This year had a lot of scandals, from serious abuse allegations and harmless dating scandals, to quite a few contract disputes between idols and companies. There were also a lot of news of members leaving their groups, fans being a pain in the ass and sending embarrassing protest trucks for pretty much anything, etc. So, check out my annual list of the most important k-pop scandals of 2023.
IVE “Lip-synced at MBC Gayo Daejeon”
BTS RM “Private info leaked by Monk”
Block B “Members left Seven Season Entertainment”
NCT Haechan “Hiatus due health”
TXT Yeonjun & Le Sserafim Yunjin “Dating rumor”
ENHYPEN Jay “Insulted Korean history, apologized”
SEVENTEEN Vernon “Dating rumor with stylist”
VIXX Ravi “Sentenced for draft dodging, left group”
GOT7 Jackson “Drunk at concerts, pro-China rants”
D1CE “Disbandment”
GWSN “Disbandment”
NewJeans Danielle “Chinese New Year controversy”
Goo Min Chul & Jamie "Cheating scandal, broke up”
MOMOLAND “Disbandment”
SM Entertainment, Kakao & HYBE “Acquisition”
Super Junior Heechul "Misogynistic comments”
Brave Girls “Left Brave Entertainment”
BLANK2Y Youngbin "Assaulted girlfriend, kicked out of group”
ASTRO Rocky “Left group and agency”
UP10TION “Disbandment”
DONGKIZ Munik “Left group”
WJSN “8 members renewed contracts with Starship, 5 left"
Nam Taehyun “DUI”
DKZ Kyoungyoon “Was a member of the JMS cult, left group”
TWICE Chaeyoung "Apologized for wearing swastika shirt”
Treasure Haruto “Homophobic comments”
TXT Taehyun “Went clubbing with girls”
BlackPink Rose & Kang Don Wong “Dating rumor"
ASTRO Moonbin “Passed away”
Red Velvet Joy “Hiatus due health”
BAE173 Nam Do Hyun "Filed lawsuit against PocketDol, won and left the agency”
NCT Lucas "Left group"
TEEN TOP C.A.P "Left group"
ENHYPEN “Fan protest against their choreo with female dancers”
BigBang "Everyone left YG Entertainment”
EXO CBX “Filed lawsuit against SM Entertainment, resolved”
LOONA "All 12 members left Blockberry Creative"
MAMAMOO Hwasa “Left RBW Entertainment for P-Nation”
HIGHLIGHT Dongwoon "Wedding"
GOT7 JB “Flirting with girls on Instagram while serving in the army”
BlackPink Lisa & Frédéric Arnault “Dating scandal"
NewJeans “Controversy over ETA concept + iPhones on stage”
FIFTY FIFTY "Filed lawsuit against their agency ATTRAKT, lost”
Choi Yena “”Hate Rodrigo” concept controversy”
HYBE “During &TEAM's fansign, staff looked through fans’ underwear”
Super Junior Kyuhyun, Eunhyuk and Donghae “Left SM Entertainment”
BlackPink Jisoo & Ahn Bo Hyun “Dating scandal, broke up”
SEVENTEEN Joshua & Mi Young “Dating scandal”
SNSD Sunny “Left SM Entertainment”
The Boyz Kevin “Complained about not getting credited on songs”
Ciipher Tan, Tag, Dohwan, Won "Left R.A.I.N Company"
G-IDLE Soyeon “Dating scandal with influencer”
RIIZE Wonbin, Seunghan, Sohee, Anton "Bully and dating rumors"
Fantasy Boys Yu Junwon "Contract dispute with PocketDol Studios, left group"
Stray Kids Bang Chan "Not allowed to continue his livestream series due to backlash from his “etiquette” comments”
BTS RM “Denied allegations of Islamophobia”
Loossemble Yeojin and Vivi “Said company threw out all of LOONA’s food and put them on a 'hell' diet”
SF9 Rowoon "Left group"
ITZY Lia “Hiatus due health”
Stray Kids “Members got into a car accident”
SHINee "Taemin and Key apologized for colorist remarks towards Minho"
BlackPink Lisa “Controversial performance at Crazy Horse, China ban”
PENTAGON "Six members left Cube Entertainment"
EXO Sehun, Chanyeol, D.O “Left SM Entertainment”
ATTRAKT and FIFTY FIFTY "Saena, Sio, and Aran left company, Keena stayed"
BTS V's stalker “Handed him a marriage certificate, later apprehended by police”
BigBang G-Dragon “Investigated for drug use”
