{"id":149074,"date":"2025-09-21T06:58:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=149074"},"modified":"2025-09-21T06:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T13:58:24","slug":"jay-parks-new-boy-group-lngshot-stirs-controversy-with-first-photo-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/jay-parks-new-boy-group-lngshot-stirs-controversy-with-first-photo-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Park\u2019s new boy group LNGSHOT stirs controversy with first photo reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-ai-position='3' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>239 words<\/a> BEFORE CONTENT <a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'>239 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>60 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 1<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>60 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><strong>Jay Park<\/strong> unveiled the new boy group under his agency, <strong>LNGSHOT<\/strong>, on September 19th, 2025. This new crew made a surprise appearance at Hanyang University\u2019s festival in Seoul, performing an unreleased track even though fans had almost no information about them. But what really caught the attention was the middle-finger pose captured in group photos posted by Jay Park himself.<\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 1<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='18' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE IMAGE 1<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kchartsmaster\/status\/1969197724269445427\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jay Park reveals his newly produced boy group, LNGSHOT.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u201cThe Kpop Demons \ud83d\ude0e\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vm8BxaqzW6\">pic.twitter.com\/vm8BxaqzW6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kchartsmaster\/status\/1969197724269445427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure><section data-ai-position='19' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'>AFTER IMAGE 1<\/section>\n        \n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>0 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 2<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>0 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 2<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>76 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 3<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>76 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p>The images quickly spread online, sparking criticism from some viewers. Some comments questioned the boldness of the move, while other users dubbed the photo and their poses as cultural appropriation. Despite the backlash, Jay Park himself captioned the post with \u201cAren\u2019t my kids handsome? I can\u2019t promise we\u2019ll sell the most, but I can promise we\u2019ll do K-pop the coolest,\u201d followed by the hashtag #middlefingertothenorm. On a different tweet, he then responded to the criticism, saying:<\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 3<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='18' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE IMAGE 2<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span><span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cWe already have haters, thats a great sign.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure><section data-ai-position='19' class='ai-debug-positions ai-images'>AFTER IMAGE 2<\/section>\n        \n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>1 word<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 4<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>1 word<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lngshotpics\/status\/1969229844501213229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/lngshotpics\/status\/1969229844501213229<\/a><\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 4<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='5' class='ai-debug-positions'><a href='#' class='ai-debug-left ai-debug-visibility-hidden'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>72 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a>BEFORE PARAGRAPH 5<a href='#' class='ai-debug-right'><span class='ai-debug-display-none'>[(]<\/span>72 words<span class=\"ai-debug-display-none\">[)]<\/span><\/a><\/section><p>For those who don\u2019t know, besides being a singer and performer, Jay Park also established his own label, <strong>MORE VISION<\/strong>, in March 2022, which focuses on developing K-pop artists. The freshly revealed boy group, LGNSHOT, is made up of members <strong>OHYUL, RYUL, WOOJIN, and LOUIS<\/strong>, and they&#8217;re now taking their first step in the K-pop spotlight. Their official debut is slated for January 2026, giving them a few months to build anticipation.<\/p><section data-ai-position='6' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER PARAGRAPH 5<\/section>\n<section data-ai-position='4' class='ai-debug-positions'>AFTER CONTENT <\/section><section class='ai-debug-page-type'>REST CALL<\/section><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<section data-ai-position='7' class='ai-debug-positions'>BEFORE EXCERPT 1<\/section><p><span class='ai-debug-content-hook-positions'> [BEFORE PARAGRAPH 1] <\/span>Jay Park unveiled the new boy group under his agency, LNGSHOT, on September 19th, 2025. 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