NCT’s Park Jisung vs Stray Kids’ Han Jisung: How the wrong K-pop idol was dragged into alleged N-word scandal

A fan posted, ‘non nctzens, stop dragging park jisung into this mess. han and park jisung are two completely different ppl so stop taking advantage of the issue’

NCT’s Park Jisung was confused with Stray Kids’ Han Jisung in a name mix-up (NCT Dream Instagram/ RealStrayKids Instagram)

NCT’s Park Jisung has been dragged in an alleged internet scandal involving Stray Kids’ Han Jisung. NCTizens, as NCT fans are called, began trending the K-pop star’s name with various heartwarming hashtags to clear up the searches. Some of the hashtags included Park Jisung Best Boy, Park Jisung ace and more. Here’s how the mix-up took place.

In an Internet scandal, Stray Kids’ Han Jisung was accused of using the N-word in a pre-debut rap song that has been reportedly deleted from YouTube. Some Twitter users provided translation for the alleged rap where the 20-year-old has used some offensive words. The users claimed that the singer was thirteen while writing the rap song so he needs to be educated rather than canceled.

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Amid the allegations and K-pop fans sharing their opinions, NCT’s Park Jisung’s name was dragged as users mixed up the two. A fan posted, “non nctzens, stop dragging park jisung into this mess. han and park jisung are two completely different ppl so stop taking advantage of the issue rn if ure just there to spread hāte on nct” To clear up the confusion, NCT fans took it to Twitter to post pictures of the two K-pop idols back to back and share that they are different.

Along with that, NCTizens also started posting all about Park Jisung to clear up the mixed-up search results. A fan shared fan cams of the NCT maknae’s dancing with the caption “park jisung nct dream’s maknae, who was very passionate into dancing since his young age, now ready to dominate the world with his talents. no one does it like him! park jisung ace!”

Another shared, “This park jisung, our talented park jisung, NCT’s maknae and main dancer!” A fan spoke for all sharing “Park Jisung Never Fails To Make You Smile!” Another shared, “park jisung is the sunshine of my life, he has a sweet smile! he’s a very strong man and he’s special to me!”

When the controversy escalated on social media, Jisung took to the Stray Kids’ official Instagram and shared an apology. In a handwritten letter, he sincerely said sorry along with a translation in English.”

The post continued, “He was still pretty bad during his trainee times, he got into fights with almost all the members. He had calmed down a lot, but I hope he and the rest of stray kids educate themselves more on racial issues. In 2018, he did suggest that Changbin gets reggae hair, and was really surprised when Felix shut down Woojin when Woojin suggested Felix get dreads.”

NCT Dream consists of Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung and joined forces with the rest of NCT in the 2020 NCT’s project ‘NCT 2020 Resonance Pt 1’ and ‘NCT 2020 Resonance Pt 2’.

Their track ‘Déjà Vu’ received a sea of applause worldwide as the song also made it to Metro’s Top 20 K-pop comeback songs. Stream ‘Déjà Vu’ here:

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