Jin has continued his solo career after being discharged from the military and has barely taken a day off since then. Recently, he participated in an interview with Z100 New York, which has attracted a lot of attention.
This interview would have been fine if the interviewer had not shown her "unprofessionalism" when working with the top Kpop superstar. Many fans were upset that she had conducted the interview without much basic knowledge about Jin.
Here's what happened and how fans reacted to this interview:
Up until now, BTS in general and Jin in particular have always been praised for their professionalism in the way they work. However, there have been many cases where BTS's partners have not shown professionalism in contrast to Kpop superstars. There have even been cases where the names or images of group members were mistaken, making fans feel uncomfortable.
Meanwhile, the interviewer of Z100 New York recently came under the spotlight of fans for her ignorance when conducting an interview with Jin. Netizens underestimated a person working in the media in the digital age like her for not updating information related to Jin, which only took 5 seconds to look up on Google. In fact, it was news that most of the public was familiar with.
Specifically, the controversy started when Jin and the female interviewer talked about Coldplay. The interviewer said, “I love Coldplay; do you love Coldplay, too? Have you seen them live?”. Of course, Jin and BTS in general have a long-standing relationship with Coldplay, spanning many years. BTS collaborated with Coldplay on the globally loved нιт "My Universe" while Jin performed a collaboration song with Chris Martin - "The Astronaut" at the group's concert before enlisting in the army.
Jin then quickly clarified their relationship and work: "I have seen them. I’ve been together with them on the stage. When Coldplay played in Argentina, I went on stage as their special guest. I have a song called ‘The Astronaut,’ which is a song co-written by Coldplay. I performed the song with Chris Martin."
The host then seemed ѕнσ¢кed and continued to ask about the experience. However, netizens said that the interviewer's response was unprofessional and that the information could have been easily found even with basic research. ARMYs expressed their disappointment that the interviewer did not do basic research on Jin before the interview.
ARMYs believe that such basic information should have been learned before the interviewer met Jin:
- Hi @Z100NewYork, with all due respect, it is a reporter’s job to research their guest. This isn’t our first rodeo together. We don’t believe in вυℓℓуing, our tweet is kindly meant for accountability purposes. Thank you! #Jin
- How can she have a job like that and can't even do the bare minimum? She's so embarrαѕѕing. Miss, do better.
- am sorry What is this reporter doing? Does she like not know who she's interviewing??
- Is she insane!!! How she didn't know about the collaboration and "The Astronaut"!!! Even if she is not a fan, she should do her work and know about all #Jin's discovery!! She is a liar or an amateur!!
- Goodness, so you like Coldplay huh? How come you knew nothing about them. By the way who is she? I know nothing about her either.
- Why do these hosts never do their Homework They have one job afterall
- Z100NewYork to Seokjin: HAVE YOU SEEN THEM (Coldplay) LIVE?!!Girl! go home and make your homework well! This question is SO EMBARRASSING! The lack research of a "professional" but thanks Seokjin for being so professional and responding
- These days hosts just go to take interviews doing homework on their cloths only
- What an unprofessional host! She didn’t give effort to do her job well
- great job as a journalist: inviting an artist and knowing nothing about his work... pitiful