Recently, ARMYs and FEARNOTs have been celebrating the collaboration between j-hope and LE SSERAFIM on the track “Spaghetti.” For LE SSERAFIM, this marks their first single album and a new experiment in visual and musical style within their core identity of being “fearless” and “confident.” For j-hope, the project represents his first collaboration with a K-pop girl group under the same label.

Prior to this, the idols had shared a few light connections. Members of LE SSERAFIM participated in dance challenges to support j-hope’s solo releases, such as “on the street” and “Sweet Dreams.” Member Yunjin also lent her vocals to the track “i don’t know” from j-hope’s solo album.

These earlier, brief interactions were warmly received by the public, sparking high expectations for an official collaboration — and when Spaghetti finally dropped, it certainly did not disappoint fans.

However, contrary to the excitement and happiness among fans, a wave of negative reactions spread rapidly across the кσяєαn online community forum Nate Pann on the 27th. An anonymous user claimed that j-hope was to blame for LE SSERAFIM’s new single “Spaghetti” underperforming on the charts.

The user posted screenshots showing the song’s performance on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA chart, while also comparing its ranking and sales with the group’s previous comeback to support their argument. The post read: “Because J-Hope is involved, LE SSERAFIM’s latest album didn’t perform as well as the previous one. J-Hope takes up a whole minute out of a three-minute song. The lyrics are strange, the rap sounds weird, and why did they even invite a featured artist? The clean version without J-Hope sounds much better. I thought there would be a BTS-level buzz, but there’s nothing.”

As soon as the post was shared, fans were outraged. Many pointed out that targeting j-hope was unfair, since this is primarily LE SSERAFIM’s song. The fact that it’s “j-hope feat.” does not mean he should bear responsibility for the song’s chart performance.

Fans also argued that the viral post was ridiculous and baseless, as it failed to take into account Spaghetti’s global success. In reality, the song achieved 2,701,839 streams in just one day on Spotify, ranking 22nd on the “Daily Top Songs Global” chart as of October 24 — the highest record LE SSERAFIM has ever achieved, both in terms of daily streams and global ranking.

As of October 26, the song was ranked 32nd on Spotify’s “Daily Top Songs Global” chart and had remained on the chart for three consecutive days.

Additionally, by October 26, Spaghetti had entered the iTunes “Top Songs” chart in 81 countries and regions, including the UK and the US. Among them, 55 countries/regions — such as Austria, Bulgaria, and Croatia — placed the song at No. 1, signaling a global phenomenon in the making.

The music video for the title track also ranked second on both the global and domestic trending video lists on YouTube on October 24, right behind the OST “Golden” from Netflix’s animated series K-pop Hunter Demons. It also appeared on trending video charts in 48 countries, including the US and Israel.

Some pointed out that while Spaghetti is performing strongly on the global stage, its unique concept may take longer to resonate with domestic au∂ιєnces.

Others argued that without j-hope’s participation, the song might not have reached such a wide au∂ιєnce in the first place. From the moment of its release, Spaghetti was said to reflect j-hope’s signature musical style, with FEARNOTs and music listeners alike praising the track for empowering LE SSERAFIM to boldly confront haters through sharp, diss-inspired lyrics.

Some fans jokingly remarked that critics are simply looking for someone to blame because the chart results didn’t meet their expectations. Many also emphasized that collaborations between artists from different HYBE labels should be celebrated, not turned into targets of online debate:

- What are you talking about? Being αѕѕociated with J-Hope right now is actually helping them and if anything, it's a benefit. Ridiculous

- Y'all are fιgнтing over this nothingburger of a comeback. Fans will love it because it's a fun concept for fans, and non fans won't like it because it isn't easy to listen to if you don't like that brand of camp. Like it's annoying/cringe for a lot of people, which is fine because fans are still satisfied with their results. PC bait used to be less obvious.

- Hobi is a creative genius: singer, rapper, dancer, producer, lyricist, composer, model, actor, and one of BTS's main composers. And you guys are the media that are always вυℓℓуing, misinforming, and discrediting j-hope for a filthy money that will later taste bitter to you.

- You can see that every time there’s a hate post about the Fimmies, it always comes from here — it’s been like that since yesterday if you check. It’s like someone is deliberately trying to make it trend here. Just check the posts that have been uploaded on Pann over the past few days and see if I’m wrong. Every single negative or hate post always comes from here.

- This song came to life thanks to J-Hope’s rap lol. Don’t believe such an absurd thing guys

- You little idiots, this is why you can’t go outside of кσяєα, ¢нιиα, and נαραи. Your ears are f**king deaf.

- If you say j-hope isn’t popular, will that be the case? LOL Do you know that BTS J-Hope’s concert accounts for half of Hybe’s sales??

- You don’t know about j-hope’s solo performance in the US, you guys can’t even dream of it^^

- When artists come together, it’s about creating soмєтнing new — not about who gets more credit or blame. j-hope is not obligated to take responsibility for the digital performance of a song he only featured in.

- What are you talking about now that j-hope is attached? It’s ridiculous, it’s a win-win situation

- Seraphim is trying to get some overseas results by using bulletproof coins, but fans and non-fans don’t know what’s on their mind

- Seriously ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You’re blaming j-hope ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Wow ㅋㅋ

- It’s X-funny how they’re linking the sophistry that j-hope isn’t popular to Seraphim’s popularity...? When all of BTS had been discharged, he held concerts and appeared on various broadcasts alone, so there was a brief moment when the discharged members were overshadowed. But to say J-Hope isn’t popular? Lol, that’s ridiculous

- Collaborations between artists should be celebrated, not turned into pointless arguments

- It’s sad how people always find a way to fιgнт instead of appreciating good music and teamwork

- “Say whatever you want, but the song actually went viral globally because of all those diss lines against haters. Maybe the person who made that post is a hater trying to get back at them by bringing this up.