[theqoo] INTERNATIONAL CRITIC EXPOSES BTS-ROLLING STONES COVERAGE

One of the editors of this website asked me to write a review for a BTS member’s album and once I told them that it would be negative (after I heard the promo and didn’t like it) he said, “if you don’t love it you can just sort of describe it in a neutral way.” Zero integrity. https://t.co/jKsk8WQJgb
— Joshua Minsoo Kim (@misterminsoo) October 3, 2025

놀라지마세요
방시혁 옆에 앉아있는 사람이
이 롤링스톤스 잡지 현재 CEO입니다
25만명이라고 기사써준것도
몰라서 그런게 아니라 그들만의 비즈니스죠
이런식으로 한국에서 부풀려 해외에 뿌리고
해외에서 또 몇번 부풀려 한국으로 역수입되고
그렇게 한없이 커진 방탄이죠..pic.twitter.com/nsZv3oVT5A https://t.co/up4niLv49R
— who're we just a speck of a dust within the galaxy (@amoreupati) March 22, 2026

"Don't be surprised.

The person sitting next to Bang Sihyuk is the current CEO of Rolling Stones magazine.

It's not that they wrote an article stating 250,000 people out of ignorance; it's just their own business strategy.

They inflate the numbers in Korea and spread them overseas,

then inflate them a few more times overseas and re-import them back into Korea,

and that is how BTS grew endlessly."

original post: here

1. This is just too embarrassing ha....

2. Bunch of liars

3. I'm not even surprised at how low they can go anymore

4. Everything about them is fake fake fake

5. They're the biggest bubble of bubbles

6. The person in the black hat sitting on the left is the Coachella CEO, not the Rolling Stones. Since HYBE was said to be eyeing a stake in Coachella, they might be lying in the media by claiming they kept attracting 100,000 people because of this