South Korea’s nationwide broadcaster KBS has banned (G)I-DLE‘s new single ‘Spouse’ from broadcast on the community attributable to “sexually express” lyrics.
The announcement was made earlier at present (January 24), after KBS had carried out a overview of the track’s eligibility for nationwide broadcast after it was launched on January 22. In line with Yonhap Information Company, (G)I-DLE’s ‘Spouse’ contained “many metaphorical lyrics with sexual nuances”, nonetheless neither the outlet nor broadcaster outlined particular particulars.
KBS additionally introduced that (G)I-DLE’s upcoming track ‘Rollie’, which can be launched on Friday (January 29) alongside their album ‘[2]’, has additionally been banned from broadcast attributable to product placement in its lyrics. Yonhap Information Company reported that “altering the lyrics [for both songs] could also be inevitable” if the group or their label want to promote these songs on KBS.
All different songs on ‘[2]’, together with lead single ‘Tremendous Woman’, have been deemed eligible for broadcast. The document can be (G)I-DLE’s first launch of 2024, arriving about 4 months on January 29 after their first English EP ‘Warmth’. That challenge was launched in collaboration with 88rising and was led by the only ‘I Need That’.
Final 12 months, the woman group additionally launched the mini-album ‘I Really feel’, which featured the hit single ‘Queencard’. The track was later named considered one of NME’s 25 Greatest Okay-pop songs of 2023.
The five-piece have been additionally just lately introduced as a part of the star-studded line-up of the Krazy Tremendous Live performance going down on February 9 and 10 on the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Different acts featured within the performing line-up embrace aespa, ZEROBASEONE, THE BOYZ, CL and extra.
In a three-star overview of the primary Krazy Tremendous Live performance final 12 months in New York, NME‘s George Yang referred to as it an “an admirable first try”, describing the live performance as “a enjoyable time [that] wasn’t something thoughts blowing”.