It was recently claimed that NewJeans fans would be sending funeral wreaths to the HYBE building in protest. The protest would last three days, from July 30 to August 1, 2024. Fans were alarmed after a netizen pointed out that the protest clashes with LE SSERAFIM Chaewon‘s birthday, which falls on August 1, 2024.
Tokkis have announced that they will send funeral wreaths on Lesserafim Kimchaewon’s birthday pic.twitter.com/uzqOfzLjpc
— Sniper21 (@Sniper71232) July 27, 2024
The netizen’s post made it seem as if NewJeans fans had sent it on purpose to target Chaewon, whereas fans have stated that the purpose of the wreaths was to target Bang Si Hyuk and HYBE instead.
The matter quickly blew up on X, and other fandoms within HYBE began to step in. Namely, BTS fans, ARMY, gave their two cents on the matter actively. One particularly viral take with over a million views claimed that even during the worst fights ARMY had with BLACKPINK fans, no one stooped to that level.
NewJeans fans immediately began calling them out for their hypocrisy. Firstly, it was pointed out that the protest was not targeting LE SSERAFIM, or any member.
First of ALL, it has nothing to do with Chaewon. Ktokkis are sending this to protest against HYBE for NewJeans. Second of ALL… https://t.co/q20OKXR438 pic.twitter.com/OEV6IHglI6
— Rebel300(^•^) (@UnknownRebel300) July 28, 2024
Next, they highlighted ARMY’s hypocrisy, given that they once held a similar protest at HYBE on Minji‘s birthday. ARMY had sent wreaths as recently as May 7, 2024, to protest against HYBE’s management. Although only held for one day, it clashed directly with Minji’s birthday.
i know a freaking ratmy is not saying this 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/85pC33uNhP
— zen ៵ 🐇 ࣪ ִֶָ ⋆ (@iznwjns) July 27, 2024
Crazy statement coming from you guys when you guys did it to Minji https://t.co/DHIGXlRrTF pic.twitter.com/DPrGqez1BR
— whyeinjeans (@Ishxa27) July 28, 2024
Many have called out the initial post by Sniper21 as gross misinformation which only served to paint NewJeans fans in a bad light.
9k likes on an actual fucking lie you could’ve easily checked…
the way armys have been bullying newjeans these past few months is heartbreaking https://t.co/s5K9Jq0bsO
— gomdittoz 🍒 (@gomdittoz) July 28, 2024
The account has also admitted to hating NewJeans.
you guys seriously need to verify who to trust https://t.co/PIFRJtSiha pic.twitter.com/ueWDNruC1x
— bea (@sheacudie) July 29, 2024
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