Crayon Pop Stirs Up Controversy of Copying 'Ilbe's Hand Sign

The girl group is now under fire my the members of the website 'Ilbe' It looks like that Crayon Pop is in another hot controversy as the group is now being questioned about their hand sign.

Jan 2, 2014 08:26 PM GMT

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It looks like that Crayon Pop is in another hot controversy as the group is now being questioned about their hand sign.

On January 2, screen captures of Crayon Pop from the 'MBC Gayo Daejun' rising up a controversy among the members of the website 'Ilbe.' Some members are saying that Ellin's hand signs are the traditional hand signs that 'Ilbe' members use to acknowledge each other.

It is known that the 'Ilbe' hand sign uses the thumb and index finger to form an 'ㅇ' while bending the ring finger between the little and middle finger to form a 'ㅂ' shape--essentially the initials for 'Ilbe.' But, if they did not do this the exact way, but managed to form the two shapes anyway, it could still be considered the sign for 'Ilbe.' In the seen shots, member Ellin appears to have formed an 'O' shape with her ring and thumb finger.

However, Chrome Entertainment stated, "The relevant pose in this controversy was just a sign for Ellin to express the 'E' in her own name. The other members also have individual alphabet hands sign that signify their names."

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