Although K-pop stars do not usually record diss tracks, there were a few that released really wild ones and caused a stir among music junkies. Some idols have produced disparaging tracks targetted towards someone else, while some were also the victims of diss songs. Here are a couple of diss tracks, which hit K-pop icons.
A.KOR's Kemy Targeting 2NE1's Park Bom
Park Bom caused controversy in 2014 for her history of smuggling U.S. amphetamine pills. While amphetamine is permissible in the U.S., it is prohibited in South Korea. And even though Park Bom clarified that they were used for a health condition, for which she was grappling, people on social media went on criticizing her.
A novice artist intended to release a diss track targeting Park Bom while all of this was happening. The name of this artist was Kemy, and she was a member of the A.KOR party. Kemy snapped several shots, including implications that she's obsessed with plastic surgery.
Kemy also discussed the drug scandal of Park Bom and how they let her off quickly because she's from YG Entertainment.
"You're about the same as the Gangnam Beauty (who got plastic surgery 28 times)
You're weak, and you fell into drugs.
Did the drugs fall into the jelly box?
Who glanced over the 4 pills that disappeared?
Since when were the prosecutors so nice?"
To Kemy oF A.KOR, however, this didn't go down smoothly as she was highly criticized for disrespecting her senior. The band has never managed to recover from this occurrence and has still been seen negatively.
Tymee Targetting Fellow K-pop Rappers
Hip hop artists have portrayed several celebrity rappers adversely, as they perceive them as fake rappers. It's rapper's issue because many of them waste time rapping only because they're not great singers. Another issue among idol rappers is that many of them do not compose their songs, which is a huge deal for many artists.
Specifically Zico, Tymee intended to release diss track, criticizing idol rappers.
"Ya, Lesson 1, let me see where you came from. B***hes calling themselves rappers, coming from the idol world. But Zico, I can't respect you're a wannabe, not even close.
Someone else wrote the lyrics for you. Pretending to be a rapper You Got Busted!"
Iron Targetting BIGBANG's G-Dragon and T.O.P
Iron caused notoriety when his track "System" was produced. The track was a diss track aimed at BIGBANG's G-Dragon and T.O.P. He broke how G-Dragon got off easily with his drug fiasco, and he also regarded T.O.P as untalented.
After this, Iron 's career slipped back as he was lambasted in for the track. In 2017, Iron was also reported to the police and got arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.
iKON's Bobby Allegedly Targetting VIXX's Ravi and BTS's RM
Bobby unveiled his soundtrack "YGGR#HipHop," and it started to look like several of his lyrics were trying to target a particular boy band.
"Dancing like a clock, if you're lone deaf, then practice.
You're way behind, boy group rappers coming out on stage."
It was believed that the purpose of these lyrics was Ravi from VIXX. But then, Ravi released a response track to Bobby's diss song. However, he didn't mention Bobby in his track because he wasn't really interested in fighting with the iKON member.
"To others, we're the same, so acting like you're different and dissing is disgusting, right? That's right, I'm an idol, but you're also a f**kin' idol."
"They called me a monster. I've never called myself that. You are completely made of glass much better than the basement dungeon.
Of skills equal to looks, I'm Won Bin in front of bulletproof glass."
This caused RM to engage, though, but both RM and Bobby clarified that there had been no harsh feelings between them, and RM stated that the two felt it was more enjoyable than hostile.
