{"id":4351,"date":"2026-01-16T11:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:11:01","slug":"virtual-idol-appears-on-show-me-the-money-12-what-did-zico-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=4351","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Idol Appears on &#8216;Show Me The Money 12&#8217;&#8230; What Did Zico Decide?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Show Me The Money \" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0116\/1768520061086398.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kwon Irak, a member of virtual idol group SKINZ, garnered attention as the first virtual artist to appear on Mnet&#8217;s hip-hop audition program &#8216;Show Me The Money 12&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>On the first episode, which aired at 9:20 PM on the 15th, participants who passed the preliminary round performed their &#8216;no-accompaniment rap mission&#8217;. Kwon Irak competed for a pass necklace.<\/p>\n<p>SKINZ&#8217;s official social media had previously released a video of Kwon Irak&#8217;s preliminary application for &#8216;Show Me The Money 12,&#8217; drawing attention for the unconventional move. His actual appearance in the preliminaries, where he showcased his powerful rap skills, drew significant interest.<\/p>\n<p>At the preliminary venue, Kwon Irak drew attention from registration through the waiting period. Zico, who was among the judges, also expressed surprise at the first virtual contestant&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"1247\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0116\/1768520078322694.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kwon Irak, who performed for judge Zico, delivered a short but powerful rap, demonstrating his skill with a wild rapping style and a rough vocal tone, but was ultimately eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>As the first virtual singer to appear on &#8216;Show Me The Money 12,&#8217; Kwon Irak left a strong impact, raising expectations for his future musical activities.<\/p>\n<p>SKINZ, the group Kwon Irak belongs to, is gaining recognition as a virtual group that is steadily growing by presenting diverse music and content, and is anticipated to continue diverse activities.<\/p>\n<p>Image source: Mnet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwon Irak, a member of virtual idol group SKINZ, garnered attention as the first virtual artist to appear on Mnet&#8217;s hip-hop audition program &#8216;Show Me The Money 12&#8217;. On the first episode, which aired at 9:20 PM on the 15th, participants who passed the preliminary round performed their &#8216;no-accompaniment rap mission&#8217;. Kwon Irak competed for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[724,597,725],"class_list":{"0":"post-4351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv-show-drama-movie","8":"tag-hip-hop-audition","9":"tag-show-me-the-money","10":"tag-virtual-idol"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-137.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4353,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions\/4353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}