSSqU
Peach is a song about a man falling in love with a girl at first sight.
In an interview, IU revealed that two of her popular songs, "Peach" and "Red Queen", were inspired by her good friend Sulli.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B03DFsfglF-/
Anti-cyberbullying advocate
Some also remembered her for shedding light on important topics like cyberbullying.
https://twitter.com/leesyieons/status/1183768764703264775
As a victim of cyberbullying herself, she was one of the hosts for "The Night of Hate Comments" where Korean celebrities are invited to the show to discuss the hate comments and cyberbullying they have encountered.
"I'm not a bad person. Why are you talking bad about me?"
— leah⁷ 🪐 (@eternaleah) October 14, 2019
How many suicides will it take for people stop hating. BULLYING IS NOT FUNNY. hurtful words really hurt. stop hating for no reason
Rest in peace sulli 🖤#Sulli #RIPSulli
pic.twitter.com/H7ixEBle6W
In one of the episodes, Sulli shared that sexism and racism are the things the she "hate[s] the most":
This is what Sulli stood up for. This is what she used her voice for! So thank you for being you Sulli. We love you so much! ♥️ Rest in power beautiful soul. We’ll miss you but we know you’re at peace now. pic.twitter.com/Hro92axFMJ
— 9divine9 (@9divine9) October 14, 2019
Mourning Sulli and Jonghyun
While remembering Sulli, some K-pop fans also paid their tributes to Kim Jonghyun.
Kim, who was Sulli's label mate under SM Entertainment, succumbed to depression and committed suicide in 2017.
When every thought is a battle and every breath is a war. This pains me. RIP #Sulli 💔 pic.twitter.com/6lTlCi9R26 pic.twitter.com/u6lDA7ZVIK
— Amy R. Guffey (@AmyRGuffey1) October 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/mikayangcogkim/status/1183867497482604544
Some fans have also criticised SM Entertainment and hopes that the company will focus on their artistes' mental health.
https://twitter.com/TripleHec/status/1183663812009848832
Memorable quotes
Some have also decided to remember Sulli by quoting some of her more memorable quotes.
This, for example, was her explaining what her name means in an interview with InStyle Korea:
"My name is Sulli. Sul means snow and Li means a pear flower. So I'll probably reborn as a flower that is small but full of strong vitality" pic.twitter.com/jgr6gUtCCO
— f(x) Global (@AffxtionGlobal) October 14, 2019
Other fans, on the other hand, looked back at past interviews where Sulli opened up about her struggles with mental illness and exhaustion.
https://twitter.com/mryxglz/status/1183800819545755648
wherever you are now sulli, i know you are in good hands and im praying that you already found the peace you've been wanting 😭 pic.twitter.com/Bzah8cQ9wB
— 🌷 (@onlyjaeyong) October 14, 2019
Rest in peace, Sulli.
Helplines:
Samaritans of Singapore: 1800-221-4444
Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019
Institute of Mental Health’s Mobile Crisis Service: 6389-2222
Care Corner Counselling Centre (Mandarin): 1800-353-5800
Top image from @jelly_jilli on Instagram
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