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US fans celebrate K-pop group Seventeen amid company tussle
The Straits Times
|November 18, 2024
South Korean boy band Seventeen had fans chanting their names in Oakland, California, last week as part of their Right Here world tour to promote the group's 2024 album, 17 Is Right Here.
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"I've been a Seventeen fan about six or seven years," said Ms Ruby Webb, a 21-year-old from Portland, Oregon. "I love them so much. S.Coups, Mingyu, Dino - they're my babies."
While there was excitement, the fans - known as Carats - spoke about the recent controversy with South Korean company Hybe that oversees several K-pop artistes, including popular groups BTS, NewJeans and Seventeen.
An internal document that circulated among company executives containing disparaging comments about several K-pop groups was disclosed during a National Assembly audit on Oct 24 by the South Korean National Assembly's Culture, Sports, and Tourism Committee.
This story is from the November 18, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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