SEVENTEEN was treated unfairly by HYBE during their comeback, angry fans demanded justice

Seventeen fans (Carat) are raising a wave of anger over suspicions that HYBE and Pledis Entertainment, the group's management company, acted to inhibit Seventeen's development during their recent comeback.

The evidence given included HYBE's delay in sending albums to stores, so Seventeen was not available for sale on the morning of the comeback (April 29), making it difficult for fans to buy albums and set achievements for the group. .

In addition, HYBE did not organize the YouTube premier countdown to the MV screening time as usual, and also did not carry out other promotional activities for Seventeen's MV.

However, Pledis Entertainment also did not organize streams on Stationhead like previous comebacks, making it difficult for fans to increase views for the MV. Some fans believe that HYBE and Pledis did not fully support Seventeen in other aspects during this comeback, leading to many disadvantages for the group.

The incident has created a lot of controversy in the K-Pop fan community, with many opinions saying that HYBE needs to be fair and support Seventeen better for the group to reach its full potential. Currently, HYBE and Pledis have not yet commented on these allegations, but fans hope the company will take specific actions to improve the situation.

However, after "hitting the shelves", SEVENTEEN's album 17 is right here also encountered many controversies related to the market price. Accordingly, the Deluxe version of this album was sold by SEVENTEEN on May 7 at a rather expensive price of 170,800 won (equivalent to 3 million VND).

Immediately, this number created a huge controversy from a part of the audience. After that, Pledis Entertainment decided to adjust the selling price to suit the financial capabilities of fans. Specifically, SEVENTEEN's company lowered the album's selling price from 170,800 won to 83,400 won (about 1.5 million VND). This number is considered "easier" for audiences who want to own this special album of SEVENTEEN.

The group's management company spoke up and shared that the decision to lower the selling price was due to negligence during the planning process for the album. The company said, "This album (Deluxe Ver.) was originally planned as a limited edition with a special composition to commemorate the release of Seventeen's best album (collection album).

During the preparation process, to suit the purpose of creating the best album, the plan was revised so that more fans could enjoy it instead of being limited, and the ingredients and price were also changed.

However, due to an operational error, the distributor made a mistake, leaving the initial expected price, not the final price, leading to an error in displaying the price on the sales page. Because it takes time to discuss pricing changes and refund processing plans with distributors, we were unable to notify the pricing error earlier." Many opinions said that the original price that the company The album is expected to be too expensive, even though it is a limited edition. Some people even suspect that it is actually because the high price makes the album sell poorly that the company has to lower the price.

In addition, some viewers criticized Pledis's slowness, because they adjusted the album price too slowly after it hit the shelves. Meanwhile, the company can request to stop selling albums as soon as an error is discovered, but must wait until the end of the day to make an announcement.

Seventeen is a Korean boy group founded by Pledis Entertainment in 2015. The group's characteristic is that it has 13 members divided into three different professional units, including Hip hop, Singing and performing. The remarkable thing about Seventeen is also known as "monster rookie", "self-produced group" or "self-produced idol" because most of the members participate in the process of composing, producing, dance.

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