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There is an audition program for band formation that anyone can apply to any’proficient musician’ in each field, such as practical music, K-pop, classical music, Korean music, rock, and EDM. It is said that they plan to select applicants based on their’skills’, regardless of age, nationality, or academic background. However, there is only one exception. The point is that the applicant must be’male’. JTBC’s’Super Band 2′, which is scheduled to air in the first half of 2021, is controversial that only’males’ can apply. Looking at the application requirements for the program website, “A vocalist who likes and sings songs regardless of stage experience”, “A player of traditional Korean musical instruments such as Gayageum, Geomungo, Haegeum, and Ajaeng”, and “A musician who is raising his dream of becoming a musician with his outstanding musical talent. It is promoting that anyone can apply regardless of genre and age, such as “Teenagers”. At the same time, however, it is said that only “male musicians” can apply. There is no separate explanation for the relationship between band music or musicians’ skills and’gender’. An official of’Super Band 2’said, “It was a program designed to create a male band, so restrictions on application requirements were inevitable.” The restrictions on’Men-limited’ support of’Super Band’ were already controversial even in Season 1, which aired in 2019. At the time, PD Kim Hyung-joong of this program said in an interview with a media outlet, “The plan is to create a global band like Maroon Five. So, in the early season, to clarify the direction, I went to men-oriented,” he said. “If the program goes well, I am willing to produce a female member-oriented or a season that includes women.” Season 1 was followed by the production of season 2 with observable grades, such as the highest viewership rating of 3.7%, but the application requirements for’male’ only did not change. An official of’Super Band 2’explained, “The intention is to keep open to expanding the application requirements to women in the future.” Among netizens, criticisms such as’I can’t understand the reason for choosing only male musicians’ and’Gender restrictions are anachronistic’ are pouring out. On the bulletin board of JTVC’s ombudsman program, more than 100 articles with the title’Condemning the conditions for gender discrimination’ have been posted. These articles are “an unfair act that clearly deprives female musicians of their chances and strengthens the gender-discriminate gaze.” He pointed out that because of a narrow accident, he condemned the program that was made only for male musicians to participate.”
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Criticism from female musicians continues. Singer Oh Ji-eun said on her Twitter, “Again, only men in the super band? However, I am even more angry because I think I know the flow of the thoughts why I decided to do so.”, and Yoon Soo of the band’New Boy’ shared an article on his Instagram that criticized the application requirements of Super Band 1 . I’m Soo-yoon Soo, the front person of the world-class band New Boy. I am a woman.” There are criticisms that the program has brought about controversy by introducing’proficiency’ and at the same time placing’gender’, which is not related to skill, as a limiting requirement. Kim Yoon-ha, a popular music critic, pointed out that “the biggest problem is that there doesn’t seem to be a special reason for creating a band composed of’males’.” Critic Kim said, “Even though we try to be good at selecting men and women separately because of the genre characteristics like the series, it does not explain the reason why women should be excluded for two consecutive seasons. It must be the purpose of creating, but other than this, I cannot find any special reason in the musical or planning part. “It’s a ridiculous limiting requirement that reads as if gender is a’skill’.” By Lim Jae-woo, staff reporter [email protected]