It’s the end of an era.
“Yoongi, marry me” has been an iconic meme and reoccurring joke in the K-Pop community, particularly the BTS fandom, ARMY, for a few years now.
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reading the comments:
“YOONGI MARRY ME”yoongi’s reaction
pic.twitter.com/fxKSoHlxFv
— aya⁷ (@kkurkive) June 29, 2021
yoongi’s reaction after taehyung saying “But Yoongi marry me is like the main”
— ♡ / slow (@MlNSUGA39) September 8, 2022
HIS REACTION WHEN THE BOYS SAID “YOONGI MARRY ME”
— tonni⁷ RM DAY
(@jtoni_n) April 17, 2022
Yoongi Marry ME is everywhere
Yoongi reaction is priceless….#SUGAxLakers #SUGA pic.twitter.com/51nFxHgsYs
— SUGA MIN HAEGEUM (@GSugayoongis) January 13, 2023
For a while, the BTS members would read ARMYs’ comments for Suga, saying, “Yoongi, marry me,” regardless of whether he was present in the live broadcast.
but really, the unchanging… “yoongi marry me”…
— 슙짐 (@syubjim) February 3, 2023
hobi reading a comment from army that says “Yoongi marry me” PLS THEIR REACTION
— tonni⁷ RM DAY
It quickly became a meme. Some would even comment the message in other artists’ live broadcasts and take signs reading “Yoongi, marry me” to events.
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ARMYs have theorized where the meme really originated from too. Some credit Suga himself…
“Yoongi, marry me” had become so popular that many ARMYs even joked they would wear wedding dresses as their concert fits for SUGA | AGUST ‘D-DAY’ TOUR.
Wondering if all Army put on wedding dress, instead of purpleish costume on his solo tour? pic.twitter.com/tHlRJUqcG8
— Dagmara
(@konczynka74) February 15, 2023
PREPARE TO SEE THESE POSTERS EVERYWHERE ONCE THE TOUR STARTS pic.twitter.com/R8ld38m7rY
— moni⁷ 𖠌 (@taeisthv) February 14, 2023
But as with any joke, it can get stale.
It’s cute kkk
Today I don’t see “Yoongi marry me”
— 슈가젤리
(busy
) (@SUGAJelly9339) February 1, 2023
Recently, both RM and V have called out commenters during their live broadcasts for cringy, unoriginal comments.
Namjoon: Many people are writing strange chat.
You guys have changed.
Hope this is a lesson for some of those weverse weirdos, we need to start cleaning the chats: pic.twitter.com/OAfm3GmV0r
— 해금 not seeing yoongi (@d20162023) April 1, 2023
— Ayat
JK⁹⁷ JJK X CK
(@7btskook) April 19, 2023
Similarly, Jungkook decided to stop reading comments during his most recent live broadcast.
🤏
#JUNGKOOK #Jungkooklive pic.twitter.com/3LJ7YQTFIw
— Ayat
ARMYs have been suspicious that one of the reasons for the members’ sudden disdain toward comments is spam-like comments, such as “Yoongi, marry me.”
Twt armys telling weverse armys to not comment ” yoongi marry me ” pic.twitter.com/CpLoi6FgHU
— THE PURPLE DINOSAUR⁷
ash’s personal dog (@Aleecee7) April 20, 2023
¿Esto es el fandom army en la actualidad?.
-falta de stream
-todo está decayendo
-“yoongi marry me”
-“jikook”, “taekook”.
-ships.
-falta de respeto hacia la intimidad de los chicos.
Ya chicos, la mayoría de ARMY somos grandes, maduremos dale, y lo q paso con las llamadas de JM?. pic.twitter.com/7g4ksTfk4O— 𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦✞︎ | en su disforia era (@Princeboy_00) April 25, 2023
So, some have been encouraging their fellow ARMYs to give the joke a break. Others have even suggested Weverse Live needs moderators to clear the spam and inappropriate comments so that the members wouldn’t have to see such.
Adding dms to weverse as if those weird comments on weverse lives weren’t enough. pic.twitter.com/g8z4BGmgb1
— Sumsum⁷
I love you Yoongi (@SumSumSeVeN) April 20, 2023
Some ARMYs have taken the matter into their own hands and reported “Yoongi, marry me,” causing it to vanish from the comments of the members’ recent live broadcasts.
The amount of “Yoongi Marry Me” comments disappearing before I can even report them is very pleasing to me.
— ㋡𝔄𝔤𝔲𝔰𝔱𝔇⁷𝔰ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔲𝔟𝔦𝔫𝔢❖
I’m starting to report yoongi marry me and other bushit comments already pic.twitter.com/wlYRXOspof
—
Tugi⁷ Interlude:Dawn enthusiast
@txhvjq thanks for reporting this
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Similarly, it’s been recommended that concert-goers swap out their “Yoongi, marry me” signs for meaningful messages for Suga, especially since his discography is so personal.
instead of the yoongi marry me signs i wanna see people coming with this to his tour concerts because it’s so fcking true pic.twitter.com/L5njf4Eb53
— Chi⁷
be gay do crime (@piedpiper_sea) April 21, 2023
i hope you all can swap all the “yoongi marry me” posters with posters like this for yoongi’s tour. pic.twitter.com/NcF8QOXz3w
— ria
(@serotanz) April 24, 2023
no imagine yoongi pouring his heart and soul into his performance which directly reflects his struggles and hardships over the years and one of you mfs yell “ yoongi marry me “ in a VEIL???? out pic.twitter.com/dv94wVkwce
— R ⁷ –
Regardless of all these efforts to retire “Yoongi, marry me,” does the man in question actually hold disdain for it? Quite the contrary.
Not only has Suga responded to the meme sweetly multiple times, but he recently revealed that he holds “Yoongi, marry me” in high regard. During Apple Music Present, he was asked what his “favorite or most memorable nickname” for himself was given to him by ARMY. Rather than choose a nickname, he mentioned, “Yoongi, marry me.”
Yoongi on Apple Music Present
What’s is your favorite or most memorable nickname from Army? #SUGA : it’s not really a nickname but that so many people like to say “Yoongi Marry Me”
Look at his shy awkward smile after lmaooopic.twitter.com/hXPMkXRVsf
— Sakina D-DAY is seeing SUGA
(@Sakina801) April 23, 2023
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