Dating Speculations Surround BTS’s New Album “ARIRANG,” Korean Netizens React Strongly
BTS’ Jungkook is facing fresh backlash over dating rumors tied to his new album logo.
The trouble started after BTS announced their upcoming album ARIRANG with a new logo. Jungkook confirmed during a Weverse live that he helped design the logo.
Soon after, some fans claimed the logo’s three circular shapes linked to Jungkook’s rumored “three puppies” couple tattoo connected to aespa’s Winter. This sparked dating rumors again.
The theory spread fast online but Korean netizens pushed back hard, calling the speculation baseless and harmful.
“I heard that when Jungkook was in the U.S., he drew a lot of sketches on his tablet, asking things like ‘How about this?’ and ‘What about that?’ He apparently drew a ton, then sent around three or four ideas to the company. The development and actual execution were basically done by the company’s design team. Jungkook gave multiple ideas, but the company is the one that finalized that piece. Please think before you write stuff like this.”
— Korean netizen on Pann
“Didn’t Jungkook come up with ideas by drawing various things on his tablet while he was in the U.S., then send them to the company for development? OP, I’ve been seeing you nonstop since last year. Could you please stop taking things way too far? When I see you, it honestly just looks like you’re stirring things up because you want BTS’s album to fail.”
— Another Pann commenter
“It’s not like Jungkook personally colored and drew that exact design himself. He submitted multiple ideas to HYBE, and they either referenced them or made something the way they wanted. What is this unhinged person even saying? Are they calling HYBE’s design team incompetent? You think they’d just leave everything to Jungkook?”
— Netizen
The backlash continues against those pushing the conspiracy. Many are calling out online users for forcing hate months after the original dating rumors.
“What kind of person even is the OP? Seriously, ever since last time, it feels like they’re pretending to be a foreigner when they write posts. Do you really have nothing better to do? Why are they all swarming in together and mass-upvoting this? Hey, seriously, this isn’t it. Please tone down the forced hate. It’s only January 2026, and you’re already acting completely unhinged.”
— Comment on Pann
“It’s been almost two months since the dating rumor. Are people really still this obsessed and stuck in their delusions?”
— User reply
The controversy is showing no signs of dying down as the ARIRANG album drops soon. Fans remain on edge watching how BTS and HYBE handle the situation.
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