Given to Lee Hwijae but on a secondhand site... The Trending Brave Girls Signed CD

Brave Girls signed CD purchased by Mr. A / Photo by Mr. A

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] Recently, Brave Girls, who became a hot topic due to their "reverse run," had an album presumed to be a gift to broadcaster Lee Hwijae discovered on a secondhand trading site.

On the 9th, a post titled "Unboxing the Brave Girls Signed Album Delivery" was uploaded by a netizen on a Naver blog.

The author, Mr. A, wrote, "This is the album that became a hot topic along with Brave Girls recently," adding, "Surprisingly, no one was buying it, so I just decided to buy it myself."

Along with the post, the attached photos showed the album with signatures from the Brave Girls members.

However, the writing inside the album suggested an unexpected original owner. Under the Brave Girls' signatures, it was written, "TO. Senior Lee Hwijae."

The letter read, "Hello Senior Lee Hwijae. This is Brave Girls. We met during the recording of 'Vitamin,' do you remember? We really like the songs on this album. We hope you will definitely listen to it. You are such a cool Senior Lee Hwijae. Please look upon us kindly. Thank you."

The author added, "It seems Lee Hwijae sold the gift he received on a secondhand market."

As this post spread online, netizens responded with comments such as, "Brave Girls must be heartbroken, hopefully they don't see this article," "How could an album gifted by juniors end up on a secondhand market? How was it managed?" "It makes me upset just seeing this," and "Consistent controversies, amazing."

Broadcaster Lee Hwijae.
Photo by Yonhap News

As the controversy escalated, on the 21st, Mr. Lee’s side explained to YTN star, "The signed CDs were managed by the manager in the vehicle, and we recall that the Brave Girls CDs were also kept in the vehicle at the time," adding, "It is currently difficult to determine how the CD disappeared, but the suspicion of secondhand sales raised by some is absolutely not true."

He continued, "We apologize to Brave Girls and their fans for causing this controversy," and bowed, saying, "We will manage more thoroughly to prevent the same issue from recurring in the future."

Meanwhile, Brave Girls are actively promoting after their 4-year-old song "Rollin" became a reverse hit, topping real-time charts on domestic music sites and ranking first on music shows.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.