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Stray Kids member Han Jisung apologises for racist and insulting lyrics he wrote before joining the K-pop boy band
- Clips of a song Han wrote circulating on the internet have lyrics that contain slurs and insensitive language, including the Korean equivalent of the ‘N’ word
- Han was only 13 years old when he wrote the lyrics and was trying to make it as a rapper during his ‘irresponsible, younger days’
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A member of K-pop boy band Stray Kids has apologised after it emerged that he wrote racist lyrics as a teenager.
Han Jisung came under fire on Tuesday when clips of a song he wrote before joining the boy band started circulating on the internet. The song’s lyrics include slurs and insensitive language, including the Korean equivalent of the “N” word.
In the song, Han also disparages foreigners working in South Korea and uses terms that seemingly stigmatise mental health issues.
Han, who uses his surname as his stage name, posted a handwritten letter to Instagram later in the day after the controversy spread online. In it, he apologised for writing the lyrics around 2013, when he was 13 years old.
He said he would reflect on his past behaviour that potentially affected people who had given him love and support.
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