Why Fans Are Protesting A Popular Group’s Planned Rest Day
Usually, fans of idol groups campaign for their faves to have more time to rest. Many groups have famously talked about their lack of rest time, sometimes resulting in backlash from fans.
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Currently, fans of ARTMS are protesting — not for the group to have a rest day but the opposite for specific reason.
ARTMS is one of the multiple groups formed after LOONA left Blockberry Entertainment. Made up of Heejin, Haseul, Kim Lip, Jinsoul, and Choerry, the group debuted in May 2024 under Jaden Jeong‘s Modhaus.
Previously, the company came under fire for using a system called Gravity to allow fans to vote on what ARTMS would wear to the airport. The voting is paid, leaving many uncomfortable with the control given to fans.
from the same rotten minds that brought you a gravity to see if the girls in 3s are allowed to have free speech, here comes a gravity to see what kind of clothes you want artms to wear instead of letting them style themselves like adults do. cool, great, not weird at all!!!! https://t.co/nCBcsGVZ8u
— 🌟 m!sa • forever 12 🌟 (@dalsolunariz) July 16, 2024
this just keeps getting weirder and weirder why are we paying to decide what clothes they wear to the airport… https://t.co/5nHh3tEKSy
— jupi: of all we have lost☆彡 (@fromkicatcher) July 17, 2024
This time around, fans are more outraged as the platform is being used to decide details of a planned rest day for the group. In an announcement on the group’s X account, it was shared that a planned “rest day” that would be filmed for content would occur.
However, the company shared that each member would be given a sum of money to spend, ranging from 300 Euros to 10 Euros (around 330 USD to 11 USD).
Also included in the rules were that the members could team up but not exceed a budget of 300 Euro, and allowed fans to make suggestions on their activities.
Many fans have found this to be cruel and demeaning, questioning why a day of rest during their busy schedule cannot just be that. Others have asked that this “rest day” not occur, and be replaced with a real one.
We decided to raise this hashtags, #NoToRestDayGravity, #Let_Artms_Restto to make modhaus cancel this gravity. this vote is disrespectful and unfair, also, we refuse pitting members against each other And make them work on their rest day . So pls help spread the hashtags https://t.co/75pR9QjLiW
— Kim lip ㅇㅅㅇ (@Forkimlip__12) October 3, 2024
#ENDARTMSRESTDAYGRAVITY https://t.co/MXpZREi18O pic.twitter.com/4dIlkubgKI
— mo ⟢ (@chuunsaws) October 3, 2024
orbits! ouriis! Please help us show our displeasure with this by giving the app a 1 star rating and reporting it #ARTMS_DeservesBetter https://t.co/v7Jwn6rIa6 pic.twitter.com/scbiOpuzix
— vela' (@ihyelv) October 3, 2024
rest day means they decide what to do. this is false advertisement. not to mention the fact that the members didn’t know this is happening is so disturbing.#NoToRestDayGravity#Let_Artms_Rest https://t.co/LictAOYsA6
— eve ᡣ𐭩 (@noirwolfhye) October 3, 2024