In a modern world, it is thought that the fan community will become more and more civilized, but in reality, there still exist many people with degraded personalities. These toxic individuals even use the name of fans to force, manage and impose on their idols according to what they want or think.
Most recently, while the majority of BTS fans were joyfully celebrating the news of BTS re-signing their contract, on the contrary, a group of extreme fans appeared to oppose this. Not only did these people show disrespect for the group's decision, they also sent protest trucks to the HYBE headquarters for many days.
This action caused other fans to panic because of the psychological metamorphosis of toxic individuals. At the same time, this action faced harsh criticism from the true ARMY community and netizens:
Since BTS members took turns performing their m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ service, news related to the group's contract issues has become a topic of more interest than ever. Because there are many groups that disband and do not re-sign contracts with the management company after a long time of members enlisting, while BTS's reunion is even more important when they are Kpop superstars. with widespread influence.
On September 20, fans breathed a sigh of relief and rejoiced when вιg нιт Music and HYBE confirmed the extension of exclusive contracts with all 7 members of the group. This also means that BTS will continue to work as a group after completing their m̴i̴l̴i̴t̴a̴r̴y̴ service in 2025, continuing their historical journey in chapter 2.
However, contrary to most of the happy and celebratory reactions of ARMYs, on the morning of September 22, in front of the HYBE building, trucks suddenly appeared protesting the group's contract extension from a number of fans. polite. The trucks carried the banners such as “We are against BTS re-signing with HYBE, the label that doesn’t protect the members from malicious rumors", “We are against BTS re-signing with HYBE, the label that is biased in how they support certain members”...to protest BTS's decision to re-sign with HYBE or BigHit Music.
This surprised and fяιgнтєиє∂ ARMYs because most of them celebrated because the members agreed to work under the name of BTS instead of disbanding as previously feared. Many people expressed their confusion and disagreement with the above action, especially condemning it even more strongly when they learned that DC BTS Gallery was the one who initiated this incident. They even caused stuff and sent protest trucks on the day SUGA officially enlisted.
For ARMY, DC BTS Gallery is no longer strange. This is a community that gathers many toxic elements including akgae and antifans, using their reputation as fans to regularly spread false rumors about the group. Reacting to the above incident, ARMYs left comments to correct information to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings.
Besides, ARMYs also hope that other fans or netizens will be alert to these extreme acts:
- Further information for you guys: DC BTS Gallery is not a place for fans.
- Is it sent by Gallery? The content as if introducing themselves
- When I saw Gallery post an article under "BTS fans" about SUGA, I determined that this was a place for antis. I hope this time the company will take measures.
- Those people (who sent the truck) aren’t fans. Who do they think they are?
- Please, will those crazy people in that community and the people f̾i̾g̾h̾t ̾ing with them on this post disappear together?
- How are they fans?… It’s been years since all of the normal fans left that community, and now only the crazies remain.
- Wow, they are the worst.
- I mean, why are they trying to butt in the members’ business. Why would fans care where the members sign with.
- There is no way that there are normal fans left in that community. Their community seems like a gathering place for the crazies.
- Why would they spend money on the trucks when the members already re-signed?
- I was wondering who would do that until I learned who it was. Those aren’t real fans.
- Sigh, why did trash creep out?
- That community is not for real fans. Real fans don’t go there.
Regarding the sending of trucks to protest, many frank opinions a̾s̾sess that this action has recently seriously deteriorated. It is no longer a means of carrying calls to gain rights and protect idols like before. Instead, this form is exploited to spread content that manipulates, controls, and makes unreasonable demands from a small or extreme fan base.
Joshua (SEVENTEEN), Chen, Chanyeol (EXO)... were once idols whose fans sent trucks to protest and asked to leave the group. While the majority of fans of these idols oppose the extreme acts of those who sent trucks to protest!
