{"id":112318,"date":"2024-04-29T10:23:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=112318"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:23:27","slug":"k-netizens-demand-to-investigate-hybe-amid-bts-chart-manipulation-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/k-netizens-demand-to-investigate-hybe-amid-bts-chart-manipulation-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"K-Netizens demand to investigate HYBE amid BTS\u2019 chart manipulation scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HYBE<\/strong> and <strong>BTS<\/strong> are under scrutiny by the public because of malicious actions during <em>\u201cThe Most Beautiful Moment in Life.\u201d<\/em> The idols are facing several accusations regarding extortions over the marketing practices associated with their music catalog. This was enough for the K-Netizens to ask for HYBE and other major idol groups to be investigated.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the Seoul Central District Court uncovered evidence of illegal marketing, during a case where an individu<strong>al threatened<\/strong> to expose these practices unless paid. Through these threats, the individual managed to extort approximately $41,400.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/HYBE-and-major-kpop-groups-are-going-to-be-investigated-over-manipulation-allegations-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/HYBE-and-major-kpop-groups-are-going-to-be-investigated-over-manipulation-allegations-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/HYBE-and-major-kpop-groups-are-going-to-be-investigated-over-manipulation-allegations--300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/HYBE-and-major-kpop-groups-are-going-to-be-investigated-over-manipulation-allegations--768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the individual\u2019s criminal actions of extorting led to his conviction and a one-year prison sentence. <strong>This was just the awakening of validating the illegal marketing allegations against the company<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, K-Netizens are questioning the<strong> integrity<\/strong> of marketing practices in the Kpop industry. Particularly those involving HYBE and BigHit Music because of the several proofs against their malicious actions over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HYBE and BTS are under scrutiny by the public because of malicious actions during \u201cThe Most Beautiful Moment in Life.\u201d The idols are facing several accusations regarding extortions over the marketing practices associated with their music catalog. This was enough for the K-Netizens to ask for HYBE and other major idol groups to be investigated. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":112336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,1414],"class_list":{"0":"post-112318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-hybe"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}