Fans Of aespa Call Out SM Entertainment Over Alleged Unfair Treatment Of Winter
Fans are questioning the management of aespa as they raise concerns over the unfair treatment of member Winter.
SM Entertainment, the group’s label, has a spotty history regarding its management of the four members. Netizens have often called out the company before, especially over allegedly unfair treatment. Giselle, for example, seems to have often been excluded from promotional material.
the way sm has been fucking up giselle this era is so frustrating, the technical difficulties she kept facing during smtown, her being excluded from endorsements and now sm not even bothering to make her spotify playlist properly visible for a week pic.twitter.com/xXEZqpmPiK
— elsa (@yjmaeri) September 9, 2022
Winter, on the other hand, had MYs worried for her health this year when they noticed a bruise on her arm, which seemed to indicate she’d received IV drip.
My heart hurts. I hope she gets better soon~ SM Entertainment really sucks at taking care of their idols.
— Netizen
MYs are not alone in expressing doubt over the company’s management of its artists’ health, as NCTzens also raised concerns about NCT‘s Mark and Haechan‘s health in September after they revealed they’d also had to get an IV drip.
Now, fans feel that Winter has been facing unfair treatment in terms of promotion of the members by aespa’s management team.
On October 16, they began trending #WHERE IS WINTER and #SMTreatWINTERBetter after noticing that she was being seemingly “excluded” from the group’s regular social media updates.
WHERE IS WINTER ?#SMTreatWINTERBetter@SMTOWNGLOBAL @aespa_official pic.twitter.com/RkwgOPJ2E0
— aespa Thailand Fanpage (@aespaTH_Fanpage) October 16, 2022
The group has recently arrived in the US for some exciting schedules, including a performance at KAMP LA 2022, and they have posted much of their adventures on their Instagram story. Yet, Winter is so far nowhere to be seen.
221016 aespa_official Instagram #KARINA pic.twitter.com/Ahp4kpRWwn
— 리리 (@eternallykarina) October 16, 2022
aespa_official ig stories update with giselle pic.twitter.com/6NeTH23SKX
— —𝒎. (@aespanim) October 15, 2022
aespa ig stories update #NINGNING pic.twitter.com/2WTPIoTwB7
— ningning pics (@ningningspics) October 16, 2022
Fans have debated over whether this is incidental or not (seeing as Winter has expressed a dislike for taking pictures in the past), or if it’s an act of exclusion. Many MYs believe that seeing as it’s an official account and the group is on a “work trip,” it is the staff’s job to update on all four members equally, especially since there are only four of them.
Very outdated topic has been explained so many times. This has nothing to do with personal preferences of Winter on a personal trip. This has everything to do with the company/staff regarding their WORK TRIP.
WHERE IS WINTER ?#SMTreatWINTERBetter @SMTOWNGLOBAL @aespa_official https://t.co/7pmeHEo69F pic.twitter.com/fVSYUf9Jgf
— FOREVER¹ (@itsakyo) October 16, 2022
I don't know what the company holds against winter that they always neglect her in terms of social media exposure like why can't yall post ALL the members equally when there are only FOUR of them??
WHERE IS WINTER ?#SMTreatWINTERBetter@SMTOWNGLOBAL@aespa_official
—
is seriously reviewing for boards | ia (@rosesonspace) October 15, 2022
Moreover, Winter herself has sent pictures through Bubble, so fans feel that her aversion to having her picture taken does not really count in this case.
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[3:14am KST/ 2:14pm EDT]“Preparing for schedule” pic.twitter.com/bJhFUlIHzp
— ً (@winrina_bbl) October 14, 2022
According to many netizens, this is far from the first time Winter has been excluded like this, so this recent instance in the US has only brought the issue to the spotlight. Now, they’re pointing out that Winter is one of four very talented members who deserve equal promotion!
aespa consists of FOUR talented ladies.
PLEASE POST HER PICTURES AS WELL, IS IT A DIFFICULT TASK TO DO?
WHERE IS WINTER #SMTreatWINTERBetter@SMTOWNGLOBAL@aespa_official pic.twitter.com/GECRTGOXIh
— MY UNION 🫡〖Girls〗(slow) (@aespaMYunion) October 16, 2022
Hopefully, fans will get to see more of Winter once the issue comes to her staff’s attention.
source https://www.koreaboo.com/news/fans-aespa-call-sm-entertainment-alleged-unfair-treatment-winter/
