Last weekend, girl group LE SSERAFIM launched their first world tour in their "Easy Crazy Hot" career, with 2 kick-off shows at inspire Arena, Unseo-dong, Incheon (Korea).
After the show, social networks spread images of HYBE Group Chairman Bang Si Hyuk moved and seemed to shed tears when listening to the closing speech of the concert of LE SSERAFIM members, especially the shares of Huh Yunjin.
In his speech, Yunjin confided about the group's arduous journey over the past 2 years: "After the first tour, there have been many things that have happened in the past 2 years.
Last year, I remember crying in a hotel room while talking on the phone with a company employee. I asked: What should we do now? Do we have a future? I don't know what is real and what is fake anymore.
At that time, we didn't even see a little progress. But we have no choice but to continue to push forward.
Last year was an emotional year. It is difficult, but giving up would be unfair. There are still many people supporting us, how can we give up?".
After that, the female idol compared her process of overcoming obstacles to the process of creating a pearl. She believes that she will "overcome the pain and create her own unique pearl".
Chairman Bang Si Hyuk was moved when listening to his speech. Not only is Bang Si Hyuk the head of the Kpop group that manages LE SSERAFIM, he also acts as the executive producer for this girl group, directly directing the formation and development of LE SSERAFIM.
HYBE President shared a photo with LE SSERAFIM on his personal page with the caption: LE SSERAFIM, you guys are so brave!
He also posted a photo of a gathering with 3 HYBE girl groups, LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT and KATSEYE, behind the scenes, with the caption "consolidated", highlighting the spirit of solidarity of female artists managed by HYBE.
At the same time, NewJeans' absence from the squad has also caused controversy.
This 5-member girl group debuted under the management of ADOR - a subsidiary of HYBE. But after the conflict between former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin and HYBE broke out, and Min Hee Jin was fired, in November 2024, NewJeans suddenly held a unilateral press conference to announce the termination of their exclusive contract with ADOR.
The group gave the reason that the company violated its contract obligations, causing serious loss of trust in the artist. Currently, NewJeans and ADOR are in a legal battle to resolve a contract dispute.
Therefore, the public believes that Chairman Bang Si Hyuk proactively avoided mentioning NewJeans when this girl group is in litigation with ADOR.
On the other hand, ILLIT and LE SSERAFIM are the two girl groups mentioned in the conflict between producers Min Hee Jin, NewJeans and HYBE. Therefore, fans also do not want their idol group to continue to be dragged into the scandal of NewJeans.
