Overview

• Soobin described on a Weverse livestream being told to learn a difficult SEVENTEEN routine by watching the video at 0.5x speed rather than being taught.
• He said choreographers beat him and Taehyun when they failed to perform it, adding that others were hit more, and Taehyun confirmed the account in the livestream chat.
• Both artists located the incidents in their middle-school trainee years at what was then Big Hit Entertainment.
• They told fans that corporal punishment has since ended and would now lead to serious consequences for anyone who tried it.
• Fans expressed outrage online and called for accountability, while news reports noted that BIGHIT MUSIC had not issued a statement.