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A US artist who has worked alongside BTS spoke about SM Entertainment ‘s comments about the group, sparking allegations of sabotage. One of BTS’s most memorable moments after the debut was their show Bangtan Boys American Hustle Life. One of the people involved was songwriter Nate Walka, who acted as a mentor on the show, along with Tony Jones and others.
Recently, Nate Walker did an interview speaking about his experiences with BTS on the show. In the video, Nate Walka spoke about his experience with BTS and the hit show. Nate explained that listening to BTS even before the show was the reason he wanted to join.
[Video could not be displayed] Nate shocked fans after he implied that SM had tried to sabotage the show in some way by trying to persuade him not to do the show by trying to get him to work with EXO. At this time, there was this writing camp for EXO going on. I believe EXO had a number one record at the time, and their camp was trying to get me to not do the show and come and work with EXO.
— Nate Walka [Video could not be displayed] In particular, Nate alluded that SM didn’t believe BTS were going to amount to huge stars, as he added that there were a lot of doubters in the past. They were saying, ‘BTS, they’re not..
.’ Believe it or not, there was a lot of doubters of them, saying they felt like it was an experiment and that it wasn’t going to, they were calling them a filler kind of group. — Nate Walka [Video could not be displayed] The clip quickly went viral on social media.
sm really tried to downplay bts during their rookie years because this is crazy sm tried to get american hustle life to not have bts on the show because they doubted them and thought they were a filler group and called them an experiment...
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twitter.com/FJ6f5zEAiP — hopeeeworld💟🫶🏽 (@dimplelover875) April 20, 2025 Netizens called out SM Entertainment and accused them of trying to ruin and sabotage BTS from the moment they debuted. SM tried to Sabotage this little boys who only have the Passion in their eyes & Dreams.
.. Passion in the eyes,,so strong that one of biggest company In S.
K felt threatened 🫠.. https://t.
co/LCi3tHEhGF pic.twitter.com/pBEnkNjIoh — SereneSoul7 (@SereneSoul07) April 21, 2025 gotta give credits to SM for foreshadowing BTS’ global success ahead of their time cause wdym you saw nugu BTS from a small and unknown company called big hit entertainment as a threat and tried to get rid of them in their earliest days 💀 this is prophecy, SM saw the vision — lia7 (@storyofpjm) April 21, 2025 sorry did sm think exo could pull up in front of warren g and write lyrics in a day i cant stop laughingngng or stand in front of COOLIO he'd have asked for his paycheck back😭 it's how you know those kpop companies don't know shit abt music genres https://t.
co/TIRMUjVt6H pic.twitter.com/9GIiPv9oiS — ؘؘ (@jminahs) April 21, 2025 SM biggest fear (fact).
pic.twitter.com/wnRew1X9EP https://t.
co/ikY0SaWu9E — 산 San7 🩷 💛 (@twicietannies) April 21, 2025 You can watch the whole video below. Getting confirmation in 2025 that SM tried to ruin BTS since they were a fetus is wild https://t.co/ZIJgm67mqz — oomfenshmirtz (@o_biennis) April 21, 2025 BTS The BTS Members Who Are The Best At Writing Lyrics, Ranked BTS’s J-Hope Inappropriately Touched By Multiple Fans During Recent Concert Which Male Korean Celebrity Wore Valentino’s Sexy Mesh Top Best? Vote Now! BTS’s V Wins Military Police Excellence Award Despite Several Injuries See more BTS.
