{"id":141344,"date":"2025-04-25T08:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=141344"},"modified":"2025-04-25T08:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:37:28","slug":"bts-jin-faces-ageist-shade-but-armys-clap-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jin-faces-ageist-shade-but-armys-clap-back\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 Jin faces ageist shade, but ARMYs clap back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jin<\/strong>, <strong>BTS<\/strong>\u2019 oldest (and finest) member, just served punk prince vibes in his April 2025 concept photos for \u201c<strong>ECHO<\/strong>\u201d\u2014but not everyone was here for it. Trolls came out swinging with ageist takes, saying 32 is \u201ctoo old\u201d for the edgy look. Black leather pants and emo hair? That didn\u2019t sit right with some haters, who found it appropriate for his age.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIGHIT_MUSIC\/status\/1914695711322775710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1914695711322775710%7Ctwgr%5E043c3a50e7a86dad9f8293b79ef72f48fd15caa1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinkvilla.com%2Fentertainment%2Fbts-jin-becomes-victim-of-ageist-remarks-amid-echo-promotions-hes-not-even-40-1384389\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\uc9c4 (Jin) \u2018Echo\u2019 Concept Photo \u2161<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%EC%A7%84?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\uc9c4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Jin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jin_Echo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Jin_Echo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BIusBnrs8y\">pic.twitter.com\/BIusBnrs8y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIGHIT_MUSIC\/status\/1914695711322775710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans, of course, weren\u2019t having it. <strong>ARMYs<\/strong> clapped back hard, calling out the double standard. K-pop stans will criticize idols for debuting too young and then roast them for aging? Make it make sense! Jin has always been a style chameleon, and this latest era just proves he\u2019s evolving with his sound and fashion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meovvillit\/status\/1915043621755359606\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh so now concepts have age limits? Yall are just weird. Meanwhile jin at 19: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUt9qcSpCn\">https:\/\/t.co\/BUt9qcSpCn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WfSxxQS9Wj\">pic.twitter.com\/WfSxxQS9Wj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udfe9 (@meovvillit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meovvillit\/status\/1915043621755359606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the haters hate, Jin\u2019s got bigger things to focus on\u2014like his solo world tour <strong>RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR<\/strong>, kicking off in June. His album ECHO drops May 16, and fans are already counting the days. So let them talk\u2014Jin\u2019s too busy selling out arenas, redefining style, and making 30s look like the new 20s. Ageism? He doesn\u2019t know her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jin, BTS\u2019 oldest (and finest) member, just served punk prince vibes in his April 2025 concept photos for \u201cECHO\u201d\u2014but not everyone was here for it. Trolls came out swinging with ageist takes, saying 32 is \u201ctoo old\u201d for the edgy look. Black leather pants and emo hair? That didn\u2019t sit right with some haters, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":141347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-141344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141344","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=141344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141344"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=141344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}