Boston's 103.3FM censored K-Pop group 2NE1's single "I Am The Best" over misheard N-word lyrics in the chorus part, Pop Dust reported.
The radio station apparently misunderstood the Korean word "naega," which mean "I" as the said K-pop song title in Korean is "Naega jeil jal naga."
"I Am The Best" was first heard as the background music of the Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 tablet laptop commercial. Since August, Microsoft has been airing the K-pop song in commercials around the world without censoring its lyrics.
Radio stations in Boston and New York then started to play it in October, according to Kpop Starz.
The K-pop song went on to rank number one in Billboard's World Digital Songs chart before it dropped to the second spot behind Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo' Ole's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."
In the week ending Oct. 12, "I Am The Best" sold 3,000 copies adding to its 3,000 copies sold the prior week.
This made the song the second Korean act to top World Digital Songs, the first being Psy's "Gangnam Style," which is also currently at the third spot of the chart, according to Billboard.
Radio station 103.3FM has yet to comment on the issue censoring "I Am The Best" and to bring back the song to its uncensored version.
Watch the "I Am The Best' music video here:
Meanwhile, 2NE1's leader CL is expected to release a single in the U.S. in the Spring of 2015 under the management of Scooter Braun, who is known for managing Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and Psy.
Before CL's attempt to enter the U.S. market, 2NE1 appeared on American shows including "The Bachelor" featuring Juan Pablo Galavis where they featured the song "I Am The Best" and more recently Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model."
Other members of 2NE1 include the main dancer and lead rapper Minzy, the main vocalist Bom and the director of communications Dara.