V Faces Death Threats Ahead of Upcoming Concert, ARMY Demands HYBE Take Immediate Action to Prorect Him

 

BTS is now just about a week from kicking off the Latin American leg of their highly anticipated ARIRANG World Tour. Cities across Latin America where BTS are scheduled to perform this October are actively mobilizing resources to prepare for the massive crowds of fans expected to attend. 

According to BigHit Music, local authorities are making operational plans based on an estimate of more than 150,000 visitors. City councils are also treating BTS' concerts as major city-level cultural and tourism events, including plans to honor the group with the title of "Honorary Guest."

Beginning in Bogotà, Colombia, on October 2, BTS will hold a total of 14 shows across five major cities in Latin America, including Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; and Buenos Aires, Argentina, before wrapping up the tour with its final stop in São Paulo, Brazil, at the end of October. 

Specifically, screen shots of a post from a TikTok account named @kingjj.kingpj have been circulating within the fan community. The post is allegedly from a group of extremists planning and encouraging others to participate in a series of extreme actions targeting Taehyung during upcoming Latin American leg of the tour.

The post contains disturbing statements such as "Start the 'countdown' for Kim Taehyung" and "Someone will not make it out of Latin America alive. Brazil is the final destination," with the latter seemingly referring to Taehyung. The group also called in shipper and solo fans to "stick closely to the plan" so that "no one will know who the perpetrators are." The content also dragged the late Yeontan, Taehyung's beloved dog, and the idol's grandmother into the attacks.

At the same time, the circulated content contains blizzard and delusional claims about the relationships between BTS members. These toxic individuals also attacked taehyung by portraying him as selfish, fame-hungry, and someone who causes trouble, while mocking his personal injuries with remarks such as "deafness + injuries are only the beginning" and even directing death curses at him.

Notably, this is not the first time in 2026 that the idol has faced content involving threats to his life. Earlier this year, threats involving acid at Taehyung surfaced ahead of his concert in Mexico. In February, a shipper fan in Portugal was accused of campaign outside his hotel in Lisbon and making threats of physical violence, while in September, content encouraging people to buy tickets with the intention of attacking Taehyung at his Brazil concert also surfaced.

Given the severity of the newly circulated content, fans in multiple countries, along with major fanbase accounts, have been calling on others to report the account in question, as well as other accounts suspected of being connected to it. At first, many believed this was a group of extremist Brazilian fans, but his was later clarified: the person who wrote the post has not been confirmed to be Brazilian, they simply mentioned Brazil because it is the final stop of the Latin American tour.

Along with reporting the accounts, ARMYs are actively sending the information to BigHit Music and HYBE, urging the company to seriously investigate the matter and take measures to protect Taehyung his upcoming schedule. Fans have also expressed particular concern for Taehyung's well-being and safety.

ARMYs Responses:

● Threats of repeat physical harm should never be normalised or dismissed. We urge @BigHit_Music and @HYBEOFFICIALtwt to monitor these threats, investigate the accounts responsible, and take appropriate legal action to protect Taehyung.

● This is a serious threat to Taehyung's safety. @BigHit_Musicbans @HYBEOFFICIALtwt, take this seriously, investigate these accounts, and take every necessary step to protect and ensure Taehyung's safety.

● Seeing these kinds of threats right before the Latin American tour is terrifying. I just want Taehyung to be safe!

● What the hell even this? Good Lord, protect them from these people. Touch grass urgently. I'm genuinely worried that Taehyung might see these threads.

● @BigHit_Music, @HYBEOFFICIALtwt, please stop slacking off! You guys have always been indifferent to members' safety. Stop just taking and exploiting their money! If they aren't safe, how are they supposed to work?

● This is the side of the fandom that I will never understand. There is no love for Jungkook & Jimin that could ever justify wishing for or allegedly planning Tad's death. You have to be seriously disturbed to think this is even remotely normal. There is absolutely no justification for it.

● I'm genuinely worried about Tae. I really hope HYBE takes these threats seriously and make sure he's protected.

● This is honestly terrifying. I really hope Tae has enough security around him during the Latin American tour.

● I hope Tae never sees any of this. He deserves to enjoy the your without having to worry about people threating him.

● I'm always curious about people who like to insult others, especially to the point of wishing someone dead. What are their lives like? Are they lacking attention? Is their life really that miserable? That's crazy! I hope karma comes back to him!