After dominating Billboard’s Album and Singles charts with their fifth album Arirang, BTS has now climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100—the most prestigious chart in the U.S.—with their title track “SWIM.” This marks the seventh time a BTS song has topped the chart, making them the fifth artist in Billboard’s 60+ year history with the most No. 1 нιтs, joining the ranks of legends like The Beatles, The Supremes, Bee Gees, and The Rolling Stones.
In addition to “SWIM,” 12 out of the album’s 14 tracks also entered the chart. According to the report on the 30th, “Body to Body” ranked No. 25, “Hooligan” No. 35, “FYA” No. 36, “NORMAL” No. 41, “Aliens” No. 47, “2.0” No. 50, “Merry Go Round” No. 52, “Like Animals” No. 53, “They Don’t Know ’bout Us” No. 56, “One More Night” No. 61, “Please” No. 63, and “Into the Sun” No. 68. BTS’s new songs accounted for 13% of the Hot 100 chart, setting a new record for the most entries from a single album by a K-pop artist.
These achievements reflect just how much the public loves and embraces BTS’s new music. Notably, it’s not only fans who are showing strong support—global idols and artists have also reacted enthusiastically. Some have even used BTS’s music on their personal social media accounts, including Chaeryeong of ITZY.
On the 30th, Chaeryeong uploaded several photos on her personal Instagram with a caption featuring a small sun emoji, using the new track “Into the Sun” from Arirang as background music. The post quickly drew attention from fans for featuring the trending song as well as the idols behind it, such as RM and J-Hope. The two BTS rappers even liked her post.
However, what raised concern was that many netizens left critical and rude comments under the post regarding her choice of background music. Some of the negative comments included: "Destroying my ears to protect us from melting at your beauty", "Does people really heard this? The effects are used so bad, idk anyone could look at me with a straight face and say that song is listenable", "Please not this song", "The worst song I've ever heard", "Song choice is нσяяιвℓє",...
This intense reaction gained traction not only on Instagram but also sparked discussions across кσяєαn online forums. A post about the incident on TheQoo quickly went viral, garnering over 25,000 views along with numerous speculative comments from кσяєαn netizens about why Chaeryeong became the target of criticism: "Is it because it’s a different agency that’s competing", "It’s just an everyday incident in fandom power struggles", "People are going to her Instagram to attack her just because she used the song?", "Why are they like this?",...
As the controversy escalated, ARMYs refused to stay silent and quickly stepped in to defend the female idol. They expressed appreciation for Chaeryeong showing support for BTS’s new song and emphasized that BTS has always respected their peers. ARMYs also pointed out that toxic individuals often target BTS and their fandom out of baseless hate and jealousy, especially when the group receives support from other artists.
ARMYs then flooded Chaeryeong’s post with positive comments to drown out the negativity, while also sharing messages defending her:
- diva !!! outfit is so cute. loving the song choice !!! do not let these ppl in your comments ρσℓι¢є your taste in music
- into the sun one of my favs, you got a TASTE. a bts song and a pretty girl YESSS
- You can't bear seeing idols supporting each other peacefully, nah? Just came to leave a hate comment and start a fan war anyhow
- stay away from chaeryeong actually! and refrain from giving your absolutely useless opinion on what this woman chooses to listen to!
- K-pop fans are really tasteless. When I first heard this song, I got a Fran Ocean vibe and it was amazing. One of my favorites from the album! If you don't like it, just move on. Why are you so jealous? Sweet girls love BTS. Go Chae
- For those in the comments..if you don't like the song just keep it to yourself bruh if chaeryeong likes it let it be. Don't bring hate in her comment section omg
- not the kpoopies being jealousy with her song taste
- People who listen to flop artists and flop songs judging "Into the Sun"...FUNNY
- Well clearly she has better music taste than u . Besides there is soмєтнing called choice she can post whatever tf she wants
- Why do fans make bad comments on their idol's posts? OMG, I hope this girl continues to shine in her career and is kept away from crazy fans who have a problem with the sound of the music she posts.
