But Internet users are still unhappy.
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On September 19th, BLACKPINK’s Jennie He posted a voice message through his agency’s official channel and called his fans “Rubies”.
Many fans speculated that this was Jennie’s official fandom name. However, this caused a misunderstanding with the solo artist Kwon Eun-Bithe fandom of, what was the name of his fandom RUBY.
BLACKPINK’s Jennie Hit by Criticism from Another Solo Artist’s Fandom
With the issue garnering a lot of attention, Jennie’s agency, OA Entertainmentreleased an official statement through the news agency Xports News.
We casually called fans by that name on the news page, where we provide news to fans. We have not officially announced the name of the fandom.
— OA Show
However, despite this statement, Korean netizens felt that it would have been more appropriate for them to apologize.
- “Why does everyone lie these days? Just say you’ll change things.”
- “Okay, that’s fine, since they’re changing it.”
- “They’re trying to fix things, so please change them.”
- “Huh? Wouldn’t it be better to say you didn’t know and apologize? What’s wrong with them?”
- “They should have just said we hadn’t checked before and that we were going to change. Although I have nothing to say, since they said they were going to change.”
- “Forget it, since they said they will change it.”
- “All right.”
- “Still, it’s a good thing they’re changing it.”
- “The explanation is lacking, but I’m glad they’re changing it.”
Jennie’s English name is Jennie Ruby Jane, but she called her fans “Ruby”, which is a part of her name. It was also previously revealed that she had trademarked “Jennie Ruby Jane”.
On the other hand, Jennie is preparing for a solo comeback in October.
BLACKPINK’s Jennie to Make Solo Return in October
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