On the afternoon of the 18th, the awards ceremony was held on the second day of the '31st Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2023' (hereinafter 'Hanteo Music Awards 2023') at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Jung-gu, Seoul.
The problem was the continued aftermath of the explanation of the swearing-in controversy by Kim Ji-woong of the group Zero Base One, which was announced on the 17th, the day before the awards ceremony. Earlier this month, a video was released on the Internet showing Zero Base One member Kim Ji-woong holding a video call fan signing event with a fan. In the video, it was claimed that Kim Ji-woong swore "fuck you" after finishing the video call. As it was raised, controversy arose.
The agency, which had been silent since then, opened its mouth on the 17th. Wake One, the agency, said that it had requested a special evaluation for the video that sparked the controversy over Kim Ji-woong's profanity. △ "Thank you" and △ 'profanity' had different pitches and heights, and the two voices were judged to be different voices from different speakers. revealed. At the same time, he emphasized, "We have confirmed that the profanity voice may have been recorded from an outside source, and that this can serve as a basis for judging that it is not the artist's voice."
Afterwards, Kim Ji-woong also gave a short greeting to his fans, saying, "My heart was heavy the whole time," and later changed his fan platform status message to 'Sapil return.' This is an idiom used by G-Dragon of the group Big Bang, who was previously falsely accused of drug use. It was interpreted to mean that, like G-Dragon, who was later cleared of the false accusation and continued to work as before, Kim Ji-woong will also be honest about the matter, clear the false accusation, and resume his activities.
Despite these explanations from the agency and Kim Ji-woong, fans' unfavorable gaze continued. The very next day, at the Hanteo Chart Music Awards, Kim Ji-woong appeared with a bright smile, drawing intense criticism from some negative fandoms. Jiwoong Kim did not open his mouth in his acceptance speech even though Zero Base One won the 'Rookie of the Year' and 'Artist of the Year' awards.
Separately from this, there are many unconfirmed reviews on the Internet. The content is that some audience members urinated and defecated in the standing seats, causing great damage to surrounding audience members, and idol singers who were present also complained of damage. In response, fans are coming up with stories such as “The X terror attack was terrible” and “You can tell by looking at the idols’ facial expressions.” However, this fact has not yet been confirmed.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr