Unless you haven’t been on social media for the last couple of days, you’ve probably at least heard of the ongoing feud between HYBE Labels and ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin. So much has happened in the last few days that it’s impossible to summarize shortly, but you can get an in-depth look at the issues surrounding the feud on our “HYBE vs. ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin” timeline.
During all the chaos as of late with HYBE Labels, however, one of their subsidiaries has drawn attention due to how unbothered and normal it seems compared to others: Pledis Entertainment, home to SEVENTEEN, fromis_9, and TWS.
You might think that the major issues and uncertainty regarding the future of ADOR, NewJeans, and other parties involved might leak into other parts of the company as well, but Pledis Entertainment seems to be going about business as usual, and it has led to fans making memes about the matter!
Wonwoo (SEVENTEEN)
On April 25, Pledis shared the below article discussing the latest episode of SEVENTEEN’s variety show GOING SEVENTEEN. The article is titled “SEVENTEEN, becoming high school students.. GOING SEVENTEEN can’t help but be funny”.
[기사] #세븐틴, 고등학생 됐다..재미가 없을 수 없는 ‘고잉 세븐틴’https://t.co/XFRUwe3LmZ#플레디스 #PLEDIS #SEVENTEEN
— PLEDIS ENTERTAINMENT (@pledisnews) April 25, 2024
The tweet alone, which would likely not usually get an abnormally high amount of attention, currently has over 4.6 million views, 11k likes, and 3.8k retweets. And the majority of the top reactions to the tweet are of the meme variety.
pledis pic.twitter.com/S71esP3JYc https://t.co/PprHOIFOct
— ¹⁷ ᴵˢ ᴿᴵᴳᴴᵀ ᴴᴱᴿᴱ (@ethelcunt) April 25, 2024
In fact, there are several different versions of the same type of reaction in the quote retweets of the original tweet, all of which display how unbothered Pledis Entertainment seems in the midst of this chaotic time!
https://t.co/6lmTkyqSVw pic.twitter.com/fp79yJIcNy
— 우ㅡ 우𑁤 (@youthmysummer) April 25, 2024
https://t.co/GfceO5fIl3 pic.twitter.com/CINqOpQgwB
— mish (@junranghae_hui) April 25, 2024
Legit https://t.co/thIp5m93nt pic.twitter.com/bSaiK2OEJU
— 𓍼fia𓍯 (@fiafireee) April 25, 2024
Pledis has also been promoting SEVENTEEN’s upcoming album release as usual, with 17 IS RIGHT HERE and its title track “Maestro” scheduled to come out on April 29 as planned.
https://t.co/6lmTkyqSVw pic.twitter.com/Pa0rC58fdd
— 우ㅡ 우𑁤 (@youthmysummer) April 25, 2024
pledis be like https://t.co/476EUckQ5L pic.twitter.com/ohD6XFAjfr
— aya ☆ (@liveloveshua) April 25, 2024
Pledis this is not the timepic.twitter.com/Mfv5e9MtFP https://t.co/ZuqsWNkB5x
— rosalina (@fufyyy22) April 25, 2024
Fans have really gotten creative with just how many ways they’re making the same kind of meme with different media!
Pledis rn:pic.twitter.com/f0benny1r8 https://t.co/HmkPAQ7s8h
— babi (@cheerrybabi) April 25, 2024
pledis as Regina George https://t.co/9a9uPuVYqw pic.twitter.com/Hf9AK57r7k
— tiramitsuha (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧* (@tiramitsuha) April 25, 2024
pledis be likepic.twitter.com/IAFOHhEDaM https://t.co/gjS8gOX7bB
— moon ¹⁷ ᴵˢ ᴿᴵᴳᴴᵀ ᴴᴱᴿᴱ (@_haoxi) April 25, 2024
It seems like SEVENTEEN’s comeback should go on as planned, which should be a relief to Carats.
