1. fromis_9
Beside Produce 101, the result of Idol School was also proved to be manipulated.
There were at least 3 contestants who could make it to the debut in the name fromis_9
despite the lack of votes. At the same time there were 3 contestants who were unjustly
eliminated, above them all, Lee Haein was the one to be sorry the most. She received
the most votes from the audiences at the final and should have debuted as a center but still
got eliminated because the production team thought her concept didn’t fit the group.
After the scandal, all the parties involved were gradually sentenced. However, according
to an article published in September 8th, CP Kim of Idol School admitted that they were
still in the process of making an agreement with Haein which means up until now she hasn’t
got the compensation she deserved.
What pissed the netizens the most is that fromis_9 is the only group got to be active
till now when X1 and IZ*ONE had to disband for their vote rigging scandal. Moreover,
after being a part of Pledis/ HYPE labels, fromis_9 is now on their way to success.
On September 7th, they got their first cup on The Show with “Talk and Talk” after
defeating Eunbi’s “Door” and Mirae’s “Splash”. After 4 years since their debut
in 2018, this is the first time they got a cup but netizens weren’t so happy with this.
Netizens feel displeased that a group with vote-rigging scandal is still active and even
receiving awards. They think the group shouldn't be too proud when the victims of the scandal
have yet to receive the compensation they deserve and that fromis_9 are just enjoying
the sacrifices of others.
Someone even commented that fromis_9 should disband because groups with vote rigging like
X1 were even forced to disband as soon as the scandal broke out.
Another division turned to criticize Pledis Entertainment for recruiting fromis_9's girls.
They believe it's ridiculous for this company to accept the girls because so many people
are aware of the group as a fraud group.
Obviously they are still angry with the unfair result since Idol School. Normally, when a
group took a long time to get their victory, like Brave Girls or UKISS, netizens would
applaud and encourage them but fromis_9 is a totally different case.
2. Momoland
It seems that Momoland is easily dragged into some personal scandals. The love story between
Momoland’s Hyebin and UNB’s Marco has been a hot topic recently after these 2 idols
were caught using matching stuff and checking in at the same destination. The company of
the 2 already admitted that these rumors are correct.
Even though nowadays idols dating isn’t a severe problem anymore, this love story
didn’t get much approval. Fans didn’t seem to be so happy with this and thought
Hyebin and Marco had been so neglectful with their fans’ support and that’s why they
have been so revealing about their love. Marco even got caught lying to his fans about his
dating with Hyebin by his own fansite.
According to some rumors, Marco has already moved in with Hyebin in her apartment, and
often gives gifts from fans to her.
Though there were many fans came to shield the couple, this scandal still left a bad
image of MOMOLAND in people’s eyes. They believe that MOMOLAND are not focusing on
their career and even told them to disband as soon as possible since they don’t have
any reason to stay in Kpop.
3. IZ*ONE
There was no contract extension, IZ*ONE was disbanded as planned in April 2021. These
girls debuted from a survival show called Produce 48 in 2018 and their contract lasted
only for 2 years 6 months.
Before the contract ended, a rumor said that CJ ENM and some members already discussed
about the extension but didn’t make it.
Like other previous groups who got to debut from survival shows, IZ*ONE’s disbandment
was expected. Though a lot of fans felt so sorry for their fate, some didn’t have the
same thought. Many netizens were so gloating with this result and said the group should
have disbanded sooner.
The reason why IZ*ONE received all these negative reactions is the vote rigging scandal from
Produce. Netizens thought some members should have given their current position for more
desirable ones who were unfairly eliminated from the show. For example, Lee Ga Eun and
Han Cho Won are the two contestants who didn’t get what they deserved. Therefore, lots of
people were extremely happy when IZ*ONE couldn’t continue as an idol group.
However, there is also another part that wants IZ*ONE to disband because it will be better
for the group in the future. The reason they give is because the group is only a temporary
group, so their fanbase is not strong enough. In addition, when disbanding, the chance of
success for each member is also greater.
