Recently, ARMYs seem to be quite annoyed by HYBE's negligence in protecting BTS members when they have overseas schedules. In some of the members' trips, HYBE is said to not provide enough bodyguards and managers to support and protect the members' safety at the airport or during the schedule.
Most recently, that was the case of j-hope when he returned from Tokyo, Japan. And even, j-hope encountered some problems after landing at the airport.
ARMYs are currently speaking out a lot about HYBE's irresponsibility towards j-hope, but there are also mixed opinions about the reaction of some ARMYs:
The current BTS members are maintaining solo activities and therefore they often have different schedules. Usually in public schedules and not in the private lives of the members, HYBE always has bodyguards and managers accompanying them to protect and take care of the members.
However, recently, in some of BTS' trips, there were cases where there was not any staff or manager with them. This makes ARMYs feel worried because leaving the members alone in a crowded place will be potentially dangerous. Not to mention there was no one to stop the crowd from approaching them with various intentions.
Most recently, the case of j-hope returning from Tokyo, Japan made ARMYs angry and spoke up. j-hope went to Japan to promote HYBE's new pop-up here and then returned to Korea.
However, when he was discovered returning from Japan at Incheon Airport, j-hope went alone and without any manager or bodyguard to accompany him while the crowd gathered around waiting for j-hope. Unfortunately, he also had some trouble when he landed at the Korean airport.
That is the fact that j-hope was said to have lost his luggage at the airport and had to personally deal with the matter. There was a woman who made a mistake in taking her suitcase and she mistakenly took j-hope's suitcase. Then j-hope was embarrassed when he couldn't find his suitcase and took a moment to find it again.
Not only that, when j-hope walked out, there were many people around him including reporters, journalists and fans and even non-fans. Fortunately, nothing bad happened to him, but the crowd surrounding j-hope still makes ARMYs feel anxious with the situation if it continues to happen.
While this is normal for many people in most cases, it's worth mentioning that j-hope is no ordinary person. As one of the most prominent Korean celebrities in the entire world, traveling without protection could put him in danger.
Moreover, he has returned from a business-related schedule, so having a manager or bodyguard to accompany him is reasonable and should be guaranteed by HYBE. The famous HYBE has about a hundred employees in its management team and a lot of bodyguards. Fans wondered why not one of the hundreds of managers or bodyguards did not accompany him on this trip to avoid mishaps.
A lot of ARMYs criticized the company for not giving enough attention to j-hope:
- Huh, that’s kinda… There’s no bodyguard or manager. It’s too much.
- F*ck, I hope HYBE goes down.
- Wow, they really need to be chewed out for this.
- Impossible. Where did the hundred management staff go to?
- yall really go let hobi run around the airport ALONE find his luggage when someone took it, no manger or bodyguard???? on top of that he is the only soloist member who had no radio album. tf is wrong with you hybe
- Artists are not your regular worthless self who can walk around airports hauling their luggage. Its is why they sign a contract with a management agency to provide security among many other things. Bighit is legally binded to provide these things for j-hope
- j-hope went to Tokyo to help promote your new boy group and pop-up exhibition. Why was he alone on his flight back to Korea? Where was his manager or bodyguard? It's your responsibility to guarantee the safety of your artist
- @HYBEOFFICIALtwt need to apologise and promise it will not happen again. This was such bad incompetence. Apologise to j-hope
- They could’ve spent time and effort ACTUALLY WORKING and doing the right thing the first time.
- I know they aren’t kids and should be allowed to do this like any normal person, but sadly they aren’t, Celebrities go around with bodyguards for a reason, it’s because of their safety and we have seen stalkers traveling on the plane with them
On the other hand, some fans think this behavior is normal. As an adult, j-hope is fully capable of fending for himself:
- Fact: the only thing Hobi was in danger from at the airport was the psycho sasaengs filming him. Remove them from the equation and let him live a normal adult life, I beg, he’s not a fkn child. No one helps me when I can’t find my luggage ffs
- i still can’t believe some of y’all were upset that hobi, a 28 year old man, was walking around on his own in an airport
- That man is not a child, he can do things on his own
- THAT PART. Losing your luggage is part of adulthood
- He’s fine! There’s some choppy, edited video that surfaced of him running around at the airport sans security for a bit supposedly looking for his luggage, and solos are calling out the company for not protecting him
Despite that, others feel that if he goes on a business trip, he should be fully taken care of by his management. Now, HYBE hasn't said anything about this problem.
