ARMYs Divided As HYBE Halts Fan Project For BTS’s Jin

ARMYs Divided As HYBE Halts Fan Project For BTS’s Jin

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ARMYs Divided As HYBE Halts Fan Project For BTS’s Jin

It was also a partnership with an airline.

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Ahead of BTS Jinโ€˜s birthday, a Japan-based fanbase and KONI (@btsforever1207 on X, formerly Twitter) prepared a project in honor of him, consisting of a themed boarding pass.

The fanbase partnered with airline JINAIR to issue boarding passes with Jinโ€™s face from the Yet to Come in Busan concert.

Recently, ARMYs have been sharing their boarding passes, which they described as โ€œeven prettier in person.โ€ย 

Yet, it has now been announced that HYBE has halted this fan project. Both organizers shared statements via X, revealing that the company viewed the fan project as a corporate advertisement since one must buy a ticket from JINAIR to obtain the themed boarding pass.

ARMYs are divided over the matter. Some feel this project is no different than idolsโ€™ birthday ads in magazines since you must also buy a magazine or when a Jimin fanbase had an aircraft decorated.

However, others pointed out that the boarding pass included not only Jinโ€™s name but trademarked and copyrighted content, including โ€œBTSโ€ and โ€œARMY.โ€ Many also believe the airline would have profited too much from the sales rather than BTS or ARMY.

What do you think?

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