The crowds of music festivals in South Korea were also accompanied by controversy, which this time dragged the names Starship Entertainment, IVE, and Kyungpook National University.
Initially, IVE was rumored to be one of the line ups for the music festival at Kyungpook National University, scheduled to be held on October 6.
However, on October 4, 2022, the committee from the campus said that IVE had to cancel their performance due to visa problems and apologized to the students who had been waiting for IVE's performance on their campus.
In response to this news, Starship Entertainment as the agency of IVE released a statement, that it is true that they received an invitation to appear at the festival, but have not given a definite answer for IVE's performance at the Kyungpook National University music festival. Meanwhile, Kyungpook had already entered the name IVE in their line up.
It was concluded that there was a misunderstanding between Starship and the organizers regarding the IVE performance, now Kyungpook National University has again released a long statement in response to Starship Entertainment's words.
“Starship Entertainment's claim that they only accepted an invitation from Kyungpook National University is not true. In the process of recruiting IVE, there is a large agency that cooperates with Kyungpook National University to organize the festival. The agency also held face-to-face meetings, met with Starship officials and concluded verbal contracts, confirming IVE's attendance to university events. After making an assessment that IVE's attendance to the event was confirmed, the agency settled full payment for IVE's appearance to Starship Entertainment." explained the Kyungpook National University party long.
This again raises question marks for many netizens regarding the truth behind the cancellation of the IVE appearance at the Kyungpook National University music festival. (www.kpopchart.net)
