BTS' Jungkook and Jimin have solidified their positions in the Guinness World Records as solo artists, yet fans have criticised the official account for a recent tweet, branding it unprofessional and demanding an apology.
GUINNESS APOLOGIZE TO JUNGKOOK
โ Jungkook Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ (@Jungkooknesia) August 2, 2023
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Amid BTS' planned band break, Jimin and Jungkook continue to achieve new chart records in their solo careers.
#JungKook sets 2 new Guinness World Records with his debut single #Seven! ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐
โ World Music Awards (@WORLDMUSICAWARD) August 2, 2023
๐Most Streamed Track on Spotify in 1 week (male) - 89.7M
๐Fastest Time for a Music Track to reach 100 Million Streams on Spotify (male)#Jungkook_Seven
RECORD BREAKER JUNGKOOK
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[NEWS] #JIMIN sets a new Guinness World Records!
โ BTS Charts Dailyโท (@btschartsdailys) August 2, 2023
๐ The most streamed track on SoundCloud - Promise with 330M plays
Congratulations Jimin ๐ฅณhttps://t.co/NzZ5jub2pd pic.twitter.com/nFArjXxcPH
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โ #1 HOT100๐ช (@JIMIN__FACE) August 2, 2023
Congratulations Jimin #PromiseByJiminGWR
HISTORY MAKER PARK JIMIN
JIMIN 3X GUINNESS RECORD HOLDER pic.twitter.com/L7GvUJjlMP
Currently, Jimin holds three Guinness World Records, and Jungkook holds two.
According to your website, Harry Styles had the record for biggest streams for a track in a single week for a male with 78.4M streams.
โ ๐๐๐๐โโท๐ค (@_RapperJK) July 21, 2023
Jungkook has just surpassed 89.7M streams in a week according to Spotify https://t.co/CVOril8KxE pic.twitter.com/riBo3k1Cnp
armys and jjks when they realize that jungkook doesn't actually have any solo achievements: https://t.co/sOnB125r58 pic.twitter.com/ALegFBqMt9
โ แ (@fIydipity) July 21, 2023
Congratulations to Jungkook and Jimin of @bts_bighit/@BTS_twt for achieving two new Guinness World Records titles each ๐https://t.co/vtmuE1v7Lu
โ Guinness World Records (@GWR) August 2, 2023
source?
โ Seven//KTH1 (@oxcefyy) August 2, 2023
luckily we found a source
โ Guinness World Records (@GWR) August 2, 2023
you're so embarrassing ๐คฃ
โ zoey ๐ธโ (@MAINP0PB0Y) August 2, 2023
However, Guinness World Records had already offended ARMYs, and the fandom called them out for their unprofessionalism in provoking hate towards an artist while using casual language like "lol"; later asking them to apologize for the behavior which went viral on the internet.
because of your unprofessional behaviour jungkook got dragged by everyone!! now you are trying to be funny IDIOT
โ IANz BAEโท แตสธ สฒแต (@JeonEsHi97) August 2, 2023
GUINNESS APOLOGIZE TO JUNGKOOK
KOOKARMA STRIKES AGAIN https://t.co/bkBpiRsBZj pic.twitter.com/d10pyteyq2
The way the admin of this account got the nerve to use "lol" now when in fact their lack of professionalism previously caused thousands of racist abuse and harassment towards an Asian artist for a rightful record that he broke, is disgusting!
โ โ๏ธโท (@stillwjungkook) August 2, 2023
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What began as lighthearted banter took an unfortunate turn, resulting in a negative perception of the platform.