It has been confirmed that Black Pink's new song 'Pink Venom' was judged 'unsuitable' in KBS's own deliberation and excluded from the chart of the major music program 'Music Bank'.
According to the music industry on the 5th, 'Pink Venom' was omitted from 'Music Bank''s own chart 'K-Chart' in the first week of September.
'Pink Venom' is considered unusual because it is gaining global popularity by sweeping the top of the domestic music charts and entering the top of the US Billboard's main single chart 'Hot 100'. In addition to 'Music Bank', this song topped other music programs such as MBC M's 'Show Champion', Mnet's 'M Countdown', and SBS's 'Inkigayo'. A KBS official explained, "As a result of the deliberation, the song could not be ranked because it was decided not to be broadcast." According to KBS' 'Gayo Review Result' on the 24th of last month, 'Pink Venom' was 'inappropriate' for 'violation of Article 46 of the Broadcasting Review Regulations, such as mentioning the brand of a specific product'. It seems to have taken issue with the mention of French luxury brand 'Celine' in the lyrics of 'Pink Venom'.
In this case, since terrestrial TV is the main channel for promoting new songs, it is common for the agency to revise the problematic part and request review again. However, it is known that the agency YG Entertainment did not request a reconsideration or modify the lyrics.