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The moderator of the radio station Bayern 3, Matthias Matuschik, is hit by a worldwide shitstorm - and the station has accusations of racism.
The occasion is the introduction in his live broadcast on Wednesday about a South Korean band.
“Matuschke” was negative about the successful pop band BTS.
It was "like some fucking virus, against which there will hopefully also be a vaccination soon," the moderator drew the comparison to the corona virus.
Matuschik continued to speak furiously.
It was "paradoxical" that the broadcaster MTV wanted to record an "Unplugged" concert with the band.
"Then these little pissers also brag that they covered 'Fix You' from Coldplay," he said.
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This is "blasphemy" and "outrage", and that is what he says as an atheist: "For this you will be on vacation in North Korea for the next 20 years."
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The mostly young BTS fans felt that Matuschik's statements were more blasphemous.
After a young German Twitter user named Leni posted an excerpt from the tirade and immediately commented on it with “Racism!”, A worldwide wave of outrage began.
She switched on fan groups like “Armys Unite Germany BTS”, Matuschik was described by one user as a “dirty bastard”, a girl put Matuschik's comments in a complaint email in the context of the Hanau attack a year ago.
Then the cause reached the Korean Twitter sphere.
By Friday noon, around 1.2 million tweets had been posted on Twitter under the hashtag # Bayern3Racist, and even the media in Indonesia reported on the case.
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The broadcaster Bayern 3 apologized for the moderator's statements, but also defended him.
In a statement quoted by the online network “Der Westen” it says: “In the program 'Matuschke - the slightly different evening', presenter Matthias Matuschik gave his personal opinion on the very successful South Korean band BTS and their cover of the Coldplay song 'Fix You 'voiced this at their Unplugged concert and many of you have complained about it.
It is the character of this program and also of the moderator to express his opinion clearly, openly and without make-up. "
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Matuschik had gone too far in attempting to present his opinion "ironically, exaggerated and with exaggerated excitement".
He "hurt the feelings of the BTS fans".
He didn't intend to do this, just wanted to express his displeasure with the cover version mentioned above.
It is a personal opinion that has nothing to do with the band's cultural background.
The broadcaster refers to the moderator's commitment to helping refugees and against right-wing extremism.
Xenophobia and racism are far from him.
Matthias Matuschik in 2016
Source: Wikimedia Commons / Ordercrazy / Public Domain / Wikipedia User: Ordercrazy
"K-Pop" bands are sometimes more successful than the biggest western stars.
BTS - short for Bangtan Sonyeondan (translated: "Bulletproof Boy Scouts") - was the first K-pop group to make it to number one on the charts in the USA and Great Britain, concerts in Europe were before the corona pandemic within Minutes sold out.
According to Forbes, BTS and Exo, another band, are mentioned twenty times as often on Twitter as Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.
And not only from fans from their own country, but above all from followers from Japan, Europe and the USA.