FANATICS: Abused & Forgotten? (V-Live scandal, history, mistreatment, departures, What's happening?)

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Today, we are covering the concerning case of idol group #FANATICS. Having debuted in 2019, the group suddenly gained widespread attention for being ab*sed in a livestream by their staff. We'll take a look at their history, their company and the management they had to endure.
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[DISCLAIMER]
Aside from the facts backed by sources presented in the video, all connections made are purely personal ideas and are not supposed to be recognized as reality. The purpose of this video is exclusively to report on the situation, not to defame any of the companies or persons involved.
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[SOCIAL MEDIA]
FENT
/ fent1
Doi
/ @doilylife
/ yxxndoi_
Via
/ via_vavava
Yoonhye
/ yo_on_hye
Rayeon
/ ravvexnle
Doah
/ lcirndxah
/ @kimdoahcherry
Sika
m.weibo.cn/u/7306708545
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[CREDIT]
/ @jihoonscarat
/ chaelinthinker
/ oneinchbarrier
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TIMESTAMPS
00:06 - Disclaimer
00:33 - Introduction
00:50 - Fascino Entertainment
01:04 - Pre-Debut
01:53 - The Six
02:47 - Plus Two
03:55 - The V-Live
05:49 - The "new" Company
06:23 - Starry Night
06:44 - GirlsPlanet999
07:37 - Sika goes missing
08:23 - Chaelin goes missing
08:56 - FENT takes over & Sika speaks up
09:46 - Account Deletion
10:14 - What's Next?
11:00 - A Career in Shambles
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[@lavendervvitch99]

I didn’t know Sika had confirmed the abuse. Not that much confirmation was needed, it was very obvious what had happened, but that’s so brave of her to come forward & expose this terrible company. FENT doesn’t deserve these girls; if Fanatics is truly disbanded I hope they are all released from their contracts so they can pursue their dreams somewhere where they are appreciatec

[@jl8631]

I hope fanatics stay as a group but goes to a different company

[@iamdz4304]

Very shortly after gp999, when i noticed there aren't any news about a comeback from fent, i straight away knew they are never coming back. Doah was very popular and their channel got tons of traction straight after she was eliminated bringing in hundreds of thousands of views on her vlogs/covers, so i am not surprised at all about them silently disbanding. I really really hope the girls can find different opportunities and don't disappear entirely from the kpop scene.

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

Same here

[@searchingforelris]

It was especially sad because they had all that traction, FENT just never bothered to utilize it! Thank you for watching

[@fenjah8131]

I just wanna say I really apreciate how you talked about the exploitation/ misstreatment of the group without using and therefore further promoting those provocative pictures yourself. Sadly that‘s pretty rare…

[@searchingforelris]

Thank you for noticing. We were shocked how many reports on the situation further spread these pictures. They deserve better treatment!

[@hi_shorbit]

Its such a sad story. Sika almost made it to sixteen :( and I heard she trained in YG and SM too. A really talented hardworking idol. Hope she gets the opportunity she deserves.

[@Ninelivesasone]

YALL SHE IS ON A CHINESE SHOW RN WITH JESSICA JUNG AND RAINIE AS MENTORS

[@ojjokie]

it's so sad to see them fade into obscurity, being known as "doah and those other girls" or "that milkshake song group"... especially since i started stannign them after seeing rayeon's incredible vocals and doah's charisma they both, along with the entire group, deserve SO much better than fent..

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

Yeah I bet the group disbanded yet the company doesn’t want to say anything. For Sika and Chaelin I bet they left without the company saying anything (which also happened with Yueha and WJSN’s “former Chinese members” that the Korean members are no longer allowed to mention)

[@hkimahmd]

wait really WJSN no longer allowed to mentioned them?

[@parthambre9494]

@@hkimahmd I dont think so cause the Chinese members are still wished on their birthdays on the official WJSN page.

