The awkwardness of the diorama merchandise from one of the scenes in WayV's 'Kick Back' MV clearly showed all boy group members standing in a cool style, except for WinWin who was the only member who knelt down.
While kneeling is a very important gesture in Chinese culture because they rarely kneel except for kneeling before gods, ancestors, or when they are desperate, such as begging for mercy when threatened, etc. After seeing this irregularity, many WinWin fans immediately protested against SM Entertainment for releasing the item.
SM ya’ll better kneel to dong sicheng as an apology cause we won’t take anything lesser than that for this disrespect π₯΄ winwin deserves better !¡#SM_Respect_Winwin#SMStopTheDisrespect@SMTOWNGLOBAL pic.twitter.com/ysWd1swnkc
— πππΎπππΌπ― (@aintkring) April 19, 2021
❗️Statement from WINWINBAR
— Little Flower πΌ (@DongsichengVN) April 19, 2021
❗️Please help send sn email to the company mailbox:
1️⃣protect@smtown.com
2️⃣labelv@qq.com
Using the following template: https://t.co/LKpb2lqwOR#SM_Respect_Winwin#SMStopTheDisrespect pic.twitter.com/m5JUNIkfbD
SM who became aware of the issue quickly removed the product from their online shop as requested. However, until now there has been no official statement from SM Entertainment regarding this issue. (www.onkpop.com)