SEVENTEEN fans are being criticized for leaving albums out in the open
On April 24th, SEVENTEEN released their new mini-album “FML” and it was more than well received!
In fact, the group broke sales records and surpassed giant BTS.
Pledis Entertainment stated that “FML” sold approximately 4,550,214 copies in the first seven days of its release based on Hanteo Chart data.
The number marks the biggest first-week album sales in K-pop history, with the number considered an important metric for measuring an artist’s popularity and the size of their fandom.
The previous record was set by K-pop supergroup BTS in February 2020 when their album Map of the Soul: 7 sold 3,378,600 copies in its first week.
But this album also comes with reviews. Not long ago, some criticized that there are almost 900 photo cards to collect in total.
It would create a phenomenon where fans would flock to buy albums to collect photo cards and then throw away the rest.
Unfortunately, that fear appears to have been proven true, casting a shadow over the band’s all-time record.
In fact, fans have been criticized for leaving albums openly in public spaces or on the street. At first, the Carats tried to convince other fans to take responsibility for their purchases.
“Please don’t throw your open albums in the trash in front of Soundwave after you’ve taken out all the photo cards, bookmarks and inserts only to leave the photo books.
If you do this, the carats will not look good to others. Also, don’t throw open albums in garbage bags on the street. »
The problem is also that recycling is very important in South Korea. Most of the time, every building and every street has its own disposal areas, and it is frowned upon to dispose of your garbage in areas that are not assigned to you.
When it comes to public rubbish bins, it is very frowned upon to leave entire crates of albums on the street.
To hide what they were doing, some fans opened up discarded trash bags to put their CD cases inside.
However, this fan, who criticized the actions of others, came under fire from some and said she gives haters a reason to criticize the group, which led to her deleting their post and apologizing.
However, another fan found SEVENTEEN albums thrown away somewhere.
She discovered open albums hanging on the tables of a café. Although they left a note “Anyone can take the albums if they want”, They were criticized for leaving the albums in a cafe unrelated to fans or a SEVENTEEN event.
“To the person who pulled out all the photo cards and just left 31 albums at Holly’s Cafe, please take them away. It’s not like you rent Holly’s or anything – what crime did Holly commit?
You can just give them before M2U or something instead. Please acknowledge what you did wrong and take it back. »
That’s not all. Other fans left albums in a bag on the street in front of a record store.
“Someone just left 20 albums before M2U – is there anyone claiming ownership? I took them because it rains first but throwing them away like that is really rude of you. If not, please contact me and I will send them to you. »
After seeing this, netizens expressed their frustration.
- “To wear? What gift? Don’t even give them away. I’m someone who works in a center for the needy and it’s difficult for us to cope too. »
- “That also happens to my idol. I would like [la société] Just sell the photo cards, please. »
- “I wonder why people do this when it’s so obvious which fan threw them away… If you buy them, you should handle them properly. If idols saw their albums thrown away, they wouldn’t be happy either. »
- “I hope they will pass a law that only photo cards will be sold. The garbage is so serious. »
- “I wonder if the first week sales are that important when this happens. »
- “I think if that’s the scale of things, album distributors should start looking at the waste as well. »
- “Although I don’t endorse idols anymore, I don’t know why people do that every once in a while. »
- “What is this behavior?” »
What do you think ?
