Recently, a topic that hastened to the manners and reactions of the Newjeans fandom in the middle of the continuous controversy of Bang Si-Hyuk and Hybe was published on the Korean forum Pann Nate, attracting significant attention.
NewJeans popularity debate
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“Even if Bang Si-Hyuk ends up in prison, Hybe will probably not be hit at all”He also said the author.
As part of the comments section, many Netizen agreed with the topic, underlining that Newjeans’ fandom behaved irrationally, such as Bang Si-Hyuk’s constant lifting that goes to prison every time the Newjeans are mentioned and groups all those who criticize Newjeans as evil conspirators.
They also left comments like “The bunnies (fans of the Newjeans) are not intelligent enough to understand this stuff”, “It’s funny like every time it is mentioned Newjeans, fans continue to highlight the bang that go to prison. Both will fall together, so why even worry about fighting for this?”AND “There is not a single normal bunnie left, since the healthy ones of the mind have already left the fandom”.
In the meantime, Hybe’s headquarters has recently been raided after the accusation of fraud of 400 billion wins (about 289.2 million USD) of its founder, Bang Si-Hyuk. In response, Hybe urges fans and shareholders to remain calm in such disputes and promises full collaboration with the investigations.
The members of Newjeans, who are still refusing to return to Ador and Hybe, have also revealed mental health struggles in the midst of their legal battle, arousing concerns by fans.
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