{"id":111577,"date":"2024-04-22T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=111577"},"modified":"2024-04-22T05:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:56:17","slug":"illit-is-under-fire-because-of-the-new-fandom-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/illit-is-under-fire-because-of-the-new-fandom-name\/","title":{"rendered":"ILLIT is under fire because of  the new fandom name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ILLIT<\/strong> has been on a tightrope during the last couple of weeks because of their actions. First of all, K-Netizens highly criticized them because of their performance skills in South Korean music programs, and now, they are being criticized due to their new fandom\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>On April 21, the girl band announced their fandom name through a live broadcast. They announced they were going to be called,<em> \u201cLILLY.\u201d<\/em> However, the name immediately received<strong> backlash<\/strong> for several reasons which were discussed on online forums.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/illits-fandom-name-is-controversial-because-reminisence-of-other-idols.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/illits-fandom-name-is-controversial-because-reminisence-of-other-idols.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/illits-fandom-name-is-controversial-because-reminisence-of-other-idols-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/illits-fandom-name-is-controversial-because-reminisence-of-other-idols-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/illits-fandom-name-is-controversial-because-reminisence-of-other-idols-750x469.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The newest fandom name is <strong>pronounced and written the same in Korean as NMIXX\u2019s Lily\u2019s name<\/strong>. Secondly, BLACKPINK\u2019s Lisa fans are called <strong><em>\u201cLillies.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> The girls didn\u2019t have another choice but to change the name of the fandom and it\u2019s going to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>ILLIT\u2019s music agency, BELFIT LAB announced the fandom name will be changed soon. They wanted to <strong>apologize<\/strong> to anyone for the concerns that emerged because of their name\u2019s decision. This time, a naming contest will not be held, so they are gonna find a way to solve the riddle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willibeit\/status\/1782022661087924649\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OUR FANDOM NAME IS \u2018LILLY\u2019 OMG \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2ZYR3NdhI2\">pic.twitter.com\/2ZYR3NdhI2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; closed. (@illeeys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/illeeys\/status\/1782022661087924649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ILLIT has been on a tightrope during the last couple of weeks because of their actions. First of all, K-Netizens highly criticized them because of their performance skills in South Korean music programs, and now, they are being criticized due to their new fandom\u2019s name. On April 21, the girl band announced their fandom name [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":111588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[3160],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-111577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-illit"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111577"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=111577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}