Chungbuk University Festival MCs Criticized for Inappropriate Joke Mentioning IVE

The MCs of the music festival held at Chungbuk Univeristy, where K-pop girl group IVE performed, are currently under fire for their inappropriate joke mentioning the band. Read on to know what the hosts said.

Chungbuk University Festival MCs Lambasted for Inappropriate Joke Mentioning IVE

On Sept. 29, IVE was one of the performers at a music festival that took place at Chungbuk University. The girls decorated the stage with their title tracks and B-side songs, such as "AFTER LIKE," "LOVE DIVE," "ROYAL," among others.

After their performance, the members all went down the stage. But while they were leaving, the two MCs- comedians Bang Juho and Im Sungwook- joke that they will be selling the water bottles that the IVE members used.

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One fan who attended the event shared this incident on Twitter. Their tweet reads:

"IVE was leaving the stage as the were done with their performance at Chungbuk University, but those 2 MCs said, 'We'll be selling the leftover water bottles that IVE used.

What ruined my mood even more was that someone said, 'Jang Wonyoung's water bottle will be worth 50K won' f*ck.

We're not living in the 90s anymore and this is 2022. You can't just say stuff like that trivially, no?"

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This Twitter post caught the attention of lots of netizens, and now it has more than 2,400 likes and almost 11,000 retweets, as of this writing.

Netizens on the online forum TheQoo were also enraged after someone reposted the tweet on the site. Currently, the post has garnered over 114,000 views and its comments section are filled with criticisms toward the Chungbuk University festival MCs Bang Juho and Sungwook.

Here are some of what the TheQoo users said:

"I don't need to swear at them because I know lots of people will swear at them for me."

"The MCs from the festival really have lowered the bar."

"Ugh, that's so cheap and unsophisticated. They were so thoughtless."

"Crazy.. Wonyoung is still a minor. This is disgusting."

"Wonyoung is still a minor. Do they want to get into a commotion? Why are they saying stuff so trivially?"

What are your thoughts on the situation? Do you think the MC's joke mentioning IVE was unprofessional? Let us know your opinions in the comment box below!

IVE's "After LIKE" Becomes Group's Fastest MV to Garner THIS on YouTube

In other news, IVE has set a record for themselves in terms of the shortest record to reach 100 million views on YouTube.

On Sept. 26 at 4:24 p.m. KST, IVE's "After LIKE" MV exceeded 100 million views. The MV reached the mark just one month, three days, 22 hours, and 30 minutes since it was uploaded on Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. KST.

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"After LIKE" is now IVE's third music video to hit 100 million views on YouTube. This means that all of the MVs for their title tracks since their debut have surpassed the 100-million mark on the platform.

Additionally, "After LIKE" is now IVE's fastest MV to accumulate 100 million views, breaking their previous record of two months and one week set by "LOVE DIVE" this past June.

Watch IVE's "After LIKE" MV below to celebrate the girls' new feat:

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Written by Maria Scott