SCANDALS + RUMORS | CRACKED CROWNS
SCANDAL #1: TATTOO BACKLASH
Various member’s tattoos were shown on separate VLIVES and many fans were upset about the girls having them. RONI’s solo VLIVE, YUU + MY’s duo VLIVE, and ROWOON + OLIVIA’s duo VLIVE.
TIME/YEAR: Various times in 2020 + 2021
ERA ASSOCIATED: CRIMINAL RECORDS, RED ROOM, CHECKMATE, BABYLON FALL
PEOPLE INVOLVED: 5 / 8 Members; RONI, ROWOON, OLIVIA, YUU, MY
LEVEL OF BACKLASH: 6 / 10
LEVEL OF ATTENTION: 5 / 10
HOW IT WAS HANDLED: The girls didn’t speak much on the topic, but certain members stated that they were their form of artistic expression and had emotional sentiments to them.
RUMOR #1: OLD-SCHOOL BULLYING
Alleged rumors surfaced about 98′ line member LEY, LIPSEY KANG / KANG EUN JUNG, bullying classmates. The bullying was said to have happened around 2016 and were claimed by a former classmate.
TIME/YEAR: Happened ~2016 / Was brought up 2021
ERA ASSOCIATED: CHECKMATE
PEOPLE INVOLVED: LEY + Former Classmates
LEVEL OF BACKLASH: 6 / 10
LEVEL OF ATTENTION: 7 / 10
HOW IT WAS HANDLED: The rumors eventually were confirmed to be false and made up. SM + XPCOMPANY both explained that if they were to continue with creating false rumors about their artists that legal action will be taken, and will be taken for future allegations.
CRACKED CROWNS members RONI, YUU, and MY supposedly didn’t like each other when the group first was formed. Other members explained that their practices had to be held in separate groups instead of having them all together. When they did have ot8 practices, they were very rare but did, on occasions, happen. Not many people know about this as it wasn’t really talked about.
ERA ASSOCIATED: HERE’S YOUR INVITATION / CRIMINAL RECORD
PEOPLE INVOLVED: RONI + YUU + MY
LEVEL OF BACKLASH: 2 / 10
LEVEL OF ATTENTION: 3 / 10
HOW IT WAS HANDLED: The three of them were forced to sit down together until they could come up with some type of agreeance. RONI + YUU still have some small differences but have agreed to be cordial for the sake of the group and HEIRS.
RUMOR #2 : CONCERT CUDDLE-UP
CRACKED CROWNS center ROWOON was seen cuddled up to BLOCK B’s rapper KYUNG as a concert of BASTARZ, a subunit of three members of BLOCK B. The photos posted by other concert goers show the two lead rappers looking quite comfortably sat next to each other. A hand was placed on ROWOON’s thigh or an arm was draped over her shoulders while her head was rested on his shoulder. One video, from the angle, looked as if the two were sharing a quick kiss.
ERA ASSOCIATED: THE RED ROOM
PEOPLE INVOLVED: ROWOON + BLOCK B’S KYUNG
LEVEL OF BACKLASH: 3 / 10
LEVEL OF ATTENTION: 7 / 10
HOW IT WAS HANDLED: Both idols didn’t speak much on the topic. SM + XPCOMPANY also didn’t put out a statement about the alleged relationship. ZICO and TAEIL, two members of BLOCK B, stated the two were really close friends and had a good friendship but didn't say much more on the question. Although sometime in August 2021 the two announced their relationship, since March 2020, on their respective Instagram accounts
SCANDAL #3: RUDE + SOUR ATTITUDES
Various members were called out for allegedly have sour attitudes towards staff and other idols. SOYO, due to her acute ADHD, will often come off as rude due to some fans thinking she’s ignoring or not listening to people when they’re speaking to her since she’ll get distracted or offtrack. RONI often gets the allegations of often having ‘distasteful’ looks or appears to be speaking bad about idols when next to other idols or when the camera shows her in the audience while other idol groups perform. ROWOON allegedly yelled and harshly criticized the outfit options chosen by the stylists. She’s also been said to have a rather cold and ‘scary’ towards other idols. YUU had multiple allegations of being rude to fans. They centered around her and a few other members entering or leaving the airport or a award show building and pushed a few fans to get through as they were surrounding the girls and were unable to leave or enter the building.
ERA ASSOCIATED: FATAL FABLE ; CHECKMATE ; BELUGA ; KEYS TO THE KINGDOM
PEOPLE INVOLVED: ROWOON ; RONI ; YUU ; SOYO
LEVEL OF BACKLASH: 9 / 10
LEVEL OF ATTENTION: 9 / 10
HOW IT WAS HANDLED: Many HEIRS and other fans were quick to destroy any type of poster or photocard of the members in this scandal. Some tried to sell or return certain items with the selective member due to their high disappointment and anger. Each of the girls put out their own respective apology about their own allegations and incidents expressing their utmost respect for the other parties and promise to learn from this and to never have it happen again.
