Starship Entertainment controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Starship apologizes and announces a change to IVE’s greeting
Company response
Starship Entertainment apologized for the similarity between IVE’s official greeting and another group’s greeting, and announced that it planned to modify IVE’s greeting.
Company response
Apology — Starship Entertainment
On December 3, Starship Entertainment apologized for the similarity and announced that they would be modifying IVE’s official greeting.
Remediation — Starship Entertainment
Therefore, we plan to modify their greeting from now on.
Source excerpt
Soon afterwards, some pointed out that the hand gesture in IVE’s official greeting was similar to that of EVERGLOW, who debuted in 2019.
On December 3, Starship Entertainment apologized for the similarity and announced that they would be modifying IVE’s official greeting.