The idol singer Cui Yena (YENA) who was in the solo activity, released the song “Hate Rodrigo”at the end of June, which caused controversy. Yesterday (5) the record and management company Korea Yuehua Entertainment finally apologized, but the content of the apology was not recognized by Korean netizens.
Cui Yena returned with the single album “HATE XX”in June. The title song “Hate Rodrigo”participated in the production of lyrics and music. The lyrics boldly mentioned the American singer Olivia Rodrigo (Olivia Rodrigo), expressing that she wanted to use a cute way Expressing his longing and jealousy for the singer, “expressing his love for her with irony”, but the title of the song alone caused the majority of netizens to think it was disrespectful. After being found out that the MV used a large number of Olivia Rodrigo’s photos without authorization, the public even more backlashed against “Hate Rodrigo”. Cui Yena finally stopped her new song activities suddenly on the grounds of her poor condition.
▼〈Hate Rodrigo〉The MV was once turned into a private video, and some MV content was modified and re-uploaded
One month later, South Korea’s Yuehua Entertainment did not make a statement through the official cafe until yesterday. The content wrote, “I apologize for not being able to explain the artist and album activities to fans as soon as possible.”Accusations full of concern, I will listen to various opinions in the future, and show an appearance of working harder”… etc., and I hope fans will continue to pay attention and support Choi Ye Na.
The major media outlets posted the headline “A belated apology”, but netizens were dumbfounded when they saw it. Whether it was on the forum Instiz or theqoo, some netizens criticized it severely, leaving messages such as “The most insincere apology this year”, “Just apologize to the fans who sent trucks to protest”, “Empty and insincere, what is this”, “Not apologizing for the controversy, just apologizing for not explaining the sudden inactivity to fans”, “No apology for those who really need an apology “, “Apologize to Odrigo”, “Should I apologize to Rodrigo’s fans”, “Did you delay for (writing) this for a while”…etc.
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