Pledis in damage control mode, issues official apology to the fans

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

In the midst of angry reactions from After School fans regarding what happened after the May 26 recording of MBC’s “Idol Futsal World Cup,” where the After School members left without greeting the fans that had come to cheer them on, Pledis Entertainment has issued an official apology to fans.

On May 28, Pledis said, “No matter what happened on that day, regarding both the perspective of the [After School] members and the fans, we have no excuses, and it is entirely our fault. We weren’t able to appropriately deal with the situation, and for that, we sincerely apologize.”

The agency continued, “We fully understand the grounds on which the fans are upset with us. It’s regrettable that we are doing this because of this incident, but, through continued feedback, we will look for a way to create smooth channels of communication with our fans. On this, we will create a way for fans to give us their input. We will do our best to prevent something like this from ever happening again.”

Soompi

Nicely handled, Pledis!

Comments

[girlsday.livejournal.com]

i have a legitimate question. how is this company still up and running? do they make any profits at all? anywhere? with any of their artists?

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

uee is what keeps them afloat, with a bit of oc help.

[patentpending.livejournal.com]

I suppose Orange Caramel is coming in handy these days.

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

Yup, they bring the CFs in

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

eh, sadly not really, not as much you would expect them to bring, only this year, and late last year, they started to get deals but they aren't many.

[foxxxygrandpa.livejournal.com]

Raina goes on dates w wealthy investors

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

#DOWNWITHPLEDIS #SAVEAFTERSCHOOL #FREEUEE

as always pledis is messy as fuck and fans no longer are having it.

more and more fanclubs are momentarily closing, even uee's fanclub is getting involved, which wasn't even in the event.

also i wish people would stop spreading lies saying that this is also related to the girls bad behavior towards the fans when it's not, because they may be everything but be rude to fans, heck raina is one of the girls, along with jungah and uee, that cares the most about the fans and looks after them, not that the other girls do nothing.

[aftertwelveam.livejournal.com]

Despite the official apology, it looks like fan clubs are still going on hiatus... I had checked Lizzy's fanclub yesterday and the site was still normal, but I checked just now and they have the same graphic as AS-Fan (which is the group's biggest fansite).

[love-allure.livejournal.com]

not surprised by the hiatus if they are still on hiatus. read some of their managers would ask fans for money for promos and shit, then pocket the money themselves on bestiz.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Pledis...made of fail

How about I happened to re-watch PGSM episode 36 a couple of days ago LOL...Princess Sailor Moon was taking no shit from no one

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

AS deserves better

[racquelle2005.livejournal.com]

Somebody save nu'est already.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

you know i still don't understand what exactly happened. after school fanclubs are upset because pleidis didn't communicate that they were there cheering for the girls?

regardless, someone save nu'est from this mess

[mycorrhizoid.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I missed anything, but from the articles yesterday it sounded like the AS fanclub wasn't planning on going to the event and then Pledis called them up last minute and asked them to make a banner and come, so they did. And then never saw the girls, despite waiting so late into the night that some of them missed the last train home.

I doubt that's the whole story though, considering the thing about Raina's twitter.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

i wonder why the fans didn't want to go?

regardless it sounds like pleidis wanted the fans there and then prevented the girls from greeting them. or something. raina sounds like one of the girls that is really close to fans

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

what happened during the event was the last drop.

to make a really long story short; for years after school fans have been tired of how pledis handles the group, because of their mismanagement etc, and how they use and abuse the fans to do their work and act like cunts to the fans.

[dharawal.livejournal.com]

#freeNu'Est

RIGHT NOW

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

I kinda here for the gif. A+, OP.

[mspopstar.livejournal.com]

[uguukawaii.livejournal.com]

Why can't mature and smart pledis artists take over their messy af management? Jungah and Kahi could overthrow it imo Kahi is like ruthless and could do financial negotiations and jungah is a sweet lady who could deal w the Human Angle