It is a known fact that South Korean boyband BTS enjoys massive popularity and has fans all across the globe. Besides receiving immense love, the septet also had to face their share of hatred. Recently, Bantan member Kim Taehyung aka V received threats on the fan site Weverse from an account which also called him ‘talentless’ among many other things. However, BTS’ fandom, ARMYs, were quick to rally behind Tae and show him their support. Fans took to Twitter to urge their agency Hybe to take action and also trended #HYBE TAKE ACTION and #PROTECT TAEHYUNG on the microblogging site.
One Tweet read, “PROTECT TAEHYUNG HYBE TAKE ACTION ASAP This is not the 1st time Taehyung’s openly getting threats on a social platform like @weverseofficial it’s seriously concerning to see people are freely posting dts and yet no action is being take to prevent it @HYBEOFFICIALtwt @BIGHIT_MUSIC." Another tweet read, “WE LOVE YOU KIM TAEHYUNG♥︎ My baby, My home, My love."
Fans are also mass mailing BIGHIT Music. Take a look at Twitter reactions:
PROTECT TAEHYUNGHYBE TAKE ACTION ASAPThis is not the 1st time Taehyung’s openly getting threats on a social platform like @weverseofficial it’s seriously concerning to see people are freely posting dts and yet no action is being take to prevent it@HYBEOFFICIALtwt @BIGHIT_MUSIC pic.twitter.com/fQF1we1lUR— Minh Thư (@MinhThi96363100) August 19, 2022
WE LOVE YOU KIM TAEHYUNG♥︎ My baby, My home, My love. Free this baby from all of your sh*ts!! LEAVE TAEHYUNG ALONEWE LOVE YOU TAEHYUNG PROTECT TAEHYUNG HYBE TAKE ACTION ASAP pic.twitter.com/s4wI89wUcK
— Kim Dowoo⁷♡ 'stu-dying' (@BANGTAN13six13) August 19, 2022
the amount of hate and de4th thre4ts is getting on weverse is very alarming. god this is getting out of hand. HYBE TAKE ACTION ASAP AND PROTECT YOUR ARTIST @HYBEOFFICIALtwt @BIGHIT_MUSIC @weverseofficial— vee ☀️ (@taenycart) August 19, 2022
PROTECT YOUR ARTISTS. WEVERSE IS SUPOSSED TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR THE MEMBERS.ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME TAEHYUNG HAS RECEIVED THESE KIND OF THREATS ON THIS PLATFORM. PROTECT TAEHYUNGHYBE TAKE ACTION ASAP@weverseofficial @HYBEOFFICIALtwt@BIGHIT_MUSIC
— PROTECT TAEHYUNG ☆ (@prkvnt) August 19, 2022
PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO MASS EMAIL BIGHIT ‼️‼️PROTECT TAEHYUNGHYBE TAKE ACTION ASAP@weverseofficial @HYBEOFFICIALtwt @BIGHIT_MUSIC pic.twitter.com/r2J80ecywR
— ༊*·˚️| ME, MYSELF & JUNGKOOK | semi-ia (@purple_taegguk) August 19, 2022
BTS recently announced their hiatus as a group to focus on solo projects. Following that, Kim Taehyung was seen in In the Soop: Friendcation with his Wooga Squad. The series featured Park Seo-joon, BTS singer V, Choi Woo-shik, Park Hyung-sik and Peakboy. The four-episode series was a spin-off of the popular series IN THE SOOP. The series is backed by the label HYBE, the agency behind BTS and TXT.
BTS consists of RM, Jin, Jimin, Suga, J-Hope, V, and Jungkook.
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