Recently, NewJeans appeared at the 66th Japan Record Awards, where they donned black ribbons to show mourning for the recent tragic Jeju Air Plane Crash. The aforementioned award ceremony also welcomed other K-pop artists, including LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT.
This appearance has since drawn massive attention, as netizens noticed the difference in treatment between NewJeans and LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT in Japan.
In particular, a topic “The difference between NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM, and ILLIT’s positions in Japan” was published on the Korean forum Pann Nate, drawing over 81,000 views.
According to the topic, not only did Japanese broadcasters give more attention to NewJeans, the girl group was also given the center spot on stage, while LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT were cast off to the side.
Upon seeing the award ceremony, many netizens agreed with the topic, and below are some comments from them:
- Wow, there’s no Japanese members in NewJeans and yet it’s like this..
- New Jeans won the main prize, and winners of special prizes are the ones who should be treated differently. Moreover, New Jeans has been nominated for two consecutive years. “Ditto” also holds the record for being the first foreign language song to be nominated in 60 years.
- This is rather shocking. I expected them to be more popular than ILLIT in Japan, but LE SSERAFIM’s Sakura is widely famous there
- NewJeans sure are love everywhere they go
- What is the meaning of articles like this? Don’t drag down other artists…
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