Today in K-Pop: BTS Jungkook and Jay Park surprise the Internet with their sudden meet-up and interaction.
On April 19, 2022, Jay Park posted photos of him and Jungkook on his personal Instagram account with the caption, “after I met Jk I can definitely can see why they (BTS) get so much love. Humble ambitious and talented.” As of writing, Park’s post has received over 2M+ likes and 78.5k comments on Instagram.
The photos see Jungkook and Jay Park’s closeness and “bromance”, with one picture seeing Jungkook’s arm around Park, and another with matching swag poses. Clearly, fans of both artists were in a frenzy—for different reasons. Seeing that Jay Park is considered by some K-Pop stans as a problematic figure in the industry, ARMYs were quick to edit the photos with other people.
Some also made memes of the situation, which is typical K-Pop stan behavior on the Internet, yup.
JAY PARK AND JUNGKOOK??!? OMG pic.twitter.com/on88zWQqu6
— hana⁷ ᴱᴺ⁻ ◡̈ • fan (@kookiezandmilk) April 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/kiwijnni/status/1516273417024122883?s=20&t=hpQ8Si7EpHSfKv_noNzK1A
jay park after meeting jungkook#jkhostagesituation pic.twitter.com/fh2g6iYJZv
— ~“j⁷ (@Dear__Bangtan__) April 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/rmugIer/status/1516269538563661826?s=20&t=hpQ8Si7EpHSfKv_noNzK1A
Edits made by Army using the jungkook and jay park's picture
~A hilarious thread pic.twitter.com/B4jmkg8RlS— WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU 2SEOK~sugaxanedit (@kchinguyaa) April 19, 2022
me distracting jay park so the boys can save jungkook #jkhostagesituation pic.twitter.com/av1H5QEaOt
— ᵐⁱᵐⁱ ⁿᵒˢᵉ ˢᶜʳᵘⁿᶜʰ🇵🇸 (@jikookminimoni) April 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/NoNe_OnENEOnONe/status/1516394120096681990?s=20&t=hpQ8Si7EpHSfKv_noNzK1A
“I need new haters because the old ones became fans.” – Jungkook pic.twitter.com/R4StGh7lUs
— ユンギᵒᵗ⁷ (@suga_bts8) April 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/fairyvminiie/status/1516270411805245444?s=20&t=hpQ8Si7EpHSfKv_noNzK1A
📑| Rapper Jay Park posted photos with Jungkook on his Instsgram.
"this is a man who is humble despite being at the top & tries to keep improving. he is even good at boxing. after i met Jk i can definitely see why they get so much love. Humble ambitious and talented💯🔥🇰🇷🇰🇷" pic.twitter.com/InHkiP7DLd
— TKG (@TheTKGlobal) April 19, 2022
While the photos may seem like collaboration is in the works, ARMYs aren’t feeling it because of how infamous Jay Park is for his controversial statements in the past. What do you all think, readers?
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