Reporter Wu Ruici/Comprehensive Report
The epidemic situation in South Korea has gradually eased, and public performances such as university celebrations have gradually opened up. Recently, many performance videos have spread on the Internet. The students sang along with the singers, and the enthusiastic interaction made overseas fans quite envious. Korean.net recently launched an oolong episode regarding the past singers attending the school celebration. In 2016, Pukyong University had an incident of inviting the wrong girl group. Because the Korean pronunciation of the group name of TWICE and 2EYES was similar, the student union invited 2EYES at that time. Therefore, I apologize to the students. Although it has been a few years, it is still a topic of discussion among fans.
▲▼In the past, a university in South Korea had an oolong who invited the wrong girl group to the scene. (Picture / Retrieved from TWICE IG, fmkorea forum)
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Recently, a past Oolong incident has sparked discussions once more. In 2016, Pukyong University originally wanted to invite the girl group TWICE to perform at the school, but the student council president accidentally invited 2EYES to perform at the nearby freshman welcome party. On the date, the school found out that the wrong person was invited, and therefore sent a letter to the students in the school to apologize. “Because the president does not know the artist well, this time, TWICE and 2EYES are confused. It is not TWICE that we know to perform, but 2EYES.” The president said to himself I felt very guilty for my mistakes, so I sent a letter to apologize to the students.
▲▼ The oolong incident was featured in the Korean media, but the school made great efforts to invite TWICE, and finally got invited. (Photo/Retrieved from the fmkorea forum)
It is reported that when the school found out that the invited group had signed a performance contract with 2EYES, they might not change their minds temporarily. In the end, 2EYES still showed up to perform, but in order to make up for the mistake, the student union actively contacted JYP, TWICE’s agency, and worked tirelessly for a month. In the end, TWICE changed its schedule and successfully attended the performance. This Oolong incident even appeared in the media in 2016.
▲ 2EYES is almost no longer active. (Picture / Retrieved from 2EYES Twitter)
Various universities in South Korea have recently held their school celebrations, and many well-known idol groups were invited to attend the performance, which made this “confused group name” Oolong once once more brought out for followingtaste. However, there are also fans who feel injustice for the girl group 2EYES “2EYES is too Miserable”, “This is very rude to another group member”, but there are also netizens who will inevitably make mistakes, and later both groups have performed.