The girl group ILLIT has been the central focus of the ongoing feud between ADOR and HYBE due to their accusations of plagiarism from Newjeans.
Recently, South Korean netizens have begun to pay attention to the girls' feelings about being involved in the internal scuffle between HYBE and ADOR, and the so-called "copycat Newjeans".
A South Korean netizen sparked the "it's a matter of feelings" discussion by posting on the popular online community Nate that raised the question of "whether ILLIT members are fully informed".
The netizen said that "ILLIT members don't know anything? what does this mean? haha", and in the post, the netizen also quoted the latest interview with ILLIT members.
During a talk on the variety show "Cultwo Show", the members of ILLIT talked about their recent success with Magnetic.
TEAM LEADER YUNAH SAID, "I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY. We all know how much hard work all of us on the Belift Lab team put into our debut album, and we're really proud of it. Even though we don't often express our gratitude, I think you all know our hearts. ”
The netizen said that ILLIT conducted this interview after Min Hee-jin's press conference, so they were well aware of the situation with ADOR and understood the reality that they were called "copycat Newjeans", so words such as "great success" and "pride" became a joke.
Regarding the netizen's question, other Korean netizens also left their opinions:
- They are all underage newcomers, what can they know?
- I don't think they're wrong, their company is the one who should be held responsible;
- They did plagiarize, but for ILLIT members, they just did what the company asked, and when the contract expired, leave the company;
- Are they just expressing gratitude, what's wrong with that? What else should they say? Slap the company in the face by denying their achievements?
- I feel sorry for them and hope that they will succeed;
- They may not know anything. However, if idols don't need to know everything, they are only responsible for singing and dancing, and they don't know everything else, then what's the difference between them and dolls?
- I think they're just a tool for HYBE to deal with AODR, or Min Hee-jin;
- Not to mention the problems with AODR and the Newjeans, don't they know how "Magnetic" "became a success"?
- I'm curious about how much money HYBE spends on them;
- It's ridiculous to put a lot of time, manpower, and money on ILLIT, which is terrible in every way, while ignoring the truly successful Newjeans;
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What do you think?
On the other hand, according to foreign media sources, ILLIT's monthly listeners on Spotify surpassed BLACKPINK's, which attracted the attention of the public.