4. BlackPink
Things started when BlackPink released their single Ice Cream. At that time, BlackPink
fandom was having the biggest fight ever.
Ice Cream was made for the international market when BlackPink had a collaboration with Selena
Gomez and a lot of famous producers from Arian Grande’s team. Despite all the expectation,
Ice Cream didn’t satisfy their fans with the line distribution.
Fans feel it is unfair for Rosé and Jisoo since they did not receive many singing lines
during this comeback. Jisoo got 12.3% and Rosé, even worse, got only 11.3% while she
was the main vocalist of the group.
Rosé and Jisoo’s fans were so angry. Even their fanbase in China also threatened to
take out the money if YG didn’t change their working tactics.
They also discovered that the screen time for Jennie and Lisa completely overwhelmed
Jisoo and Rosé and this made them both unhappy and unfair to Jisoo because she was the visual
of the group.
Meanwhile, Jennie and Lisa’s solo-fans were also having a severe fight. Jennie’s fans
said that their idol didn’t get to rap in the song and Lisa was pushed so much this
time. Some Jennie’s akgaes even suggested Lisa to leave Black Pink and left a lot of
hate comments on her Instagram posts. Even Lisa’s solo-fans suggested that she should
leave the group to leave behind all that nonsense stress. [chèn meme này]
Black Pink is a group that has more only-fans than the group's general fans, so after each
comeback, there are many controversies surrounding the line distribution and screen time. This
is the only Kpop group where only fans have a big voice, especially fan stations in China.
These fan stations have multiple times threatened to stop pouring money into supporting the
group if their idols are not treated fairly. Obviously, There is nothing worse than the
internal fandom quarreling with each other.
5. Lovelyz
As 2021 is clocking its end and the regretful disbandment of GFRIEND, netizens are now super
concerned about the fate of Lovelyz.
According to an article published by TENASIA on October 15, Lovelyz is very likely to become
the next victim falling for the seven-year curse due to their recent unfavorable negotiation
with Woollim Entertainment. As also stated by the outlet, Lovelyz was in the phase called
“disbandment preparation” as of July this year and though the official contract expiration
date would be November 12, 2021, it was already said that only few members would renew their
contracts with Wollim.
Why so? They’ve been doing great, haven’t they?
Well, yes, Lovelyz are indeed doing great with the amount of physical album sales increased
three times since debut, have built a circle with many loyal, supportive fans and most
recently, they have also drastically raised public recognition through the appearance
on Queendom and the individual promotions of each member. However, that doesn’t seem
to be enough for Woollim to treat the girls right because despite the rising popularity,
the investment that Lovelyz got only shrink faster day by day.
That also explains that while netizens are concerned that Lovelyz will fall into the
seven-year-curse like many famous groups, fans are actually expecting this to soon come
true regarding the mistreatments and negligence of Woollim to Lovelyz.
Even without the need to see solid statistical figures, you can still easily see how mistreated
Lovelyz has been considering the comeback timeline of the group. Their latest 7th promotion
was in September 2020 and while the previous break between each comeback was around five
to six months, the distance between the 6th and 7th was extended up to one year and four
months.
After that promotion, Lovelyz just had another one year and two month until contract expiration
and as many fans noticed, the company just flat out dungeoned them by releasing no updates
about the members, leaving each girl confused and clueless about the schedules and not even
bothering to make basic congratulation posts in for Lovelyz’s achievements.
What propelled the group’s fate even clearer was the response of Jisoo on Vlive to questions
of people regarding Lovelyz' status and their future plans. Here, she hinted the group had
wasted so much time, they were always sorry to fans but still got nowhere despite many
attempts to fix it.
However, it’s still hard to tell what will happen next because soon after that, Jisoo
also posted an apology for saying words that can be easily misunderstood and asked people
to stop spreading false news before things went out of hand.
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