VIXX, Gummy, and Yezi songs named unfit for broadcast by KBS

By beansss Wednesday, May 24, 2017 28,095 2,203 0

On May 24, KBS put out its list of newly released songs for the week which did not pass their broadcasting inspections.

It's been revealed that FIESTAR Yezi's upcoming solo title track "Anck Su Namum" was deemed unfit for broadcast due to cursing, derogatory terms, and slang terms in its lyrics. VIXX's "Black Out" from their 4th mini album 'Shangri-La' has also been deemed unfit for expressing physical interactions between a male and female. Gummy's pre-release track "A Knowing" produced by Leessang's Gil was deemed unfit for mentions of specific brand names.

Two additional songs from LOCO's new EP 'Bleached' were also listed.

KCH • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

C'mon kbs. Stop being such a buzzkill. Everyone else allowed it. Y u gotta be like dat?!

partyfan2013 • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

OK, I know that KBS is a family-oriented television network and all but I still would like it if they can entirely scale back on the strict censorship and focus on censoring out songs with actual problematic content, not based on brand names and such other stuff like that, so to speak. It's always a good thing that censorship is a whole lot more relaxed in different countries all around the world, including Japan and especially the United States. Hopefully South Korea will be relaxed with their censorship pretty soon enough, in a few years or so.

Abeamus • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Good job Yezi and Vixx you got banned from KBS, it means you are doing something right.

BTSiGOT7 • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

lol.. kbs always banning songs but when comes to kisses and bed scenes KBS shoots most of them in their dramas.. hahahaha i never know vixx song that interaction of man and a women .. i thought it was interaction of Soju/beer and Vixx ahahhahaha

Melisandre • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

"expressing physical interaction between a male and a female" it's called sex, KBS. Grow up. Also how do they know it's between male and female? ;)

ByulEri • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Too bad for you, KBS. You're missing on a masterpiece... (and Ravi with glasses, which is a blessing in itself <3 )

ByulEri • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

So maybe it's just me but the lyrics of Black Out don't seem that bad ? I mean, yes, it is entirely about a night of "physical interaction between a male and a female" but I expected much worse (have you even listened to Secret Night ?) XD

KCH ByulEri • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Hell hot enough had me shocked when I read the lyrics xD this song, not so much. It's definitely not as sexual as some of their other songs that's for sure

ByulEri KCH • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Thanks, I totally forgot about Hot enough (how did I even managed to do that ?) 😂 VIXX has way too many sexy songs ^^

KCH ByulEri • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

That they do ;) I love them all the more for it