How was your week Kpop fans?
Today we bring you a brand-new series on BebossTV.
This series is where we cover the hottest controversies of the week and collect commentary
on them so you can get updated with what's been turning the K-pop world upside-down.
Now, let’s take a look at some of the most headachy controversies of the past week
Wonyoung and Yujin getting biased by Starship again
Constantly winning big with such hits as “Eleven”, “Love Dive” and their most recent song
“After Like”, IVE is now regarded as a strong candidate for the title of Rookie of
the year.
According to many netizens, among the major factors contributing to IVE’s early success
was Jang Wonyoung - the center of the group and also one of the most influential Kpop
idols recently.
Nevertheless, Wonyoung has recently come under scrutiny as netizens notice the 18-year-old
idol was clearly biased in IVE, often showing up in outstanding outfits compared to other
members.
It was noticeable that Wonyoung, along with Yujin, stood out significantly with the vibrant
red sweater-vest and elegant cardigan while other members were dressed in plain white
shirts.
Even small details like Wonyoung's tie and skirt are also said to have a different and
more sophisticated design compared to those of the rest of the girls.
Needless to say, fans and netizens got extremely angry, saying that Starship was seeing other
members and their fans as clowns by not taking into account their feelings.
However, some explain that Wonyoung and Yujin paved the way for the group to garner public
interest and succeed with their promotion schedules, therefore, dressing them up differently
would attract the attention of non-fans and build stronger fandoms for the groups.
Besides that, this duo also received various advertising contracts and Wonyoung even became
the official Brand Ambassador for MiuMiu in January 2022.
It was known that Wonyoung and Yujin’s outfits were sponsored by MiuMiu and Thom Browne while
other members’ were prepared by the coordi, thus creating the difference.
Despite that, others still believe that the agency’s mistake was intolerable, since
it may damage the relationships between the members and created tensions among the individual
fandoms of IVE.
As Wonyoung and Yujin stood in the center positions and dressed up in different outfits,
the remaining members looked as if they were backup dancers, which was a basic taboo for
any stylists.
A netizen said: “Eventhough I'm not a coordi, I know the basic thing is not to let other
members dress like backdancers.
Why are both Soonsoo and Starship doing such nonsense lately?".
Plus, many believe that even if Wonyoung and Yujin received sponsorship, the coordi should
have prepared similar outfits for other members so that the lineup would look equal.
In fact, this is not the first time IVE getting stuck in outfit discrimination accusations
but things like that happened so frequently in the past.
Since other agencies would try to avoid letting one member wear outstanding outfits for fear
of losing fans and separating fandoms, many netizens find Starship’s strategy hard to
understand.
Even when fans have expressed their rage at the company’s outfit choices, Starship still
has not made any change and displayed clear favoritism for Wonyoung and Yujin.
RM severely bashed for topping the Worldwide Handsome Ranking
A few days ago, ARMYs and many Kpop fans loudly took to social media to congratulate and compliment
RM for his newest achievement in terms of visuals - topping the list of World’s Most
Handsome Face 2022.
It is known that the leader of BTS even surpassed the super famous actor Henry Cavill to take
on this title.
In recent years, the 1st place has always belonged to the British actor for his extremely
handsome and golden-ratio face.
The fact that RM surpassed an A-list Hollywood star is extremely note-worthy for many international
netizens, though not necessarily in a positive way.
Contrary to ARMYs’ excited reactions, many international internet users feel extremely
confused about such a result.
To them, when putting their images side by side, there’s no reason for RM to defeat
Henry Cavill in a visual ranking because Cavill’s facial features are said to be way more manly
and attractive than those of RM, who is not even the visual of his group BTS.
Some even accused TC Candler’s poll of being fraudulent, going as far as making memes about
RM and leaving rude comments, offending the leader of BTS as well as fans of the group.
When browsing the comment sections, you can see countless mocking statements aiming at
RM, saying that he looks like that lost kid from Ice Age and is the choice of 11-year-old
girls.
A netizen even said that when he showed his mother this picture and asked who is more
handsome, his mother pointed at RM and said "Isn’t this a girl?".
These damaging words clearly triggered many ARMYs.
They said that if anyone doesn't like RM's visual, they can leave and shouldn't defame
him so badly like that because that just shows a low level of intelligence and culture.
Plus, this is just one of countless visual charts in the world and RM may not even care,
so fans fighting over a visual ranking is a complete nonsense and ridiculous thing.
Later on, netizens discovered that this was actually fake news, since the official result
of the ranking would not be announced until December 2022, so netizens are just fighting
over an early estimation and anti-fans are just shaming RM for obviously no reasons at
all.
So, which case above makes you feel most triggered and uncomfortable?
Are there any other recent cases that you think I should cover?