@iHeartRadio Disrespecting the very people who showed up and packed your festival from day one, then calling them “losers” simply because they complained about sound issues — issues that were also pointed out by people outside the fandom — is completely unacceptable. Instead of acknowledging the criticism, explaining what happened, or simply apologizing, you chose to attack the people who attended and supported your event.
But dragging Jungkook into this and mocking his name crosses another line entirely. He traveled nearly 12 hours specifically to perform at your festival, went on stage for barely 15 minutes, and still gave it everything he had as the professional he is. Using his name as a joke when he had absolutely nothing to do with those complaints is incredibly disrespectful. Deliberately mocking a Korean name can also play into racist and xenophobic stereotypes that a media outlet should know better than to normalize.
This is also disrespectful to BTS as a whole. For years, they have always shown nothing but professionalism, kindness, and willingness to participate in iHeartRadio shows and events. Whenever they have been invited, they have given their time and treated everyone with respect. The very least they deserve in return is that same respect.
We demand a public apology from @TheWoodyShow to BTS, and especially to Jungkook, for mocking his name. We also expect iHeartRadio to address what happened and take it seriously. Criticism about problems at an event can be addressed and explained. Insulting your own audience and turning one of the artists who showed up for your festival into the punchline is not an acceptable response.
🚨 ESTO ES ALARMANTE! BTS SALIO DEL TOP 10 Y SWIM POR PRIMERA VEZ SALIO DEL TOP 20, pónganse las pilas y evitemos las bajas enormes.
El fin de semana continua y las perdidas pueden aumentar, STREAM ARIRANG, NO SUELTEN Y FOCUS BTS 🗣️🙏
🚨 DIFUNDAN, SWIM ESTÁ A NADA DE SALIR DEL TOP 20, ALÁRMENSE MORADAS!???!?⚠️👇🏻
QUÉ ES ESTO??? A este paso vamos a quedarnos CON NADA en el global, recuperemos la energía y busquemos esos re-ingresos que tanta falta hacen. STREAM! 😭🙏🏻
— COMENTA👇🏻
PANIC STREAM FOR ARIRANG
PANIC STREAM FOR COME OVER
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📊 SWIM now needs only 99M streams to surpass 1 Billion streams on Spotify.
Days to 1B — 34 days
Date predicted — 17th Oct
Can we increase to 3M on Spotify Global and 3.5M on counter please??
🚨 ¿ESTAN VIENDO ESTO? corramos la voz, hubo lanzamientos nuevos pero no podemos confiarnos. BTS puede salir del Top 10 y Swim ya salió del Top 10, SIGAMOS TRANSMITIENDO, aunque las bajas fueron mínimas por ser fin de semana aún corremos el riesgo de bajar, STREAM ARIRANG 🙏🗣️
PRIMAVERA
A portrait by Michal Chelbin featuring Global Brand Ambassador #JIN from @bts_bighit.
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BTS is nominated in 2 categories at the 2026 Video Music Awards, If they win the 2 nominated categories, they will tied as the Group with the Most Wins at the VMAs. Please vote for BTS.
- Song of the year
- Best Kpop
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🚨 ¿YA VIERON COMO ESTA EL GLOBAL HOY? CORRAN LA VOZ! el fin de semana acabo tenemos que recuperar las perdidas que tuvimos días atrás, STREAM ARIRANG NO SOLTEMOS EL ALBUM, aún hay mucho por lograr, REINGRESEMOS MAS CANCIONES POR FAVOR, vamos 🙏🗣️
ARIRANG’s red and black branding has been consistent for months, so I’m not sure why the narrative is that purple was “abandoned.” A brand can have signature colors for each era, like MOTS Persona’s pink and MOTS 7’s blue/yellow.