Fans were shocked.
A news article received backlash online for its claims BLACKPINK Rosé“APT” by was successful thanks to BTS leading the way.
The article, entitled “BTS Will Come Back” Is Everyone Slowly Buying Them Except the Ants?…A Reversal in the HYBE Vibe was published by the media Money today and garnered a lot of attention for his statements.
“BTS is the power that has allowed HYBE to occupy the first position in the entertainment industry. BTS has ranked No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart eight times (including individual efforts) and has entered the chart more than 50 times, with most of the Billboard records set by BTS.
Recently, BLACKPINK’s Rosé ranked eighth on the BIllbaord charts with her song “APT” featuring Bruno Mars. This was also possible because BTS pioneered the global pop market, which ignored K-pop.”
— Money today
Korean netizens were shocked to see HYBE getting credit for another artist’s achievements.
- “If you say it like that, doesn’t that mean Psy was the first? Did you guys rent Billboards or something?”
- “Who are you trying to involve? Guys, it’s you who uses Well.”
- “Even with Well your ego is too big.
- “People might actually think that BTS was the first to go abroad… are you kidding me?”
- “I hope they renew the contract with HYBE repeatedly.”
- “But these guys even criticized PSY, saying BTS were the only ones.”
- “I mean, it’s a Money Today article, so…”
- “Are you kidding me… are you telling me no one knows they spent a lot of money setting up accounts to get higher in the rankings?”
- “Aren’t these BTS items ruining their image?”
- “I don’t understand this company’s method of managing the multimedia game.”