The American singer Shaffer Chimere Smith, better known as NE-YO has been the subject of controversy after making some comments about the boy group BTS and the K-Pop industry in general, drawing the attention of large media and on social networks due to the considerable growth of this genre.
Over time, the K-Pop industry has expanded to include girl groups, boy groups, soloists who can lean to other different genres, this being a versatile genre of the Korean artist, thus gaining enormous popularity around the world.
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The artist was asked if there was a possibility that he would become part of a musical group like NSYNC or Boyz II Men, and he did not hesitate to respond by praising K-Pop stars and their industry.
“It seems that these were already dead“.
“It was not fair to say that boy-bands are dead, only now they are Korean, for example look at BTS and the rest of the boys behind them, they are still becoming very strong groups“.
“They are trained very hard since they were little, so when they come out in their debut, they come out with a superior quality, they know how to play the piano, play instruments, dance and others, that’s why they do so well“.
United States' singer Ne-Yo mentioned #BTS in a recent interview:
“The boy band is not dead, it's just Korean. Shout out to BTS & the whole K-Pop movement. They're still going strong..”#BTS #ARMY #Kpop #KpopNews #Music pic.twitter.com/HhSdtEcdG0
— Music Mundial (@MusicMundial) June 5, 2023
On social networks, netizens and ARMYs have shared messages of support for the American NE-YO for his nice words towards the idols and discussed the reaction of Jimin, who is a big fan of the singer.
