{"id":159936,"date":"2026-02-21T13:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=159936"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:14:53","slug":"bts-rms-extreme-weight-loss-ahead-of-comeback-sparks-heated-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-rms-extreme-weight-loss-ahead-of-comeback-sparks-heated-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS RM\u2019s extreme weight loss ahead of comeback sparks heated debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans are over the cliff with <strong>BTS<\/strong>\u2019 upcoming comeback on March 20, with their fifth full-album, <em>\u201cARIRANG.\u201d<\/em> However, the fans, better known as ARMY, are completely divided as<strong> RM<\/strong> has raised concern on social media for his unexpected weight loss ahead of this important comeback.<\/p>\n<p>As several members have recently shared updates about their fitness routines, RM has made the shocking revelation of it all<strong>. The idol went from 83.8 kg to 68.8 kg after completing his military service<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/Twitter.com\/kkukvmin\/status\/2025136407988093361\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">omg namjoon\u2019s weight is 68.8kg now and he said he was 83.8kg when he was in military, omg he lost a lot of weight <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vXS9X0SUoi\">pic.twitter.com\/vXS9X0SUoi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mnisoo \u22c6 (@kkukvmin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kkukvmin\/status\/2025136407988093361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some ARMY praised all the members for their discipline and dedication to show the best version of themselves ahead of the comeback and tour. However, RM\u2019s announcement sparked debate online, ARMY expressed<strong> genuine concern<\/strong> about the amount of weight he lost, sending a negative message to the young communities.<\/p>\n<p>RM hasn\u2019t released any official statement regarding the ongoing controversy. Only time will tell if the idol will explain his<strong> lost weight<\/strong>, or if he is going to remain silent until the release of BTS\u2019 album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans are over the cliff with BTS\u2019 upcoming comeback on March 20, with their fifth full-album, \u201cARIRANG.\u201d However, the fans, better known as ARMY, are completely divided as RM has raised concern on social media for his unexpected weight loss ahead of this important comeback. As several members have recently shared updates about their fitness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":159937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,16],"tags":[49,934],"class_list":{"0":"post-159936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-rm"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159936","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\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}