HYBE Founder Bang Si Hyuk Booed By Audience At 2024 Weverse Con Festival: ‘LMAO Deserve’

HYBE Founder Bang Si Hyuk Booed By Audience At 2024 Weverse Con Festival: ‘LMAO Deserve’

The videos are rapidly spreading on social media platforms.

On June 15 and 16, the Inspire Arena hosted the 2024 Weverse Con Festival organized by HYBE. The event featured various K-pop groups such as TXT, ILLIT, ENHYPEN, fromis_9, SEVENTEEN, BOYNEXTDOOR, &TEAM, and LE SSERAFIM.

In addition to that, there were also performers from various companies including JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong, Billlie, PLAVE, Chuu, Lee Sung Kyung, 10cm, BTOB’s Seo Eunkwang and Lim Hyun Sik, J.Y. Park, JD1, TNX, XIA, JUST B, and J-pop artists imase and YAOSOBI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuwh4_Z_xAE

On the second day of the festival (June 16), the audience caused a viral sensation with one particular moment.

The June 16 concert featured a star-studded lineup including J.Y. Park, the founder of JYP Entertainment. Attendees were pleasantly surprised when he joined forces with Bang Si Hyuk, the founder of HYBE, as well as PLAVE, Baekho, fromis_9 Jiwon, ENHYPEN Heesung, ENHYPEN Jay, and TXT Beomgyu for a special collaboration.

A Korean netizen uploaded a clip onto platform X (Twitter) that captured the OP “booing”Bang Si Hyuk and J.Y Park during a segment, as well as some members of the audience making the same gesture.

OP captioned, “Is Bang Si Hyuk insane? Woo, boo, wooo,“

The clip left netizens amused and many took to expressing their amusement. Meanwhile, some chose to roast the performance of the two.

Despite being the founder of HYBE, Bang Si Hyuk’s image and reputation plummeted in the eyes of numerous K-pop fans. He received severe backlash for his controversial comment about aespa, allegedly disregarding the presence of NewJeans within the company, removing the “K”from K-pop in order to appeal to a wider market, and other controversial actions.

On May 13, it was reported by Korean news outlets that on April 3, Min Hee Jin had sent an email to HYBE and BELIFT LAB.

According to sources, the email that was allegedly sent by the parents of NewJeans’ members expressed their feelings about the plagiarism issue between ILLIT and NewJeans, as well as their concerns about Bang Si Hyuk’s treatment of the group.

The email clarified that the decision to declare the report was not influenced by ADOR. It also criticized HYBE for neglecting the NewJeans members while they were trainees at SOURCE MUSIC.

The email shared that as a leader in the K-pop industry, it is important for HYBE to create a practical and healthy environment for its artists. Therefore, we are eager to hear their response and any potential steps towards restoration.

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