Psick University is going through a tough time right now, receiving massive backlash from fans. They’ve been dealing with a decline in subscribers after a controversy involving a thumbnail featuring Jang Wonyoung from IVE.
On May 5, Psick Univ channel posted an interview with Wonyoung on their official YouTube channel. Fans loved the interaction between the IVE member and the MCs, loving Wonyoung’s savage replies.
Things got a bit heated when netizens noticed that the thumbnail for the episode featuring Wonyoung was different from the thumbnails of other guests.
The thumbnail looked normal at first, but netizens recently noticed that the title “PSICK SHOW” was placed behind Jang Wonyoung’s head in a way that made it look like the word “F*CK”.
Fans are outraged, believing the thumbnail was disrespectful to 19-year-old idol and suspecting it was done intentionally.
Even after receiving the backlash, the officials from Psick University have not changed the controversial thumbnail or apologized for it. It has been around a week and Psick University has remained quiet, further fueling the anger of fans.
As a result, their subscriber count has begun to decline, going from 3.18 million to 3.13 million.
On another note, IVE made their comeback with the album, IVE SWITCH, on April 29.