K-netizens were thoroughly unimpressed by Wake One Entertainment's gifts to fans who attended ALPHA DRIVE ONE's music broadcast pre-recording.
Typically, K-Pop idols thanks their fans for coming to schedules like music broadcast pre-recordings by providing gifts in the form of snacks, beverages, and merchandise. For many, the culture has become a measure for how much the artists "love their fans back".
Examples of generous fan gift sets include:
However, Wake One Entertainment and ALPHA DRIVE ONE's recent fan gift may go down in the books as the "worst fan gifts ever" in history.
On January 16 KST, fans who went to see ALPHA DRIVE ONE's pre-recording received a cup of coffee and two pieces of 'Bibigo' dumplings in a cup. As many fans know, Wake One Entertainment's parent company is CJ Group, which also owns 'Bibigo'.
K-netizens commented in disbelief,
"Are they trying to get rid of extra stock at the CJ warehouse???"
"Is this the tasting corner at the mart?"
"I've seen so many idols from tiny companies do way better than this. But CJ just couldn't care enough to spend a penny more."
"Who wants to eat mandu with coffee anyway..?"
"If they wanted to promote 'Bibigo' they should have at least given out full packs."
"Hey CJ you couldn't even give out a half a dozen so it could actually be a hearty meal???"
"It wouldn't have been so bad if they'd just done coffee..."
"If this were a nugu idol from a tiny, poor agency, I'd understand but..."
"It would have looked and felt much nicer if they'd done something that looked less like free meals for the homeless.. Like hot dogs or bungeoppang."
"CJ wouldn't dare spend money on feeding fangirls."
"Honestly it would have been way simpler if they gave out nothing in the first place."
"Umm.. Is CJ poor..?"
"Couldn't they at least package it up?"
"Now I'm imagining how all the fans will have bad breath in the venue when they do the fan chants TT."
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