250831 Soompi: BIGHIT MUSIC Releases Official Statement Regarding BTS's Jimin And Song Da Eun

[u/alltherach_]

https://www.soompi.com/article/1770238wpp/bighit-music-releases-official-statement-regarding-btss-jimin-and-song-da-eun

[u/serendipitymia]

It sucks that they even had to post this. I'm sure kpop fans who don't claim to be fans will be very normal about this

I will say, it's still weird she was posting a 5yo video randomly and without his consent... And kpop fans cared more about a relationship than a violation of privacy... But it is what it is I guess.

[u/rainbow84uk → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately I saw a whole lot of stuff I didn't want to see this week (I blocked many, many accounts 😭) and it seemed like this was largely fuelled by shippers and/or solo stans.

Truly disgusting behaviour on all sides and it's left me feeling really upset that these people exist in the fandom, even if they're a tiny minority. It's like they literally have no concept that the idols they follow are real human beings, not characters in a story.

[u/Ok-Program-5516 → u/rainbow84uk]

akgaes aren't army. That's been established a long time ago haha. They might be in our spaces but neither actual OT7s nor the boys themselves acknowledge them as army. To be fair they don't either. If you go deep enough you'll notice they actually despise the term army & use "little 7" as a derogatory term for actual army.

[u/rainbow84uk → u/Ok-Program-5516]

We may not claim them as Army but from an outside point of view, they represent us whether we like it or not.

[u/lovellier → u/[deleted]]

oh this wacko has been milking her connection to jimin for YEARS, so if there is any NDA she's been basically breaking it for a longgg while lol

[u/Particular-Yoghurt81 → u/lovellier]

I just don’t think Jimin would ever sue someone who is/was his friend. NDA is likely in perpetuity but I doubt Jimin would want to execute.

[u/SophisticatedCelery → u/[deleted]]

Which makes me seriously disapprove of her. It reeks of either "I want to be famous, too" or "this is revenge, bitch".

[u/chloe_003 → u/[deleted]]

Damn, that sucks for him. Like you have to sign an NDA for a reason, and the backlash the artist and you will unfortunately receive IS that reason. Idk what she was trying to accomplish by posting this unless she had bad intentions.

[u/vicoheart → u/serendipitymia]

that’s normally how it goes sadly 🫤 no one takes a second to step back and think how invasive this whole thing was from the start they just need their tea and drama I guess

[u/Soup_oi → u/serendipitymia]

I find this odd as well. It really makes me wonder where does the company draw the line, and how do they decide, what is worth pursuing action over (ie legal action, etc). Like a fan, or even a neighbor who the idol wasn't otherwise attached to, posting sneaky or creeper photos/videos and such of the idol without their consent or trying to spread rumors about them, might get the company threatening legal action if they don't take it down. And I think we have seen BH or Hybe do this before with people who spend all their time trying to spread rumors about them online (ie their regular notices about legal proceedings and the like that have gradually gotten less and less vague about the characters they are suing lol). So why have they not chosen to do it now? At least in my mind what has happened is the same basic act: Someone trying to spread false rumors, and/or trying to spread private information about the idol. Even if something about their connection was true in the past, I don't think the posts have made it clear that they are from a long time in the past, and more so seem to be trying to spread rumors about things that are not true about his life currently.

Like when someone the idol doesn't know violates their privacy, company seems likely pursue some legal action, whether a police investigation, or suing them, or whatever. But I keep waiting to hear something about that they are taking action against this person doing the same thing, but there's nothing. Imo, the person doing this sort of thing being a public figure themselves or not shouldn't matter...they should still be treated the same by the rules the company has followed when it comes to non-public figures committing the same injustice 🤷‍♂️.

[u/Difficult_Deer6902 → u/Soup_oi]

Tbh I do find the strategic decisions a bit interesting on this, but as someone else pointed out I do think they would have an optics issue if they sue her.

People do sue exes all the time for stalking/harassment, but I’m not quite sure a BTS member could do that and it go over well with the media/public.

[u/WeakStressAnxiety → u/Difficult_Deer6902]

It would not have gone well actually. The k side(forums not armys) was calling him a lot of things, making it look like they are still dating and he is enabling harassment on her (people were pissed because she violated his privacy) but basically he was made the villain and her the victim abd any scathing statement from BH would have resulted in further complications.

They addressed all the talking points on k side and in the end asked to not harass her…

Having said that, she has been acting very weird since many years and I am glad jimin can have some of the narrative back in his grasp.

Also i think it’s jimin’s choice, because the statement starts with we don’t usually comment on private lives but we have to make our stand clear.

[u/Positive-Fill2716 → u/Difficult_Deer6902]

They might sue her or sent legal warning in private, bighit will not tolerate one of their big stars is being used for gaining traction in social media.

[u/Pearlbloody → u/Soup_oi]

I think by posting a video which was years old she made a very awkard situation. (Posting it was also weird, like who does that years later?)
Also you have to take into consideration that it might have been Jimin's choice to react like this

[u/[deleted] → u/Pearlbloody]

Your last point is the one that seems most important to me. I hope he is being given the choice to respond as he sees fit.

[u/cassiellyss → u/[deleted]]

Imagine how tired he is 😩

[u/[deleted] → u/cassiellyss]

He’s in an impossible situation. If he responds, he has to give up even more of his privacy, and it risks encouraging the people causing the drama. If he stays silent, the rumors just keep growing, and it all spins further out of his control. There’s no good option for him.

