Korean Netizens Discuss NewJeans Fans Sending Funeral Wreaths to HYBE on LE SSERAFIM Member’s Birthday

Not long ago, a user on Nate Pann posted a screenshot of a notice from the fanbase ‘NewJeans Gallery’ of NewJeans about their truck and funeral wreath campaign.

Despite this, a group of supporters for LE SSERAFIM discovered that NewJeans fans were organizing a demonstration by sending funeral wreaths to HYBE on the birthday of one of the LE SSERAFIM members.

As a reaction, additional netizens added comments:

It is a common practice among K-pop fandoms to send funeral wreaths as a form of protest. However, there is no connection between this action and Kim Chae-won’s birthday, so it is unnecessary for NewJeans fans to avoid it. The fact that BTS fans also sent funeral wreaths on Minji’s birthday further proves that there is no correlation between protest actions and idol birthdays. It is simply a coincidence and Pann girls are constantly looking for things to criticize.

– Are they sending the wreaths to HYBE instead of LE SSERAFIM? Are LE SSERAFIM and HYBE considered the same? It’s not as if LE SSERAFIM would receive backlash if Bang Si-hyuk were to use media play tactics on the Saudi Fundㅋㅋ Why not just make Bang Si-hyuk the 6th member of LE SSERAFIM…

– Stop overthinking… Is it necessary for NewJeans fans to know the birthdays of LE SSERAFIM members? ㅋㅋㅋ

Isn’t it strange to consider that members of other fandoms may know the birthdays of idols they are not fans of? Do you truly believe that they intentionally chose those dates with ill intentions?

Just ignore comments from Pann. I am a fan of LE SSERAFIM but I am having trouble understanding this. Is it necessary for fans to know the birthdays of all the HYBE artists in order to avoid conflicts when planning protest projects? NewJeans fans quickly organized this project in response to HYBE’s release of trainee videos and medical records. It’s strange to see people suggesting that we need to check and avoid other HYBE idols’ birthdays. NewJeans fans did not mind when fans of other HYBE idols sent funeral wreaths, trucks, or anything to the company on NewJeans members’ birthdays. Additionally, once contracts are signed for trucks or wreaths, it is difficult to change the date without facing penalties