“Perfect Crown” Advances With Offline Events Amid Controversy

Perfect Crown is facing backlash over historical inaccuracies and a suddenly shortened pop-up store event.

The controversy started when viewers called out Perfect Crown for getting history wrong. Actors posted apology letters online, and the director personally apologized, saying he would take full responsibility.

Now, netizens who pre-ordered tickets for the drama’s pop-up store got hit with bad news. The event was cut from 10 days (May 19-28) to 7 days (May 19-25). Product sales will end May 23, with merchandise only on display for May 24-25.

Here is the official apology:

“Hello, first, we would like to apologize to everyone who was planning to visit the drama’s pop-up store. While the pop-up store was scheduled to run for 10 days (5/19-5/28), due to operational reasons, it has been changed to run for seven days (5/19-5/25).

Product sales will run until 5/23, and from 5/24-25, products will only be put on display. We truly apologize for the sudden change in schedule.”

Fans are furious, not just about the inaccuracies but the event still running despite the issues. Many are calling for the pop-up store to close completely.

Netizens reacted:

“And yet they are still trying to make money by opening it for a week.”

“What do you mean by early closure when you are still running it for a week?”

“Fans are really amazing…they are actually buying it?”

“And yet they are still trying to make money off the merch.”

“They are only cutting it down by three days? I guess they could see that they wouldn’t sell much because of the controversy.”

Fans remain skeptical if the drama can recover from this blow. The Perfect Crown team is still monitoring the situation but has not announced further changes.