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  • 11/19/2024
Fans of South Korean boy band SEVENTEEN in Oakland, California speak up about the controversy with South Korean company HYBE.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/korean-popular-music/united-states-fans-celebrate-seventeen-company-tussle/
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00:00Fans of South Korean boy band SEVENTEEN in Oakland, California,
00:04speaked up about the controversy with South Korean company HYBE.
00:08The entertainment company oversees popular groups BTS, New Genes, and SEVENTEEN.
00:14A HYBE internal document criticized its K-pop groups, including SEVENTEEN, for being unattractive
00:19and having too much plastic surgery. K-pop idols are held to high standards.
00:24A female fan from Portland, Oregon, says you support a group and their own company
00:28is not keeping them in mind. SEVENTEEN member Seungkwan wrote in response,
00:33"...you have no right to easily insert yourselves into our narrative.
00:36We are not your commodities to be used and enjoyed at will."
00:39Hani of New Genes made an appeal in October for better treatment.
00:43HYBE CEO Lee Jae-sung issued an apology in October.
00:47The U.S. leg of the tour concluded in Los Angeles last Saturday.

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