BTS‘s Jungkook is breaking records with his solo career, but a now-deleted tweet from Billboard caused outrage, leading to a new post being done.
Over the past few months, Jungkook has impressed netizens with his solo tracks and is set to release his album Golden.
#정국 #JungKook ‘GOLDEN’ Tracklist #JungKook_GOLDEN #StandingNextToYou pic.twitter.com/i8MFtrKn5a
— BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) October 15, 2023
In particular, attention has been paid to his debut solo single, “Seven,” with Latto.
On October 31, Billboard shared a tweet about Jungkook breaking a “streaming record” with a billion streams faster than anyone else. In particular, it pointed out that it was done because of his collaboration track “Seven” with Latto.
When the tweet was posted, after the backlash it seemingly received, the post was deleted and replaced with one focusing on Jungkook’s achievement, without mentioning Latto or the track.
Jung Kook broke this massive Spotify record!
#BillboardNews pic.twitter.com/HvOCdd7pZ0
— billboard (@billboard) October 31, 2023
After the new tweet was shared, ARMYs shared their reactions to the post now focusing on Jungkook, sharing that the account should respect the idol from the start rather than needing to delete a post because of backlash.
Next time do you job right, thanks and stream Seven!
— Jungkook Charts (@chartjungkook) October 31, 2023
we are such a fandom that even billboards are forced to delete posts out of fear pic.twitter.com/yePSuB35u8
— 𝙍𝙖𝙮𝙣
(@Giantstar97_) October 31, 2023
The Asian man who makes you tremble is the same one who makes you recant your mistakes. This is fun
— Mia ℘ (@kooke97_) October 31, 2023
Congratulations Jungkook!!! now next time respect jungkook as the artist he is
— cami ☆ (@jiminlvsjk) October 31, 2023
Yet, while ARMYs were glad of the change, some netizens weren’t happy with either tweet. In particular, while BTS fans thought the first tweet disrespected Jungkook, many thought the new one disregarded and disrespected Latto. For many, they acknowledged that both tweets were unprofessional.
It’s crazy that everyone under here is trying to disregard Latto but didn’t do the same thing for L&R. Respect for both artists shouldn’t be that hard. And shame on @billboard to act like Latto isn’t part of the song as well. Both posts were unprofessional.
— CloverTheHENRY (@earthsemerald) October 31, 2023
With such a huge fanbase, Billboard has often come under fire for “disrespecting” Jungkook.
