I drew a line with Zico and Bang Sihyuk"I haven't seen any internal documents on idol appearance reviews."

Oct 30, 2024

I drew a line with Zico and Bang Sihyuk'I haven't seen any internal documents on idol appearance reviews.'



Singer Zico drew a line that he had never read Hive's internal documents.

On the 30th, Zico expressed his position on the so-called 「Hive Idol Report」, which contains primary reviews of idol appearances. "What's going on here?" said Zico, "I think it's better to check today's report and tell you in person" he said.

He explained "I have never read the corresponding document, and I have never read the e-mail itself. "I found out for the first time that it was added to the recipient through today's article. I also checked the record that I asked KOZ directly to open all the e-mails and documents before expressing my position if this explanation would lead to further misunderstanding." he explained.



KOZ Entertainment, founded by Zico in 2018, was acquired by Hive in November 2020. In response, Zico is also the representative of the label under Hive.

I drew a line with Zico and Bang Sihyuk'I haven't seen any internal documents on idol appearance reviews.'
On this day, Hankyoreh released an e-mail record in which Chairman Bang Si-hyuk of Hive personally instructed the company's executives to share the documents. In this record, Chairman Bang wrote, "Weekly Music Industry Report III" shared by former Director Kang Myung-seok, "Please add Zico to the document sharing list."," he replied. Then the author of the document added "Yes" responded.



The Hive internal report named `Weekly Music Industry Report" released by Rep. Min Hyung-bae (Democratic Party of Korea) at the parliamentary audit of the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee on the 24th contains primary expressions such as "No one is an idol's features because the members made their debut at the age of being ugly" and "No one is pretty" and "Surprisingly, no one is pretty" and "Surprisingly ugly"." In particular, it received a stinging rebuke because it included appearance reviews targeting minors.





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