Recently, V caused a stir among fans by releasing teasers for his upcoming song Winter in sighta collaboration with Park Hyo Shin. However, fans were quick to notice that HYBE had made no effort to promote the BTS member’s new project.
Specifically, fans have expressed frustration with the lack of posts or updates about V’s new music on social media platforms operated by HYBE. Despite this, V himself took the initiative to engage in posts by sharing his teaser MV, leaving comments to thank fans, even while serving in the military.
This has fueled anger among V fans, who argue that rumors suggesting V preferred no promotional efforts from the company are false. Fans point to his active interaction with his teaser posts as proof of his interest in the promotions.
As a result, many Korean netizens and V fans urged the singer to leave HYBE once his contract expired. They claim that the artist has been treated unfairly in his solo activities. However, V is not the only BTS member who has reportedly suffered malpractice in solo promotions from HYBE.
Adding to the controversy, fans recently noticed that several of the fancams of V’s performances had mysteriously disappeared from YouTube.
V, which holds numerous highly rated fancams, including Boy with love performance, which surpassed 100 million views, became the center of attention when these videos were suddenly removed. Notably, official uploads by broadcasters remain intact, but fancams uploaded by fans, some with tens of millions of views, have disappeared.
Fans speculate that HYBE, who claims copyright to these videos, is behind the removals. This issue seems unique to V among BTS members, further aggravating his fan base.
On platform X (formerly Twitter), V’s fans rallied with trending hashtags demanding fair treatment for the idol.
In 2021, V was recognized as the only male K-pop idol with seven fancams surpassing 10 million views on YouTube, an unmatched record in the industry. He also holds the record for the most viewed official and unofficial fancams on Facebook among male K-pop idols.
The disappearance of these high-viewer fancams has left fans angry and disappointed, reigniting calls for HYBE to change its approach to supporting V’s solo career.
