BTS’ ‘ARIRANG’ Was Leaked on X Before Release. Now, HYBE Wants to Unmask and Sue the Culprit

by impeccabletim

28 Comments

  1. this one was so strange because unlike the katseye or blackpink leaks these were hardly audible. but I’m really impressed that bighit took down the initial posts so quickly. the week before the album drop was probably when they gained the most attention from people.

    but this was the second time I was actively aware of the direct source of leaks in K-pop. kinda crazy

  2. phoenixwinged on

    I can’t believe these losers even flopped at leaking it. I’m terminally online and I didn’t see shit 😭

  3. I’m just wondering who was dumb enough, because of all the things in Kpop that could potentially be leaked, that album is the one most likely to get the leaker sued into the ground.

  4. ThrowsAway-99 on

    It seems like very few people realized it leaked which is great. I looked up the user whose account is now deleted, and I saw a screenshot of them lying about where the Swim MV was filmed using a very sensitive topic. I seriously cannot understand how genuinely out of touch and terrible you’d have to be let your hate for people who don’t even know you consume you like this, and now you might be getting sued like come on😭

  5. Illustrious-Power518 on

    If hardly anyone knew it leaked, either Hybe/BH teams are literal internet ninjas or ARMYs from X buried it so quick nd keep mum about it.

  6. Cute-Apple-5650 on

    That user was so disgusting! They didn’t just leak, they were saying a lot of hateful comments to the members, prior to the comeback. There were “leaks” circulating but people didn’t listen because the main comment was it was just AI. so people just reported to Hybe. based on some people who listened to what they posted. turns out it was the instrumental for Body to Body, If my memory serves me right, they’re even in a GC that aims to spread hate / ruin the comeback.

    But they actually posted a picture of the receiving a deluxe vinyl, a week before the actual album release. But the account is gone now.

  7. i only heard about the leaks in the 3ish hours before official release because everyone on my timeline kept saying “if you spread those leaks i’ll whack your ass, report them if you see them”

    genuinely though there’s been so many holes in security for these things in the past few years 😭 i still think about that person who got demos out of bighit by calling and pretending to be either a member or one of their closest producers, i can’t remember which right now lmao

  8. Consuela_no_no on

    Proud of the fandom for nixing the leak asap and for not spreading it. It’s the least any fan can do for their artist.

  9. Sweaty-Job944 on

    Whoever leaked it is probably hitting this emote rn 😭😭

    ![gif](giphy|5h57daS09IInn3TB14)

  10. AlessandraAthena on

    Heard about it. Did not know it was real. They coming for you now. ⌚

    ![gif](giphy|mC7VjtF9sYofs9DUa5)

  11. Surprised by the amount of people on here who are saying they didn’t know it leaked.

  12. shoutout to armys who kept quiet and kept that info in gc to report to hybe and report on twitter. You guys did amazing!

  13. wannabewabisabi on

    I didn’t know it leaked and I have consumed a disturbing amount of content about this album, so…..

    Edit: Also, good on HYBE. There’s been running hate trains and drama around this release, that kind of coordinated attempt to damage people’s reputation and work should have legal consequences. 

  14. Accomplished-Ad-3422 on

    I used to see this account’s tweets but I didn’t see the leaks they posted. Glad there’s some action being taken against them cuz they used to say a lot more atrocious things

  15. PrestigiousAioli9414 on

    I’m so glad that the army who found out didn’t spread and reported and blocked accounts. I genuinely only found out about this after the article.

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