SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu Goes Viral For His Behavior After HYBE Creates A “Misogynistic” Rule For &TEAM
Fansign events are the perfect place to interact with idols, and of course, some of the highlights come when fans bring gifts for the members, including cute things to wear.
Recently, HYBE‘s newest group &TEAM had a fansign event.
In the tweet, a netizen who attended the event revealed the strict rules put into place for the &Team fansign. In particular, the tweet gained attention after the OP revealed that all the fansign items were reviewed by staff, and one was rejected because anything “slightly girly” was not allowed.
Guys, &Team’s fansign rules are so unique that I can’t get used to it…
They wrote down all 100 names, chose the pages to be signed in the album, put all the nine members’ indexes, and got everything ready.
They even told us to put our fansign items in a basket ahead of time…
They check our IDs strictly, too LOL.Wait hahahaha
Because my fansign item has a ribbon on it, they rejected my headband lol
They said anything slightly girly is not okay lololol
My fansign item is under review right now…— OP
아니 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
팬싸템 리본잇다고
머리띠 빠꾸먹음ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
조금이라도 여성스러운건 안된데
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
지금 팬싸템 검열중이라고..— bori (@boripop) July 8, 2023
Of course, it wasn’t surprising that the quote retweets were shocked, and Korean netizens shared videos of idols happily taking items or doing things that could be deemed “feminine.”
당연히 인알에 있을 줄 알았는데
이분들은 이러고도 지금 현역인데 https://t.co/TObSjk9mp5 pic.twitter.com/zsLKm1N63H— 조공주 (@mypickkk) July 9, 2023
남돌들 다 이 시절로 회귀해봐야됨pic.twitter.com/deO5tInx0E https://t.co/ywxNeMPm4Z
— 빤난나 (@ppananna_bba) July 8, 2023
ㄷㄷ
남자면 이정도깡은 잇어야지 https://t.co/vat0Flgc8I pic.twitter.com/htLspcF7R9— 율곡이이코토시테루 (@YuukiMakotowife) July 9, 2023
But what does that have to do with SEVENTEEN‘s Mingyu?
A few days after the tweet was shared, SEVENTEEN had their own fansign event in Macau. One fan replied to the OP’s original tweet with a video of Mingyu from the event where the idol was wearing a floral wedding veil.
나약하다 22 pic.twitter.com/rofX3laEYz https://t.co/7IUZS3AfQ1
— 뾰지 (@juliahye_1018) July 10, 2023
Even in photos posted of Mingyu wearing the prop, the idol looked like he was having so much fun.
When the clip was posted, it had hundreds of comments from both international and Korean fans. In particular, one international fan shared that the video had gone viral because he didn’t seem to care when using what was deemed as “feminine” props.
Lol Mingyu goes viral randomly again 😂😂 Context: Hybe staff forbids “girly” items at another group’s fansign to protect their “masculinity”, meanwhile Kim Mingyu proves that true masculinity doesn’t disappear just because you wear some ribbons 😂😂😂 https://t.co/YXVNxSvNOJ
— 루비𖧷 (@babucarat) July 11, 2023
Yet, it wasn’t just Mingyu. Throughout the event, the members of SEVENTEEN were having fun with the fans and using props regardless of any “Gender stereotypes.”
Jeonghan even caused the crowds to go insane after putting on a white wedding veil.
아 아침부터 윤정한 넘 기엽고 웃기네 진짜 ㅜㅠ 면사포보고 모야😆😆 이카면서도 야무지게 인사까지 하네
cr.https://t.co/cTlZeTiuO2 pic.twitter.com/57BQb9xGXM
— 윤달 (@han2hae) July 10, 2023
Fansign events are all about having fun, and the fact that HYBE implemented a rule on “Girly” items for &TEAM seems very wrong, especially when many idols love wearing them and posing for fans to make them smile.
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