Karina aespa Minta Maaf, Netizen Malah Makin Geram ke SM Entertainment! Kenapa Tuh?

SM Entertainment baru aja ngenalin lightstick baru aespa menjelang konser mereka di Seoul. Katanya sih “Versi 2,” tapi yang bikin kaget, desainnya malah dirombak total, bukan di-upgrade. Hal ini langsung bikin MY (sebutan fans aespa) terbelah jadi dua kubu.

Tapi, masalah yang lebih gede muncul pas tau cara jualannya. SM ngumumin kalo lightstick ini cuma bisa dibeli langsung di booth luar konser aespa tanggal 29, 30, dan 31 Agustus.

aespa Shock Fans With Completely Redesigned Lightstick, Sparking Mixed Reactions

Karena gak ada pre-orderonline, MY yang pengen punya lightstick ini harus rela ngantri di tengah panasnya musim panas. Kebayang gak tuh effort-nya?

aespa OFFICIAL FANLIGHT ver.2 SALES NOTICE

▶ Sales Dates & Times
* On-site Booth : 8.29 (FRI) ~ 8.31 (SUN)
– [2025 aespa LIVE TOUR – SYNK : aeXIS LINE]

2025.08.29 (FRI) 14:00 – 19:00 [KST]
2025.08.30 (SAT) 12:00 – 17:00 [KST]
2025.08.31 (SUN) 11:00 – 16:00 [KST]

* Online… pic.twitter.com/rHSC0UqiCw

— aespa (@aespa_official) August 25, 2025

Di tengah kekesalan yang makin menjadi-jadi, Karina selaku leader aespa langsung minta maaf lewat Bubble. Dia bilang udah minta jauh-jauh hari biar lightstick-nya dijual online, bahkan sebelum desainnya diumumin. Tapi, karena ada masalah produksi, SM gak bisa ngejar waktu. Karina juga nambahin kalo booth-nya bakal ditambah biar gak terlalu penuh, tapi dia tetep ngerasa gak enak karena MY harus ngantri panjang di cuaca yang panas. Duh, kasian banget!

Karina: “Aku juga sedih banget karena lightstick-nya cuma dijual on-site… Aku udah mohon-mohon biar dirilis online duluan, bahkan sebelum diumumin, tapi katanya ada masalah pas produksi jadi gak bisa ngejar deadline.”

Karina: “Katanya sih mereka bakal coba nambah jumlah booth sebanyak mungkin, tapi di cuaca sepanas ini ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ”

Karina: “Aku minta maaf banget. Aku pengen mastiin kalian bisa nikmatin konsernya dengan bahagia…”

Karina apologizing about the lightsticks being sold only on-site 😔

– I’m really upset that the lightstick is only being sold on-site. I asked for it to be released online first, even before it was revealed, but they said there were production issues and couldn’t meet the… pic.twitter.com/2K7U6wz3ww

— Jazz (@mjkmwntr) August 25, 2025

Eh, tapi permintaan maaf Karina ini malah bikin MY makin geram sama SM Entertainment!

sm always uses karina as the shield and damage control. fuck them

— ꨄ︎ k (@bluuist) August 25, 2025

Banyak yang bilang gak adil kalo Karina yang harus tanggung jawab atas kesalahan SM. Ini bukan pertama kalinya dia dipaksa buat ngadepin masalah yang sebenernya dibikin sama manajemen. Bukannya bikin reda, kata-kata Karina malah bikin MY makin marah dan nyalahin SM karena lagi-lagi ngegunain dia buat nyerap semua kritikan.

It kills me to know Karina feels bad about the lightstick sale 😞 like it’s not her fault SM doesn’t do things right. It sucks that she has to come and apologize to fans for SM’s incompetence. I just hope she knows fans will have a happy experience regardless but yeah, things…

— eli (karina’s only gf) 🦖 missing aespa (@jiminiesneck) August 25, 2025

karina has been asking for an improvement to the lightstick for over a year and after all this delay SM has the audacity not to have it ready when its supposed to be and send their artist to apologize for their incompetence when its not her responsibility. so unprofessional

— ꨄ︎ (@rinaszen) August 25, 2025

Karina saying sorry on behalf of sm again bc she wanted them to release the lightstick online before the concert bc she's worried of MYs having to fall in line when it's HOT HOT outside but sm couldnt bc of production problems

she's so thoughtful 😭🩵💙 pic.twitter.com/uqMsa3NZHC

— ty (@soshirevelae) August 25, 2025

Jelang konser aespa, MY terus nyuarin kekecewaan mereka atas cara SM nge-handle masalah ini. Mereka bilang semua salah SM, bukan Karina. #SMEntSalah #SaveKarina