‘Boys’ Fantasy’ “All SNSs are open with consent”

'Boys' Fantasy' emphasized that they were careful in verifying participants.

On the 30th, the production presentation of MBC's entertainment show ''Boys' Fantasy - After School Excitement Season 2' (hereinafter referred to as 'Boys' Fantasy') was broadcast live online. Max Changmin, Wooyoung, Jinyoung, Kang Seungyoon, Jeon Soyeon, CP Kang Youngsun, and PD Park Sanghyun attended the event.

‘Boy Fantasy’ is a boy group audition program presented by MBC about a year after the end of ‘After School Excitement’ last year. Unlike last season, it has been expanded into a global audition and will be broadcast in a total of 12 countries, including Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. A fan concert with about 5,000 seats will be held at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan in July.

CP Kang Young-seon said, "After K-pop became established as a genre, competition seems to be getting more and more fierce. In order to survive as a global idol, success seems to be whether global fans have a solid support. This season 2 is the key to success. “We put a lot of emphasis on that,” he said. “With the concept of strengthening global partnerships and creating things together around the world, Naver and Line have also been added and are working together. We will work together to create global stars in various media such as overseas OTT and YouTube channels.” “We are doing our best,” he said.

We also attempted to make structural changes compared to Season 1. Producer Park Sang-hyun explained, "If season 1 was a system in which students competed and competed against each other in a grade-based system, and the winner debuted, this time, there are a total of 4 semesters, and we made it so that each semester, you have to overcome the hurdles of the producer in charge to debut." .

Currently, boy group survival programs such as ‘Boys Planet’ and ‘Peak Time’ are being broadcast. In response, CP Kang said, "I didn't know it would end up like this. It's been over a year since we planned and prepared this project from the beginning," and added, "I'm not worried because we started with a clear goal and confidence. Is there anything we can highlight as our unique point of difference and strength? “I am proud that our producer and MC are the strongest. We also did a lot of research and made up for many of our shortcomings in order to create an idol with a global fandom,” he said confidently.

Regarding verification of participants, "We conducted personal interviews with the participants. With the consent of the participants, we thoroughly verified all their social media posts or comments. Although we cannot access the public authority or warrants of investigative agencies, we are thorough until we do so. “We paid a lot of attention to verification,” he said.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr