Mass Emails Demanding ENHYPEN Jungwon’s Removal Sent To HYBE
Emails have reportedly been sent to HYBE asking for Jungwon to be removed from ENHYPEN.
Recently, Jungwon was recently embroiled in a dating rumor with aespa‘s Winter. As with many dating rumors, these were not well-received, resulting in both idols facing backlash including protest trucks being sent to HYBE and Winter being cursed at when arriving at a hotel for an event.
Each of the idol’s companies denied the allegations, and netizens debunked them as false. However, Jungwon was also accused of smoking, sparking even more backlash against the idol.
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Now, emails asking for his departure from the group have allegedly been sent to HYBE.
On Weibo, a post by an ENHYPEN fan showing instructions on how to mass email HYBE gained attention. The letter provided as a template made multiple demands of HYBE, including removing Jungwon from the group and threatening to boycott.
“Subject: Strong Protest And Demands Regarding Yang Jungwon’s Love Life And Fan Provocation Matters
This email serves to express my strong condemnation and dissatisfaction of your artist Yang Jungwon’s love life and fan provocation. Additionally, I’m strongly protesting against the way your company handled the matters!
We are also condemning the “negative hot searches” that have been appearing on Weibo recently and your company’s action of buying hot searches and topics to control the public’s opinion. This action doesn’t only seriously breaks the trust between the company and fans, but also damages the reputation of the artist and his group.
As a loyal fan, I’ve always been very supportive of HYBE’s artists and their work, but as of now, the situation with Yang Jungwon has greatly disappointed and angered us fans, especially Chinese fans.
Regarding the rumors about Yang Jungwon’s love life, there hasn’t been a direct response. As the Chinese fandom, we strongly demand HYBE to be decisive and resolve the issue.
Specifically, we have the following demands:
1. Announce the official departure of Yang Jungwon from the group or an indefinite hiatus for group activities;
2. Have Yang Jungwon personally confirm the relationship and apologize for this matter and for provoking fans;
3. Your company must publicly clarify and officially apologize for creating negative hot searches and topics for other group members on Chinese social media platforms.If your company does not handle the matter in a satisfactory and timely manner, we would be forced to continue our protest in various ways through different platforms. If the issue doesn’t get resolved reasonably, Chinese fans would not be able to continue to support the group. If we do not receive a response for our demands, we would permanently cease our support for ENHYPEN, including future album sales and related activities. As of now, fan accounts of the individual members have announced a halt for future album group orders while expressing our dissatisfaction and condemnation.We sincerely ask your company to treat us fans’ demands seriously and resolve the issue quickly with effective actions. Please understand that this not only involves the dissatisfaction of certain fans, but also the fandom’s demands for the group and company’s respect and trust.I look forward to the company’s prompt response and proper solution to the matter!
– Chinese ENGENE”
— Letter
Other protest efforts have fallen short, which you can read more about below.
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