K-Pop Boy Group Fans Call For HYBE To Change KATSEYE’s Fandom Name

KATSEYE recently made a successful debut on M!Countdown, marking their first foray into South Korean promotions.

Originally a global group debuted between HYBExGEFFEN through Dream Academy, the girls started off with a larger international fanbase compared to Korean. Lately, with the success of “Touch,” their Korean popularity has been soaring. With their growing recognition in South Korea, some fans of the K-Pop boy group iKON have brought up the issue of KATSEYE’s fandom name. Their fandom name is currently EYEKON, or EYEKONS for plural. The singular form is pronounced and written exactly the same as iKON.

하이브 신인걸그룹 팬덤명 아이콘즈 이거 진짜 바꿔주시면안될까요???? 트친들은 맨날 씨팔저팔하며 싸우고 이름정병와서 앓아눕고 키빼몸0인 과즙돼지랑 싸워서 이길자신도없고.. 그냥 바꿔주시죠.. 저도 추천트에 뜰때마다 콘신병이 옵니다.. 아우리건데 아정신병

— 진수 (@heunghacnayo) September 12, 2024

Can’t they change the fandom name of HYBE’s new girl group, FR? People on X are fighting all day and everyday about it. This name fanwar, makes me so sick, so much that I have 0 confidence in fighting against that overweight juicy pig… Please just change it… Every time I see it on my suggested posts, I get so upset… This is ours… Ah, I’m getting ill again.

— heunghacnayo

What’s worse is that all the members of iKON are currently serving in the military. They are likely to not know about the matter.

잘생각해보세요 하이브.. 아이콘 다 군대갓죠.. 아이콘은 지금 이상황 모르죠.. 제대햇죠.. 공방나오죠.. 만약 그 걸그룹이 컴백해요.. 아이콘즈 보고싶엇어요😭😭 하면 뒤에 잇는 아이콘은 지들팬인줄알고 존나 부끄러워한다니까요??? 이게 케이팝 같은이름의 최후에요

— 진수 (@heunghacnayo) September 12, 2024

Please consider it well, HYBE. All the iKON members are in the army… They don’t know what is going on… Then they’ll be discharged… And they’ll go to promote on music shows… And if that girl group makes a comeback… They would be like ‘EYEKONS, we missed you!’ and iKON will be backstage thinking that they are their fans. That’s so embarrassing! This is literally the worst case scenario for overlapping names in K-Pop.

— heunghacnayo

Their complain has hit over 990,000 views on X. Other fandoms chimed in regarding HYBE’s alleged lack of consideration when it comes to naming.

와 또 이짓거리 했어?
원어스 버젓이 있는데 투어스로 데뷔시키고
아일릿 팬덤명 릴리즈로 했다가 욕개처먹고 바꾼게 엊그제인데
시발진짜상도덕이라고는시리얼대신개밥에말아처먹었나
뭔 작명 센스가 웹툰에 등장하는 실존 아이돌 패러디명같음 존나 성의가 처 없잖아 https://t.co/bTBk2POVmV

— 제정신아님 (@jejeongs1n_nono) September 12, 2024

Wow, they did this again? ONEUS is still active, but they debuted a group called TWS (‘Two-us’ in Korean), they named ILLIT’s fandom Lillies and got cursed out so they changed it. That was so recent too. F*ck, they literally have no morals at all. All their names are like parody names of real idols that appear in webtoons. F*cking insincere of them.

— jejeongs1n_nono

Previously, ILLIT‘s fandom name was announced to be Lillies. Due to an overlap with NMIXX‘s Lily, as well as BLACKPINK Lisa‘s fandom name, they eventually re-announced it as GLLIT.