{"id":111919,"date":"2024-04-25T10:07:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=111919"},"modified":"2024-04-25T10:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:07:14","slug":"bts-followers-call-out-hybe-for-using-fatphobic-language-in-content-for-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-followers-call-out-hybe-for-using-fatphobic-language-in-content-for-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS followers call out HYBE for using fatphobic language in content for fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, <strong>ARMY<\/strong>, time to call out HYBE for their wrong behavior!<strong> This time, the parent company of BTS&#8217; label, BIGHIT MUSIC, sparked controversy among fans due to some fatphobic and insensitive content that was supposed to entertain ARY<\/strong>\u00a0(that&#8217;s the name BTS fans wear proudly).<\/p>\n<p>It all went down today, April 25, when HYBE dropped some content for BTS fans titled &#8220;<em><strong>A day in the life with BTS.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; It was all about giving us the chance to interact as BTS members, choosing their favorite options in a questionnaire. Unfortunately, it all came up the wrong way!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/park_carstairs\/status\/1783163540527845436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1783163540527845436%7Ctwgr%5Eb2732a1aed155d6d67c8662a3f9407f903ba7af2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koreaboo.com%2Fstories%2Farmy-callout-hybe-fatphobia-latest-bts-content%2F\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hybe has this very annoying habit of asking Jimin questions laced in fatphobia&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cF3YvZmgzH\">https:\/\/t.co\/cF3YvZmgzH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sera\u2077 herondaisy and keltonetta lover (@kthfairchild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kthfairchild\/status\/1783163540527845436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Things took a sour turn when the first question on the page said, \u201c<em>Your favorite pants no longer fit, but you\u2019re hungry \u2014 what do you do?!<\/em>\u201d Then, the possible answers to choose were even worse. Option A, &#8220;<em><strong>having a glass of water<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; to fit in the pants and not be hungry, and then, option B, which offered having another &#8220;<em><strong>cheat day.<\/strong><\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petitaemi\/status\/1783037373250732538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1783037373250732538%7Ctwgr%5Eb2732a1aed155d6d67c8662a3f9407f903ba7af2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koreaboo.com%2Fstories%2Farmy-callout-hybe-fatphobia-latest-bts-content%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/petitaemi\/status\/1783037373250732538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1783037373250732538%7Ctwgr%5Eb2732a1aed155d6d67c8662a3f9407f903ba7af2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.koreaboo.com%2Fstories%2Farmy-callout-hybe-fatphobia-latest-bts-content%2F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This provoked tons of backlash from ARMY and other fans, who criticized the language used and the <strong>fatphobic<\/strong> remarks. They quickly pointed out that HYBE was promoting body issues and eating disorders, affecting BTS and their fanbase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, ARMY, time to call out HYBE for their wrong behavior! This time, the parent company of BTS&#8217; label, BIGHIT MUSIC, sparked controversy among fans due to some fatphobic and insensitive content that was supposed to entertain ARY\u00a0(that&#8217;s the name BTS fans wear proudly). It all went down today, April 25, when HYBE dropped some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":111927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[49],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-111919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-bts"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111919"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=111919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}