Woollim Entertainment has blamed fans for what happened to Golden Child's TAG.
On October 20, the agency issued an official statement concerning the artist's injury. It was disclosed that TAG hurt his ankle when he was heading to a video-call fan signing event, which happened on October 18. Several individuals were said to be blocking his way and taking flash photos of the singer, thus causing him to fall.
The company also stated that TAG immediately received first aid treatment and was taken to the hospital after the event for examination, in which he was diagnosed with ligament damage.
Due to his current condition, the rapper needs a lot of rest and should lessen the use of his injured ankle. However, Golden Child's TAG is determined to perform on stage and so, out of respect for his wish, Woollim Entertainment decided to let him join the group's music show performances starting with SBS MTV's "The Show" on October 20, but TAG will remain seated throughout the event.
Woollim Entertainment further stated that since Goldenness (Golden Child's official fan club name) has not been behaving properly at many of the K-pop boy group's events, the agency will be making new guidelines about the fan club etiquette that will include strict rules in order to ensure Golden Child members' good health and safety at all times.
Woollim also mentioned that anyone within the fan club who shows misconduct in the future will be removed from all Golden Child-related fan club activities without giving prior notice.
In response to the entertainment's statement, Goldenness questions the need for the agency to blame them when it looks to have been an accident. Based on a video on Twitter that was recorded by one of the fans, the path to the venue was evidently clear, and flash photography can only be seen on one side. A few Korean Goldenness commented on the clip, stating:
"People can sprain their ankle just walking. Why are they blaming others?"
"I thought that fans were crowding the van. Why is the company overreacting?"
While some Goldenness are throwing hate towards Woollim Entertainment, the company has not yet responded to their claims. On the contrary, international fans are sending their love and support to TAG, hoping that he fully recovers soon.
TAG takes the main rapper position in Golden Child. He was included in the pre-debut project (W Project) for trainees in January 2017, along with Jangjun, Daeyeol, Joochan, Donghyun, and Jaeseok who is already a former member of Golden Child. Woollim Entertainment introduced the boys following the project.
On May 15 of the same year, the company launched Golden Child, their first boy group after seven years since Infinite. The K-Pop boy group was consists of 11 members and made their official debut on August 28 with their first extended play entitled "Gol-cha!" featuring its title track "DamDaDi." Just after almost five months, Woollim announced that Jaeseok had departed the group because of health issues.
Golden Child has recently made a comeback with their second single album called "Pump It Up," which was out on October 7. The album consists of three songs including the title track "Pump It Up."
