ENHYPEN Show Desperate Need For Rest, Fans Call Out HYBE For Overworking Members
In a recent video interview, members of ENHYPEN opened up about their hectic schedules and what they really want from a post-tour break.
In June this year, ENHYPEN kicked off the their FATE PLUS world tour, which included five stops in Japan, including Saitama, Fukoka, Hiroshima, Aichi, and Miyagi. During their Saitama show, the members filmed some behind-the-scenes content backstage and during an interview, they were asked what they wanted to do after the tour.
The members responded with simple pleasures, such as eating and sleeping together. When asked where they would like to travel together, Jay replied that somewhere nearby would be the most preferred. He reiterated that all they wanted to do on a trip was eat together and get plenty of sleep. Niki then added that there shouldn’t be any cameras in their faces while they sleep or eat, and Jake agreed that someting as simple as that would be enough for all of them.
they just want to eat and sleep without the cameras :(
Q. what do you want to do after the tour?
🐥 we want to eat together. we haven't gathered together to eat
🐧 it has been a long time
🦮 i want us to sleep together in a line
🐈 sleeping like that like in kindergarten
🐧… pic.twitter.com/baXL0DTGQg— takoniki 🐙 (@namaewariki) August 3, 2024
The interview clip has gone viral on social media, leaving fans heartbroken. Many have started to call out BeLift Lab and HYBE for their mismanagement of the group to the point where their earnest wish was to just rest without having cameras pointed at them.
i really wish for enhypen to have their rest after fate+ tour and bond w one another or have their me time w/o any cameras to turn into one of their contents :( belift u never fail to get into my nerves https://t.co/k2tYkuxaNs
— ein (@heeverze) August 3, 2024
.@BELIFTLAB you need to end enhypen's tour, NOW! and they have been working nonstop for four years and have been touring for two! end the tour and give them a month break or more, im serious. your artists are human beings. treat them like human beings!!
— xo, jem 🗝️ | fan account (@7sengene) August 3, 2024
@BELIFTLAB we want Enhypen to have rest and vacations…Take care of our artists…We prioritize our idols health and wellbeing first
— Sim Jaeyuncute (@ikeuloveu2) August 3, 2024
You can really tell where they are mentally when they’re saying stuff like this. @BELIFTLAB please let enhypen rest, they deserve to relax. Give them a work free vacation, I BEG https://t.co/66oJwGWTif
— 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨 🦇 (@thee_lee_hee) August 4, 2024
i really hope enhypen rest is coming, this boys have been so overworked the past 3 years without rest…. like is enough of tours and cbs don't need to be so close to eo
— ً (@fatesjay) August 3, 2024
Despite fans’ desperate demands for ENHYPEN to get more rest, it was revealed shortly after that the group is actually scheduled to have another album release, followed up by a tour between the third or the fourth quarter of 2024. Needless to say, this new discovery has led to even more outrage in the fandom.
another album and a tour (+ heeseung literally confirming they have new music coming out this year) when they haven’t even finished fate+ yet IS NOT NORMAL. let enhypen rest pic.twitter.com/yWh27tqC30
— Sunghoon 050824 (@jwsdoll) August 4, 2024
Please let enhypen rest please 😩😩😩😩 @BELIFTLAB https://t.co/SFYNPpwbGV
— YOAN⭑♡🐈⬛ (@yoanmeowz) August 4, 2024
what do u mean enhypen will have another tour and new album coming? fate tour plus is still ongoing, they just released an album a new set of these two is coming? @BELIFTLAB are u really insane? when will u let the boys rest? their only wish is rest, at least have consideration. pic.twitter.com/dLQ91RBh9E
— 'xo, erika. (@enhacutiess) August 4, 2024
In the current situation, the call for boycotting HYBE seems to be spreading across fanbases, given the back to back health concerns displayed by multiple of their idols. Many feel that withholding monetary support is the only way any HYBE subsidiary will respect fans’ voices in demanding for better treatment fo their idols.
Can yall like start boycotting…. https://t.co/lX5fX1igCo pic.twitter.com/eWh1CRtNll
— aj⁷☁️: ( 🍉) (@starhypen) August 3, 2024
Some of y'all in here are like "no more tour" yet y'all are always the first ones to buy whenever enhypen annouce a concert YOU DO NOT GAFFF https://t.co/T82vnVSIMx
— nyima 😐🌚 (@mydaywon) August 3, 2024
hybe is literally overworking their idols and yall still choose to participate in it instead of boycotting hybe😭 https://t.co/LhjMkEiKc3
— ash 🍉 (@giegiemons) August 4, 2024
Meanwhile, recently an ENHYPEN fan received an album containing biohazard materials, leading to K-Pop fans questioning HYBE’s quality control procedures. You can read more about it here.
