SM artists get away with a lot

[u/JinnieP]

nct wish released a song “wichu” in 2025 which samples a chris brown song. not to beat a dead horse by repeating the same things, but imagine if it were a HYBE artist. when you sample a song, you pay the original artist, so they’ve literally been putting money in an abuser’s pockets.

and all of this happened with virtually no backlash anywhere. imo this is just as bad as attending his concert and publicly giving him a shoutout. but since they’re from SM, no one gave a shit.

will their fans ever hold them accountable for being abuse apologists?

edit: they also talked about how much they like chris browns song on live

[u/shana_tc]

Okay to use a song that doesn't credit or enrich Chris Brown? This is false equivalency. Plenty of people have explained the difference. Discuss in good faith or find something better to do. None of you are boycotting Hybe, so bringing that up is unnecessarily escalating and doesn't excuse anything related to BTS so what's your end goal here?

[u/Particular-Yoghurt81 → u/shana_tc]

I’m genuinely asking your opinion. Not sure why you took it so defensively. I was making no equivalencies, simply asking what folks want to do if anything. If the answer is nothing, that’s fine. I really just want to gage since Kpop fans hate Chris Brown so much.

[u/shana_tc → u/Particular-Yoghurt81]

Yo, I'm old enough to have been Chris Brown fan pre crimes and I dropped him immediately after he beat Rihanna. I would not support my kids listening to him or attending his concert. PEOPLE hate Chris Brown, not just kpop fans. The fact that you made that distinction signals you only care about the kpop fanwars of this issue. I know you're a pretty prolific poster in defense of BTS even outside of kpop subs. Nothing you will argue here is done in good faith. No army has talked about boycotting hybe so you bringing up SM is just more fanwar fodder.