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Fans send protest trucks against Wakeone as the company decides to conduct fansign events without ZEROBASEONE member Zhang Hao
BY Analysis-kpop · August 25, 2023
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ZEROBASEONE aka ZB1's center, main vocalist, and visual member Zhang Hao was recently confirmed to have been diagnosed with COVID-19. According to the statement from their agency Wakeone, "On August 25 (Friday), Zhang Hao felt abnormal symptoms such as mild body aches, and hence conducted a rapid antigen test and tested positive for Covid-19."
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— ZEROBASEONE (@ZB1_official) August 25, 2023
ZEROBASEONE 장하오 코로나 19 확진 관련 안내https://t.co/ALDeXhRJVB#ZEROBASEONE #ZB1#제로베이스원
The agency has also mentioned that the upcoming face-to-face fansigning events on August 25, 26, and 27 will be held with eight members excluding Zhang Hao.
Although Wakeone has decided to proceed with the fansigning events as scheduled without Zhang Hao, fans are not happy with this decision at all.
#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄
— Rosin&Rosie (@KuraMinamiya) August 25, 2023
i bought more than 1000 albums btw@ZB1_official
DO YOUR JOB TREAT HIM WELL!!!#ZHANGHAO
postpone the fansign#장하오 https://t.co/vjXY4vJyYm pic.twitter.com/J0A9zjDSms
The enraged fans took to Twitter to actively protest against what they perceive as Wakeone's constant mistreatment towards Zhang Hao and the hashtag demanding the postponement of the fansigning events soon entered the top 5 trends in South Korea.
📈TRENDING NOW 082523:
— ZHANG HAO CHARTS | 장하오 (@ZHCHARTS) August 25, 2023
🇰🇷Korea:
‘#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄’ is trending at #4
🇨🇳China:
‘章昊确诊新冠’ is trending on Weibo at #2 & 11
- ‘#ZHANGHAO’ is trending with 50k+ tweets
- ‘#ジャンハオ’ is trending with 11k+ tweets
- ‘hao hao’ is trending with 60k+ tweets#장하오 #ZB1 pic.twitter.com/e5b99C9z3o
📈TRENDING NOW 082623:
— ZHANG HAO CHARTS | 장하오 (@ZHCHARTS) August 25, 2023
-‘#ジャンハオ’ & ‘hao hao’ are trending -13k & 96k tweets
🇰🇷Korea & 🇺🇸United States:
‘#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄’ is trending
🇦🇺Australia:
‘#ZHANGHAO’ is trending
🇮🇩Indonesia:
- ‘POSTPONE THE FANSIGN at #15
- ‘GET WELL SOON ZHANG HAO’ at #25#장하오 #ZB1 pic.twitter.com/o62xO6ppo3
never acknowledging zh solo song, literally skipping it while playing the album on loop, not giving him a chance to perform it even at their very own fan concert, and now not letting him meet his fans at a later time? ohh... they want this guy's career ruined so badly
— M 🌪️ (@haowangxuans) August 25, 2023
Chinese fans also joined hands to show their support for Zhang Hao. The topic became a hot search on China's biggest platform Weibo.
zhang hao is now trending #1 under entertainment on weibo hot search, everyone is wishing for his speedy recovery and also discussing wakeone's mismanagement and not postponing the fansign events.@wakeone_offcl @ZB1_official#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄 #ZHANGHAO #장하오 pic.twitter.com/KmZifscPU2
— 장하오 (@ZHaoStandard) August 25, 2023
Fans even sent a protest truck in front of the Wakeone building, asking the company to postpone the fansigning events or hold individual fansigning events for Zhang Hao after his recovery; some even asked for refunds.
THE TRUCK IS READY.#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄
— Sixcows (@Sixcows0725) August 25, 2023
#장하오 #章昊 #ZHANGHAO #ZEROBASEONE #제로베이스원 #ジャンハオ pic.twitter.com/zMAxrpMNWT
Fans are saying this entire situation is a big indication of their inability to treat the members properly.
The fact that wakeone is literally playing with people’s emotions and bcs of this issue the environment of the fansign is also ruined which will also effect hao and the rest of the members mentally!hao’ll blame himself
— faa (@zhaoeveryday) August 25, 2023
POSTPONE THE FANSIGN#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄@wakeone_offcl pic.twitter.com/8W3GfmzOMS
fans don't just go to these fansigns for the autograph. they spent so much for a chance to communicate and meet with their idols and to let them know how much love and support they are getting. refunding will not do anything.#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄@wakeone_offcl @ZB1_official
— 🎱⋆。zhang (@zhanghaozip) August 25, 2023
can't manage to fit in a 2 min song into the fancon but will go through lengths such as to mail all 400 individual albums as well as refund thousands of albums, @wakeone_offcl do you hate zh that much?
— aria 章昊 (@alwayzhao) August 25, 2023
POSTPONE THE FANSIGN#웨이크원_토일팬싸미뤄@wakeone_offcl @ZB1_official
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