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BTS comeback tour hijacked by dating rumours
Mint Kolkata
|January 15, 2026
Homegrown K-pop fans expect their idols to stay single—at least publicly
K pop's biggest-ever comeback tour, the return of the super boyband BTS, has been hijacked by a dating scandal. How the $9 billion industry handles the excesses of super fan culture will have an impact on the way the genre extends its footprint globally.
The controversy that has fired up a small but vocal fandom centers on whether two of the industry's biggest stars, Jungkook of BTS and Winter of aespa, are in a relationship. To some fervent devotees, dating is a crime. Idols are meant to stay single, at least publicly, to preserve the image of accessibility and provide blank slates for followers to project their fantasies.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition January 15, 2026 de Mint Kolkata.
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