Dreamcatcher’s New Concept Rumored To Be About Suicide, Agency Responds

“First of all, we’d like to apologize to our fans who were disturbed due to the Mystery Code Video that was revealed today.”

Dreamcatcher revealed a teaser schedule for their 3rd mini album “Alone in the City”, with the first being a Mystery Code Video.

 

When the video was released, netizens became upset as the video seemed to be related to suicide.

“It’s f*cking crazy for Dreamcatcher to choose suicide as the topic behind their hint video.” — @upset_hamster

“There’s no good reasoning behind this video. Whether it be having a nightmare about suicide or living with thoughts about suicide and ultimately choosing to… Even if they’re saying Dreamcatcher has the Moon Crystal Power to prevent suicides by fighting against nightmares~ There’s no answer to it. It’s just atrocious.” — @kimlemoning

 

The video contained a footage of the Mapo Bridge in Seoul, which is often known as the “Suicide Bride”. It showed the messages that are written along the bridge to dissuade people from jumping, such as “How was your day today?”, “Anything special?”, “So you’re going through a difficult time”, “I understand”, etc.

 

After facing backlash, Happy Face Entertainment soon deleted the video and claimed it was a misunderstanding. They released a statement clarifying the concept and apologizing to those who were unsettled by the video.

“Hello. This is Happy Face Entertainment.

First of all, we’d like to apologize to our fans who were disturbed due to the Mystery Code Video that was revealed today.

The concept of the Mystery Code Video was “stress” and not suicide. All the news that was included in the video stemmed from stress. The fact that these images could be interpreted somewhat extensively was overlooked.

As a result, we have deleted the video and will pay more attention to prevent such misunderstandings in the future.

Once again, we apologize to those who were unsettled by the Mystery Code Video. Thank you.”

— Happy Face Entertainment