A Okay-pop star has issued a handwritten apology to indignant followers who accused her of betrayal and threatened to cease attending her live shows as a result of she has a boyfriend.
South Korean singer Karina, who fronts the woman group Aespa, has promised followers she’s going to “heal the injuries” after it emerged final week that she is courting the actor Lee Jae-wook.
Some followers drove a truck to the headquarters of SM Leisure, which fashioned and manages Aespa, with an digital signal hooked up demanding an apology, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo studies.
The message learn: “Is the like to you by your followers not sufficient? Why did you select to betray the followers? Please apologise immediately. In any other case, you will note a lower in album gross sales and empty live performance seats.”
In a handwritten word posted from her Instagram account on Wednesday, Karina, whose actual identify is Yu Ji-min, wrote: “I apologise for astonishing you enormously”.
She added: “I do know very nicely how dissatisfied [my fans] who’ve supported me are and the way upset you are serious about the reminiscences we shared collectively.”
The 23-year-old additionally instructed her 12.7 million followers: “I wish to make up for my damage followers any more. I’ve at all times been honest to you, and nonetheless every certainly one of you might be really treasured to me.”
Karina additionally promised to “present extra maturity and work more durable going ahead to all [my fans] with out disappointment.”
The singer’s relationship with Jae-wook is just not the primary time such an issue has emerged amongst Okay-pop followers in South Korea and Japan.
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Okay-pop companies are reportedly eager to advertise their stars as romantically obtainable, whereas in Japan many pop stars have “no courting” clauses of their contracts.
A decade in the past it was regular for Okay-pop companies to ban new stars from relationships and even having a cell phone – and these days admissions of a relationship are nonetheless thought of a scandal amongst followers.
In 2018, the inventory of report label Dice Leisure dropped a number of factors after two of their artists, Hyuna and E-Daybreak, started courting.
Regardless of the backlash Karina has skilled, a lot of her Instagram followers shared messages of assist.
One wrote: “Apologise for loving somebody? You do not want to do that, you should be comfortable.”
One other added: “There is not any approach she’s apologising for courting. What’s mistaken with individuals?”.
