K-Pop Company Accused Of Xenophobia After Viral Rumors Of Their Latest Move

K-Pop and K-Hiphop company AT AREA was recently accused of Sinophobia. Amongst viral rumors that AT AREA was amongst the three K-Pop companies vying to sign on girl group EVERGLOW, the company allegedly was against signing Wang Yiren. Yiren is the only Chinese and non-Korean member of EVERGLOW.

A viral post on Weibo from May 14, 2025, claimed that P.Nation, AT AREA, and One Hundred were all fighting to sign the girls. While P.Nation and One Hundred wanted to sign everyone, AT AREA allegedly wanted to exclude Yiren.

Heard some accurate news. In early May, One Hundred, AT AREA, and even P.Nation have contacted a portion of members of EVERGLOW. Currently, One Hundred and P.Nation have intentions of signing with all members, while At.area wants to sign everyone but Wang Yiren.

— Weibo post

Yiren

Fans immediately accused the company of Sinophobia and xenophobia.

sinophobic https://t.co/95JvzQwYig

— burçu (@mingiabi) May 13, 2025

Many think the company is behind times.

tf??? xenophobia in 2025??? seriously? another shitty company https://t.co/rHTAIyEhEP

— arev (@yirenous) May 13, 2025

They even brought in HyunA, who is currently signed to AT AREA. Fans were disgruntled as HyunA was previously marked as “problematic,” but continues to promote freely under AT AREA.

imagine having h*una signed under you AND being sinophobic.. like pick a struggle lol https://t.co/3wd9dlzFYi

— beth (@velvetujung) May 13, 2025

Fans hope that EVERGLOW can remain together as six, urging them to pick a different company.

at area fuck you!!!! yiren is a part of everglow!! it’s ot6 or nothing!!! https://t.co/pmihP8UF71

— laurie ♡ SEEING SKZ ♡ (@lixbotluv) May 13, 2025

EVERGLOW previously announced that they would be leaving Yuehua Entertainment. Since then, companies have allegedly been in contact with them. You can read more about it below.

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