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[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@T_Gerg96 @LeVeonBell He wasn’t the same elite player after that year off too

[Jantar The Botman🪼 @Jantar127]

The immediate backlash online against some of the BTS members J-Hope and Namjoon simply for attending an R&B concert and taking a picture with Chris Brown is a prime example of internet moral policing gone completely overboard. The toxic narrative trying to paint two grown men as suddenly "problematic" or "supporting abuse" because they met up with a massive musical contemporary is exhausting, hypocritical, and completely disconnected from how the entertainment industry works.

As a critic of this performative outrage, it is time to inject some reality and nuance into the conversation.

1. It is About the Music, Period
J-Hope and RM are, first and foremost, world-class musical artists, dancers, and hip-hop/R&B fans. Chris Brown, regardless of his highly publicized and heavily scrutinized personal history, is undeniably one of the most influential dancers and R&B performers of this generation.

•For J-Hope, a dancer who has dedicated his life to hip-hop choreography, witnessing the Usher and Chris Brown R&B Tour live is purely a matter of professional appreciation.

•Taking a photo backstage with a peer or a major global artist at a concert is standard industry behavior. It is not a political endorsement, nor is it a stamp of approval on anyone's personal mistakes.

2. The Hypocrisy of Selective Outrage
The internet loves to treat BTS like they live in an isolated bubble where they must maintain a flawless, untouchable moral standard that no other Western artist is forced to uphold.

•Major Western artists across the entire music industry including Rihanna herself, who later collaborated and reconciled with Chris Brown have worked with, hung out with, or publicly praised him.

•To suggest that J-Hope and Namjoon are uniquely "disappointing" or "betraying their morals" by taking a backstage photo is a massive, unfair double standard.

3. Grown Men Making Professional Choices
J-Hope and RM are grown men in their late 20s and early 30s. They are not characters in a curated fantasy narrative designed to perfectly coddle the internet's sensitivities. They are global music executives and performers navigating the real-world music industry. They have the absolute right to attend a concert, appreciate live music, and network with other major entities like Usher and Chris Brown without having their entire moral character assassinated by overreactive netizens.

The attempt to twist a fun, cross-cultural musical link-up into a narrative about condoning domestic violence is an Olympic-level stretch. It is entirely possible to separate an artist's personal past from their professional impact, and that is exactly what the Tannies are doing.

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@ByDobson Zero replay value

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@JayoDani14 @HopHeroes There isn’t a single banger but yes there’s about 6-7 good songs. However, out of 18 tracks, that’s less than 50% hit rate! That’s the definition of mid.

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@Kurrco Not the way his streams are dropping by the day

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@tiinoRB That’s an excuse. No one is listening to the other two records

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@spectre0799 Original Euphoria beat is way better!

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@rashford44 @JonDenton

[RITZ Crackers @Ritzcrackers]

3 albums? someone was salty

[Jon Denton @JonDenton]

Maid Of Honor is one of the worst albums I have ever heard.

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@JonDenton There are 7 good songs on iceman and make them cry and make them pay are 2 of em. Really mid album overall

[Jon Denton @JonDenton]

There's probably a solid 10 track record across all 3 albums, I assume he dropped all this shit to get out of his deal.

Fair enough I guess.

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@ItsMikeTee Only gets worse. The other two are unlistenable

[Optimist Prime @Passedmypryme]

@HaterReport Someone said Drake got that post-slap Will Smith flow and I can’t unhear it

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@stringerbelll_ @XXL Fr…He held back for 2 years and this is what he came up with?

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@Lill_Popp Kyle had zero awareness and kept pushing Seth. Seth was as professional as he could be, but Kyle crossed the line and kept going for no reason at all!

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@musicradarHQ Ye alone can take on team A

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@BearsShowYo Easily his best album since TLOP

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@realjonnysamp @TJLang70 @GoPackGo860 Erasing an 18 point deficit is not luck

[CW18 is HIM‼️🐻⬇️ @iTino23]

@maanonliplumper The hate is so forced, and extremely obvious when calling an interlude a “filler song”. GTFOH👋🏼