On social media, the reactions ATEEZ received from their Korean ATINYs have gained attention from international fans, creating a discourse regarding culture and fan etiquette.
Here's what people are talking about.
ATINYs Point Out Lack of Engagement of ATEEZ's Korean Concertgoers
K-pop fans are aware of how fun it is to experience a concert from their favorites. From witnessing live performances to having memorable interactions with their idols, concerts will always have a special place in fans' hearts.
However, culture can definitely play a major role in making the show. There's also a saying that one's culture could also form the etiquette of an audience, which can generate divisive reactions from the K-pop community due to different levels of hype and energy.
In ATEEZ's case, international fans weren't happy with the reactions Korean concertgoers gave during the boy group's "TOWARDS THE LIGHT: WILL TO POWER" concert in Seoul. According to several posts, international ATINYs were shocked with K-ATINYs' absence of energy.
Oh they bouta have sm fun over here instead korean atiny are bottom of the barrel and im so sorry ateez have them as fans over there
What's with everyone being silent?😭 Like let ateez come to africa and listen to how fanchants are done. we'd be screaming the arriba and skrrt pic.twitter.com/CnnhMyIcpO
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Wait, I’m still stuck on this. They’re literally…in Korea. Even if it’s a bunch of foreigners in barricade, you still traveled TO Korea. And you don’t have the most basic lyrics under your belt? https://t.co/alTtPyOSJxpic.twitter.com/4xcHCf0MPP
Contrarily, some foreign ATINYs defended K-ATINYs and argued that the lack of responses was due to fan etiquette. They also called other I-ATINYs out for having a superiority complex over Korean fans.
why are u judging ppl for not meeting YOUR standards??? ppl had fun, did the fanchants, screamed, and enjoyed the concert that THEY paid for in THEIR own way. let ppl have fun and let's not hate on an entire population of ppl (this was from day 2) https://t.co/xiAFAsDws7pic.twitter.com/sx87XnpQvI
They're literally doing the fanchant that you can hear clearly.. y'all will do anything to make ktinys the punching bag and it's high time this fandom recognised how xenophobic y'all are https://t.co/Eh28F1pZ9u
idk i thought we've talked abt concert culture in korea and how across a lot of ea countrues its considered disrespectful to scream at concerts 😭😭 yall just kinda sound xenophobic atp https://t.co/VKqjvGbQwX
