Pledis (HYBE) quietly replaced the maliciously distorted photos without giving any feedback

 

얘들아 이거 그냥 웃고 넘기면 안 될 거 같은데
그냥 캡쳐방지용이라기엔 픽셀 깨져서 얼굴도 제대로 안 보이는 단체 사진에 하나하나 얼굴 뭉개놓은 게 좀 쎄함 정식 판매글에도 이 공지랑 똑같은 사진 들어가는데 정식판매글은 보정 없이 정상적이야 이거 악의적 의도 있는 거 같음… https://t.co/YuRtFdMQmW pic.twitter.com/fdcTR8Dhf4

— 부따라 (@13o0t4r4_) January 27, 2025

Guys, I don’t think we should just laugh this off. For the purpose of preventing screenshot, this feels too much. The group photos are pixelated down to the point where their faces are unrecognizable. The official sales notice also uses the same pictures, but in the normal, unedited version. It seems like there was a malicious intention behind this... 

사진 재수정하고 다시 올리셨네요?
근데 여전히 ㅋㅋ
몇몇 멤버들 얼굴 뭉개져 있는 건 뭐예요?
우릴 진짜 바보로 아나 https://t.co/xb6qodmPEz pic.twitter.com/EusOlyJWMo

— 부따라 (@13o0t4r4_) January 27, 2025

You re-edited the pictures and posted them again. Yet some members' faces are still distorted?ㅋㅋ Do you think we're stupid?

 

They made the members' faces look weird in the pre-order notice, where fans don't usually pay much attention. But when it went viral, they deleted the notice and quietly posted a new one. This has been happening since 2 years ago. If fans hadn't spoken up, they would've continued doing this. 

플레디스 하이브

니네 이거 검수도 안해? 이걸 컨펌하고 올린거야?
작게 보인다고 아티스트 얼굴에 장난질을 쳐놨네
제정신? https://t.co/zLlV5LdZk3 pic.twitter.com/IK8iEfpOU8— 🍒🐰 (@0808__1004) July 6, 2023

Pledis, HYBE, do you not even do reviews before posting anything? Did you actually give these pictures an approval to be posted? You've distorted the artists' faces just because they look small in the picture. Are you out of your minds? 

theqoo

-The level of creepiness is beyond my imagination...

-This is giving me chills.

-This is really strange. If they wanted to prevent people from taking screenshots, they could've just blurred the entire image, not editing each person's face like that. That's odd.

-What's wrong with this company?

-If this wasn't intentional, how else can it bee explained? They must've manually edited each face separately.

-This is giving me chills... This is no different from the way haters usually edit idols' faces in a weird way to mock them.

-HYBE is seriously weird.......

-Whoa.... Who's the person in charge? Are they a hater or what??

-Don't you find this strange? Faces are the most important thing for idols. Who would like it if their faces were distorted like that?

-I think there might be a hater among the staff.

-This is giving me chills... Are they crazy??

-They have zero basic respect for the artists. This is very psycopath-like of them.

-This is so f*cking scary.

-They seriously need to explain in detail why this was posted like this.

-Typical HYBE behavior, so I’m not even surprised anymoreㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