On 28th, before the release of JIMIN's 2nd full album 'MUSE' on 19th of next month during his military service, 'Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. Loco)' was scheduled to be released in advance and the online platform X (formerly On Twitter, ARMY worldwide requested Big Hit Music, Universal Music Group, Geffen Records and others to open appropriate purchase channels.
Ray Kurzeka, vice-president and streaming general manager of Geffen Records, which is in charge of HYBE's US record and sound distribution, commented on the Gracie Abrams' song with Taylor Swift's participation, along with the sentence 'song of the year'. The issue began with a comment on the song.
The act of talking about a song by a singer from their own country as 'song of the year' to JIMIN, the distributor in charge of 'BTS' album and sound source distribution in the US ahead of the release of their new album, was seen as a check against K-POP, white supremacy and disregard and ridicule towards oriental singers, and ARMY's anger continued.
Subsequently, BTS' fans around the world protested that there should have already been a public announcement about the purchase channel before it was requested, and urged him to apologise for his inappropriate behaviour. However, Ray Krzeka has come under even more intense criticism for deactivating all his social networking accounts, including X's, following the deletion of the offending statement and switching X's account to private without an apology or other appropriate action.
ARMY's frustration continues as Gefin Records and the party who posted the comments, JIMIN's agency HYBE, have also taken no special action in this regard. Some fans criticised the artist's promises of protection and active support for his activities, saying that they were only words.
2024/06/24 13:47 KST
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