The controversial apologized for the insertion of a speech by a pseudo-religious philanthropist who had killed hundreds of people in the past in the mixtape of a group BTS member Sugar, said the agency apologized and deleted the part.

BTS's Big Hit Entertainment announced on May 31, "In the song" What do you think? "In Sugar's mixtape 'D-2', the vocal sample is a special sample from the producer who worked on the track. "It was chosen without considering the speaker without intention, considering the atmosphere of the entire song."

"After selecting the vocal sample for the speech, the company proceeded with a procedure to check the adequacy of the content according to the internal process. However, during the selection and inspection process, there was an error in including the song without recognizing that it was an inappropriate sample in the content," he said. .

In addition, "Big Hit is confirming contents that can be a social, cultural, and historical problem through its own process of inspecting various contents for the world, but there is a limit to understanding all situations and responding accordingly." "In this case, I didn't recognize it in advance, and I lacked understanding of the historical and social situation related to it. I apologize to those who were hurt or uncomfortable because of this." Bowed down.

He added, "After confirming the problem, the part was immediately deleted and re-released." The artist himself (Sugar) is embarrassed about the problem occurring in a part that he did not think and feels deep responsibility.

It was pointed out that the speech of the old James Warren Jim Jones recorded in 1977 at the beginning of 'What do you think' of 'D-2' in Sugar Mixtape (non-regular free album) released on May 22 was sampled. Came out This is where Jim Jones says, "You will live even if you die. He who lives and believes will never die."

Jim Jones is a pseudo-religious head of the American People's Temple in the 1950s. In the 1970s, after migrating many colored believers to South America, it led to the 'Jonestown Massacre', which forced more than 900 believers to die by forcing suicide.

The voice of Jim Jones was included in the song of Sugar, and worldwide attention was poured out, and the voice that demanded clarification of Sugar and its affiliates was raised. Then, Big Hit apologized that the sampling was an 'error' and that the sugar of the party was an unexpected part, and said it had taken measures to delete it.

The following is a specialty for the official admission to Big Hit Entertainment.

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BTS member Sugar introduces his position on the mix tape.

BTS sample of the introduction tape of 'D-2' from the BTS member's mixtape 'D-2' is a song without the intention of the producer working on the track of the song and without knowing the speaker without special intention. It was selected considering the overall atmosphere.

After selecting the speech vocal sample, the company went through a process to check the adequacy of the content according to the internal process. However, in the selection and review process, there was an error that was included in the song without recognizing that it was an inappropriate sample.

BigHit identifies social, cultural, and historically problematic contents through its own process of inspecting various contents targeting the world, but it has limitations in understanding all situations and responding accordingly. I am experiencing it. In this case, we did not recognize it in advance, and we also lacked understanding of the historical and social situation related to it. We apologize to those who were hurt or uncomfortable because of this.

After confirming the problem, Big Hit immediately deleted the part and re-released it.

The artist himself is embarrassed and has a deep sense of responsibility for the problem that has occurred in areas he could not think of.

Big Hit will take a closer look at all the production processes using this example as a lesson.

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(SBS funE Reporter Sun-ae Kang)