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OAKLAND, California – South Korean boy band SEVENTEEN had fans chanting their names in Oakland, California last week as part of their“I’ve been a SEVENTEEN fan about six or seven years,” said Ruby Webb, a 21-year-old fan from Portland, Oregon.While there was excitement, the fans known as Carats, spoke about the recent controversy with the South Korean company HYBE, that oversees several K-Pop artists, including popular groups BTS, NewJeans, and SEVENTEEN.
“You support a group, and their own company is not keeping them in mind and wanting to protect them, and being on their side,” she added.“I’m just trying to have my focus and on the members, not a big huge conglomerate,” she said. “I extend a formal apology to all external artists mentioned in the document,” Jaesang wrote in Korean.