Fans were ready to follow BTS in their posting escapades as they officially joined the Insta bandwagon on December 6, creating separate personal profiles to join their fellow stars on the social networking platform. According to Pink Villa, they racked up 10 million fans in no time.
However, what began as a joyful event quickly devolved into frowns as BTS’ V unintentionally followed Blackpink’s Jennie. According to Pink Villa, he came to Weverse to explain: Jennie appeared on his list of suggested accounts, and he accidentally pressed the “follow” button. He didn’t unfollow her soon enough, though, and eagle-eyed followers noticed.
1. According to AllKpop, Jennie was bombarded with harsh remarks such as “leave ME alone,” while V was also scrutinized. As supporters raced to protect their favourite idols, the issue sparked a fan war between Army and Blinks – BTS and Blackpink followers.
2. Naeun of Apink’s casual restaurant picture
After uploading a casual photo of herself sitting at a restaurant with a cup of coffee and a dessert while holding her phone in her hand in 2018, Son Na-Eun, aka Naeun, had no idea she’d get chewed out.
According to allkpop, the simple photo sparked outrage among netizens, who thought Naeun was advocating feminism and chastised her for it. According to Koreaboo, Naeun’s tweet was received with harsh responses, with some even cursing at her.
3. Sana of Twice’s post about Japan
Sana of Twice had no clue she would incite the wrath of right-wing Korean nationalists when she posted about her homeland on the group’s official Instagram account.
4. Selfie of Blackpink’s Jisoo
Another celebrity who received backlash for flaunting a phone case? Jisoo is a member of Blackpink. “Wow, I hardly altered it,” she wrote what was intended to be a basic mirror selfie in October. The phrase “new phone, the attractive case” did not go down well with netizens.
5. Exo’s Xiumin and Leo of Vixx’s friendship
When their favourite idols join together to exhibit their tight friendships and relationships, K-pop fans are typically ecstatic.
6. Sowon poses with a statue of a Nazi soldier.
Sowon, a former member of GFriend, aroused outrage earlier this year when she posted a photo of herself posing and “flirting” with a wax figure.
The problem was that the wax figurine was of a Nazi soldier, even though the shot was meant to be amusing. Many fans and netizens found the image disrespectful and were surprised that the K-idol would be so clueless about world history, according to News 18.
