I'm looking for yaoi recs that involve a character managing the public perception of a celeb/public figure (himself or someone else)!
Especially love seeing depictions of social media and forum posts by random strangers on the internet (bit meta 😁).

Examples are Debut or Die (altho that's not BL), Shoot for the Stars, and (to a lesser degree) Payback.

“Fan” by Yamato Nase
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/hogv1dv/fan

“I'm a Pop Star, Now Expose Me!”
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/mtashk5/idol-kun-wa-abakaretai

thank you so much for the recs!!! <333

Are you willing to read a BL Chinese webnovel with a very good translation and the most unusual premise I've seen?
It's specific to the massive and rabid Chinese entertainment industry, with careers (and lives) subject to more than "cancellation" by the public, industry, and government!
And their internet is INTENSE! (W*ibo)

I've read it three times!

My Artist Is Reborn

[url=]https://ontimestory.eu/index.php/2019/09/11/example-post/

Experienced entertainment agent and ghosts of artists.
Present day (2019) China
(I don't recall gung-ho nationalism, but these all have degrees of pride in country)

"No matter where you go, there you are."
Buckaroo Banzai

woa that sounds like exactly what I'm looking for, thank you so much, I'll give it a read!