What happened in Stray Kids SLBS event?
Stray Kids had offline SLBS fan sign event in Japan. The group had great time with fans, however fans raised a question about the Stray Kids SLBS event. After the fan sign event ended, the agency opened secret dark auction of Stray Kids members’ costumes. It became the problem. To read more about the SLBS event dark auction, CLICK HERE.
Full Context of SLBS apology
Hello, this is from SLBS Korea HQ. Today we are here in response to the unfortunate incident that had occurred on April 9th. We sincerely apologize for the incident and to everyone that had been deeply hurt and disturbed by it, including the attendees, fans who had learned about what had happened through social media, and most importantly, the artist, agency, and all interested parties.
We would like to use this opportunity to explain circumstances of it and the subsequent actions to be taken. After the Fan Signing Event in Japan was completed, a private auction was held with the garments that the artist had worn during the campaign shoot without a prior consent of JYP Entertainment Co., Ltd. Rather than having the mentioned garments reserved at SLBS, we thought of having them available for the fans who would find them more meaningful and understand the worth and organized it as a separate event in a form of a surprise.
However, we deeply regret the lack of sensitivity in such action and apologize once again for all the troubles and concerns caused. The garments that had been sold during this auction will be collected again, and any profit raised will be returned to the buyers. We deeply apologize to the attendees of the event and for all the troubles caused after attending the event.
We fully acknowledge that under the title “Global Fan Event”, our Fan Signing Event should have been conducted more carefully with better attention to details and higher morals; however, this had failed unacceptably, and we understand that our words cannot make up for all the concerns and afflictions caused.
To prevent any further distress, all our subsequent actions will be carried out more cautiously with closer cooperation with JYP Entertainment Co., LTD. The progress of our subsequent actions will be openly shared as quickly and as transparent as possible. We will take this as an opportunity to reinforce our ethics and morals towards our collaborative works. Lastly, we sincerely apologize for the defamation caused to SLBS Japan local operator Inbound Platform Corp and all interested parties due to our shortcomings.
This official apology announcement will be posted and pinned on SLBS Instagram and X(twitter) for three days. We are deeply sorry once again.
SLBS Korea Head Quarter
So SLBS dark auction was not just a rumor but a reality, and the agency apologized about the event. They promised the clothes that were sold from Stray Kids SLBS event will be recalled and refunded.