Halsey has hit out at a German radio host who compared K-pop band BTS to the coronavirus. Matthias Matuschik sparked outrage earlier this week by having a stab at the group and was called "racist and xenophobic" by the singer for his comments.
After playing their cover of Coldplay hit Fix You, he described it as "blasphemy" – and then called the popular act "some crappy virus that hopefully there will be a vaccine for soon as well".
Pregnant Halsey was livid at his words and took to Instagram to side with the Korean boy band. She worked with them two years ago after cowriting and performing on their single Boy With Luv. "I am horrified to read the comments made by Matthias Matuschik," the 26-year-old wrote. "Racism and xenophobia cannot