demolishing the quote “iKON are YG favorites” once and for all:
A THREAD (full of mistreatments) WITH RECEIPTS

they had to go through two reality survival programs, WIN and M&M (2013-2014) to be able to debut as a group. during these programs they suffered from incredible psychological pressure (especially hanbin)

bobby and hanbin were sent to SMTM and yang hyunsuk told bobby that he needed to win in order to stay in the company. in the end, he won. first and only idol to ever do so

iKON debuted september 15 2015 and started touring in the beginning of 2016 without doing an all 7 variety show; they did 28 concerts, 12 in 6 days

YG made them go through another survival show, this time in China; they had to sleep on floors because they were touring and flying back and forth from Korea to China

during the second tour, that got extended into 2017, hanbin got injured in his eye. the company made a statement that he wouldn’t perform because of his injury but when people asked for refunds they made him go up on stage

during these tours bobby had trouble breathing because of the exhausting schedules; instead of protecting their artist, they made him go up on stage with oxygen masks in hand

they made them appear on TV with old black boots and repainted them white to make it look like they were brand new

love scenario, the nation’s anthem, was rejected three times before YG allowed it to be released

I don’t wanna talk about all the mistreatments hanbin had to experience after June 12 because I don’t wanna get even more emotional and angry; we all know about them

iKON got mistreated even after hanbin had to leave them: they had to go on tour not even a month after and they were clearly devastated.
I will not insert the photos of the first concert without him because I don’t think it’s respectful, but you know what I’m referring to

jinhwan broke into tears and YG used that clip for promo, as if he was crying because he was so happy to finally see iKONICS. awful, disgusting and disrespectful

we begged the company to change dive’s choreography because of the pain bobby was going through but they never listened

remember when yang hyunsuk took all of his artists out to eat dinner EXCEPT iKON? he did it only in 2018 just because love scenario was a huge phenomenon that brought incredible amounts of money to the company

let’s not talk about when YG told the boys not to post random and “without a meaning” photos on THEIR PERSONAL IG....and then hanbin posted this pic right here with the caption “I’m posting a photo without a meaning”: we stan the supreme leader

just look at this

one of the things that worried me the most was donghyuk’s extreme and unhealthy weight loss. you can see the difference between 2015 and 2016

now let me go off topic for a sec: i wanna thank their managers, for always being there for them

in conclusion: BOYS LEAVE THAT AGENCY