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@KovidaPeram yeah plus they’re more successful in China

[@DellaVanilla14]

a few months ago, I saw Fanatics' Plus Two album on the shelf at my local mall. the first time I saw it, I decided not to buy it as I was getting other things and I didn't have the money at the time. just a month or two goes by and they price the album down as nobody had even touched it. even though the company has done awful stuff, I wanted to see these girls do more with their careers. I bought the album with a tiny glimpse of hope that it could help finally push the girls forward musically but once I saw the social medias get deleted afterwards, it broke my heart. it is so sad to see how these members have been pushed aside like they're useless after GP99 ended :( they deserve better and I hope the members are able to do more than just make covers on that channel in the future.

[@heroshinx693]

Wait I thought albums are just for display ?but i saw them at a bookstore and that what the cashier told me

[@DellaVanilla14]

@@heroshinx693 they were sitting in a shelf right next to popular albums like lalisa, formula of love by twice, mamamoo, gfriend, and more at the store called FYE. that shelf was definitely not for display as they were way in the back of the store and i was able to get the album at a cheaper price than what they normally sell albums there.

[@linesungoodness]

Gosh, this is horrible and disgusting. I didn’t know much about FANATICS when I clicked on this, I had only heard their name in passing a few times, but i never expected something like this. These girls don’t at all deserve this and I hope they’re able to get the justice they deserve

[@rapthor666]

This group has/had it all. Very pretty Doi, allrounder Doah, excellent rapper Chaelin, omg-those-vocals Rayeon (loved her no bs yt lives with great covers), a caring Yoonhye (Yoontamin, communicating in Korean and English with "fandom name here"), not in the least dancer extraordinair Chiayi... How do you f that up so unspectacular. They could promote in English, Korean (, Taiwanese) and Chinese (hence Taiwanese in brackets). Maybe the greatest failure to connect with fans, no fandom name. Yoon and Rayeon said they really wanted one at least in some lives

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

Feel so bad for them. They deserved better. ❤️ I love their songs Milkshake Sunday and Vavi Girl. I was so sad when I found out they were mistreated during a Vlive and when Doah was eliminated on GP999 as she was one of my picks from K Group 💜❤️ and for Chiyayi I hope she gets one more chance but I’m worried for her and many other Taiwanese Kpop idols since China May wind up invading Taiwan.

[@jinddori]

Please make a video about GWSN, Wave Music is going shut down

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

Jihoon’s carart did a vid on them a few months ago but I felt like more stuff keeps happening even after she released it

[@groo_evo4927]

nah frrr.. im so worried for my girls i need SOMEONE to save them

[@CarterLa_14]

YES! Love them so much there music is so good

[@calebbb_c]

tbh wave music shutting down is good bc that means that gwsn can go to an actually decent company!

[@gentleearthquake3350]

@@calebbb_c or they could disband...

[@marinaratherobot]

this is heartbreaking. at this point id feel more relieved knowing they are out of that company. i hope these girls never give up on their dreams and find a place where they can be treated correctly,as they deserve. thank you for this video and letting people know.

[@nanaouy9805]

That's so sad, and I can't imagine horrible the situation was 😭 I hope the girls got justice and freedom. Also better opportunities to made them shine, all of the members were so talented ):

[@antontirol182]

Communication with the fans/public is a problem that many of these companies have, even the bigger ones.

[@shiaraki]

as a predebut stan i'm so sad. i've been supporting them since milkshake and i've been buying their albums ans promoting their music on my personal social medias. fent is abhorrent in the way that they refuse to communicate with the fans and give fanatics proper promotions. to give an example of how terrible this company promotes, everytime they post a video on their offical twitter account, they would post the yt link and nothing else .. no hastags, no title, no description, nothing. not to mention that these girls were genuinely multi talented. now that sika is back in china, doi moved to taiwan for work, yoonhye (and chaelin possibly) is modeling, chiayi has became a mentor, it is possible that these girls can get their foot through the door and live their dreams. i wish they had a better support system and company. it really sucks because the girls had so much passion. also, chaelin was apart of pd101 !

[@brianj439]

I rooted so hard for Rayeon, Doah, and Chiayi on gp999 when I realized who they were.

