BTS member Jungkook gained attention today for his recent social media posts, which were perceived as showing support for NewJeans. The first post was a photo of Jungkook’s dog Bam along with a caption reading: “Artists are not guilty,” followed by five heart emojis and a flexed bicep emoji. The colors of the hearts corresponded to the NewJeans members and their previous Powerpuff Girl concept.

Jungkook also made another post with the caption “Don’t use them.” His support for NewJeans comes in the midst of the HYBE-ADOR conflict, as NewJeans has recently come under fire for their livestream supporting Min Hee Jin.

Jungkook’s label, Big Hit Music, quickly clarified the intentions of Jungkook’s recent posts, stating: “We have confirmed this was posted with the belief that, under no circumstances, should young artists be dragged into disputes and used as a shield.”

Now, netizens are reacting to Jungkook’s posts with surprise and admiration:

“Wow, Jungkook is so cool…”

“This is really cool of him. Isn’t he a global celebrity? This can’t be an easy thing for someone in his position to do”

“Wow, I don’t even know that much about him personally, but I suddenly like him”

“Honestly, who would know better than him when HYBE is doing something wrong? The people who have been hurt know better. BTS has been hurt by HYBE too. Even I, who am not a fan, know this much”

“Most of the idols under HYBE probably feel the same way as him. They know they could end up in a similar situation as NewJeans”

“It takes a lot of courage to speak up and put yourself in an uncomfortable position like him. This is why they call Jungkook a real man”

“Even though I’m not a BTS fan, I like that he’s brave. It’s hard to speak out about right and wrong like this”

“How much money has Jungkook earned for HYBE so far? He should be able to say something like this”

“Wow, this couldn’t have been easy for him to do…”

“Now the only HYBE artists we should support are NewJeans and Jungkook ㅋㅋ”

“I wish NewJeans success. There are many people cheering them on now”

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