There is no doubt that BTS‘s RM is true boyfriend (and even husband) material. On May 11, BTS’s leader unexpectedly started trending on Korean social media websites, all because of his “girlfriend.”
RM’s relationship status has always been a talking point, with some even suggesting he has a secret wife, while others have thought he has a secret boyfriend, and the name “Soyeon” even became a hot topic when RM posted a photo with the words “namjoon 
sooyeon” in hangul.
Well, it seems like RM’s relationship status has become a hot topic again, but there’s a plot twist.
On May 11, RM became a hot topic on Korean social media when many ARMYs were shocked to see the phrase “래퍼여친” trending, which translated as “Rapper Girlfriend.”
Luckily, before fans got too concerned, it seemed that it was far from what ARMYs expected from the tweets. Rather than any photos of RM with a “girlfriend,” it was full of pictures of BTS’s youngest member Jungkook.
Earlier in the day, RM had posted
It seems like fans in Korea had been captioning the post with “Rapper girlfriend” because of how close the two members looked and the fact that Jungkook had long hair. In tweets from netizens, they couldn’t hide their reactions to the photos, incorporating the phrase.
락스타래퍼여친과 래퍼같다..<실제임 pic.twitter.com/NsgYJU7yIr
— 일나 (@wakeuplets) May 11, 2023
They look like a rockstar rapper and his girlfriend.
— @wakeuplets
래퍼여친ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/rnwv4JeH5y
— 홍시 (@VeritasJK) May 11, 2023
Rapper girlfriend LOL.
— @veritasJK
실트에 가버린 래퍼여친… pic.twitter.com/YkL7ylRvyR
— 김제로 (@kimzero___) May 11, 2023
Rapper girlfriend is trending…
— @kimzero___
After realizing what was trending, even international netizens couldn’t get over the trending hashtag. While light-hearted, it was definitely a random trending phrase that showed how much fans loved the photo.
래퍼여친 (rapper’s girlfriend) is already trending in korea
pic.twitter.com/uoyIXtPQ53
— maki
(@koolovepage) May 11, 2023
jungkook never beating the rapper’s girlfriend allegations pic.twitter.com/o38LS99VKA
— mr yunki 🫂 (@boobkoos) May 11, 2023
Of course, the topic of BTS members dating has always been a taboo topic, but the fact it was Jungkook was funny to ARMYs. In particular, considering he once revealed, “I ended up [at Big Hit] because Rap Monster was so cool.”
You can read more about the photo below.
