History TearJerker / GirlsGeneration

** SONEs felt nothing but empathy toward Hyoyeon when she revealed on 'Secret Unnie' that for a while, she felt very angry that she was never the center in the group's songs, despite being their best dancer.
* The crap [[FanDumb their antis]] put them through is awful. Calling them "sluts" and "whores" who are "talentless and plastic" (but hey, if a male idol gets plastic surgery, then he's "[[DoubleStandard SO HOT]]!"). Antis have been known to purposefully mistranslate things (such as when Taeyeon was criticized for apparently saying that Alicia Keys was pretty "for a black person" when she actually said "black friend is very pretty") and even make up outright lies (one notable example being when someone claimed Sooyoung and Sunny were rude and aggressive in an airport - which was proven to have been a complete and utter lie - the accuser wound up changing her story multiple times, and finally deleted her blog). Hell, one anti even wished Sooyoung had died or been paralyzed after her car accident!

* Sooyoung voicing her sadness about only getting to sing [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/783acae37f9e96bc1dbccf3d141fe921/tumblr_mg3w7ziNUf1r61yvqo4_250.gif eight words]] in "I Got A Boy". "Give me some parts.. I'll sing well.. I only got 8 words to sing in this song.. I get my hair/makeup done at 5 in the morning just to sing 8 words." Especially sad when you realize that she's their most fluent Japanese speaker, yet barely gets to sing at all in their Japanese releases. For example - she sings ''one word'' ("Doushite") in "You-Aholic".

* Sooyoung voicing her sadness about only getting to sing [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/783acae37f9e96bc1dbccf3d141fe921/tumblr_mg3w7ziNUf1r61yvqo4_250.gif eight words]] in "I Got A Boy". "Give me some parts.. I’ll sing well.. I only got 8 words to sing in this song.. I get my hair/makeup done at 5 in the morning just to sing 8 words." Especially sad when you realize that she's their most fluent Japanese speaker, yet barely gets to sing at all in their Japanese releases. For example - she sings ''one word'' ("Doushite") in "You-Aholic".

--> "I wanted to get a message out loud and clear — you underestimate Hyoyeon and how much of an affect she’s had within the ever expanding, international fandom. You don’t treat her as well as the other members, as a fandom/as a whole, and you don’t respect her as well as the other members. It is obvious and it is SAD. You don’t treat her as well. You just don't. Your philosophy of [=OT9=], which we as an international fandom learned from YOU ALL and of which we now PREACH, is constantly jaded in my eyes but now I can’t ignore that anymore. [=OT9=] only means something to me if it is directly from SNSD’s mouths but if a [=KSONE=] has something to say on it, I can’t take it seriously anymore. Sones, you are all too much! [...] It’s a big deal because things like this KEEPS ON HAPPENING with her. I recently downloaded a large SNSD picture archive via [=Moonsoshi9=] from a Chinese website. MASSIVE amounts of pics from many events expanding from the very late 2010 to late 2011 — think of every official fan taken picture released, it’s all there. And I’m scanning through these all, looking at the hard work and money that KSONE have spent, at the beautiful women who worked so hard for what they have now. But I keep on returning to the same feelings all Hyohunnies have — the very few pictures that Hyo gets. I looked in a folder of around 80 pictures and there were only 2 pictures of her while the rest were equally represented. One of which is just her in the side. A bunch of pictures of which she is literally BLOCKED OUT by a BLACK BOX. [...] There is absolutely no EXCUSE."

** Taeyeon [[http://netiz9n.tumblr.com/post/93734126896/taeyeon-makes-a-comeback-on-instagram returned to Instagram]], posting about [=SNSD=]'s 7th anniversary. Comments were kinder than normal, saying "She uploaded a picture celebrating their 7th anniversary.. this isn’t something you need to leave hate about", "I’m going to take screenshots of [=EXO=] fans posting hate and spread it around.. I really think they’re the bad apples of society.. I’m sure they’ll realize eventually that it’s not like they’ll stop dating just because of their one hate comment. Karma’s going to come back and it’s going to all land on your oppas receiving hate back tenfold", "[=EXO=]’s crazy fangirls, stop leaving hate on her page. It’s all going to result in people hating on your oppas anyway" and "I feel sad for them because they’re getting hurt just because they’re dating at an age when everyone else is dating.. They receive a lot of love from the public but also a lot of hate.. and yet, I’m jealous of how much money they make".

* At the end of their Tokyo Dome concert (which was already a big enough deal in itself seeing as how you have to be invited to perform there), the girls sang a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGAU7YjkA4 new ballad version]] of their first single, "Into the New World." The moment was so emotional that Sunny could barely sing her parts since she was crying so hard. Several of the other girls followed suit.

** And as of 2018, Tiffany finally revealed that her mother committed suicide when Tiffany was 12.

* Yoona may seem like a very carefree and laid-back person, but she has her problems too, just like how her mother (allegedly) left her when she was a baby, being a member of the SM depression club, and being the "face" of the group which is both a blessing and a curse to her since this is one of the reasons why she has so many anti-fans.

