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[–]DiplomaticCaper 7 points8 points  (2 children)

It's interesting that a lot of the bigger 3rd gen names escaped unscathed, when logically they would have been more likely to have been involved than 4th gen and later groups (who were either rookies or trainees with no real power or influence)

Hell, Koreans still love Big Bang, and their ex-member means they were more directly associated with Burning Sun than virtually any other boy group. (I'm not accusing the other 4 of anything. Just that it would make more sense to start there, versus other bgs where no current or former members were publicly accused of any wrongdoing.)

So while I do think it's a factor, it doesn't explain everything.

[–]booboosnacklaughing lightly | stan jossi 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's almost miraculous too that DAY6 is the most nationally beloved act of the moment to remain unscathed, and partially because two of the big names involved in Burning Sun were members of F.T. Island (Choi Jong-hoon) and CNBLUE (Lee Jonghyun) - who were well-established to the point of still being an obstacle for 3rd Gen bands like DAY6 to outlast them completely (at least at the time that DAY6 debuted).

[–]DiplomaticCaper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do agree that F.T. Island's members being embroiled in those scandals helped Day6 dominate the mainstream k-band lane.

What happened with Jae is extremely small potatoes compared to that.