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Guys, KCON LA was an absolute clusterf*ck

This is from Reddit, but here's the link that has all the videos.

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1. The Fight

Basically what happened was people started camping in front of the building to get in early. Then, in the morning, security must have told them to line up because people started running and that's never good since there's always a chance people will start pushing. Apparently a bunch of people who were in the front got cut off and they got upset. Things escalated to the point people started yelling insults, there was hair pulling, crying and (apparently) someone even got chocked. Then someone brought in a taser. Just to clarify, no one got tased. The person who brought it was a fan (I'm assuming she had it for self protection in case there were creeps on the way to and back from the show.) and she used it for crowd control. It worked since the crowd dispersed immediately after.

Now, one, I do not agree with what the fan did. I understand she did it with good intentions but using a taser seems very unnecessary. Yes, it worked and the fight probably would have escalated more if she hadn't done it but it was also very dangerous and she could've hurt someone badly. Honestly, it wasn't her place to do so. Two, the venue should've had security watching over the crowd. The fact that there was no one stopping the fight and a taser had to be involved is very irresponsible on the management's part. They should not have been understaffed for an event like this.

2. Trash

People left trash after camping and on the sidewalks which is just disrespectful. I'm sure if you're old enough to attend Kcon, you're also mature enough to understand that leaving your trash everywhere is not okay. Just because there's staff there who'll probably clean up the place after the event doesn't mean you can't be a decent human being and make their job a little easier.

People were also standing on trash cans to take pictures and get idols to notice them. Do I even need to explain why this is wrong?

3. The Setlist

This was a huge deal because fans were upset that their groups only preformed 3-4 songs whereas Ateez preformed 8 songs. To my knowledge, the management gave each group the same amount of time for their stages. It was up to them to choose how they wanted to fill that time. Let's say the time limit was 30 minutes. Assuming a song is around 3 minutes, the other groups spent around 21 minutes to change clothes, interact with fans, play games, etc. Which is fine, it's normal and they deserve some break time after preforming. I'm sure the fans loved it too and were happy to be interacting with their idols.

Ateez technically preformed 7 songs since their song "Poppia" is Kcon's signature song and they most likely got extra time for it. For the rest of the 7 songs, they decided to preform them back to back. This means they had about 9 minutes to change outfits, interact with fans, take a break, etc. It wasn't like Ateez got better treatment, they just had different priorities and managed the time according to it.

Ateez did their best too. They were all sweating heavily. San had black streaks on his face because he was sweating so much his hair dye melted, his mic fell off during Rocky and broke during Hala Hala (again). A lot of fans apparently walked out as baby Atinys.

Side note : Wooyoung calling San pabo while helping him with his makeup. Ateez's makeup artist and stylist were crying because of San. And finally, San saying that he carries 3 mics with him just in case.

Conclusion

Honestly, Kcon LA was just a mess. It was very understaffed. The fans there were so rude and disrespectful. Like I understand wanting to meet your idols after a pandemic but things did not need to be this bad. There were also problems I didn't touch on like the mistreatment of people with disabilities. I really hope Day 2 goes better.

To end things on a good note, here are idols cheering each other on and dancing to other groups' songs.

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