In the Seventeen album dump, Min Hee-jin's verbal abuse about album sales gimmicks was emphasized.
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[+745, -9] How is this considered anything less than hoarding, especially when charts are determined by album sales?
[+575, -378] Everyone knows this is how K-Pop goes. And it's not that Min Hee-jin wasn't innocent even during her SM and New Jeans days. She is also greedy.
– [+65, -1] What are you talking about? New Jeans' album features all members Poca.
[+285, -97] Min Hee-jin has only been telling the truth so far.
[+185, -17] Seventeen, who completely sucked out fans' wallets and defeated Taylor Swift, is amazing.
[+61, -1] So why do fans buy so many albums? Photo card? So album sales don't determine popularity, yeah
[+31, -0] There is clearly something wrong with the way the album is being sold. Some fans buy tons of albums in the first week and throw them all away just to get first-week sales. Year-end awards have also become meaningless. Things got so bad that one singer started urging fans to stop buying albums and spend the money on themselves.
[+33, -3] All right. So why are we highlighting this as if Hybe is the only company doing this?
[+36, -8] Aren't all companies participating in this? SM, YG, JYP too? It's unfair to treat this as just a hive issue
[+22, -0] We have the same albums piled up in our house. This is because children buy several albums to participate in fan signing events and photo cards… CDs are never listened to and are thrown away in a corner of the house. This whole system is killing parents and creating trash.
[+19, -0] I thought this was a known issue. In order to participate in fan signing events, fans must purchase dozens or hundreds of tickets to have a chance. It's this craziness that has fans looking on in horror all over the world, like Karina's dating scandal.
[+15, -2] This is embarrassing
[+12, -0] My daughter was a fan of Tomorrow by Together and I remember having to buy her multiple copies of the same album. Basically, it's all up to the parents to pay for these special effects. Kids have to endure yelling from their parents to get a chance to collect all the photo cards. This is a bad system!
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[+4,600] This was a serious problem that the public was unaware of for a long time.
[+4,300] A clear example of how completely broken Hive is has rocked the K-pop album industry.
[+1,800] Min Hee-jin is 100 times right…K-pop is not growing and is rotting from the inside out.
[+1,200] No one listens to CDs in this world these days haha. This album is clearly a marketing strategy to rip off fans' money. The situation will only get worse as fans continue to allow it.
[+1,600] It's so terrible for the environment. It's a waste of money, nature, everything…
[+2,400] Hive wants her out because she thinks this way.
[+1,100] Jungkook's album was also thrown away like this. This is a really bad problem for which Hybe needs to be held accountable.
[+521] Does being on the billboard like this really make fans happy?
[+534] It's crazy that New Jeans is selling the numbers they do without this gimmick.
[+1,500] Min Hee-jin seems to have a better management eye than Bang Si-hyuk.
[+817] Min of Arc has always been right…
[+140] This random poker business is so wrong. Too much pressure is being put on the fans to get the poker they want, and for a group as big as Seventeen with over 10 members, there is too much unnecessary pressure on the fans. It changed from “If you like our music, listen to our album~” to “If you like it, buy the album~”.
[+302] I don't know who is right and wrong legally, but I think Min Hee-jin's vision for K-Pop is correct.
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