They believe the fandom names are overlapping.
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Lately, BLACKPINK’s Jennie became a hot topic online after launching a countdown timer on his website.
With this countdown, many fans had high hopes that it could be the countdown to a new single.
BLACKPINK’s Jennie Unexpectedly Starts Mysterious Countdown on Her Personal Website
In the voice message released, he called out his fans Rubies and asked them to stay tuned for what’s to come.
“Hi rubies, it’s jennie. Stay tuned and see you soon. I love you, bye”😭❤️ photo.twitter.com/ID1JrkR2Ey
— jennie (@jnkrated) September 18, 2024
While most were excited about his fan name…
…received a fierce backlash from Korean netizens because RUBY was the name of the K-Pop solo artist’s fandom Kwon Eun-Bi.
Korean netizens were disappointed that they didn’t do a simple search to see if the fandom name was already in use before making an announcement.
- “They need to change that. Is it so hard to do a quick search? Why are entertainment companies so lazy?”
- “It’s already in use. It’s not fair. Kwon Eun Bi’s fans have the right to be angry, and she’s active too. Didn’t they check first?”
- “The name of Ah Kwon Eun Bi’s fanclub is RUBI.”
- “It’s even stranger that a name like Ruby hasn’t already been used as a fandom name.”
- “It’s the same name as another solo artist’s fandom. It’s so disrespectful, and they’re just trying to get away with it based on clout.”
- “They have to change it. What kind of morality is this?”
- “He even set a timer for the announcement and the name overlaps with another artist’s.”
- “I often see a lack of morale in the K-Pop idol industry.”
- “She doesn’t have anyone working with her? She decided on it herself and published it?”
- “I jumped into the thread thinking she was okay with the name, but since it’s already in use, she needs to change it.”
- “Maybe you should change it to Jane, even though it sounds a bit like Tarzan.”
- “But doesn’t it look like it’s already been used? They didn’t even search it.”
- “Change it.”
- “They need to change it. Ruby or Rubies, you can see another artist currently active is using it.”
- “Change it.”
- “She has a company, why doesn’t she do her job?”
- “Jennie used it first, why change it? Ruby and Rubies are different.”
- “Why are there so many people working without doing any research?”
Jennie’s agency has not yet commented on the matter.
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