A Bavarian radio station is apologizing. Bayern3‘s Matthias Matuschik sparked intense backlash on social media after comparing BTS to the coronavirus during a live show on Wednesday (February 24), via AP.
In the broadcast, the host called BTS‘s version of Coldplay‘s “Fix You” “blasphemy,” going on to suggest the band is “some crappy virus that hopefully there will be a vaccine for soon as well.” “I have nothing against South Korea, you can’t accuse me of xenophobia only because this boyband is from South Korea…I have a car from South Korea.
I have the coolest car around,” he then backtracked. For punishment for the cover, he suggested the group “will be vacationing in North Korea for the next 20 years.” In the station’s apology, they
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