This whole year was plagued by bulling accusation; idols, actors and athletes had to apologize to their victims and face backlash, some lost their careers, others got away with a slap on their wrist, and some were falsely accused and had to prove their innocence. There were also some dating scandals and lots of disbanding news. So here are the most important k-pop scandals of 2021.
Hyun Bin & Son Ye Jin “New Years Couple”
Gugudan "Disbandment”
AOA Yuna “Left FNC and group”
GOT7 “All members left JYPE”
Momoland Nancy "Molka incident”
Iron “Suicide”
BTOB “Some members were criticized for supporting Ilhoon″
G-Friend Sowon “Posted pictures hugging a nazi mannequin, “Kitler” nickname”
Stray Kids Han “Past racist lyrics came to light”
CLC Elkie "Left Cube and CLC”
SM Entertainment “Fined for tax evasion, again”
(G)-Idle Soojin, SEVENTEEN Mingyu, Stray Kids Hyunjin, ITZY Lia etc. “Bullying accusations”
BigBang G-Dragon & BlackPink Jennie “Dating Scandal”
T-ara Soyeon and Jiyeon “Had to deal with death threads and stalkers”
APRIL and Somin “Accused of bullying former APRIL member Hyunjoo, DSP filed lawsuit against her but lost”
APRIL Naeun & Ajax Yunyoung “Dating Scandal”
Oh My Girl Seunghee “Harassed by rapper Tank”
1TEAM “Disbandment”
IZ*ONE “Disbandment”
TVXQ Yunho “Broke Covid-19 curfew, went to illegal hostess bar, lied about arrest"
Berry Good “Disbandment”
DAY6 Jae “Criticized for his sexual jokes on Twitch, and other comments”
INFINITE Sungyyu, Sungyeol and Dongwoo “Left Woollim Entertainment”
Hotshot “Disbandment”
JBJ95 “Filed lawsuit to terminate contracts with their agency”
Kim Junghyun and Seo Yeji “Criticized for mistreating colleagues and staff”
Cignature “Yeah and Sunn left the group”
APINK Naeun “Left the agency and joined YG Entertainment”
Takeuchi Miyu "Left Mystic Story Entertainment, sells NFTs now”
9Muses Ryu Sera "Revealed she was kicked out of group by CEO and he physically threatened her”
ITZY Lia “Lost lawsuit against her alleged bullying victim”
Sandara Park “Left YG Entertainment”
MOMOLAND Hyebin & UNB Marco “Dating Scandal”
GOT7 Jay B “Accidentally showed a wall of nude women images on Insta”
G-Friend “Disbandment”
After School Lizzy “DUI”
Ravi “Made a song referencing Red Velvet in a sexual way”
MAMAMOO Wheein “Left RBW Entertainment”
SISTAR Dasom "Left Starship Entertainment"
Gain "Fined for illegal propofol use"
TS Entertainment "Mostly ceased operations”
Ex-AOA Mina “Repeatedly spiraled mentally, people turning against her, lawsuit against the man who attacked her as teenager etc.”
Ex-EXO Kris Wu “Charged with sexual assault in China, blackballed”
Ex-April Hyunjoo “Left DSP Entertainment”
Ex-Beast Jang Hyunseung “Left Cube Entertainment”
Ex-BigBang Seungri “Sentenced to 3 years in prison for “Burning Sun” crimes”
(G)-IDLE Soojin “Left the group”
ITZY Ryujin & NCT Haechan “Dating Rumor”
iKON Bobby “Announced baby and marriage”
NCT Lucas “Exposed by ex-girlfriends as cheater, hiatus”
aespa “Winter’s problematic behavior towards animals”
Lee Min Ho & Yeonwoo “Dating Rumor”
U-KISS “Disbandment”
Elris “Disbandment”
SONAMOO “Disbandment”
China Ban “Blocking k-pop and excessive fan behavior further”
Red Velvet Joy & Crush “Dating Scandal”
SISTAR Soyou "Left Starship Entertainment”
LABOUM Yujeong “Left group and agency”
Block B P.O "Left Seven Seasons Entertainment”
LOONA “Blockberry Creative in financial difficulties”
Ex-Girls Generation Jessica “Fashion company embroiled in lawsuit over unpaid debt”
BTS V “Dating rumor he denied. Accidentally followed/unfollowed BP Jennie on Instagram”
Kim Taeyeon “Real estate speculation scam”
Lovelyz “Disbandment”
BLACKSWAN “Members Fatou and Leia bullying controversy”
CLC Sorn “Left Cube and CLC”
VOISPER “Disbandment”
BTS Jimin & Lovelzy Yein “Dating Rumor”
NCT “Members apologize for singing during Jeju earthquake alert”
2PM Chansung “Announced baby and marriage, left JYPE”
BlackPink Jisoo “Criticized for Snowdrop and her acting”
BTS Jungkook & Lee Yubi “Dating Rumor”
LOONA Heejin & D1CE Jinyoung “Dating Rumor”
BTS RM “Dating Rumor”
