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Little Mix and BTS fans drag Simon Cowell over K-pop drama

K-pop already exists in the West - it's called 'pop'. - by Milly Haddrick
  • 06 Nov 2019

Y'all know Simon Cowell? The sassy British judge that's on the panel of nearly every talent competition show ever made? Well, he's out being a messy b*tch and BTS fans have dragged him accordingly. 

Oh, and Little Mix is royally p*ssed off too. 

WATCH: Little Mix get their own reality show!

Here's the low-down. 

Simon is currently working on a show that will be in direct competition with Little Mix's new series, and in case he wasn't done p*ssing people off, the show is meant to create a new genre of music to rival K-pop. 

 

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The face of a man who lives for drama.

So how did we get here? 

Simon had been planning on a show called X Factor All Stars, which was planing on bringing back past X Factor winners like Leona Lewis. However, in a recent interview with The Sun Simon revealed that the show had been axed in favour of a new competition: X Factor The Band. 

X Factor The Band - premiering in 2020 - is all about creating the next musical group and is literally the exact same premise for Little Mix's new show The Search. 

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Back when everyone was happy.

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Here's the tea: Little Mix's management had originally asked Simon to coproduce The Search, only for Simon to turn it down and create his own show. 

Now both parties have had a "fallout", The Search's premiere date has been bumped up, and Simon is stoked he'll be going head to head with the girl group.

"It a hundred percent makes it more exciting, there being a battle,” he said.

It's real messy up in here. 

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Little Mix on 'X Factor UK'.

Now we're going to move to a different pool of angry people: BTS fans.

When talking about X Factor The Band, here's what Simon said: "K-pop is ruling the world. This is a show to find a band to launch UK-pop.

"It’s more than winning a record contract, it’s starting a new music wave."

While Simon didn't actually bring up BTS you can see why the fans are mad. With 'UK-pop' the judge is essentially creating the same uber-successful genre of music but for English listeners, which is is not only white-washing a Korean musical genre but also ignoring the fact that pop groups do in fact exist in England. 

They're just called 'pop'. 

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BTS boyz.

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As could be expected, the BTS army is hella mad on Twitter. 

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RIP Simon, you had a good run. 

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Milly Haddrick
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Milly is the Digital Content Editor for Entertainment. A devout tea and chocolate enthusiast, Milly is a lover of all things pop culture (with a little dash of politics).

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