On February 17 KST, media outlet ‘Dispatch‘ claimed that it had obtained a duplicate of the voice evaluation report written by the Korea Forensic Service, which analyzed the recording of a latest fan name between ZEROBASEONE member Kim Ji Woong and a fan.
Beforehand, controversy brewed as a fan who held a fan name with the ZEROBASEONE member accused the idol of swearing instantly after ending their name, when he thought that the decision had minimize off.
In response, ZEROBASEONE’s label Wake One Leisure firmly denied the accusations and said, “We intend on checking the validity of those accusations by way of digital media forensic evaluation. We’ll uncover the reality.”
First, the analyst checked the pronunciation of phrases utilized by all audio system in two completely different movies – the video uploaded by the fan, roughly 3 minutes lengthy, and CCTV footage from the Wake One Leisure constructing.
Deciphering the formants (the broad spectral most that outcomes from an acoustic resonance of the human vocal tract) detected by the audio system within the two movies, the analyst confirmed that three phrases may very well be heard so as: 1) “Thanks” 2) “Ssibal (f**ok)” 3) “(both) Unusual or suspicious”.
Subsequent, the analyst detected no abnormalities within the sound frequency from phrase 1, to phrase 2, to phrase 3. The analyst concluded that all the sounds heard have been recorded in succession, with none clipping and enhancing.
Nonetheless, the analyst found a distinction within the wave patterns between phrase 1 and phrase 2. Based mostly on this distinction, the analyst got here to 2 conclusions.
The primary conclusion was that some type of enhancing was used to intensify the pronunciation of phrase 2 and phrase 3, because the pronunciation of those two phrases was comparably clearer than phrase 1. The second conclusion was that primarily based on the distinction in wave patterns, phrase 2 was not spoken by the identical particular person who spoke phrase 1. Phrase 3 was additionally spoken by the identical particular person who spoke phrase 1, however it’s tough to inform if the speaker of phrase 2 and phrase 3 are the identical or completely different.
Lastly, a workers member ‘D’, who was current through the fan name and listened in on Kim Ji Woong’s calls the whole time, instructed ‘Dispatch’, “I don’t bear in mind the fan name between Kim Ji Woong and the fan precisely. However I’m sure that Kim Ji Woong didn’t utter any curse phrases.”
[UPDATE]
On February 17 KST, Wake One Leisure additionally launched an official assertion shortly after the publication of the ‘Dispatch’ article above, confirming that the forensic evaluation request was made by the label by way of its authorized consultant (Legislation Agency Sejong). Wake One Leisure reiterated the contents of the report summarized by ‘Dispatch’ and guaranteed that it’ll proceed to do all it will possibly to guard its artists.
