Besides the eager anticipation and excitement, after BTS released the tracklist for the CDs of the PROOF album, some controversies broke out in ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾an online communities. One of the most notable discussions involved the author of one of the songs featured on the album - Bobby Chung.
First off, guitarist/composer Bobby Chung is known for producing some of BTS's most popular songs. This producer can be found on the credits of I'm Fine, Love Myself: Answer, HOME,...These are songs that ARMYs say can "heal the soul".
Recently, some found that Bobby Chung's name was on the CD2 tracklist. In the second tracklist for CD2 revealed, Jimin's solo song "Filter" was included and one of the producers mentioned included Bobby Chung.
This caught the attention of some netizens. After that, a netizen posted a topic on pann about the musician being on trial for sєх filming appeared in BTS's album. The post attracted a lot of comments and opinions.
Specifically, composer/guitarist Bobby Chung from the group 'Autumn Vacation' got into a shσcking controversy in 2020 when he was accused of being the cause of a young woman taking her own life.
In 2020, MBC's 'News Desk' reported that young girl A's family claimed that ex-boyfriend 'B' was responsible for the woman's dєαth, accusing 'B' of various crimes. various including ∂яυgging 'A', then filming 'A' ilℓєgαℓly, and sєхually äṩṩaulting her.
Much evidence at that time proved that 'B' was Bobby Chung. Even, there was confirmed information later that Bobby Chung was handed over to the prosecution on May 17, 2021, on charges of sєхually äṩṩaulting a woman he was dating and filming her ilℓєgαℓly.
As a result, this led netizens to criticize HYBE for including the song on the group's upcoming album. Many netizens said they feel bad for the members because Bobby Chung's name listed on the album is having a negative effect on the group.
- "This isn't right. I'm disappointed,"
- "Bobby Chung is causing so much trouble for the members, I feel so bad,"
- "There was a time when BTS fans boycotted the songs that Bobby Chung wrote as soon as the controversy started,"
- "There are so many songs that Bobby Chung participated in producing for BTS, omg,"
- "The company is crazy for still including songs produced by a sexual predator like him,"
- "Why did they put his songs in this upcoming album?"
- "I'm not even surprised anymore,"
- "The agency is out of its mind,"
-"This is looking bad for BTS. Gosh."
However, others said they didn't know that Bobby Chung was the producer of some BTS songs. Plus, they felt it wasn't a big deal that such a great song couldn't appear on the album just because one of the composers was found guilty. Besides, others advised everyone to stop the story here and let BTS come back peacefully!
