Rookie Idol Group Gives A Shoutout To Hitman Bang— Triggers Intense Backlash

Recently, BIGHIT MUSIC’s new boy group CORTIS dropped their pre-debut release, “GO!” and received various responses online.

The song was quite a disappointment for fans who had been waiting for their debut.

BigHit Music New Boy Group’s Song Receives Backlash From Korean Netizens

Most recently, the song received more criticism for certain lyrics in their song that mentioned a particular person.

Wanna make a hit like a hitman so I reload.

The lyrics mentioned that they wanted to make a hit like Hitman Bang (a.k.a Bang Si Hyuk) and received negative reactions from netizens.

• “Music chart manipulation, reverse viral marketing, media control, public opinion manipulation, 18,000 documents… are they planning to commit plagiarism? LOL. They’re making a shout-out to an economic criminal and fraud.”
• “They’re really trying to make them viral…but no member stands out.”
• “They’re probably just going to get famous using sajaegi.”
• “Is this a concept, or is there just no character?”
• “Is sucking up to Hitman Bang a group concept?”
• “This is f*cking hilarious…”
• “I guess they didn’t know about the stock price manipulation.”
• “This is so funny.”
• “If you commit a crime, you can be like him.”