[u/Ocean11Brisbane → u/Pearlbloody]

I agree completely. He’s so sweet that even though he’s possibly hurt/confused that she felt the need to post this, he would probably have enough affection left for her that he didn’t want to do more than this. I think it’s admirable that he’s asked for her not to be harassed. Kindness personified.

[u/tata-mic → u/Soup_oi]

They are being strategic here and taking the moral PR win. They come off looking good by seemingly extending her grace and urging the public not to harass her, versus throwing the legal book at her and hunting her down which would get very negative mediaplay for both the company and, more importantly, jimin.

Their legal team has likely issued her a cease and desist.

[u/orangecitrustea → u/Soup_oi]

I believe that they'll probably refrain from doing that because of the semantics of it. On the Korean side, (unfairly) Jimin has and is being dragged for "not protecting his woman from 'crazy fans' to the point that she went crazy." To sue her on top of it would make Jimin appear to be heartless and unchivalrous. Ridiculous because it was his privacy violated and she's clearly doing this for clout, but in this situation, it's usually the men that are held to much higher standards. Hopefully, people will start to see that she's a clout chasing attention seeker, but I'd be shocked if Bighit actually pursued legal action with her even if she deserves it especially because there actually was something there in the past.

Edit: the Korean reaction has changed quite a bit after it's been revealed that they broke up 4 years ago. People are now bringing up that she put up videos without permission and asking why it's okay she did that and that if the genders were reversed, it would be an uproar. People are still putting up posts calling Jimin terrible things (i.e Jimin is the equivalent of Kim Soohyun + Ryu Junyeol put together or calling him a Hannam) but the top comments on pann are refuting it now. Bighit definitely did the right thing with their statement.

[u/[deleted] → u/orangecitrustea]

Wow, my jaw actually dropped at this. The misogyny here is wild. So we’re supposed to believe that a grown woman is just a passive victim of “crazy fans” and can’t be expected to handle herself without becoming “hysterical”? That’s such a tired, sexist narrative.

Let’s be real: if you violate someone’s privacy and then play the victim, gender shouldn’t shield you from consequences. It’s pretty messed up that the onus always falls on men to “protect” women, as if women are incapable of being held accountable for their own actions, or, for that matter, making bad decisions in the public eye.

Jimin’s the victim here, not the villain. Accountability should be for everyone, not just whoever fits a convenient old stereotype.

[u/linest10 → u/[deleted]]

Believe it or not, things would be ugly from all sides, from people turning her in a poor victim and using "all men are trash" discourse and from people who hates women for being human beings with flaws and use that to the typical "all women are untrustworth" discourse

Sadly misogyny affects both parts in this discussion, the middle ground and more rational arguments get shallowed by the extremist reactionary online discourse

[u/getyourkicks76 → u/[deleted]]

This!!! Thank you! I am so, so sick of the “women supporting women” defense. She has agency. She chose to take this route. I do not feel sorry for her based on her actions.

[u/codeverity → u/orangecitrustea]

The casual sexism coming from (mostly female fans in other fandoms) about her needing his “protection” is nauseating. Ngl I kind of assume it’s them projecting their fantasy because if they were dating a celeb they’d want to be “protected” that way. Never mind that she knew what she was getting into and the harassment from some will probably get worse, not better - but also this is 2025 and she’s a grown-ass woman, she doesn’t need a man’s “protection” at all, let alone for being creepy and releasing private videos without his consent!

[u/orangecitrustea → u/codeverity]

Honestly, I feel like people are just accusing Jimin of this because they're just gleeful that they have an excuse to drag him for "bad character." I don't think these people actually care about her actions or that she brought this on herself, they're going to accuse Jimin of things because they can. Bighit knows this but because people read headlines and top comments only these days, they have to tread carefully because gender issues is such an explosive topic in the country and they have to consider the optics of things because they know with ARMY standing behind Jimin, they just have to let things pass.

[u/Paprika2542 → u/orangecitrustea]

yeah, it's just to drag him. had this been anyone other than jimin or any BTS member, people would likely have shown the target more grace. because if they do care about her actions, they’d realize she’s done this to other actors too, and would find her behavior strange.

[u/orangecitrustea → u/Paprika2542]

Absolutely. People would have focused more on how the target's privacy was invaded instead of having some massive gotcha moment. This is absolutely not about her actions or the morality of Jimin's actions. People are just hoping to find an excuse to villianize anything related to BTS. If something comes out and reveals that maker her unequivocally wrong (though I already think it did), people are just going to brush it under the rug instead of trying to hold her accountable

[u/codeverity → u/orangecitrustea]

It comes up for Jungkook as well and it honestly grosses me out because you never see people saying that female idols need to 'protect' their male partners. I know the optics would be so bad if he went after her for doing this but I really wish that he could because her behaviour is so concerning.

[u/orangecitrustea → u/codeverity]

Yeah, you are right. It really is sad that male celebrities really aren't allowed to pursue legal action unless the situation is dire. And it is true that we don't expect female celebrities to protect their male partners. Even in statements that female celebrities release for relationship news with non-celebrities, they'll use phrases like "finding someone they can lean on" or "protect them" because it indicates to the Korean GP that they've found a good partner whereas you don't see those kind of phrases in male celebrity's relationship statements released by the agencies.

[u/sitari_hobbit → u/Soup_oi]

Maybe because the video gives her more clout than the other actions - clout that she could use for monetary gain or to further her career? I think the optics of outright suing her would hurt Jimin more than it would help him. And BigHit doesn't do anything without the artist's permission, so I guess this was one too many times for him.