I've decided that I'll be stepping back from BTS for a while. Those past days have made clear how hurt & disappointment I am, I can't enjoy them or their content in any form rn & despite the fact that what they did originally was bad enough, their silence is only making it worse.
To Namjoon,
You had the clearest opportunity today to address the Chris Brown situation and you chose not to.
So I’m not going to keep asking you to talk about it. Your silence is an answer in itself even if it’s not the answer many of us wanted.
What I still find frustrating is the idea that we should simply “separate the art from the artist.” How are we supposed to do that when you spent years making your art so deeply connected to who you are, what you believe in, and the values you publicly shared with us?
You didn’t just give us music. You gave us your words, your beliefs, and your perspective. You asked us to listen to what you had to say about the world. That connection was part of what made your art meaningful to so many of us.
And if those messages were only something you used to sell records, while you privately believe something completely different, then that makes the situation even more absurd and sick. It would mean that the values people connected with were just a performance and that the person behind the art was never really present in it at all.
So when your actions contradict the values we associated with you, of course that changes how some of us experience your work. That isn’t hate. It isn’t “being an anti.” It’s a natural consequence of seeing the person behind the art contradict those values.
You are free to make your choices. But we are equally free to decide what those choices mean to us.
And honestly, telling people to separate the art from the artist feels less like maturity and more like avoiding an uncomfortable reality.
I’m not asking you for an apology anymore.
I just wonder whether the values you spent years talking about still mean what I thought they meant.
Today, you had the opportunity to tell us.
You chose silence.
@bts_bighit@BTS_twt #방탄소년단
Isso td oq aconteceu com o BTS me faz questionar se td oq nos foi dito/ensinado foi somente da boca para fora. Pq n adianta ler livro, n adianta falar de feminismo se suas atitudes estão dizendo o contrário…
Parece q eu nem reconheço mais os meninos q eu sempre admirei
i don't want them to rush any real reflection at all, but a simple 'we heard you and are gathering our thoughts' would help preventing sooo much more pain and uncertainty right now. i and know, i hate too that this sounds like a demand but i guess we are at that point now
Acabo de leer en un comentario un "Que no entienden que yo NUNCA me iría del fandom es que ellos me han echado... soy un inconveniente para ellos" Y PUTA MADRE QUE ME HAN HECHO LLORAR BASTAAAAA
¿Donde esta mi familia? 😭
I'm really really grateful for all the memories I've made and all the incredible and lovely people I've met in this journey.
Maybe we'll meet again somewhere along the road.
Have a good one, guys ♥️
I've decided that I'll be stepping back from BTS for a while. Those past days have made clear how hurt & disappointment I am, I can't enjoy them or their content in any form rn & despite the fact that what they did originally was bad enough, their silence is only making it worse.
A big amount of the trust between them and us is definitely broken, but I think it just means too much to me to just give up instantly.
My heart goes out to everyone who felt disappointed and hurt because of the recent events.
And my heart goes out to all the DV/SA survivors ♥️
estou no fandom há 10 anos e essa é a primeira vez que me sinto realmente desrespeitada pelo bts. porque, querendo ou não, essa omissão permitiu que um abusador nos chamasse de putas.