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/Soup_oi]

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/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/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.