GFRIEND Just Attended An Event In Jakarta… And It Was A Disaster
GFRIEND was just in Jakarta, Indonesia for a fan event in collaboration with the make up brand Celebon, but what was supposed to be a fun event for GFRIEND and their fans ended up being a total disaster.
The event was held atย Lotte Shopping Avenue in Jakarta, and is the equivalent of a Lotte Mall in Korea. Lucky fans would be able to participate in a fansign with the group or be able to take a group picture with them.
Prior to the event, local K-Pop cover dance groups came out to perform on stage to hype up the crowd. However, some Buddies are angry that the dance groups performed songs not from GFRIEND, the group the event was held for. There were even fans who purposefully cheered for other girl groups.
B* dance cover at #GfriendxCeleboninJakarta fanmeeting ๐ถ EYE- pic.twitter.com/mWo710hsOQ
— R๐ฐ (@Rara_bunny) April 6, 2019
your group have a comeback now,the fuck are you doing here in other idol group event.better support your fav buy their album stream the song.this non buddy seriously dont have a life huh? #GfriendxCeleboninJakarta pic.twitter.com/85pkS6kMzi
— renji (@renji49375336) April 6, 2019
Before the event was scheduled to start, the organizers came out to threaten that the event would be cancelled if the audience would not behave.
THE ORGANIZERS ARE SAYING THAT THEY WILL CANCEL THE EVENT IF PEOPLE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE ORDER OR KEEPING ORDER LOL
— Kevin Haris (@zigmundraa) April 6, 2019
The mall itself was extremely packed. Thousands of fans showed up to see GFRIEND in person, leading to a lot of poor behavior, suich as pushing and shoving. There were chairs available for those who arrived early enough, but many seats were stolen by other fans who wanted a better view or to sit.
Due to the massive crowds, some people ended up getting hurt or even ended up fainting from the sheer volume of people. Sowon looked shocked as she witnessed one of the audience members attending faint, and both Umji and Yuju also looked in the same direction.
their reactions when they saw people fainting ๐ pic.twitter.com/UuaPdFrH8d
โ ู (@nadyoutiful) April 6, 2019
Sowon later took the time to make sure a fan who fainted was okay. (It is unknown whether this is the same fan from the above video).
Sowon comforting a girl who fainted ๐ญ๐ญ pic.twitter.com/BHluWaJZHt
— ู๋ง์ค๐ฟ (@eunbinims) April 6, 2019
Sowon also looked extremely uncomfortable with the sheer number of people crowding her as she was being escorted by security, and appeared to have nearly tripped.
Gfriend look like dolls irl ๐ญ๐ฅบ the fans shouldโve give them some privacy :(( Sowon looks so uncomfortable ๐ฃ #Gfriend #์ฌ์์น๊ตฌ #sowon #yerin #eunha #yuju #sinb #umji pic.twitter.com/hBrIPBh835
— [17โs Vanessa #์์ฐ๋ฆฌ๋ค] (@softforwonu17) April 6, 2019
The event organizers also played the wrong music, loading “Me Gustas Tu” while the girls were prepared to start the choreography for “Time for the moon night”, leading to confusion from both the audience and the girls.
awkward moment wkwkwk when they play me gustas tu but gfriend ready for time for the moon night ๐ pic.twitter.com/Upfdye0hzc
— alin aghnia ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ (@jalanjalandulu) April 6, 2019
At some point during the middle of the event, the organizers told GFRIEND to get off the stage and addressed the crowd, once again threatening to cancel the remainder of the event. This was once again due to safety concerns, as many fans were shoving to try and get as close to the stage as possible, which could possible cause injury to the people in front.
SINCE IT WAS THAT CHAOTIC. THE KOREAN ORGANIZERS ARE SAYING THIS EVENT ARE GOING TO BE CANCELED. GFRIEND GOT PULLED BACKSTAGE AGAIN
— Kevin Haris (@zigmundraa) April 6, 2019
Due to these safety concerns regarding the crowd, the girls were forced to exit the stage, leading to disappointment on the girls’ faces.
Gfriend was forced to go down the stage bcs of the crowd look at how yuju and sowon expression pic.twitter.com/v3Va4X2iBG
— ู๋ง์ค๐ฟ (@eunbinims) April 6, 2019
Understandable, fans were furious at how the event played out. From a lack of security to improper planning (open event at a mall on a weekend), many Buddies are wishing that GFRIEND never has to go through something like this again.
The event was such a mess y'all non buddies ruined it. I feel bad for GFriend especially buddies that came from other countries, Stay strong :((#GFRIENDXCelebonInJakarta
— Zach ๐ง|| (@yewonights) April 6, 2019
I have attended all Gfriend events in Jakarta, from Music Bank to K City Camp and This #Gfriendxceleboninjakarta so I can totally tell you that Sowon's mood is so so different compared to during K City Camp. She was a happy pill back then but today she is so quiet and worried pic.twitter.com/2Zv4o74S8n
— sania (@minhyukveins) April 6, 2019
Gfriend better cancel their contract with celebon. They did the girls so dirty. The amount of disrespect they received is unacceptable. I hope they never do events like this again.
— Eunha Kardashian (@eunhafluff) April 6, 2019
first of all, i wanna say thanks to celebon. despite all the bad things happened today, thanks for bring gfriend back to indonesia. but sorry to say, the event was a mess. MESS.
— ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ป (@yojacinggu) April 6, 2019
Check out some fancams from the event below: