HYBE Denies Accusations of Ties to Religious Cult and Chart Rigging Practices

Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC

BigHit Music reported malicious online posts made about the BTS agency to the police on Thursday. The posts primarily allege that the company has ties to an alleged religious cult and has attempted to rig music charts in the past.

In response to the allegations, BigHit Music emphasized on BTS's official Weverse account that claims regarding chart rigging practices and connections to the rumored cult Dahn World are false.

The company stated that it has collected multiple false and derogatory posts made against its artists and has reported posts and accounts that have since been deleted.
 

▲ Boy band BTS / Courtesy of BIGHIT MUSICHYBE, the parent company of BigHit Music, asserted that it will continue monitoring online communities and will take strict measures to protect the rights of its artists.

Several online posts over the weekend accused HYBE of involvement with Dahn World, a "brain training and meditation company" suspected by some to be a religious cult. Users claimed that the conglomerate used its boy bands BTS and Tomorrow X Together, as well as girl groups GFriend, NewJeans, and ILLIT, to promote Dahn World and its beliefs.

Additionally, posts referenced an incident in 2017 where HYBE was allegedly blackmailed by an individual surnamed Lee and three accomplices for purportedly using "expedient marketing strategies" while promoting BTS's album in 2015. Lee was sentenced to a year in prison, while the three others received fines.

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