On June 15, the Gyeongje Herald Media Outlet Published an Article With the Title 'Even Without BTS As A Complete Group, We Still Have Their Dongsaeng, TXT And LE SSERAFIM'.
BTS Bangtan Boys) has announced a hiatus and is focusing on solo activities on "Chapter 2" in their career. An article stated that HYBE still has TXT and LE SSERAFIM, two BTS junior groups to rely on during BTS' hiatus.
On June 15, the media outlet Herald Gyeongje published an article with the title "Even Without BTS as a Complete Group, We Still Have Their Dongsaeng, TXT and LE SSERAFIM". The article reviews about TXT and LE SSERAFIM being named HIT Artist of the Month in the June issue of Mubeat Artist Report.
In the article, it is stated that TXT sold 1 million album copies and managed to enter the Billboard 200 chart with "minisode 2: Thursday Child." Meanwhile, LE SSSERAFIM managed to sell 30o thousand album copies and entered the Billboard and Spotify's Global Top 200 charts.
A post on the community site Theqoo talks about the article. Netizens who published posts invite other netizens to think about whether or not TXT and LE SSERAFIM "fill the void" left by BTS.
"Is this an article that was released by HYBE? Ah," commented a netizen. "A desperate article for shareholders?" another netizen said. "HYBE seriously acts as if this group brought themselves to where they are today," said another.
"No matter how much you claim that they are trying to promote their Mubeat platform, this only shows that HYBE is crying over their shares. But they ended up getting TXT and LESSERAFIM attacked," said a netizen.
"Why include LE SSERAFIM? Aren't they from Source Music?" another comment. "I hope ARMYs don't feel too lonely in this, anyone who fangirls the HYBE group will feel the same way. We are not fangirling other HYBE groups in the future. You can say that the articles were released to protect their shares," added other.
Meanwhile, HYBE's stock price fell after BTS announced that they would be going on hiatus as a group. The BTS members themselves stated that they did not disband, only focusing on individual activities. (wk/goddess)