* The infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyH3qwAxNJY Black Ocean]] back in 2008. About a year or so after they debuted, SNSD was performing at the 2008 Dream Concert. People in the audience (mainly ELFs, Cassies, and Triple S's) turned off their lightsticks - considered by the KPOP fandom to be probably the most impolite thing to do at a K-Pop concert - and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VWkSgDZ0g4 behaved]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxJjMEJmxUo horribly]]. Regardless of the reasons behind it, it's incredibly hard to see most of the members on stage trying to keep smiling and performing while obviously holding back their tears.

* After [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7XgkonOmlU the group won at Music Bank]] for a performance of "Kissing You" done after [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome the group had to run on foot to make it in time after a car accident]], everyone starts violently bawling TearsOfJoy. It can be hard to watch, and was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw08Jd3cRtc at one point]] ranked as one of the most tearjerking moments in SNSD history.
** What makes this moment even more of a Tearjerker is that this was a little bit after they debuted, during a time where SNSD was pretty much the prime target of antis and other people who just otherwise didn't like them.

* Taeyeon's father passed away on her birthday in 2020.

** It's worth noting a lot of antis are fangirls of male groups who [[YokoOhNo become furious]] when a female idol so much as ''looks'' at their "oppar".

* Yoona may seem like a very carefree and laid-back person, but she has her problems too, just like how her mother left her when she was a baby, being a member of the SM depression club, and being the "face" of the group which is both a blessing and a curse to her since this is one of the reasons why she has so many anti-fans.

* The infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyH3qwAxNJY Black Ocean]] back in 2008. About a year or so after they debuted, SNSD was performing at the 2008 Dream Concert. People in the audience (mainly ELFs, Cassies, and Triple S's) turned off their lightsticks - considered by the KPOP fandom to be probably the most impolite thing to do - and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VWkSgDZ0g4 behaved]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxJjMEJmxUo horribly]]. Regardless of the reasons behind it, it's incredibly hard to see most of the members on stage trying to keep smiling and performing while obviously holding back their tears.
* The Oreogate (Taeyeon/Baekhyun) scandal. ''Yikes.'' For those who don't know the whole story, Taeyeon and Baekhyun started talking after Baekhyun was in [=TaeTiSeo's=] music video for Twinkle back in 2012, and started dating in February 2014. Not long after former [=EXO=] member Kris came out saying that he was suing SM and leaving the company, [=BaekYeon=] were photographed in Taeyeon's car, driving with the top down and kissing in public. Fans of both groups went ''nuts'', calling Taeyeon an "fox in a bear's skin" (a sly, deceitful woman who acts like a cute, innocent one) and a "slut" for (allegedly) dating four guys from the same company (she has also supposedly dated Leeteuk and Kangin of Music/SuperJunior and Junsu of JYJ/TVXQ). They also claimed the two had been using fan gifts as well their Instagram accounts that were "made for the fans" to send messages to each other. Taeyeon originally tried to apologize through a post on her Instagram, but it was quickly deleted and her company kept her quiet. After landing in Japan for an event, Taeyeon found a fan who spoke Korean and cried, begging them to tell the fans online that she never meant to hurt them or use them and she hopes that they can forgive her. This seemed to have everyone pacified until one netizen pointed out in that in the paparazzi's pictures of the incident... She was wearing one black (or Baek in Korean) stud and one white (or Hyun in Korean) stud in her ear. [[OhCrap Uh-oh.]] For a while, she and Baekhyun barely even touched their official Instagram accounts nor their alleged secret Instagram accounts for one another, "brntbbdass" (Born To Be Bad Ass) and "brntbbdassxoxo" (Born To Be Bad Ass [=XOXO=]).

* At the end of their Tokyo Dome concert (which was already a big enough deal in itself), the girls sang a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxGAU7YjkA4 new ballad version]] of their first single, "Into the New World." The moment was so emotional that Sunny could barely sing her parts since she was crying so hard. Several of the other girls followed suit.

** However, in a moment mixed with [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming CMOH]], at the Shenzhen fanmeet Jessica was headed to when she got kicked out, fans showed their support for Jessica by holding their pink J lightsticks, and holding up signs saying "8+1= COMPLETE". Surprisingly, the group members also decided to leave Jessica's parts mostly unsung [[note]] Sooyoung filling in for Gee, Sunny for Goodbye, etc.[[/note]] and filled in by the fans and after a while, Seohyun broke down in sobs, followed by Yoona, Hyoyeon and Yuri. [[note]]Fans and netizens, however, were quick to point out that Taeyeon, Tiffany, and Sunny were incredibly calm and stonefaced.[[/note]]

* After [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7XgkonOmlU the group won at Music Bank]] for a performance of "Kissing You" done after [[MomentOfAwesome the group had to run on foot to make it in time after a car accident]], everyone starts violently bawling TearsOfJoy. It can be hard to watch, and was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw08Jd3cRtc at one point]] ranked as one of the most tearjerking moments in SNSD history.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiD2CtZeoQM Sooyoung's mother reading her daughter a letter]] is equal parts TearJerker and HeartwarmingMoments. Even Sooyoung wasn't able to keep her emotions back.