{"id":31378,"date":"2022-09-10T10:16:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=31378"},"modified":"2023-01-18T04:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:31:22","slug":"billboard-under-fire-for-disrespecting-stray-kids-in-recent-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/billboard-under-fire-for-disrespecting-stray-kids-in-recent-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Billboard under fire for &#8216;disrespecting&#8217; Stray Kids in recent interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Billboard<\/strong> has earned immense respect from K-Pop fans, being listed on Billboard charts or appearing on the cover of a magazine, as well as winning a Billboard Music Award, are considered milestones in a music artist&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>On September 8th, Billboard released the latest issue of their magazine with <strong>Stray Kids<\/strong>. Along with the photos, the boys had an <strong>interview<\/strong>, which was published on the same day. Initially, fans of the boy group were excited about the interview, but after reading it they pointed out how <strong>disrespectful<\/strong> the article was towards the members.<\/p>\n<p>The questions quickly progressed to bringing up a discredited <strong>controversy<\/strong> about <strong>Hyunjin<\/strong>&#8216;s past. In 2021, the idol was embroiled in accusations of <strong>bullying<\/strong>, and Billboard&#8217;s mention of the controversy caused fans to label him disrespectful.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;<em><strong>Hyunjin, who has been embroiled in controversy over bullying allegations and took a four-month hiatus from the band after a formal apology in early 2021, adds that &#8216;your (Park Jin Young) comments were really helpful on stage and our future&#8217;<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hyunjin_lover3\/status\/1567852057188499458\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All the good things Hyunjin has done. The impact he has in the industry and the 4th gen and you decided to add this?! Did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jypnation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jypnation<\/a> approved this? DISSAPOINTING <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VGelwdXjPz\">pic.twitter.com\/VGelwdXjPz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hyuntistic \ud83c\udf40 (@artistichyun03) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artistichyun03\/status\/1567852057188499458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>You may also like: <\/p>\n<p>Fans say that this content was unnecessary. Billboard also referred to the sold-out crowd at the &#8216;<strong>Maniac World Tour<\/strong>&#8216; at the Prudential Center in New Jersey as &#8220;<em><strong>teens and tweens<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;, a misconception and offensive about K-Pop fans.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, fans allege that some of the information included about <strong>BTS<\/strong> disparaged Stray Kids and all of their achievements, as it implied that <strong>SKZ<\/strong> might become more popular now that the group under the <strong>HYBE<\/strong> label no longer promotes as actively as they previously did.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>BTS, the group responsible for nearly a third of all K-pop sales and streams in the United States over the past 18 months, recently stopped the group&#8217;s activities: the group hadn&#8217;t stopped in a few years and military service mandatory was coming. some members, creating a kind of vacuum (at least temporarily) at the pinnacle of the genre&#8230;<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stallseok\/status\/1567920681547087873\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">like i\u2019m sorry why is bts even mention like three times in a STRAY KIDS article? like billboard got bts names in their mouth constantly . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQDPjlxUX6\">pic.twitter.com\/sQDPjlxUX6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; keke\u2077 \ud83d\udc9c is seeing bts (@stallseok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stallseok\/status\/1567920681547087873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans demanded that the article be edited and rewritten to truly reflect Stray Kids&#8217; achievements. Many fans meanwhile <strong>canceled<\/strong> their orders for the magazine issue. Later, Billboard <strong>updated<\/strong> what was said about Hyunjin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billboard has earned immense respect from K-Pop fans, being listed on Billboard charts or appearing on the cover of a magazine, as well as winning a Billboard Music Award, are considered milestones in a music artist&#8217;s career. On September 8th, Billboard released the latest issue of their magazine with Stray Kids. 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