With ILLIT's concert just a week away, ticket sales for the event at Inspire Arena have undergone adjustments.
Originally, ticket purchases were limited to one per person, but this policy has now been changed to allow each individual to buy up to two tickets.
Additionally, a greater number of canceled tickets have been released, increasing opportunities for fans to purchase seats.
Below are translated comments from Korean netizens
1. What are they going to do...? Even with a temporary setup, the floor seats aren't sold out yet ㅜ
2. I heard their last concert was at the handball arena, with 3,000 people. If they had done a similar scale this time, it probably would have sold out.
3. Where is the concert venue? Did they choose one that's too big?
4. Oh dear... they rented the wrong venue.
5. Everyone actually expected this. With these sales, more tickets will be released closer to the date, scalpers will cancel, and some fans who don't like this atmosphere will give up. This isn't about one ticket or two tickets per person; is HYBE pretending not to know or are they really clueless?
6. Anyway, they'll find a way to fill it, at least the floor seats.
7. They should just send out invitations or something. The 'grape-seed' (seating chart) broadcasts are getting out of hand; it's quite pitiful that people who aren't even fans are constantly being talked about because of ticket broadcasts.
8. Wow, where is the concert venue?? Looks like they'll have to release all the complimentary seats ㄷㄷㄷ
9. How many seats are there in total?
10. It feels like whether a song is popular and whether a core fandom gathers are two different things now...
11. Usually, the floor seats would be full, right? So many empty ones...
12. No, I'm not a fan of this artist, but seeing comments multiple times about available seats feels a bit excessive. If seats aren't sold out, the company will handle it by sending invitations or setting up temporary structures. Fans wouldn't post something like this; it's surprising how much effort goes into taking screenshots of the seating chart and posting them.
13. Weren't the front sections almost all sold out?
14. It seems scalpers are releasing tickets because they can't sell them.
15. It's not at the point where they can't hold a concert, they just chose too large a venue.
16. I saw F4 was almost sold out before, but now many tickets have been released there too.
17. It would be better if the prices were a bit lower... then even casual fans would go.
18. @12 Seriously, I haven't seen this much effort for other groups; it's truly dedicated. If they're so worried, why don't they just buy all the tickets themselves?
19. This level isn't enough to cancel a concert, is it?ㅋㅋㅋ Though the venue is too big.
20. Hey, at this point, shouldn't they lower the price to 80,000 won to at least fill the minimum number of people? ;;
21. There are quite a few empty seats ㅠ
22. This will keep being discussed until the concert day, sigh, it's annoying.
23. Such an oversized venue is also disrespectful to the fans who bought tickets...
24. Ah, but is the first floor adjustable?? Did they remove seats there and add more floor standing areas?
25. Taking screenshots of each of these seats, why is it so funny ㅋㅋ
26. Why can't HYBE cultivate girl groups well? It's amazing, do they lack vision or talent?
27. They misjudged the demand.
28. But there's so much data now to actually measure the number of purchasing fans, like paid membership numbers, Bubble membership numbers, album sales, etc. They usually estimate conservatively, so they shouldn't make such demand prediction errors, right? Why is this happening?
29. Why does it have to sell out?? Isn't it good to have a size where everyone who wants to go can go? With some empty seats like this, there will be fewer scalpers anyway, and it's not bad for customers, yet people are pretending to worry about ILLIT to mock them ㅋㅋㅋ
30. It's certainly strange. Looking at album sales, it shouldn't be impossible to fill, so it's just strange. With so much data available to predict demand, they themselves seem clueless.
31. There's still a week, will they sell more?
32. Even so, they are HYBE, backed by Bang Si-hyuk (방시혁), so they will still do well.
33. If the first floor is standing room, it will look full, and if the cameras capture the second floor well, it won't be noticeable. Anyway, what's left are just photos.
34. If it wasn't in the countryside, I'd really want to go, it sounds fun ㅠ
35. @37 A size where everyone who wants to go can go, that refers to when there are only a few empty seats left.
36. Girl groups fill seats with fans + casual fans + general public. If it's a 'copycat group,' casual fans and the general public won't specifically go. I really don't know what this company is thinking.
37. In that case, the company should give out some tickets, aren't they even doing that...?
38. Looks like there aren't many fans, they should lower the ticket prices even more.
39. If the price were lower, I'd really want to go...
40. Having floor seats left is a demand prediction error, but considering the viral sound source and album sales, it's truly strange.
41. Don't they have many fans? I thought they had many international fans.
42. @37 Not a few, but many, that's why it's surprising.
43. At this point, they shouldn't have rented that venue; why not just rent the handball arena?
44. Why do they hate them so much?
45. Just hold it; as long as the artists and fans are happy, that's all that matters.
46. This might not just be malice towards ILLIT; there might also be genuinely curious people. Because I originally thought ILLIT's fandom was really big and that they were one of the hottest girl groups right now.
47. If the price were lower, I'd really go for fun.
48. Is the concert venue too big?
49. I'm not a fan, but if there are empty seats, why not just hold it as planned? Why worry about them and mock them?
50. Even actor agencies can do this demand prediction well for fan meeting venues, so why would such a big company fail at predicting demand...?
51. Oh dear, what can be done about this...
52. They'll probably invite influencers to fill some seats.
53. @12 22222222... This is HYBE's demand prediction failure ㅠ
54. Seats... oh oh.
55. Doesn't HYBE send out many invitations to fill seats? Or have they already sent them out and still have this many left?
56. At this level, even the artists themselves would be embarrassed... I'd rather choose a smaller venue and fill it, sigh...
57. At least for image's sake, they should give out more complimentary tickets.
58. They chose too big a venue.
59. Even though I don't care, seeing these messages constantly makes me feel sorry for them.
60. Their metacognition is a bit... (lacking)
61. It's too expensive...
62. If it's too empty, the artists might break down when they actually see it; the company must have miscalculated...
63. Shouldn't they issue complimentary tickets and lower the ticket prices? It would look better than being empty.
64. Wow, F4 also has many tickets released.
65. What's with constantly broadcasting other people's concert seats ㅋㅋ
66. Anyway, they're a rich company; they'll handle it themselves!
67. If the agency can't predict demand, that means they're incompetent, right?
68. The venue rental is truly a waste. Next time, they should choose a smaller one. It's not easy for a 'copycat group,' I hope they can finish successfully.
69. Scalpers will release all their tickets, right?
70. Why does it absolutely have to sell out? It makes me laugh ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
71. Even if it's empty, holding it in a large venue will still be fun.
