Recently, an unexpected pop-culture crossover took ARMYs by surprise when Ryan Gosling, the actor playing the role of Ken in the global sensation Barbie movie, gave BTS‘s Jimin a shoutout.
In a video message, Gosling acknowledged that Jimin had pulled off a cowboy-style shirt with fringes better than he had as Ken in the movie. He said that due to an unofficial “Ken code,” he must now offer him his most prized possession — Ken’s guitar!
The guitar made its way to the BTS member, who uploaded a video on Instagram, thanking the actor for the gift. Later J-Hope left a comment under the post, praising Jimin’s EJimin’sspeaking skills. While this interaction between the two BTS members was heart-warming, ARMYs cracked up when another of them joined the comment section.
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230725 Hobi’s comment on Jimin’s IG post
jjyamanie(‘s) english sswallallabbolleulallalalallal* (*expression describing fluency in the language/that
is speaking english fluently) pic.twitter.com/YEsyMFs5x5
— lyssy⁷ (@btsbaragi_jk) July 25, 2023
It was none other than BTS’s in-house jokester Suga. In his comment, he pointed out that Jimin doesn’t know how to play guitar in real life, and fans were in splits seeing his tactic to tease his group mate.
[230727 Suga Instagram Comment]
but you dont know how to play the guitar https://t.co/EL4mkdt3FW pic.twitter.com/suUgL4ClXy
— 미니융
(@miiniyoongs) July 27, 2023
yoongi: you can’t play the guitar
jimin: pic.twitter.com/obdlltLgWO
— “j”enius sun 7
jitb h
pe (@sopessun) July 27, 2023
YOONGI COMMENTING YOU CAN’T PLAY THE GUITAR UNDER JIMIN’S REEL HE IS SO ANNOYINGGHJDDpic.twitter.com/v36caBEnRy
— seokjin abs 진 jitb (ia) (@runchrandanj) July 27, 2023
yoongi snitching on jimin and jin about their guitar skills
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ᴮᴱ바다⁷
(SLOW)
This incident reminded ARMYs of a parallel situation where Suga was again the instigator of the chaos.
A year ago, when BTS collaborated with Coldplay for “My Universe,” a behind-the-scenes video showed Chris Martin gifting the group’s oldest, Jin, his guitar as a gift. Jin, a long-time fan of Martin, was visibly excited to get such a meaningful gift from his idol. So, when the Coldplay singer started to show him some basic chords, he couldn’t be happier.
But Suga slid into the scene, reminding Jin that he already knew how to play the guitar. Jin shut him off with a comical speed, saying he had forgotten how to play the chord. The exchange happened very quickly and in Korean, so thankfully, Jin’s exposé in front of his idol was avoided. Fans, however, caught on, and the jokes wouldn’t stop!
Chris Martin: “this one’s for you jin”
Seokjin: “omg…but idk how to play this chord i’m sooo confused
”
Chris M: “awww let me teach you how to play guitar”
Yoongi: “BUT YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAY GUITAR THOUGH”
pic.twitter.com/zTSiVczdkN
— JKz BAE⁷ ᵇʸ ʲᵏ (@JeonEsHi97) July 27, 2023
Now that Suga has caused a similar but opposite incident with Jimin and his favorite celebrity, ARMYs couldn’t help joking that the BTS rapper is on a mission to call out his members’ bluffs whenever it involves a guitar and their celebrity idols.
legend has it that if you’re a bts member and you’re gifted a guitar by a famous man, yoongi will appear and rate your guitar playing skills
— gay little bts (@sexilarity) July 27, 2023
yoongi on his way to prevent a middle aged white man from flirting with one of his members with a guitar pic.twitter.com/WdRHbQF28m
— rae⁷🫧 (@wispyoongi) July 27, 2023
if i had a dollar for every time yoongi threw cold water on a tannie’s flirtations with middle aged white men by commenting on their guitar skills i’d have two dollars which isn’t a lot but it is weird that it’s happened twice https://t.co/CNFiWzb0pG
— meg ⁷ (@gddaengit) July 27, 2023
guess yoongi likes to keep track of who can play the guitar pic.twitter.com/T8rqHH2x2z
— reese⁷ is seeing yoongi
(@abyssyoonjin) July 27, 2023
yoongi snitching on jimin and jin about their guitar skills
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