Bang Si Hyuk faces criticism for 'Dark and Sexy' remarks about Enhypen Members

Bang Si Hyuk, the HYBE chairperson and the man behind the popular K-pop band BTS is facing some serious criticism online. After his public spat with the ex-CEO of ADOR, Min Hee Jin, Bang faced some scrutiny and now it appears his comments are not going down well with netizens as well.

In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Bang Si Hyuk talked about his career and spilled the tea on various K-pop groups, including BTS. However, his choice of words while talking about the boy group Enhypen didn’t settle well with the public.

Bang Si Hyuk recounted the time when members (Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon, and Ni-Ki) were trainees. Referring to their time on the reality show I-Land, Bang Si Hyuk said, “There’s something really dark and sexy about them, (they were) not part of the general public, but not celebrities yet. Being of two worlds, but not belonging to either, made me think of vampires.”

When these comments came out article some netizens took to X to call out Bang Si Hyuk. One social media user wrote, “Y’all come look at what I read in this new article (the one Katseye and bang pd were photographed together for)… bang pd calling the Enhypen members sexy as trainees… they were all minors as trainees, the youngest being 13.”


Another said, “calling teenagers as young as 13 sexy was certainly a choice.”

At the same time, the HYBE founder also received some backlash for his picture with the newly formed LA-based girl group Katseye. The picture, features him with the six members: Sophia, Manon, Daniela, Lara, Megan and Yoonchae. Commenting on the same, one of the netizens wrote - “Why did he have to be in it?” “Who invited Bang get him outta there. So proud of the girls, their Netflix documentary is so good,” read another comment.