The singer and dancer was reported for violence and the HYBE agency was decisive about her future in the band that debuted on May 12. The details.
HYBE Labels/Source Music released a statement regarding the bullying allegations against Kim Garam, 16, a member of the girl group LE SSERAFIM, announcing that the singer-dancer will "take a break" from the band's activities that debuted on May 12.
Along with a detailed account of Kim Garam's version of the story, Source Music also broadcast that LE SSERAFIM will continue to promote her without her. "First of all, we would like to apologize to fans for causing concern with these recent events," begins the Hybe agency statement.
What happened to Kim Garam from Le Sserafim
The text continues: "Initially, the agency refrained from disclosing the specific details of this incident for fear that, should such a detailed account of the events become public, many other students involved in this incident, who are currently minors, they could be in danger of having their identities and social media accounts exposed.However, in numerous online and SNS communities, exaggerated rumors that Kim Garam was a stalker began to spread out of control. unilateral that he was engaged in habitually bullying his classmates, so we would like to clear up these accusations," they explained.
"Before a detailed explanation of the facts from our side, we would like to highlight that the key point of the School Violence Measures Committee session in question is as follows: Yoo Eunseo, a client of Daeryun Law Firm, took a photo of a classmate who was changing in the locker room without consent, and shared this photo with another classmate via SNS.(This fact is stated in the minutes of the School Violence Measures Committee session.) Kim Garam and her friends were angry about this incident and confronted Yoo Eunseo, but during this confrontation there was no physical violence, "they detailed the event that happened in 2018, during Garam's first year of high school, who was 12 years old at the time.
"Yoo Eunseo acknowledged her misconduct, but ultimately received no punishment for her actions. Yoo Eunseo then accused Kim Garam and others of being bullies and called a committee meeting. Then Yoo Eunseo transferred to another school before it was held." the meeting. As a result, Kim Garam and another student were punished."
Later, they assured that "Kim Garam never hit any of her classmates with a pot or a brick nor was she involved in any gang fight." "When the bullying got out of hand, Kim Garam and her friends turned to their teachers for help," they said.
"Kim Garam never hit any of her classmates with a pot or a brick nor was she involved in any gang fights."
However, despite the agency's attempts to leave the young woman's image untainted, the alleged victim requested a sincere apology from HYBE, adding that she would reveal more evidence if they did not receive it. With the new developments in the controversy and the details of the harassment revealed, more people are stepping up and sharing more stories of Kim Garam's alleged harassment.
The rain of complaints began when the alleged victim left a comment on Kim Garam's fan cam video on YouTube. "I didn't say anything because I was afraid I'd be sued. It's not like I didn't post because I didn't have anything to say. At least every kid at Kyungin High School knows how cleverly dirty you are. When I think of how happy you are after debuting as an idol, the one who feared me and the one who made me not want to go to school, I seethe with anger and my whole body trembles. Make sure you climb to the top and be loved by people. There were plenty of people to bring you down then," said the adolescent complainant.
Who make up Le Sserafim
Le Sserafim is the first female band from the Hybe agency, the corporation that created and still represents the global South Korean music phenomenon BTS. His first work is entitled "Fearless" and has managed to sell 307,450 copies in the first week.
Le Sserafim is made up of Kim Chae-won, Huh Yun-jin, Kim Ga-ram, Hong Eun-chae, and Japan's Sakura Miyawaki and Kazuha Nakamura.
Under its previous name (Big Hit Entertainment), Hybe came to represent the now-defunct "girl band" GFriend, although the group was originally formed in 2015 by Source Music before the label was acquired in 2019 by the giant behind BTS.
The sales data for this first week in the local market is the best ever achieved by a South Korean group of women and, with those numbers alone, "Fearless" is already the ninth best-selling work by a female band in South Korea.
Only six K-Pop girl groups have managed to place more than 300,000 copies in the first week of a record release's life. Among these six bands are groups such as BLACKPINK or Red Velvet, and also Iz*One, a group to which, curiously enough, the now leader of Le Sserafim, Kim Chae-won, and the Japanese Sakura Miyawaki also belonged.
The name of the band, Le Sserafim, is an anagram of the English speech "I'm Fearless", hence the name of this first EP, which compiles 5 songs, including the one that gives the album its title , "Fearless", which in the first week already has more than 48 million views on YouTube.
