diff --git a/src/structures/game_round.ts b/src/structures/game_round.ts
index 4dec8bc5b..306cdd582 100644
--- a/src/structures/game_round.ts
+++ b/src/structures/game_round.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,12 @@ export default class GameRound extends Round {
             );
         }
 
-        this.acceptedArtistAnswers = [...artistNames, ...this.artistAliases];
+        this.acceptedArtistAnswers = [
+            ...artistNames.flatMap((x) =>
+                this.extractBracketedComponentsFromName(x),
+            ),
+            ...this.artistAliases,
+        ];
 
         this.baseExp = baseExp;
         this.hintUsed = false;
@@ -682,4 +687,15 @@ export default class GameRound extends Round {
             similar: GameRound.similarityCheck(guess, cleanedArtistAliases),
         };
     }
+
+    private extractBracketedComponentsFromName(name: string): Array<string> {
+        const match = name.match(/([^\s]+) \(([^)]+)\)/);
+
+        if (match) {
+            const output = [match[1], match[2]];
+            return output;
+        } else {
+            return [name];
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/ci/game_round.test.ts b/src/test/ci/game_round.test.ts
index e0fb09862..ccc143dc3 100644
--- a/src/test/ci/game_round.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/ci/game_round.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,39 @@ describe("game round", () => {
             });
         });
 
+        describe("artist name has a bracket (indicating alternative name)", () => {
+            it("should add the alternative name as an accepted artist name", () => {
+                gameRound = new GameRound(
+                    {
+                        songName: "Good Girls in the Dark",
+                        originalSongName: "Good Girls in the Dark",
+                        hangulSongName: "상사병에 걸린 소녀들",
+                        originalHangulSongName: "상사병에 걸린 소녀들",
+                        artistName: "Yena (Choi Yena)",
+                        hangulArtistName: "최예나 (나)",
+                        youtubeLink: "abcde",
+                        publishDate: new Date(),
+                        members: "female",
+                        artistID: 3,
+                        isSolo: "y",
+                        rank: 0,
+                        views: 123456789,
+                        tags: "",
+                        vtype: "main",
+                        selectionWeight: 1,
+                    },
+                    5,
+                );
+
+                assert.deepStrictEqual(gameRound.acceptedArtistAnswers, [
+                    "Yena",
+                    "Choi Yena",
+                    "최예나",
+                    "나",
+                ]);
+            });
+        });
+
         describe("artist name has trailing or leading spaces", () => {
             it("should remove them", () => {
                 gameRound = new GameRound(