Fans are shocked by the mistreatment.
Normally, when male idols prepare for their compulsory military enlistment, special care is taken to give them an appropriate greeting. For example, in the case of the recently-retired NCT‘S Tae-YongThe idol managed to release an album before starting his service.
Recently, the surprise announcement of a popular third-generation idol’s enlistment has brought to light the alleged mistreatment he was subjected to by his agency.
In 2012, the group of boys IT IS NOT made his debut under Pledis Entertainmentremaining active until their disbandment in 2022.
At that time, the members went their separate ways, including Reneewho signed with BPM Entertainment. The same year, she made her solo debut with Appointment, showing off a new look.
On September 2nd, it was announced that she would begin her mandatory service as a social worker on the 26th. And while this wasn’t entirely unexpected given her age, the announcement came after several months of inactivity on her official pages.
In response, one fan detailed other instances of alleged mistreatment by BPM, including inactivity.
I want everyone to know about BPM’s mistreatment of ren. This agency is literally hell photo.twitter.com/J9ZAD5NjYJ
— Everusing♡Starlight (@vitaarieka) September 3, 2024
Furthermore Appointment being his only release in his two years under the agency, BPM has reportedly neglected to maintain his online presence. In particular, Ren’s Spotify account appears to have been taken over by another singer, who has altered his official profile and music.
Ren also issued an apology regarding the sudden enlistment notice, stating that he wanted to have a chance to say goodbye to fans before it happened.
I wanted to meet you and say hello too ㅠㅠ.. but that’s how things went.. I’m so sorry.. I promise I’ll come back even calmer.
-Refrain
Fans have expressed their annoyance at the company for its treatment of Ren.
We’ve been waiting for his second solo album for 1 year and 3 months and what did bpm do as a company? They didn’t give us any Ren content for 1 year and 3 months. And yesterday they announced Ren’s military service news. Fuck you!!! @bpmentofficial Italian: https://t.co/L7soIppVvL photo.twitter.com/ujPcTGkDvP
— 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫⁵Love𝐖 (@mygalaxynuest) September 4, 2024
for BPM: https://t.co/M7Oq9ISFxk photo.twitter.com/eWrvu1BW7r
— 🌷🌦️🍨 (@Gee5tar_0908) September 4, 2024
I thought bpm was going to be the next big thing after they got Viviz but now look at them… this is just too much, they are mistreating artists left and right https://t.co/NEzcLey7Yb
— Gian (@77wilm) September 4, 2024
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