[Wendy: 'I feel like people are focusing way too much on how many copies are sold. Honestly, I don't understand why is that so important. It's already enough for us to have people who support and listen to our music. Instead, use that money to buy delicious food and warm clothes. I beg you. I think that's also the reason why albums these days come in different versions. Try not to buy them.']
Wendy shares her response along with a screen-capture of a message from a fan that says, "I'm working hard to earn money so that I can go to your concert and buy your albums". Wendy replies, "Concerts might be different, but don't buy a few copies of the same album. One copy is enough. Having you listen to our music and root for us is already enough. Instead, you can use that money to take care of your health, eat delicious food with your family, or maybe if you live alone, you can treat yourself a delicious meal for going through the day"
She continues, "Work so you can earn money to buy delicious food, don't know much about cute clothes, but it's getting colder now so you can buy a long padding jacket, and go to the hospital when you're sick. It's my wish". She adds, "I feel like people are focusing way too much on how many copies are sold. Honestly, I don't understand why is that so important". She expresses her gratitude by saying, "It's already enough for us to have people who support and listen to our music." She also speaks her thoughts, "I think that's also the reason why albums these days come in different versions. Try not to buy them."
-It's adorable how an idol from SM is saying thatㅋㅋㅋ Deliver that to your chairman...
-I really like her. She's really thoughtful.
-But still, I want to buy a lot of copies. Red Velvet's albums always come in high quality and the pictures are always so beautiful to look at. I love you, Unnie.
-Whoa... She might get scolded by the company, though. She's really cool for saying that out loud.
-I'm not a fan but I'm sure her fans must be feeling really emotional to hear that. She has a very beautiful heart.
-My bias is also from SM and they also tell fans to not buy a few copies of the same albumㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-It would be really nice if the company has a mindset like that...
-Wendy must be an angel...
-I feel like she cares a lot about her fans. I think I might start becoming her fans too at this point.
-On the other hand, my bias asked their fans to buy a lot of their albums...ㅋㅋㅋ I'm so jealous of her fans...
-I think I saw an article about EXO saying the exact same thing somewhere...ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I wonder who started normalizing buying a few copies of the same album...
Hello. This is Source Music. We are notifying you about LE SSERAFIM members' health conditions and schedules.
The car that LE SSERAFIM's Kim Chaewon and Huh Yunjin rode on 10/19 (Wed) was involved in a minor accident. Fortunately, none of the members and the staff were seriously injured. All of them were immediately taken to the hospital to get a diagnosis and treatment.
The medical examination shows that the two members are suffering from mild muscle pain and bruises. The two members were advised to receive conservative treatment for the time being.
Due to this medical advice, LE SSERAFIM's schedule for Mnet Countdown on 10/20 (Thu), KBS2 Music Bank on 10/21 (Fri) are canceled. Fansigns that are supposed to be held on 10/21 (Fri) and 10/22 (Sat) will be rescheduled and the selected winners will be getting a separate notice for it. We kindly ask for your understanding.
We will put our artists' health as our top priority as we schedule our artists' future activities. We will do our best so that Kim Chaewon and Huh Yunjin can meet fans in a healthy condition as soon as possible.
-Traffic accidents tend to have long-term after-effects even if there were no visible injuries, though...
-I wish the two of them a quick recover with no after-effectsㅠㅠㅠ
-It's such a relief that none of them were seriously injuredㅠㅠ It must be really upsetting for them to not be able to perform when they have put a lot of effort into preparing for this comeback...
-Oh Goshㅠㅠ A car accident just when they made a comeback...ㅠㅠ They must've been really startled... I hope they will get well really soonㅠㅠㅠ
-Another traffic accident? I think I saw an article about some male idols being involved in a traffic accident the other day?? Why are there so many traffic accidents lately?ㅠㅠ
-It's such a relief that they were not seriously injuredㅠㅠ I hope they don't stress much about it and put their health as their top priority.
-Oh Gosh, Chaewon-ah... Yunjin-ah...ㅠㅠㅠ
-Hul... It's such a relief that they were not seriously injured. I hope they'll get well really soon.
-Oh Gosh. That's a really great decision, though. Their health should be the top priority.
-Hul... Oh Goshㅠㅠ They barely started their comeback, though. I hope none of them is badly injured.
-Hul... It seems like the car crashed really bad. Get well soon, girls...
-I'm sure it must be really upsetting for them because they're currently getting a lot of attention from the public right nowㅠㅠ I hope they will get well soon...
Lizzie Yeo, the honorary virtual human ambassador for Korean Tourism Organization, is currently in talk for her uncanny resemblance to a famous girl group member, Irene of Red Velvet.
Lee Byung-hoon of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly's Culture and Gymnasium Committee, said in a parliamentary audit of the Korean Tourism Organization today, "It's good to introduce virtual humans, but there are some problems such as infringement of portrait rights and illegal purchases of followers."
Lee Byung-hoon also asked, "I see Irene's and other celebrities' faces in the video. Did they sign a contract for this?", He continued, "There's also a bigger problem than Lizzie Yeo. It's that the Korean Tourism Organization purchased some number of followers. We checked the accounts and the operator said the purchase was done through a marketing agency as one of the processes to promote the account. But shouldn't the Korean Tourism Organization be responsible for this?"
According to JTBC's report the previous day, most of the followers of Lizzie Yeo's account have been confirmed to be 'fake accounts' that were purchased with money. The number of fake accounts that are following Lizzie Yeo's account is confirmed 3,000 last month and has reached 5,100 this month.
Vice President of the Korean Tourism Organization, Shin Sangyong, explained, "We have the responsibility to manage more thoroughly. This shouldn't have happened and we have taken stern measures regarding this matter". An official representative from the organization said, "We confirmed that the agency runs these fake accounts without consultation with the corporation. We have deleted 8,100 followers now. We are currently considering taking legal action against the agency."
In an interview with press, the corporation claimed, "We analyzed and combined 50,000 combinations of eyes, nose, and lips that the MZ generation prefers when we create Lizzie Yeo. We did not originally create it with Irene in mind"
-The resemblance is so uncanny that it gets me goosebumps all over my body...
-It's very cheap of them to purchase illegal fake accounts to follow their account...
-She doesn't really look like Irene in the video but did they really have to generate a virtual human...?
-So you're telling me the girl in the video is not a real human but just a CG...? That's terrifying...
-I don't think they only used Irene's face because she looks like other celebrities in some other scenes. That's very low of them. What's wrong with them?
-She looks like the combination of Irene and Joy...
-I just watched the video and it looks like they use Irene's face as the base and add a layer of Joy's face with an opacity of 30%ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-She looks like a different person in different scenes. It's really scary.
-Stop generating virtual humans. It's very terrifying and makes me uncomfortable every time I see articles like thisㅠㅠ
-Is that even legal? This is getting me goosebumps all over my body...
-I would think it's just Irene if the title didn't say it was a virtual human...
-They should've just used their money to hire a real model for the video...
-Why are they always trying to shift the blame to the MZ Gen every time they have the chance to...
-What makes this any different than deep-fakes...?
