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Are Blinks gatekeeping Coachella? Blackpink fan trolls Tablo of Epik High

A Twitter user shared a screenshot of them attacking Tablo of Epik High after his tweet about Coachella

A lot has been going on in the Blackpink fandom where trolls are furious at Epik High’s leader Tablo for posting headlines that claim the alternative Hip-Hop band was named as the first K-pop group to perform at American music festival Coachella. While Epik High made their Coachella debut in 2016, YG Entertainment’s Blackpink had only made their K-pop debut that year. Fans point out that it was Tablo himself who pitched Blackpink to be considered for a performance at the event and the four member girl group later came to perform at the event in 2019.

While this is a big achievement for the K-pop girl group, some fans of Blackpink have started taking undue advantage of the group’s Coachella appearance. Other K-pop fans including Epik High, Coachella and BIGBANG fans claim that Blackpink fans are “gatekeeping” the event and wanting to keep it exclusive for the four member girl group. Fans of  Epik High took to Twitter to call out Blinks trolling Tablo stating they have no morals.

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A toxic Blink bullies Epik High's Tablo

It seems like the drama has not ended yet because a fan of Blackpink tweeted a screenshot of them texting Tablo on Instagram and calling him out on his original tweet. Since Tablo himself made no mention of Blackpink whatsoever, the reaction of this and many other Blinks is triggering to many fans of K-pop. In their message to Tablo, the user said, "You will never be on Blackpink's level and being shady towards them will not change that." The Blink continued to hurl nasty comments at the producer eventually getting a bewildered response from Tablo who did not do much to boost the trolls ego.

Tablo plainly reacted to the Blink with a comment, "oh wow..." which shows how he did not want to engage with the toxicity of the Blackpink fan. Meanwhile, the user was called out on Twitter by many fans of K-pop as one fan stated, "WHY CAN'T YOU LEARN HOW TO RESPECT OTHER ARTISTS? THIS IS REALLY GETTING OUT OF HAND. IDK WHY YA'LL SO OBSESS WITH CHARTS, VIEWS FAME AND ALL. YOU CAN BE PROUD FOR THEM WITHOUT EVEN DOING THIS. YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK ON YOURSELF AND THINK CAREFULLT BCS IT WILL BACKFIRE ON U." They added, "And if these artists decided to file a lawsuit you will use your minor card? no! that's not how it works!! not bcs you are a minor you can get away with it. learn how to be a resepctful person towards others. ya'll be going this low for KPOP? seriously?"

'So unemployed'

Fans called out this and many other users for bullying Tablo as one fan questioned, "Didn't they know EpikHigh is an artist active from 2003 till the present? Like how you compare your BlackPink to a professional artist and producer like them. I don't hate blackpink but I'm sorry these toxic Blinks have absolutely no rights to bash tablo from EpikHigh." One BTS fan said, "As a army we sad for tablo but don't worry we will bully blinks and bp now on."

Another fan said, "Why are there bl0nks falling on Tablo wtf ??? So unemployed that they feel the need to get against any artist without a fairly justifiable reason, or do they just enjoy being bullies?" One aespa fan pointed out, "I don't understand blinks getting heated by this lol regardless of who invited them, aespa is still the FIRST to be invited at the coachella main stage just like Jackson Wang being the first chinese to be invited also. Y'all gatekeep titles that wasn't even given to blackpink lol."