Angry moms slam K-pop concert for false advertising and being ‘inappropriate,’ but the internet claps back

Mothers on TikTok have unanimously called out a K-pop tribute concert in Belfast after feeling them and their children were “tricked” into purchasing tickets as the marketing led them to believe that the music show would be connected to the hit Netflix film, K-pop Demon Hunters.

The angry parents shared their grievances online, accusing the organizers of false advertising. Some even claimed that it “was not K-pop,” seemingly under the impression that the popular musical genre starts and ends with K-pop Demon Hunters. For many of the mothers it was clear that was where the misunderstanding came from, they weren’t aware that K-pop was a genre outside of the movie and felt cheated by the organizers.

Some argued that the cartoon characters displayed on the poster looked awfully similar to the characters from the Netflix film, prompting accusations of false advertising and intentional trickery. However, some indignant mothers had issues with the sexual nature of the performances and the skimpy clothes, although they were arguably no worse than anything seen in the film they let their kids watch.

TikTok puts the mothers on blast

Most of the parents who were critical of the event believed that the organizers were at fault rather than taking accountability for not properly reading what the event was. Thankfully the people on TikTok were there to give them a dose of reality. “They are playing K-pop songs? I’m so confused,” one comment reads underneath a video from a complaining mother. Another commenter added, “there are seven songs in that entire film, what did you think yous[sic] were spending an hour and a half watching?”

Looking at the poster that was shared about the event it does clearly say that it’s a K-pop tribute event and not K-pop Demon Hunters. TikToker @raebiscuit suggested that many of the complainers lacked “media literacy,” she suggested the mothers may have just skimmed the headline and not read the description although she does admit that the AI generated image was reminiscent of the Demon Hunters characters.

Raebiscuit also claimed “some parents don’t really check what their children are into,” explaining that the mothers may not have been tuned in enough of their children’s interest to realize that the concert and the movie their kids enjoy are not one and the same. Others simply memed on the frustrated parents with videos mocking their anger.

While some of the mothers have since cooled down and realized their error, plenty of others have doubled down in their outrage online despite many on TikTok making the effort to point out they were wrong for not doing their own research before buying the tickets.