[@candyhyojung1860]

they've made multiple twt accounts for doah and a KZbin channel so it pretty much feels like they've given up on fanatics and are just going to promote doah since she is the most popular .. I just hope she gets actual good promotion though I don't have much faith based on fanatics' promotion:( it sucks though I will never understand why small companies can't just give statements when members leave and groups disband ..like it's upsetting but just tell us its worse to be left in the dark and I'll never understand why they do that ???

[@sparklekitty04]

omg i love chiayi so much... i hope these girls can find a better company who will appreciate them bcuz they deserve so much better

[@Marinlss]

I always voted for Doah and expected at least one comeback when she left gp999, the company didn't even try.

[@groo_evo4927]

plz make a video abt gwsn.. they rlly need all the attention they can get 💔

[@elmin82]

poor girls, they really deserved better and not being sexualized by their shitty company

[@yukika_]

thank you so much for talking about fanatics 💖

[@gomezcried]

The video was amazing as always 💙 I didn't know the group before, but their story is heartbreaking and all the things they went through during these few years in the industry and with this garbage company it's something very difficult to stand up. however I hope the girls can find a light at the end of the tunnel in the midst of darkness.

[@prkrsml]

this is so sad to hear about, i actually really liked their music and was a big fan when they debuted but i never knew about the abuse they went through…if the managers were bold enough to do these things during a livestream i don’t even want to know how these girls were treated off camera 😞 i hope they can all heal from this messed up situation and keep pursuing their dreams

[@onlylaboum]

thank you so much for doing a video on this!

[@searchingforelris]

thank you for your support!

[@entrancing.]

i feel bad for them they deserve way better😢

[@minimuni83]

thanks for your hard work with these videos.

[@searchingforelris]

Thank you for watching!

[@residentevil4life]

Honestly I'll never forget their biggest mistake which was releasing their debut the same day Rocket Punch debuted which completely overshadowed them

[@searchingforelris]

I remember too, it was very unfortunate :(

[@ie8118]

I had no clue about that, I remember listening to both

[@Yogi.y0rkieee]

This upsets me so much as FANATICS was my favorite group 😢❤

[@sourcherrys]

Hi! I watched all ur videos and it made me remember of a girlgroup that debuted in 2017 called P.O.P, they debuted with the song Catch You and gained some attention straight away, however they didnt had any comeback and the girls disappeared of the raidar after some time... I dont know if there was any news about them or they debuted on other groups, thats why I could love to see u doing a video about them ^^

[@nugudom_ng]

Yeonjoo redebuted in the duo lilli lilli as Luce. As of the other members, I doubt any of them are back in the industry (Yeonha for sure isn't)

[@bluediamond740]

I hope you make a video about Omega X & Kep1er. Your video is really enjoy to watch for me.

[@lunaday8183]

Yk what’s weirder, the member who “left” have their accounts linked with FENT yt channel

[@yuribaka4809]

I'm still heeere!!! 🎉🤸‍♀️

[@hyukasclover]

Tbh i never knew about this group. So this is my first time hearing about them

[@lunacxx1330]

I pray to god they disband them right now, the girls deserve their freedom

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

Me too edit: no I’d rather have them Re debut in another company

[@sabakabbb]

or re-debut under new company

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@sabakabbb yeah

[@murdoc69]

wtf? no, redebut them under a new company

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@murdoc69 yeah

[@odaxne]

Doah just had a live stream here on YT, apparently she is still on FENT.

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

Also Fanactics Flavor went on music shows The Show, Music Bank, and Simply Kpop. Anyways good job on this vid!!

[@rapthor666]

I know them from a short interview on Arirang (?) and they got on FactinStar at least with Sunday.

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@rapthor666 yeah

[@searchingforelris]

Oh, thank you for the addition!

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@searchingforelris it welcome ❤️

[@shannonkrisher302]

This is so disappointing I really enjoyed them, I went in their KZbin a month ago and now it seems like only one member is regularly featured

[@nataenha]

Hello, I love you're videos, it have simple but best editing and are meanful! Can I ask, I know you do videos about ggs but can you do also bgs? It's also interesting stories

[@searchingforelris]

Thank you very much, we appreciate it! We are not planning on doing videos about boy groups yet, simply because there is much less attention brought to issues surrounding girl groups. We hope you understand!

