On May 16, a topic titled “Mexican fans chant ‘RIIZE is Seven’ at Fancon” was published on the Korean forum “theqoo”, drawing massive attention with over 300 comments in less than an hour.
The topic attached a video showing the chant of Mexican fans, revealing the fans’ wish for RIIZE member Seunghan, who is on an indefinite hiatus, to return to the group and form the full 7-member lineup.
However, Korean netizens show a completely different stance, mocking these fans for still wishing Seunghan to be back. They also left messages urging SM to officially remove Seunghan from the group in the comment section.
On the other hand, RIIZE’s Seunghan has not participated in any group activities since November 2024 after facing a private life controversy.
Below are some comments from Korean netizens:
- That’s rude. Shouting that at the members who came to Mexico for the first time is insensitive as hell
- Why are they even acting like that? Do they care about the remaining members?
- SM should release an official statement about Seunghan’s status because it is getting really annoying
- I don’t think SM is letting Seunghan back to the group anyway so I can’t fathom why there’s still no official announcement
- Just announce (Seunghan’s departure) quickly and clearly already
- Why are they going that far… How are the 6 remaining members supposed to react to that?