On September 29, Tuesday, Block B's Park Kyung confessed on his personal Instagram account that he used to be the perpetrator of school violence and bullying. This comes after a peer from his school-days posted numerous accusations against him on social media.
You may ask, are members of K-pop groups really treating one another genuinely? Or are they only doing it for business or show? You can't really tell, but the following idols in this list prove that not everyone in a team gets along with each other really well, and their "beef" became known to the public after some unfortunate events.
On September 24, Thursday, at 12:00 NN KST, A100 Entertainment released a statement concerning their rookie girl group XUM's recent racism controversy.
[Trigger Warning] Singer-songwriter Jang Jae In (also know as Jang Jane) reveals her painful past and trauma as a sexual assault victim and survivor on her Instagram account. Because of this experience, she shared that she had mental and physical health issues.
[Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Sexual Harassment] Rookie girl group Fanatics were sexually harassed by a male staff member during a broadcast, and fans have expressed concern over the girl's wellbeing.
On September 14, BLINKs noticed a sudden slew of hate comments on social media towards BLACKPINK's visual, Jisoo. To stand up for the idol, fans started trending #YG_ProtectJISOO, urging her company to take action against the malicious comments.
On September 8, EXO's Chen released the song "Your Moonlight" as the OST for the Korean drama "Do You Like Brahms?" Since it's release, former fans of the idol have left numerous negative reviews on the song.
Numerous South Korean media outlets have reported on the "dilemma" K-Pop is facing right now. Many believe that the genre is losing its original charm and characteristics. This issue arises following the rise of English songs being made in the industry. While some netizens agree to this sentiment, many have defended the use of English in K-pop.
Han Seo Hee, who is known as the "nightmare" for K-pop fans, is a former K-pop idol trainee who was supposed to debut in 2018. However, she was not able to debut still and became an infamous YouTuber who "spills some tea" about the alleged real situation in the K-pop industry. These male idols' careers were ruined and were almost ruined due to the accusations of the notorious personality.
On Weibo, the largest social media platform in China, EXO Kai became continuously targeted by anti-fans after he received hate and criticism for no reason for the past weeks. Due to this, EXO-Ls are doing their best to protect the idol and have been calling out SM Entertainment's attention to protect the idol from hateful comments.
NCTzens (fans of NCT) are enraged after a Filipino viewer watching Renjun's V Live asked him to read out Filipino words, with one of them turning out to be a curse word.
South Korean YouTuber PPKKa is currently under fire after saying Joy from Red Velvet should be kicked out of the group. This comes after Joy was spotted wearing a shirt that says "We Should All Be Feminists."
[Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Bullying, Self-Harm, and Suicide] Following news that ANS member Haena was being bullied by her own group members, seven out of the eight members have taken legal action to terminate their contracts with their agency, ANS Entertainment.