In a recent interview, Lee Jung Jae, protagonist of ‘Round 6’, revealed which K-pop groups would survive the dreaded games in the series
Promotions for the second season of “Round 6”, one of Netflix’s biggest hits, are still in full swing! This week, the actors Lee Jung Jae andLee Byung Hunperformers of Song Gi Hun and Front Man, respectively, participated in the “Hot Ones Versus” challenge, where they had to answer questions while eating spicy chicken.
Among the questions, Byung Hun asked Jung Jae which K-pop groups, including TWICE, BLACKPINK and BTS, would have the best chance of surviving “Round 6”, according to your own opinion.
Despite catching the actor off guard, Gi Hun’s interpreter said that, for him, BLACKPINK would be the group most likely to survive, followed by BTS and, finally, TWICE. When asked by a colleague about the reason for his decision, Jung Jae surprised by revealing that there was no great reasoning behind it, where he said with a laugh that “I simply like them a lot in that order”.
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BLACKPINK’s connection with ‘Round 6’
It is worth remembering that, since the first season, BLACKPINK has had a curious connection with “Round 6”. According to the director Hwang Dong-hyuk In a statement to Netflix, since the uniforms of the game’s “managers”, initially composed of black and pink, recalled the aesthetics of the K-pop group, he decided to match the colors of the famous coffins of the eliminated players to the colors used by the girl group.
Furthermore, in the credits of the first season, it is also possible to find the name of Jennie in the “Special Thanks” section. This is because, at the time of recording, the artist visited the recording set to support her friend Jung HoyeonKang Sae Byeok’s performer, and sent a foodtruck to the studio to show his support.
Blink and you might miss Jennie’s name in the Squid Game credits but star HoYeon Jung made sure the world knew her real-life buddy was ahead of the curve when it came to being a No. 067 stan pic.twitter.com/6pW27EER4f
— Netflix (@netflix) October 1, 2021
In an interview at the time, Jung Jae recalled the affectionate act, where he said: “Hoyeon and Jennie they are great friends. Jennie he even visited us with a coffee foodtruck and I remember going ‘Wow, it’s the Jennie by BLACKPINK'”.
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