Previously in early February, ZB1’s Sung Hanbin held a livestream, in which he covered the recent solo title song of Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon, “To.X”.
However, instead of using the official sound from Taeyeon as the background music for his cover, Sung Hanbin used an “AI cover” of “To.X” with the voice of EXO’s Baekhyun, leading to heavy criticisms from both Baekhyun and Taeyeon’s fans.
In fact, the action of using an AI cover instead of the original artist’s version can be at most considered careless, and shouldn’t lead to strong reactions. However, Taeyeon’s “To.X” carries the message of leaving an ex-lover, and Taeyeon and Baekhyun used to be romantically involved, leading to the use of Baekhyun AI cover extremely sensitive to both the artists and fans.
Due to Sung Hanbin’s suddenly involving Baekhyun with his cover, Taeyeon and Baekhyun’s past relationship is being discussed again, angering fans.
In China, where Baekhyun has a huge fanbase, keywords related to Sung Hanbin’s action have trended on No.4 of the Entertainment hot topic chart on SNS platform Weibo. Additionally, criticisms directed at Sung Hanbin on SNS platform X also drew massive attention, with many comments agreeing with the negative sentiment.
So far, while Sung Hanbin himself has not spoken up, fans of the male idol are defending him.
It seems that ZB1 has been facing one issue to another, starting with Gunwook being falsely accused of flirting with a sasaeng fan to Jiwoong being accused of cursing after a fancall.
Source: K Crush