VIXX N “Hiatus from group”
DKB Teo "Left group after DUI"
BTOB “Left Cube Entertainment”
Ryu Junyeol & Hyeri "Broke up"
RIIZE Seunghan and TXT Soobin "Criticized for leaked Insta video and past comments"
ATEEZ Wooyoung & LOONA Hyunjin "Dating rumor after Insta leak"
Super Junior Kyuhyun "Attacked by a woman with knife"
RIIZE Seunghan "Hiatus"
FTISLAND Minhwan & LABOUM Yulhee “Divorce”
BlackPink Jennie & BTS V "Broke up"
TO1 “Disbandment”
BabyMonster “Ahyeon left group and possibly YGE”
Fantasy Boys Kim Gyurae "Grooming/dating allegations with older stylist"
BOYNEXTDOOR “Bodyguard assaulted a fan at airport”
BlackPInk “Members left YGE for solo careers”
18+ Version. Here are the masterlists of some of the K-pop fanfic writers I enjoy on here. Search their name on my tumblr to bring up fic reviews for that author. Last updated Dec 2023.
All Tumblr Using Ages:
Blossom-hwa Masterlist, ATEEZ, Golden Child, Stray Kids, The Boyz
Vikingkinghongjoong Easy to browse archive of just writing, ATEEZ
Yungidreamer Masterlist, ATEEZ, Stray Kids
and finally an AO3 exclusive- Zetsumyona List of works on AO3
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I want something genuinely fucking scary from a kpop group. I want something creepy as fuck for the next comeback. The next music vid they drop. I need more disgusting content I NEED THIS VOID FILLED I CANNOT ONLY HAVE VIXXS ‘VOODOO’ IN MY HEAD MAKE MORE GRUESOME SHIT I BEG—
I really hope you’re loving this blog so far and the content that I’ve been creating for your enjoyement. I’m absolutely loving the requests I’m recieving and I can’t wait to get those done for you!
Whilst listening to some Eric Nam songs, I though of a great new idea for scenarios that I hope you’ll love and take advantage of!
So.
I would love start writing scenarios BASED on lyrics from any song of your chosing, doesn’t even have to be K-POP. With these lyrics, I will take them and form them into a scenario story with a member of your chosing from any groups that I do. (Stated in my MASTERLIST)
I would love to know if you guys have any ideas to get me started! I will also attempt to include audio of the song onto the posts so you can have that playing whilst reading the scenarios.
I hope this sparks some inspiration in you to request, if you would like me to write a scenario of my own from a song chosing of my choice, to understand how it will work/ look like, please let me know!
Jay B & Youngjae “Closer”: Don’t you just love hearing their voices together.
DKB “24/7”: A gorgeous R&B jam from the boys. They can switch between harder and softer concepts really nicely.
Leo “Losing Game”: The duality of this man - so soft spoken off stage, then he turns into a sensual beast on stage.
Twice “Talk That Talk”: I don’t really have anything to say about this song, it’s a nice song, that’s it.
Junji “be mine”: What a good song. Another new romance is blossoming nicely. Getting more risky with each MV. I wonder how far they’ll take it.
AB6IX “Chance”: A fun funky English song. They keep us very well fed with these frequent releases.
Wonho “Don’t hesitate”: What’s this? A Wonho MV where he’s fully clothed - what a rare occurrence. What a cool song with awesome production and a very interesting MV.
All ages version. Here are the masterlists of some of the K-pop fanfic writers I enjoy on here. Search their name on my tumblr to bring up fic reviews for that author.
Blossom-hwa Masterlist, ATEEZ, Golden Child, Stray Kids, The Boyz
Still not over this still weak in the knees over this. THE GLARE THE FACE THE OUTFIT THE HAIR THE TONGUE THE HANDS THE JEWELRY THERES NOT A SINGLE MISS HERE