Korean Media Criticized After Mentioning BTS Regarding BLACKPINK Rosé’s VMAs Win

Netizens thought it wasn’t needed.

A Korean media outlet has been criticized for mentioning BTS in an article about BLACKPINK‘s Rosé.

BLACKPINK’s Rosé | @roses_are_rosie/Instagram

Members of BTS | @bts_bighit/X

On September 7 (local time), Rosé won Song of the Year at the VMAs with her track “APT.”

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Unsurprisingly, it sparked huge reactions, and media outlets worldwide were commenting on the historic win. Yet, the media outlet Chosun sparked fury after writing about the win but mentioning BTS in the headline, explaining how they had missed out on winning the award in the past.

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When the article was posted on theqoo, netizens kept congratulating the idol but hit back at the article’s mention of BTS.

| theqoo

• If the subject were reversed, this headline would’ve gotten roasted.
• Congrats congrats 🎉
• Why do they even add wording like “even BTS missed it”?
  Congrats to Rosé 🎉

| theqoo

• Why did they have to title the article like that… Anyway, huge congrats to Rosé, that’s amazing! 🎉
• Congrats, Rosé 🎉, but what’s with that crappy headline?

Many believe it was unnecessary.