A newly formed boy band backed by Simon Cowell is already facing intense backlash online… despite not having released a single song yet.
On December 14, a short clip from the Netflix series Simon Cowell: The Next Act began circulating across social media platforms. In the viral footage, one member of the seven-member group openly criticizes global K-Pop phenomenon BTS, dismissing the group in a way many fans found unnecessarily hostile.
Simon Cowell announces formation of a 7-member boy band named December 10 on his Netflix show, ‘Simon Cowell: The Next Act.’ pic.twitter.com/CYhd5Xq8Rp
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 12, 2025
The group — called December 10 — which was recently assembled through Cowell’s latest project, consists of members Cruz (19), Danny (16), Hendrick (19), John (17), Josh (17), Nicolas (16), and Sean (19). None of the members have officially debuted or released original music so far.
In the clip, Cruz mocks BTS’s ability to sell out Wembley stadium and bluntly labels BTS as “terrible.”
“If BTS can sell out Wembley Stadium in flipping five minutes, we could sell out Pluto in five minutes. Another planet. Nah, I’m serious. They’re terrible.”
— Cruz of December 10
It’s a black screen because of copyrights. https://t.co/ydFYhmaYqs pic.twitter.com/P7q7Cbaj72
— Sole🌻 (@wonie_dream) December 12, 2025
The remarks quickly sparked outrage among international fans, particularly ARMYs.
simon’s new boy group speaking on bts.. LIKE WHO TF ARE YOU?? 😭😭pic.twitter.com/wJSzuEYx84
— rim ✦ (@bratzlibra) December 14, 2025
career over before it even started https://t.co/V3tnHdsNQg pic.twitter.com/WSLxG1knNH
— r⁷ (@daegustiger) December 14, 2025
As the clip continued to spread, netizens speculated that the comments were an intentional attempt to provoke controversy and gain attention ahead of the group’s debut.
This is probably Salmon Cowbell’s strategy to get them the public’s attention. Just ignore them and let them flop in silence https://t.co/shErSuElgs
— َ (@kookprintts) December 14, 2025
This is clearly ragebait. They know how big are BTS and how much talking about them bring attention from army by defending them and also from anti who will applauding them for shitting on bts. Good or bad this will just put light ont them. Lets ignore. They’re doing it for promo https://t.co/7EIE30CnLf
— Listenjazzfunky (@listenjazzfunky) December 14, 2025
