The group BTS and Big Hit Entertainment decided not to include a new song of controversy involving Japanese right-wing lyricists on their Japanese albums, which was the result of accepting the fan club's demands.
Japanese media reported on the 13th that akb48 producer Yasushi Akimoto wrote the song of the Japanese single album title song "Bird" of BTS released on November 7th. Bang Si-hyuk was reported to have exchanged with Yasushi Akimoto and asked for a new song because he liked his world view.
But fan club Ami immediately called for the suspension of collaboration with Yasushi Akimoto, which was why Yasushi Akimoto had a right-wing tendency and a narrow-minded mindset for women.
In particular, BTS has recently become a representative Idol in Korea by announcing a new song 'Idol' based on motifs in Korean traditional music. In this situation, collaborating with Japanese right-wing lyricists was a situation that could not help but hurt the image of BTS.
The BTS fan club criticized the agency strongly by demanding the suspension of collaboration with Yasushi Akimoto through fan cafes, SNS, and online communities from the 13th. Some of them continued to argue in a more powerful way, attaching post-its to the Big Hit Entertainment building that demanded the suspension of collaboration.
Big Hit Entertainment said on the 15th that the controversy was on its third day, "We are fully aware of your fans' concerns and are in discussions" through the official fan cafe. And Haru later, on the 16th, the official fan cafe announced the cancellation of the song.
The Big Hit side wrote, "The song from the Japanese single, which is scheduled to be released in November, will be changed for production reasons as follows: Sorry for the inconvenience." Akimoto Yasushi's new song 'Bud' was excluded from the list, and the 'Idol' remix version enters the new album.
BTS and Big Hit Entertainment have accepted the demands of fan clubs and have set up a superpower to cancel collaboration with akb48 producers. Although news of collaboration has already been announced through Japanese media, it is highly evaluated that it accepted the controversy raised by the fan club and accepted it even after taking damages.
Meanwhile, BTS' Japanese single album will be released on November 7. Currently, BTS is conducting a world tour concert 'Love Your Self' and will hold a stadium concert for the first time as a Korean singer in October to prove its global popularity again.
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