[theqoo] JAPANESE PEOPLE'S REACTIONS TO BTS' HALFTIME SHOW

Japanese netizens’ reactions to BTS’ halftime show at FIFA:

+22: I kept wondering what connection a Korean artist has to the host country...

> +15: I'm guessing this was the result of sponsor ties.

+31: The world: ‘BTS? Who are those guys?’

BTS: ‘...’

The Korean government: ‘Get to work! Do you have any idea how much we paid to get them on the lineup?’

Japan: ‘They’re pushing the Korean Wave here too...’”

> To be fair, BTS actually got a pretty loud reception when they came out. You’re just making things up.

+198: Looks like Korea still had money left over for bribes

>+22: There’s even a theory it was folded into the national budget.

+16: There’s absolutely no need for halftime entertainment. Especially BTS, they probably got on because Korea paid a huge amount of money. The world doesn’t even know who BTS is. People are there to enjoy football, and this kind of pointless entertainment just creates resentment.

+2: FIFA must have connections with BTS’s agency, HYBE... FIFA has long been known for internal corruption, but it’s apparently gotten even worse. FIFA doesn’t even care about football anymore...

+2: It makes perfect sense. FIFA has basically been taken over by Korea ever since the Korea-Japan World Cup.

+6: People just keep saying, ‘They’re pushing the Korean Wave!’ It was such a pointless halftime show that you’d think BTS had somehow revolutionized FIFA’s standards.

+32: Since Hyundai and Kia have partnership deals with FIFA, that’s probably why BTS was involved.”

OP: If they seriously believe the Korean government and HYBE were powerful enough to force an idol performance into the World Cup final held in the United States’ own backyard, they’re massively overestimating their influence.

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1. Pfthahaㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is too freaking funnyㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. You ignorant f*ckers

3. I pity them

4. They are good at sh*tting on their keyboards

5. That ignorant country sure is jealousㅋ

6. Then just go and push J-Pop... (sigh)

7. They tend to overestimate Korea; we're not quite that capable

8. So we really were that rich of a country?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

9. Yah, thank you, please call our country "rich"ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

10. Seems like they think of us as some extremely wealthy country with a bunch of money

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