[@all-the-star8390]

They crushed doah’s dream 💔

[@sweetlikebubblegum_]

I feel so bad for doah she keeps failing

[@bick8601]

Actually she’s the only one in the group who isn’t failing. She’s also active as an actress and has her own campaigns so she’s doing good, I’m more worried about the other girls especially Rayeon.

[@joaquin9833]

#me

[@swtvic]

hoping they escaped the terrible company and that they'll keep trying to achieve their dreams.

[@milagrosb00]

you should do a video about Sori from CocoSori and finalist of Mixnine !

[@ie8118]

Chiayi and Yoonhye have many years of experience in dance and maybe went to college for it If you watch their dance practice of Milkshake, they're cool

[@UKIISSFan]

Sunday wasn't even that bad for a debut but V.A.V.I girl was disappointing, its sad that the company didn't pick a good song for them to gain more fans, views or sales. Also, I think that even though Doah was already popular she wasn't as famous as other contestants to end up in the final line (just look at Rui Qi who was extremely popular and still didn't get a place in Kep1er)

[@Zain94336]

That's because kepler is rigged and the racist owners didn't want many Chinese and Japanese people in the group

[@ie8118]

I did like the song but I agree it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that would catch on. Bigger problem was the lack of activity after that though

[@tilda1579]

could you do a video on saturday?

[@stacyschulman-riordan792]

fun fact doah said on mnet that the show was unfair

[@marionicolasmartin]

this is so sad

[@mindyourbusiness2403]

du hast keinen schlechten akzent, aber ich konnte direkt hören dass du deutsch bist, cool :) super video!

[@searchingforelris]

Danke dir

[@raidenjamesgregyy1324]

i still follow them on instagram

[@cyborobin]

Wait, those hashtags… is Ruann next? 😮

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

Ruann Is fine now she’ll debut in Hybe Japan’s 1st gg and they already did a vid on her

[@searchingforelris]

No, we use the same hashtags on all our videos to make them easier to find :)

[@Nicolesid1]

4th gen 6 member groups have such bad luck. I was hoping they would come out with something good.

[@joshuax2484]

Could you talk about lilli lilli?

[@Ninelivesasone]

I recently learned who Sika was from this Chinese Competition show where Jessica Jung and Rainie Yang are mentors, and she is amazing. It’s terrible to hear what happened. fent is horrible. Anyhow, See her performance @1:02:16 in this video below kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWOZi6Wgd5yonaM

[@uvita5239]

Necesito que Doah redebute en un grupo popular :(

[@paredesfer1676]

NECESITAMOS, y que las demás miembros igual tengan mucho éxito 😖

[@debasritachowdhury5297]

Cam somebody tell me whether they have really disbanded or not?I am a new fan and so I don't know much about them.

[@Aw15241]

As Doi is long stay and working with Chia Yi in Taiwan right now, I am worried if they really will come back when they say they will and they are not disbanded in the interview. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZLEgaCcYtyGmK8

[@v1olet820]

does anyone know why doah is losing followers on ig?

[@loonaoec]

Can u pls do a video on Black Swan 🤍 I was so sad when Judy left, Close To Me was such a bop but they're rlly starting to become a waste of talent and the company is clearly desperate for attention, doing anything for the shock factor )-:

[@sophiae3018]

fyi the video still has the hashtags ruann and beep beep

[@searchingforelris]

Tysm for the info, we changed it :)

[@wonysdior]

doah is now a soloist it seems

[@nerd23x]

Please do a Kep1er video!!!

[@CarterLa_14]

lmao why is ruan and beep the # on the video

[@sweetlikebubblegum_]

999 like

[@Jadeicious]

early

[@patrickhamos2987]

Total lie and you will be prosecuted for Libel.

[@itseffinsexxitime]

Could you do D-unit? I know they’re really old but they were so good and I have no idea what happened to Ujin 😢