Boy group CORTIS recently held a busking event in Hongdae on March 7, 2026. The boys performed a medley of their popular songs for fans.
건호 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 pic.twitter.com/3pJlAoQjm3
— ౨ৎ (@xanxove) March 7, 2026
Problem arose when fans began to crowd the boys. The stage was held at a playground in Hongdae, a popular area for busking.
Cortis has arrived in hongdae#CORTIS #코르티스 pic.twitter.com/oGC4j4c4Mf
— 팔일팔 (@palilpal) March 7, 2026
Without proper fencing or security, fans began to move slower and closer. Staff stepped in to manage the crowd, but the staff’s words left a bitter taste in many’s mouths.
~발생하면 다음에도 이런 좋은 이벤트 저희가 기획할수가없어요
— 기목이 (@eeeoeeos) March 7, 2026
…if it happens, we can’t plan such good events in the future. Please cooperate with us, and we hope that you can remain calm and listen to us so that we can end this safely.
Staff
Many felt that it was the fault of the company for having poor planning.
자기들은 color outside the lines하고 영하고 젠지한 완벽한 프로모션을 기획해왔는데 표독하게 몰려온 팬들때문에 모든게 망해버렸다고 생각하는 이 태도가 진짜 최종적으로 존나 화나서 견딜수가 없음 https://t.co/usL0Efqlin
— 샴 (@shyam1ove) March 7, 2026
I really can’t stand how f*cking angry their attitude makes me ultimately… They think that they planned a perfect event that’s young, gen Z, coloring outside the lines, but fans who deviously crowded them ruined everything.
shyam1ove
The event was one that was not only open to the public and casuals, but planned specifically for the weekend at one of the most crowded streets in Korea. Given such plans, the company should have taken better care, but the event ended in chaos, leading staff to blame the fans.
어 아무도 안시켰고 니네가 시작한거잖아
왜 빠순이들 병신 만들지? https://t.co/HxVSDOPrsV— 엄시은 (@eomblly) March 7, 2026
You guys were the ones who started this, no one asked you to. So why are you turning fans into fools?
eomblly
This is unfortunate
At the hongdae location, cortis could only perform two songs because the crowd was insanely packed and fans were pushing so hard, plus someone even threw up. pic.twitter.com/OOsFLRKcoo
— 팔일팔 (@palilpal) March 7, 2026
Although the event had been planned with good intentions, the unexpected surge of people ended up in chaos, leading to frustrations from all sides.
