Black oceans have been used before in the past.
Koreaboo
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Following Heeseung‘s departure from ENHYPEN, it seems fans have expanded their protest plans.
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Heeseung was announced to no longer be part of ENHYPEN on March 10, and by the following day, fans had already mobilized in many forms of protest. Outside of social media, protest trucks were parked outside HYBE, while fans made their presence known at the building.
Protest Trucks Sent To HYBE To Bring Back ENHYPEN’s Heeseung Sparks Backlash
Amid this, ENHYPEN have continued their schedule, which includes an upcoming performance at the Hello, Melbourne festival on March 14. Heeseung was confirmed not to be attending, which only further served to anger and upset fans.
[NOTICE]
Hello, this is APPLEWOOD.
We would like to inform you that HEESEUNG will not
take part in the 2026 [안녕, MELBOURNE] MUSIC FESTIVAL scheduled for March 14.
We ask for your understanding regarding this change and appreciate your continued support for ENHYPEN as they… pic.twitter.com/VAYNQNfE9P
— APPLEWOOD (@applewood_kr) March 12, 2026
As a result, some fans have offered ideas for in person protests, including what has been called “7 minutes of silence.” According to the plan, after ENHYPEN performs two songs, fans would remain silent for a minute, putting down all lightsticks and holding up 7s in the crowd.
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This could be seen as another form of a “black ocean,” a protest usually seen in the most extreme circumstances to get a point across.
Fans have expressed their thoughts about the proposed protest, with many vehemently against it.
those engenes suggesting a black ocean must be new to kpop because that’s literally ONE OF THE WORST calculated action a group of fans can give to an artist. why would it even cross your mind to humiliate and h4r4ss the six members like that? y’all need to get off internet for…
— kira (fan account) (@allforchulsoo) March 12, 2026
please dont do any minute of silent for the melbourn festival, what are u guys even doing??? ik this is hard for us but its also hard for them too!! can you imagine how they will feel abt that silence?? thats just too much bc imagine how they are even feeling rn with all this,…
— eli⭒ (@ftalsunoo) March 12, 2026
don’t ruin melbourne for enha please, shout heeseung’s name, put 7 on your phone screens ANYTHING . just don’t discourage them with silence or a black ocean, this is already bad as it is.
— ۟ (@heerckstar) March 12, 2026
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