The BBC documentary exposing the crimes and hidden corners of Seungri’s Burning Sun scandal has aroused outrage at unforgivable acts. The public is pouring controversy and criticism towards Seungri as well as the members present in the sex chat group.
Not only that, Zico – the male idol just had a collaboration with Jennie with the song SPOT! was also caught up in a wave of criticism because of his relationship with Jung Joon Young – the leader of Seungri’s debauched chat group
Zico has a close relationship with Jung Joon Young
Specifically in 2016, Zico revealed on a variety show that Jung Joon Young had a “yellow phone” that was only used for KakaoTalk (messaging application): “ He has a yellow phone. It’s not a regular phone. He only uses it for KakaoTalk. He has a lot of contacts on there.” Jung Joon Young also added that every time Zico came over to play with him, the male idol insisted on asking to borrow his “yellow phone”, then lied down on the bed and used it naturally.
Because of the scandal involving accusations of celebrities sharing secret videos of themselves assaulting women through the KakaoTalk chat room, the online community believed that Zico was talking about the same phone that Jung Joon Young used. used for this purpose and was aware of the former singer’s terrifying crime but did not report it.
Zico once revealed that Jung Joon Young has a yellow phone that he only uses to text KakaoTalk
When the Burning Sun scandal broke out in 2019, Zico responded to Jung Joon Young’s “golden phone” reference on Instagram Story: “What I said about the phone on TV has nothing to do with the current scandal. What I saw was just contacts of acquaintances because I haven’t contacted them for a long time. Please don’t speculate.” non, I will take strong measures against malicious comments and false articles.”
Zico confirmed that he only looked at the contacts on Jung Joon Young’s phone
In September of the same year, Zico released a song titled Extreme, which contained a line that caught netizens’ attention: “I have never seen a video like that, I swear to God.” The BBC documentary seemed to revive this issue and caused netizens to demand an investigation.
However, many people stood up to defend the male singer, pointing out that there was no investigation that showed Zico was involved in the case. Even the media never hinted at Zico’s involvement in the scandal.
Some people believe that the phone he mentioned does not contain any videos but just a long list of celebrity contacts, which is why Zico is interested in this phone.
Zico was suddenly caught up in a wave of controversy because of what he shared about Jung Joon Young’s phone in 2016.
