For a couple of days now, SM has been teasing us with hints of finally debuting a new male soloist. That shit would have been the first male soloist from SM since Kangta, almost 13 years ago. 13 years. You know what happened 13 years ago? Not Y2K, but that's beside the point.
At any rate, that was a long ass fucking time ago, so for SM to pull something like this certainly surprised everyone.
Long essay post inc., beware.