Zico apologizes for resentment in the music industry, “I’m sorry for creating a challenge culture”

Zico publicly apologized for creating a ‘challenge culture’ in the music industry.

On the 7th, on the YouTube channel ‘Careet’, ‘Play any song first..? New song released by mistake!? A video titled ‘Bonecdo’s father Zico is hereㅣ[Chomecraft Industry Ep.32]’ was posted.

On this day, Kwanghee asked about the 'Any Song' challenge, which became a hot topic in 2020, "It was a total hit. How did you come up with such an idea?"

Zico explained the background to creating the challenge culture, saying, "I suddenly realized that music does not end with just listening to music. At that time, I saw a phenomenon where the auditory was connected to the visual."

Zico said, "Nowadays, many people are showing their talent through platforms such as shorts, but it wasn't like that before." He added, "Because people were very shy, I thought that if we gave them the name of a challenge, it would become a fun entertainment phenomenon." “I did,” he added.

If there is a person, there is cancer. Gwanghee expressed his difficulties, saying, “There are good points, but people say that their idol friends die while doing the challenge.” According to Kwanghee, he revealed that he said things like, "I really don't have time to rest because of my senior," "I'm too busy memorizing my own dances, but I'm also busy memorizing other people's dances," and "I don't know why it started."

In response to this, Zico apologized profusely, saying, "I really have nothing to say about that. I'm so sorry." He said, "Using this opportunity, shouldn't all agencies and entertainment companies in the Korean entertainment industry collaborate and take a break for about a month?"

Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr