Recently, a topic titled “LE SSERAFIMs’s Switch is On” was published on the Korean forum “Pann Nate”, drawing over 50,000 views within one day.
The topic attached an image showing how LE SSERAFIM’s “Crazy” suddenly sold a lot of albums on the 5th day of release, after recording unexpectedly low numbers in the first 4 days.
It basically implied that LE SSERAFIM’s sales are “manipulated”, leading to harsh comments from netizens.
Below are some comments under this topic:
- They (HYBE) seems to be watching closely and saw the low sales so they turned on the manipulation switch
- This is why HYBE has no money left, they keep spending it on things like this
- This is truly a desperate attempt at trying to appear popular
- From now on, they are going to be known as the sales manipulation girl group LOL
- Well, it’s not surprising considering how the group’s leader (Chaewon) “magically” rose from the 19th position to debuting (in “Produce 48”).
On the other hand, many fans are explaining that LE SSERAFIM’s sudden surge in sales was due to Hanteo’s faulty updates in the first 4 days, causing the 5th day’s number to shot up since it included all the sales that were previously missing.
Source: Krb, Pann Nate
