Kiiikiii, the next female group of Starship Entertainment and the “younger sister” of Ive, is already attracting attention with the alleged pre-debeli photos of its 5 members. Among these, it is said that Subin is a former SMInteinment interior interior, leading to Curious Netizen who seek truth.
However, later it was “exposed” that these voices are only a lie, since an employee in the planning and development center of SM artists left a comment on Subin’s photos, saying,: “Who is she? Is this the first time I see it? “
This exhibition led to people accusing the spaceship of using the title of “SM trainee” for viral marketing.
“Wow, when people asked who the member of the SM staff then then, someone in the K-Pop category said it was probably a trainee of a medium-sized company that is about to debut. They said that the medium -sized company has deliberately spread voices to make a SM trainee seem, and now it turns out to be true “A Netizen said on the Korean forum “Theqoo”, followed by various comments they call Starship “Sloppy” and “Cheap” for having used this tactic.
In addition, there were also complaints about the group name, Kiiikiii, coinciding with the nickname of Kihyun di Monsta X, which is also under the spaceship.
In particular, fans stressed that Kihyun uses the name “Kiki” (in the same way written in Korean with “Kiiikiii” on his messaging app, and even his series of official content has been called “Kiki Trip”. Furthermore,, Kihyun is destined to be discharged from the soon the military and his group, Monsta X, will hold a Fanmeete after his discharge.
This means that the spaceship is now basically using Kihyun’s “brand” as their new girl name, a “failed move” considering that she is an artist under the same company, said Netizens.
“Do it in the same company is basically mocking …”, A Netizen said, while another commented, “I am not a fan of Monsta X, but this is definitely disgusting. What is the company think? “