The albums from BTS and Blackpink are supposed to lift K-pop from its current scandals. But another controversy has blown up over tactics used by the fans of the two groups in the battle to conquer the album charts.
There is talk that Blackpink fans paid streaming service Spotify to ensure that a Blackpink advertisement is played first before a BTS track can be listened to.
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