BTS fans were upset when the group was suddenly called by some netizens to boycott and disband. The reason is related to the solo success of youngest brother Jungkook.

With his first solo album Golden, Jungkook broke most records of a K-pop solo artist – Photo: Big Hit

On November 12, the band BTS was suddenly pushed by a few groups of netizens with the hashtag “Boycott BTS” (Boycott BTS) and “BTS disband” (BTS disbanded) on platform X.

Concerned about the negative impact of these hashtags, Army – the BTS fan community – joined forces to push positive hashtags about the group to the top trending of X, such as “BTS is 7 people”, “BTS forever forever”.

What is the reason behind the above negative wave?

Jungkook’s solo was successful, BTS was called… to disband

On November 12, Billboard announced his first solo album Golden of Jungkook – the youngest member and main vocalist of BTS – debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with the number record consumption.

Specifically, Golden sold 210,000 units, while the number one album was 1989 (Taylor’s Version) with 245,000 units.

With this result, Golden still sets the record for the highest-selling album by a K-pop solo artist on Billboard 200. And the album’s sales number has surpassed many albums that topped the Billboard 200 at other times.

Some Korean newspapers expressed regret for just lacking a little luck, if they did not release an album close to the time of “currently America’s number one music superstar”. Taylor Swift, maybe Jungkook got first place.

Despite missing the top spot on the Billboard 200, Jungkook’s solo album is still considered a great success as he broke many different records for a K-pop solo artist.

Some netizens on X suddenly called for BTS to disband or be boycotted, making the group’s fan community angry – Photo: Screenshot

He was described by The Atlantic as “chasing his own dream of pop stardom”, forecast by NME as ” ;king of pop” of the future.

His performance in Times Square (New York, USA) on November 9 attracted 10,000 on-site viewers , causing a stir on social networks.

Since then, some of Jungkook’s extreme fans believe that he should go solo instead of continuing to work with BTS.

“He’s so talented, I was a new fan before Golden debuted but he should go solo, please Don’t waste this talent” was a top comment in the hashtag “BTS disbanded”. Accompanying it is the hashtag “JK go solo”.

In addition, the hashtag “Boycott BTS” This is related to the fact that some extremists believe that Army – the group’s common fan community – did not enthusiastically support the album Golden.

To repel these calls and negative information, the Army community has brought positive hashtags to the trending top of X with hundreds of thousands of posts, such as: “BTS is 7 people”, “BTS forever”, “BTS opens the way”…

BTS fans pushed positive messages for the group to X’s trending top on November 12 – Photo: Screenshot

Jungkook “disturbed” because of the private life of the dancer and the CEO

Besides the reason for solo achievements, this noise also comes from the personal lives of the people who collaborated with Jungkook this time.

First is Scooter Braun – an American music mogul who once managed Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Ariana Grande… and is the CEO of HYBE-America, the US headquarters of HYBE – the parent corporation of the group BTS.

Scooter Braun is also one of the people who had a big impact on Jungkook’s decision to make the album Golden.

But Scooter Braun was also hated by a part of the audience as an enemy and bought all of Taylor Swift’s recordings  , making the female singer angry and having to re-record all of her albums.

At the same time, Braun’s (a Jew) recent stance on the 2023 Israel-Hamas war was also considered controversial by some K-pop fans.

Jungkook is not involved in the private lives of his collaborators – Photo: Big Hit

Not only Scooter Braun, dancers collaborated with Jungkook during the promotion of Golden and singles < a i=3>Seven, 3D, Standing Next to You was also found to have controversial political views, or had a “scandal” on social networks.

These controversies suddenly made Jungkook “disturbed” because of that, a small group of audiences called for a boycott of the album Golden, while the male singer could not take responsibility for his personal problems. people around me.

This boycott trend is not large, but it is still enough to agitate Jungkook’s extreme fans, or anti-fans of the group, leading them to call… to boycott BTS.

“BTS is more important than my solo career”

Against the unreasonable objections aimed at BTS and calling for Jungkook to go solo, Army cited many recent interviews in which Jungkook always affirmed the importance of BTS to him.

During a livestream via the Weverse application, he declared: “BTS is more important than my solo career”.

For a long time, BTS has been famous for being close like brothers, not just colleagues in the same group – Photo: Big Hit

Despite affirming his dream of becoming “a giant pop star”, the male singer emphasized that he misses BTS very much and look forward to the group’s return in 2025.

“Becoming a solo artist and working solo, there are times when I really miss BTS. When I’m in the waiting room, standing alone on stage or eating with the staff, I feel empty when you guys aren’t by my side.” – the youngest member of BTS told Billboard magazine.