BTS is one of the top K-pop artists and has received a lot of love from their peers thanks to their humble attitude and good personality throughout their career. They are also friends with many other celebrities, making fans admire the friendship of superstars.
However, there are also many times when the status and large fandom of K-pop superstars become an obstacle to their friendship with other celebrities. Jin and SUGA have mentioned many times that "It seems like people are uncomfortable around BTS" while RM also revealed that he started to withdraw and had difficulty connecting with people after the group became so famous.
Although there may be many other reasons, it is clear that some celebrities are afraid of being attacked by toxic fans.
Just by revealing a little about their friendship with BTS or sharing a photo together, an artist can become the focus of criticism from some toxic fans for many different reasons: from accusations of exploiting the idols' popularity to personal issues such as lifestyle, views, and ethics. In particular, female artists are even more noticed.
That is also the reason for the "fearful" and "begging ARMYs" reaction of female singer BiBi when she revealed that she had the phone numbers of 2 BTS members, RM and Jungkook. This shows that the reaction of many toxic fans has caused other celebrities to misunderstand the behavior of the entire fandom and be afraid to reveal their friendship with the group.
Specifically, in a program, female singer Bibi was asked who was the most famous person she had in her phone. Then, she surprisingly gave the answer that it was RM's number and then mentioned Jungkook's phone number.
When answering, Bibi couldn't help but feel shy and even quickly explained to other fans who watched the video that she had their numbers but wasn't as close as "many people think".
Bibi said in fear that she would receive negative reactions from ARMY after watching: "RM i guess? I don't know maybe he changed his number. ~laughs~ We are not that close. So yeah maybe RM and Jungkook I guess. I'm not close with them. I just got to know their phone numbers. ARMYs don't come for me, I didn't mean no harm we're acquaintances. I mean, this looks more suspicious... But you know I wanted to tell because you know I want no hater. You cool, you cool ARMY? I love u, I love u,I love u too. You love Me? Hey I trust you ~laughs~".
Seeing the singer's reaction of fearing that ARMYs would be upset because she had the phone numbers of some BTS members, true fans felt ashamed that toxic fans had made her afraid of fandom attacks.
Like other colleagues in the industry, it is normal for Bibi and BTS to keep in touch. True ARMYs would even be excited if they could collaborate on future projects.
They left comments hoping that the singer or other celebrities would not misunderstand things because of the rude attitude of some people who do not represent the entire fandom:
- It's so sad. Everyone had to hide BTS related things just like being friends with them even this small things like that bcz of toxic ARMY. Almost all the celebs thought we are ḅüŀŀÿ but I'm happy tannies know we aren't like that we love them so much not all the people are same
- I want some1 to tell her we mostly r problem free & do not have any issues it. The problem makers which are mostly solos & akages are perceived as army by GP. Solos starts problems for nothing & then trends stupid tags & the GP who doesn’t know the diff will say army is toxic.
- I get why she said that tho bc unfortunately there are toxic armys
- I'm sad.. other artists are scared of us but trust me real and matured Armys are sweetest people. the only problem in our fandom is that immature toxic people. They're not Armys. I love you too Bibi
- BIBI x RM when? Imagine a ѕєχy concept omg omg
- Awe luv Bibi. Would love them to have a collab with her.
- I love bibi why she thinks we are scary
- Bibiiii don't feel guilty about it babeee we love youuu
- It's so sad that people only know the protective side of our fandom but not the supportive, beautiful,caring side!!..
- Bibi.. We r okay.. We're happy that to know the boys have other celebrities friends..
- I like this for her, she’s just being real. But the “fear” instilled bec of ARMY…unfortunately…that’s not good
Meanwhile, singer Bibi is very popular with ARMYs and has also shown her connection with BTS members many times. She once attended j-hope's pre-listening party when he released his solo album Jack In The Box before his military enlistment.
Tiger JK also mentioned the musical connection between RM and Bibi in a previous interview with Rolling Stone кσяєα: "When BIBI’s song ‘Gambling should just be for fun, sir’ got released, RM was the first person to send a support message. He said he liked her music and the MV. The moment the message of support was sent, it was also the moment we should start collaborating.”
Therefore, fans expect that in the future when RM and BTS come back, there will be a collaboration with Bibi!
