But on Tuesday, they were making headlines off a different sort.

A reality TV episode showing the band holding a newly born panda was pulled after accusations from China that the group mishandled a national treasure.

The footage showed the band holding the baby panda in a teaser clip ad on YouTube earlier this month.

But some Chinese media and commentators were outraged.

They criticized the band for touching the panda with their bare hands while wearing too much makeup, saying it threatened the young cubs Health.

A social media storm, followed with comments firing off on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, and as of Tuesday, there were 55,000 posts with the hashtag black pink touched panda cub Wrongly.

The full episode was meant to have Bean broadcast on November 7th but has been postponed, according to the group's music label, YG Entertainment.

Although it defended the production, saying that the band disinfected at every step and war protective clothing, food BOW, The first panda to be born in south Korea was introduced to the public last week after its parents arrived in 2016 from China as part off China's panda diplomacy.