It's only been a week but there have been so many heated controversies that turned the
kpop industry upside down and stirred up all social platforms.
Really, this industry just never runs out of dramas.
In today’s video, let’s get into details of 3 most head-aching controversies of the
past week with us.
1.
Ningning’s allegedly rude attitude toward fans
Recently, Aespa has gathered a lot of interest globally when attending the Givenchy SS23
show at Paris Fashion Week.
After that, the 4 female idols participated in the After Party of Givenchy and that’s
also the moment Ningning became the center of harsh criticism due to her allegedly disrespectful
attitude toward her fans.
Accordingly, lots of fans had waited for Aespa in front of the hotel to greet and meet them
in person.
While the other 3 members showed up with a bright, energetic vibe and were constantly
greeting and waving at fans, Ningning was a total contrast.
The young female idol was seen to be really ignorant to fans' enthusiastic support.
What's more, it was said that she even appeared with an annoying and irritated attitude and
used her hand to cover her ear while passing by the fans.
Some pointed out that Ningning didn't even bother to look back and interact with her
fans calling her name for just one second, instead, she headed straight to her awaiting
car, putting on a frowning face and folding her arms.
In contrast, Karina, who went along with her, always smiled and waved at fans even when
she had got into the car.
Besides, many netizens also spotted that inside the car, Karina had slightly touched Ningning’s
head, probably to remind her to care about fans but Ningning seemed to ignore that and
continued covering her ear.
As soon as that video went viral, Ningning immediately received waves of criticism from
netizens.
They continuously blamed the young female idol for being so full of herself that she
was even disrespectful to fans, who have always been by her side and supported her.
Some netizens said that Ningning is now infected with celebrity disease, while others assumed
that she’s trying to copy Jennie's sassy attitude but that just didn’t work out.
When Ningning was flooded with tons of negative comments, her fans didn’t hesitate to defend
their idol.
They said that due to her tight schedule and visa approval problem, she had to rush to
the Givenchy show after just landing in Paris not long ago, so it’s understandable that
she’s so exhausted, leading to her kinda irritated attitude.
Fans also pointed out that Ningning didn’t cover her ear as many assumed.
Actually at that time, she was wearing airpods and just trying to adjust them, which made
people misunderstand that she's being annoyed with the fans' shouting.
Thus, netizens need to lend her a sympathetic ear instead of harshly criticizing and dragging
her down due to one short moment.
However, these excuses failed to convince some strict netizens as they argued that Ningning
was not the only one who was tired, the 3 other members also experienced the same thing
but they still kept interacting with their fans.
If she couldn’t try to smile for 3 seconds, then just give up her career of being an idol.
They also added that the young female idol should remember that fans’ support is the
most important factor contributing to her current success, so she needs to be grateful
for that and treat them well.
2.
TMA 2022 having a disrespectful action toward idols and fans, IVE being caught red-handed
lip-sync
Here we come to the second recent controversy.
Lately, at The Fact Music Awards 2022, the ceremony’s organizers have gained loads
of criticism from netizens, especially fans of IVE, TREASURE and (G)-IDLE due to their
lack of professionalism
In particular, while these groups were performing on stage, the staff suddenly came toward them
out of nowhere, asking them to stop performing and go backstage.
Right after that, they turned off all the stage lights and played the pre-recorded performances
on the led-screen for fans.
Being caught up in a dilemma situation, both fans and idols were really confused and didn’t
know what was going on.
Netizens were furious when seeing their idols being interrupted and rushed off stage and
constantly blamed TMA’s organizers for acting so carelessly to the point that they made
the stage become a mess.
Just when you think it couldn't get any worse, as soon as IVE moved backstage, netizens spotted
that they didn’t sing live during their performance and just lip-sync instead, which
has raised lots of questions about their talent and ability.
Meanwhile, many fans were extremely shocked and disappointed when knowing this as they
assumed that they must’ve been served with a live performance.
What’s more, some even expressed their anger by mocking IVE, tittling them as lip-sync
queens.
However, IVE’s fans immediately stand up to protect their idols from malicious comments.
They defended that not only IVE but other groups were also performing over pre-recorded
tracks, it's just that they're not unlucky enough to get exposed like IVE.
Besides, DIVEs also added that their idols did sing live but due to the loud back track,
netizens couldn’t hear their voice clearly.
3.
Joy’s boyfriend, Crush, was said to have racist action toward his own fans
Moving on to the last case of today’s video, which I’m sure will absolutely make you
guys sooo confused.
So, recently, Crush had sparked a controversial debate when participated in a music festival.
In detail, there was a post on twitter accusing the male singer of having a racist behavior
while performing.
The user who uploaded this post was extremely upset and angry with the male singer's action
toward his black roommate.
In the circulated video, people can see that Crush was interacting with the audience and
was happily touching hands with them.
However, when he saw two black hands, Crush quickly withdrew his hand, made a "No" gesture
and then continued to interact with others.
It is known that after the male singer's above action, this black fan was very sad and depressed
because he was Crush’s longtime fan.
Up to now, the video has captured mass attention from netizens on all online forums.
On one hand, many netizens condemned Crush’s allegedly racist behavior and criticized him
for being arrogant and disrespectful to black people while he literally profits off of black
culture as they are the ones who create R&B and Hiphop he’s singing now.
So they demand Crush to sincerely apologize to this black fan for his action.
On the part of his fans, they defended that it’s totally normal when artists skip over
some fans and Crush is not an exception, he skipped a lot of people before skipping that
black guy.
Additionally, they said that netizens shouldn’t be quick to judge Crush negatively based on
a short video as he is one of a few Korean artists who stand up for Black Lives Matter,
so there’s no way he did this to a black fan.
After that, Crush soon made a statement to apologize and avoid misunderstanding.
He explained that at that time, in order to have a handshake with him, fans were pushing
people in the first row to the fence to get closer to him.
So Crush did that “No” gesture just to remind them of keeping their distance from
the fence and stopping pushing people like that.
What’s more, his fans also posted a slo-mo video from another angle, in which Crush did
this action many times to remind fans of their safety.
All in all, they hoped that netizens would stop mindlessly throwing spiteful words at
him as he didn’t do anything wrong.
So, what are your thoughts about these controversies?
Are netizens exaggerating everything or do these idols really deserve criticism?