Niana Guerrero is a famous Filipino TikToker, dancer, and influencer, born in 2006. She first gained attention at a very young age through her high-energy dance videos with her brother—who is also a dancer—which went viral on Facebook, YouTube, and later TikTok.
Notably, she has frequently covered songs by BTS, attracting mαѕѕive view counts. Not long ago, she was even noticed and followed on TikTok by BTS members such as j-hope and Jungkook. She was later invited to attend j-hope’s solo concert, where she met him in person and performed a dance challenge with him backstage.
At first, ARMYs were very fond of her because of her dancing talent and the love she showed for BTS. However, as more details gradually came to light, fans began to feel disappointed and uncomfortable. Most recently, Niana has faced a wave of criticism for allegedly showing disrespect toward ARMYs, invading BTS’s privacy, and using the group’s name for clout.
The backlash began with the Swimside event organized by Spotify Philippines. According to fans, Spotify gave preferential treatment to influencers and granted them exclusive access to Swimside, while those tickets were supposed to be reserved for fans with the highest streaming numbers. Regular fans had to go through ticketing to gain access, so many were unable to secure tickets.
Clearly, this was seen as a significant lack of transparency and fairness. As a result, criticism was directed not only at Spotify but also at the influencers—some of whom were revealed to neither stream nor vote for BTS yet were still invited. One fan angrily commented: “It would’ve been more acceptable if it were Megan Young, a legit ARMY, or Ms. Lea Salonga, or Arci Muñoz who attends every BTS concert—unlike that influencer who only just started posting about BTS now.”
However, the most notable moment came when, amid the heated controversy, Niana Guerrero—despite not being directly involved—suddenly posted a controversial tweet: “Some of us need to touch grαѕѕ every once in a while.” The remark, which implied that fans should accept reality, quickly gained over 7 million views and interactions.
ARMYs flooded the comments, pointing out that she was wrong to speak up in the first place, as their fιgнт for fairness was completely justified. Moreover, many felt that her statement showed disrespect and disregard toward the very fan community she relies on for views and fame.
One comment read: “I get you defending your friend (an influencer) but why you being ignorant about this issue? the event should have been just like they did in the USA (only armys that are in the top streamers should be invited) so PH-armys are right in calling out the unfair management of the swimside event in their country.”
Another user agreed: “Niana, I like you, but this isn’t it… not this time. Maybe take a step back and look at the bigger picture. The way this comes across feels a bit out of touch, and it ends up disмιѕѕιиg what others are genuinely going through. People have valid reasons for calling out how unfair the system was; you can’t just brush that aside.”
The situation escalated further as past incidents involving privacy violations and alleged clout-chasing resurfaced. Specifically, her manager once posted a screenshot of a private TikTok message from j-hope, in which the idol wrote: “Please teach me TikTok hahaha.” When the message was exposed, some K-pop stans called him names and even accused him of being a ρє∂σρнιℓє, yet Niana did not speak up to defend or clarify the situation and instead quietly deleted the post.
Taken together, these incidents led many ARMYs to believe that Niana is simply using BTS for fame rather than genuinely supporting them. Additionally, fans have criticized what they perceive as her superior attitude, as if being followed by BTS and being an influencer makes her above others.
At present, the boycott against Niana has reached its peak. Many ARMYs are calling on others to block her social media accounts and stop engaging with her content, even if she continues to post BTS-related material in the future. Critical comments continue to pour in, including:
- Everyday I see how right I am for not hyping any friend, dancer or influencer BTS members interact with. At the end, the only people we can trust are the 7 bts members only. The rest is not our business
- An influencer without a real job who lives on commercials and lies telling others to touch grαѕѕ
- Who does she think she is? I hate “influencers” using their platform for this kind lf issues
- ARMYs need to ignore them. Tannies are such angels, but not me and that's okay. Otherwise, those influencers or whatsoever who take Tannie's kindness for granted will eventually have beef with us
- Refusing to listen doesn’t make the issue disappear, it just makes you part of the problem.
- we’re literally calling out the unfair system, and this is your reaction??? this just shows how out of touch and privileged you are. nothing ever changes in this country’s justice system because of people like you who are quick to invalidate those who are speaking up.
- You’ll never understand the underprivileged when you’ve lived a life of privilege, when your world has revolved around social media since you were young. Sure, you worked hard for your platform but telling people asking for fair treatment to “touch some grαѕѕ”? That’s a wild take
- Notice how she put the replies hidden that are explaining why ARMYs are complaining about the unfair system instead of her pity little friend. Maybe you're the one who needs to touch some grαѕѕ bebe gurl.
- People w/ “influence” also need humility. We will never forget what you & YOUR manager did, using j-hope for clout & never apologised for it. He was searching for dancers for his tour & you leaked a private convo. Criticism of a rigged & corrupt system needs to be called out.
