BTS (K-pop band)

[ThirdTerm]

Popular K-pop band BTS has been making waves in the United States, but after some older photos of a member in Nazi imagery have re-surfaced online they are now garnering some negative attention. Following a denouncement from the Simon Wiesenthal Center for cede imagery, BTS' management company Big Hit Entertainment issued a statement of apology on Facebook. Probably the band leader is a right-wing figure who believes that Nazism is cool. BTS is roughly translated as Bulletproof Boy Scouts and the band also used a Nazi-like flag at a concert in South Korea.

In the statement, Big Hit Entertainment addresses recent criticisms of BTS including: "a Big Hit artist [wearing] an outfit depicting an image of an atomic bomb, a Big Hit artist was shown with headwear displaying a National Socialist (Nazi) symbol as part of a magazine photo shoot in the past" and that "Big Hit artists took part in a performance during which flags depicting motifs reminiscent of Nazi symbols were featured and wielded."

Big Hit Entertainment states that it "does not support any organizations or groups oriented towards political extremism and totalitarian beliefs including Nazism, is against all such entities and activities, had no intention of causing distress or pain to anyone affected by historical events."

In a statement of apology, Big Hit Entertainment further emphasizes that it was " in no way intentional," and that "although all apparel and accessories used during the photoshoot had been provided by the publication conducting the shoot," they offer their sincere apologies for "inadvertently inflicting pain and distress to anyone affected by totalitarian regimes in the past by failing to strictly review the clothing and accessories that our members were made to wear, as well as to anyone who may have experienced distress and discomfort by witnessing an association of our artists with imagery reminiscent of political extremism."

BTS Issues Apology Over Resurfaced Nazi Imagery Scandal

 

[Marion Morrison]

I kinda like BTO better.
They be taking care of business. Every day.

 

[Preacher]

My daughter listens to that band lol...I can't stand pop music but this is hilarious stuff.