I always think about this, Tone is someone who wanted to be a idol since she was a kid, and worked so damn hard to make her dream come true, if someone is stopping her from doing what she worked so hard to do is messed up, get your shit together @officialmodhaus#wavslovekotone
After Modhaus’ continuous mistreatment of the girls and their conflicting statements and actions, many of us have become disillusioned and demand a change. Their response to Kotone expressing her frustrations at their terrible planning has been the last straw for many, and I heavily encourage the fandom to speak with their wallets and hit Modhaus where it hurts the most: Objekts.
As a fandom, we are in a unique position. Objekts are a direct income stream for Modhaus, and appear to bring them significant profit. They are also a key part of Modhaus' marketing strategy and tripleS' identity as a group. Therefore, I believe a targeted disengagement of Objekts would be the most effective way to communicate our disappointment and desire for change. Furthermore, it's easy to stop buying Objekts--many fans have already cut back or dropped their collections over the last year due to a variety of factors, including the over-bloated release schedules.
A traditional boycott is not out of the question, but the accessibility of Objekts (they're 'easy' to buy, comparatively cheap next to albums) means that many fans engage with them to varying degrees. This would imply greater opportunity for impact.
While Objekts do give the members’ direct income as well, it has never been confirmed how much, and which Objekts are eligible. It could be as small as 5%, and only for Edition Drops. As such, I believe focusing on Objekts will allow us to do the least damage to the group itself while still sending a message to Modhaus. We can still interact with the comeback, try to get the girls a win, stream & more, but the refusal to purchase Objekts, if successful, will have a larger impact.
We have more power than most fandoms, after all, this has always been a key point in their marketing of tripleS. We help decide tripleS’ activities. While I believe the focus should be on Objekts, fansigns are another huge issue that need to be addressed. 6 months of continuous fansigns is ridiculous, especially when it interferes with the promotions & growth of the group.
Modhaus, you need to take a step back and realise how harmful your management is to the group and its fans. Spending half a year on ot24 promotions for a group you claim ‘isn’t 24 by default’ and hasn’t had mirrored units in over 2 years, is unsustainable. It’s stagnating. The novelty of a 24-member group has worn off, and we’ve had a total of 4 unit releases since then; 2 Japanese and 2 Korean, one of which has been treated like an ot24 release anyway. Assemble releases do not need to happen yearly, nor at the same time every year. They should feel like the units combining, like 2023’s Assemble did, but the lack of units in between full-group releases has left them feeling empty. You also need to realise that, even if what you are saying is true and the members do have the ability to choose which schedules to go to, it is not realistic to expect them to cancel whenever they aren’t comfortable or feeling well. The expectations for idol culture pressures them to work until they can’t, and it’s your job to make sure they never get to the point. Your utilisation of all 24 members is abysmal: several members are consistently overworked (namely Yooyeon & Kotone), while others consistently have next to no schedules. (Noteably, mirrored units would fix this, allowing the different units to be doing separate things simultaneously, without conflict or overlap, like LOVE/EVOL did in 2023, with tours in different regions while the other promoted.)
WAVs and the members have tripleS have made it clear for years now that we want Mirrored Units. We wanted MSNZ to have individual albums, and you knew this, yet shoved them all onto one album with only one song each, regardless of our wishes. Do not punish members for speaking out against you, learn from what they are saying and improve. Stop promising your investors such impossible goals when it’s your own fault they aren’t attainable to begin with. It isn’t impossible to have a set of mirrored units per year, and a music show win or two isn’t worth 6 months of fansigns. Give the members some scheduled vacation time, let fansigns cap at 3-4 months, allow more time for the group to promote properly while still having a good balance and allowing adequate rest. Until there is noticeable improvement in the treatment and management of the group, the fandom will continue to dwindle, to spend less and lose interest.
You are a wonderful and brave person who keeps pursuing her dream who keeps loving her dream more than anyone.
We all love you and we all stay by your side, you deserve all the good things, all the love and all the recognition.
#WavsLoveKotone#콜라메일전송
To Kotone.
Every day I feel more proud of the kind of person you are, your consistent hard work, your passion in every dimension, every stage, every schedule, the way you always smile despite not having slept, despite being very busy
#WavsLoveKotone#콜라메일전송
Modhaus' statement regarding the overlap of Hachi & MSNZ schedules, as well as the last minute announcements of members not being able to attend schedules.
Frankly, even if we take them at their word that MSNZ had been planned 4 months before the gravity, the overlap in schedules should've been obvious and easily prevented from the beginning. Hachi's comeback was almost 2 months ago, and promotions only really started in the last few weeks.
In addition to this, I personally do not like the way they've explained how members can cancel any event they'd like. While reassuring in theory, it overlooks the general pressures related to work and idol culture, and there have been various instances of members attending schedules even when physically unwell. While it's true that the members agree to working these schedules, it seems unfair for Modhaus to seemingly lay the responsibility for these choices at the members' feet. It is Modhaus' job as the company to be responsible for scheduling events and adequate rest so the members can perform their own jobs to the best of their ability. This, and Modhaus' constant statements of them 'prioritizing the members' health' are at war with their endless scheduling and fansigns.
Jaden Jeong said in an interview last week that OT24 was not tripleS' default, and that their focus was the units, but ever since A24 it feels that the units have been pushed aside since more than half of the year is taken up by ot24 promotions and fansigns. While I and other Wavs understand that being a 24-member group is a key part of tripleS' marketing strategy, sidelining units means many members haven't gotten the opportunity to show their full potential.
Many Wavs have begged for over a year for mirrored units like AAA/KRE & LOVE/EVOL to return, and we believed MSNZ was finally what we were asking for. But instead, they were all rushed into a single album, one song per unit. It feels disrespectful to both fans and the members, with all the hard work they put into preparing for each release, only for several members of the group to have not had any meaningful rest in over a year...
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