Recently, during a live broadcast, IVE’s Rei expressed her true feelings after hearing fan complaints regarding the fan concert merchandise.
🐣 no but please dont talk (bad) about how pricey (my) MD fancon… i felt upset
🐣 i wish you didn’t said bad things about it
🐣 i really work hard to design it… please
🐣 i also got hurt too
🐣 i know what are you feeling but please just said it on your inner voice.. https://t.co/qjKfJe3Mpm pic.twitter.com/olCYKViohP
— 안녕zz 2.0 | 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝘾𝙀 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙀 💙 (@anyujinss2) March 16, 2026
Please don’t talk badly about how pricey the fancon merchandise is…I felt upset. I wish you didn’t say bad things about it…I worked really hard on the design…please…I also get hurt. I know what you are feeling, but please just think about it yourself.
— Rei
Fans felt that her design was well thought out and agreed that the price would probably be worth the quality.
The way its fleece jacket, with rosette corsage, and pin button set like rei really make it as a complete set with her own design, i bet the price is worth the quality 😭☝️ https://t.co/ydF1IZM91t pic.twitter.com/2JiTo9wjcE
— 안녕zz 2.0 | 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝘾𝙀 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙀 💙 (@anyujinss2) March 16, 2026
Fans also wished DIVEs would stop mentioning it to the artist as she wasn’t responsible for the pricing.
다이브들 제발… 이런거는 우리끼리만 이야기해요…ㅠ 소속사한테 말하는 것도 뭐라 안해요…근데 아티스트가 뭔 잘못이겠습니깡…ㅠㅠ pic.twitter.com/Tcp3Rre0n1
— 메트확)찌댕이 (@dive1201_ive) March 16, 2026
DIVEs, please. Let’s just talk about this amongst ourselves. I won’t say anything if you say something about the company. But please, it isn’t the artist’s fault.
Others felt that merchandise wasn’t something that fans were forced to buy, so there was no need to make her feel bad about it.
bro, i recognize the sentiments but rei already talked about it before. constantly bringing it up would make me feel upset too.
it’s not like we’re forced to buy it. if it’s not within budget then don’t. don’t make her feel bad about something that’s not on her hands anymore. https://t.co/T1YLBn9tEk
— ` (@asterahn) March 16, 2026
genuinely felt like this is the reason she told someone off bbl… she was happy to talk about the merch she made and she understands that the price is too expensive but that’s the cost of production. that’s the thing about fancon merch, it’s your choice if you wanna buy it. it’s… https://t.co/HmN51QQEoW
— 썬기니 (@FORSUNREIS) March 16, 2026