Rookie Group Receives Heavily Divided Reactions For Their Luxury Gifts To Fans
Rookie group BADVILLAIN has earned dramatically mixed reactions for the “luxurious” gifts for fans during music show recordings.
The group made their debut on June 3 with the track “BADVILLAIN.”
The BADVILLAIN members are promoting their debut on music shows, and fans attending receive gifts, which is a common practice in K-Pop.
On June 5, a fan shared the gifts the audience received for attending the music show recording for BADVILLAIN, and it was a lunchbox and some Lush products.
For their Music Bank performance on June 7, a netizen shared the gift they received for attending, and it definitely caught the attention of fans because, alongside Lush products, they also had a Chanel hand cream.
When the pictures were shared, netizens couldn’t get over the gifts from a newly debuted group to their fans.
?!.!.!.!. BADVILLAIN prepared chanel and lush for fans attending music shows omg #배드빌런
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— 배드빌런 (@b4dvillains) June 7, 2024
OMG?!?
BADVILLAIN prepared gifts for fans attending Music Bank pre-recording! 🥹❤️cr. jjongsehee & dlemsqkqh #BADVILLAIN #배드빌런 pic.twitter.com/JYecde6Y2Y
— lia ୨୧ (@villainzip) June 6, 2024
badvillain support team are wild omg what do you mean they're handing out lush and chanel products for fans that attend their events 😭😭
— 도라 🍓 (@badvinllain) June 7, 2024
Yet, while some couldn’t hide their shock because of how well BADVILLAIN is treating their fans, other netizens voiced anger because of fellow BPM Entertainment group VIVIZ.
The company was established in 2021. After Soyou became the first to join the company, Eunha, SinB, and Umji signed with BPM Entertainment. Two days later, it was announced that they would be debuting in a group called VIVIZ.
After seeing the photos of BADVILLAIN’s gifts for fans, netizens shared anger that all this money was being invested into the new group that had just debuted but wasn’t doing anything for VIVIZ. They shared examples of fans having to pay to promote the group’s shows and lack of social media promotion for the members.
Meanwhile we had to pay for ad so we can promote viviz tour in bkk https://t.co/hM9r7Rfxhp
— εїз viviz are badvillain εїз 🇵🇸 (@VizRinna) June 7, 2024
In Another universe, NaV must paid ads for promote VIVIZ tour in Bangkok. bpm doesn’t do anything, not even rettwet https://t.co/uJIQgaUVQF
— 🍀 (@ninamarisa12759) June 7, 2024
using viviz money for this instead promoting their tour fuck you @bpmentofficial https://t.co/P2PoA9pPXp
— liebert ☘ (@NAN4MICULT) June 7, 2024
bpm try not to make it look too obvious challenge: failed miserably https://t.co/V3G30RmhA4
— mal (@gfrdmyluv) June 7, 2024
Korean fans had different views and thought it was BPM investing in the first group they had created from scratch. However, they added that they hoped it wasn’t a burden for the idols (cost-wise) as most of the time, designer gifts to fans came from brand partnerships, but BADVILLAIN doesn’t have any yet.
