DCTOM Entertainment released their official statement and defended OVAN from the 'bulk-buying' accusations.
Solo artist OVAN has been the hottest topic on the internet since last week due to the allegations of bulk-buying his track 'I Need You', and manipulating the charts.
Heaps of K-pop community members expressed their suspicions towards OVAN's new track that topped the charts after it was released, and beating the songs of artists, such as BTS, IU, and Zico.
Because of the allegations made by the other K-pop fans, OVAN released his response through his official Instagram account.
"I don't want to be hurt and wouldn't want to hurt anyone because of these allegations. It is not a lie, and I am sorry that I doubted everyone because everyone thinks I don't deserve it. But it is not a lie," he wrote.
After OVAN spoke out about these accusations thrown at him, his agency DCTOM Entertainment chose to intervene the mass hate comments and defended their artist by saying:
"Sajaegi means bulk buying, from the word itself it means earning from buying the things that are not necessary and are not used by the buyers. So how are these fans different from bulk-buying? Just because our artist OVAN surpassed these fans' idols doesn't mean he deserves to be accused of something he is not guilty of," the agency stated.
Through an official statement, DCTOM continued to respond to the chart manipulation allegations being hurled to OVAN.
"We are fully aware of the criticisms our artist OVAN has received, and we found out that this allegation came from various communities who believed that this issue is true, even though there is no strong evidence that will show us the result.
You all just want to believe that we are the villains in this picture, when in fact we are not.
We did not drop the OVAN's song the same day as the other famous K-pop groups and artists did. To let you all know, that is part of our marketing strategy.
We always wait until the famous artists and groups' tracks slow down and then we hit the charts with releasing our songs.
We know that when we drop our song on the same day like BTS we will not win against them.
It is also absurd to blame our artist OVAN for manipulating the charts just because he is not as popularly known as BTS and other big names in the K-pop industry."
A fan replied to this statement and said:
"Idol uses the fans' own money to listen to the songs while the real manipulators pay the management's money to play the songs on the machines."
