Cha Eun-woo ARS event prompts wrong-number flood as agency apologizes
Actor Cha Eun-woo / Yonhap
Actor Cha Eun-woo’s agency issued an apology after a promotional ARS event for his new album caused a surge of misdialed calls to unrelated phone users.
Fantagio posted a notice titled “ARS VOICE contact information” on Wednesday, explaining that the number used for the ARS content in his upcoming mini second album was 070-8919-0330 and could be reached only through that line.
“Some users entered the number incorrectly and their calls were directed elsewhere. Please make sure to dial the exact number,” the agency said. “We sincerely apologize to those who were affected.”
The ARS event, held Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. to promote Cha’s new release “ELSE,” allowed fans to hear a pre-recorded message from the artist by calling the announced number.
More than 100,000 calls were made after the event began. But some fans dialed similar numbers by mistake, leading to a wave of calls to a private individual who happened to use a number resembling the agency’s line.
Cha, who enlisted in the Army’s military band in July, is fulfilling his mandatory service. His solo second mini album “ELSE” is set to be released on Nov. 21 at 1 p.m., featuring songs he recorded before his enlistment.
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