DR Music Refers To BLACKSWAN’s Bullying Allegations As A “Constructive Dispute” In Official Statement

BLACKSWAN‘s agency, DR Music has officially responded to the ongoing bullying accusations involving members Fatou and Leia.

The agency took to their official Twitter account to share their statement about the ongoing issues within the girl group. Providing both Korean and English translations, DR Music first thanked BLACKSWAN fans for their support, stating that the group has been receiving “a lot of support and attention from fans.”

DR Music then dove into the issue at hand, revealing what they believe may be the exact root behind the problem: “language and culture.”

BLACKSWAN is a group of members of various nationalities, including language and culture. Therefore, it is a team where various opinions and cultures inevitably coexist, and respect and understanding are required more than other K-Pop teams.

— DR Music’s English statement @blackswan_drent/Twitter

They also took the time to apologize, while making claims that the internal issues within BLACKSWAN were “distorted due to others.”

The team’s internal issues were distorted as if they were true due to others and spread to fans, all the staff of DR MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT sincerely apologize to you.

— DR Music’s English statement @blackswan_drent/Twitter

They concluded their statement by sharing the process that has been taken by the label thus far regarding the situation, which reportedly included “a lot of conversations.”

We have had a lot of conversations with the members over the past few days, and both the company and the members admitted that the incidence once made them realize the importance of each other.

We also promised to ourselves once again that we should do our best [until] this album activity is over.

— DR Music’s English statement @blackswan_drent/Twitter

Previously, it was reported that BLACKSWAN members Fatou and Leia were involved in bullying allegations. Fatou called out her fellow BLACKSWAN member on her Twitter account for her allegedly “disrespectful and selfish” ways. She shared these details after an anonymous netizen claiming to be Leia’s relative shared rumors about Fatou’s alleged bullying towards Leia.

You can read the DR Music’s full statement down below.

Hello, we are DR Music Entertainment. This is an official statement about the recent issues within the team.

BLACKSWAN is currently promoting their first single album and has begun to receive a lot of support and attention from the fans through this promotion. We sincerely thank LUMINA for this. BLACKSWAN is a group that has just begun to attract attention as an idol and is a group of member of various nationalities, including language and culture. Therefore, it is a team where various opinions and cultures inevitably coexist, and respect and understanding are required more than other K-Pop teams.

Regarding the fact that the team’s internal issues were distorted as if they were true due to others and spread to fans, all the staff of DR Music Entertainment sincerely apologize to you. Sometimes when various people work together, various kinds of disagreements occur in the team. We call it constructive dispute. These constructive disputes between members to increase completeness should not be trapped in a provocative frame of bullying and promote discord within the team.

We have had a lot of conversations with the members over the past few days and both the company and the members admitted that the incident once again made them realize the importance of each other. We also promised to ourselves once again that we should do our best [until] this album activity is over.

— DR Music @blackswan_drent/Twitter