This year KCON has already turned out to be extremely hectic, with fans reporting a fight broke out as they waited to enter the event.
As one of the top K-Pop events of the year, KCON celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022. This year’s lineup is truly legendary, featuring legendary artists like ATEEZ, stray kids, ENHYPEN, NCT DREAM Yes ITZY.
While the lineup (which included many other interesting artists) was already stellar, some fans pointed out that the organization of the event could have been handled much better.
It seems that due to the lack of clear organization, many fans have been extremely frustrated. Videos from the morning queue showed many people crowding around stalls trying to get information about wristbands needed to get in. At one point a verbal fight broke out, and things seemed to escalate quickly after that, to the point where the sound of a taser was heard.
— mine 🧸 (@skzview) August 20, 2022
Fans online were shocked at how far things seemed to have gone. Although most of the footage was shot outside the realm of those involved, it appears that some physical violence was involved.
KCON 10 years later and we have fights, hair-pulling and tasers on the GA line for bracelets. Worse
We’re still clueless as Prestige, but at least we’re quietly aligned and organized to the side.
It gave me so much anxiety that I’m on the verge of tears. MESSY pic.twitter.com/q3eWxSSJor
— 𝙆𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 (@MissKaylaW) August 20, 2022
After hearing the sound of the tasing, the crowd understandably started freaking out a bit. Netizens harshly criticized the use of a Taser and wondered how things could have come to this.
two tasers
a taser…in the fucking kcon??? I hope no one got electrocuted but why do they have to fight like in FUCKING kcon to the point where a taser is involved?
— 레일라 🦮 met enha (@enhypenation) August 20, 2022
Which titled bitch starts fights at KCON 😭😭 using a taser? None of these female dogs can really fight. Is the queue that bad? after they called Lolla too aggressive because they kept thrusting because they couldn’t even pretend to vibrate with anything else?
— pink⁸ ☻ (@lickslixie) August 20, 2022
And still others in Reddit he said it was actually not that surprising.
But it turned out that although there was physical violence in the form of hair pulling and the like, no one was actually attacked. A fan who was there described the situation, explaining that the lack of organization had frustrated fans from the start, especially after event staff said the line they had waited in all night would no longer be honored. This reportedly led to crowds running aimlessly, even resulting in some people being trampled.
However, despite some people being seriously injured, the Taser was reportedly only used to silence the crowd by keeping it in the air.
While he’s very glad the Taser wasn’t actively used to harm anyone, most netizens remain (understandably in disbelief) at the incident.
fighting in kcon with a taser was definitely not on my kpop 2022 bingo card
— aisha 🦇 (@closebyhan) August 20, 2022
Hopefully no one was too hurt. It is hoped that the supporters will be able to count on a much better organization for the future. KCON events so that such an incident does not happen again.