After weeks of endless speculation, rumor mills running wild, and an elevator video that sparked more debate than an actual comeback teaser, BigHit has finally addressed the situation. The company confirmed that BTS’s Jimin had a past relationship with actress Song Da Eun but made it clear that the two are not currently dating. In other words, the internet spun itself into chaos over something that is firmly in the past.
The statement was simple but important—it cut through the noise of accusations, fan wars, and invasive gossip. What people have been treating like a scandal is, in reality, nothing more than a chapter already closed in Jimin’s private life. And here’s the key point: private life. Jimin’s personal relationships are his own, and the fact that it took a leaked elevator video to drag this out into the public eye is exactly why fans are outraged.
Because let’s be honest—this never should have been news in the first place. Jimin has spent over a decade giving everything to ARMY: his voice, his performances, his endless dedication. The least the world can do is let him keep his personal relationships away from the circus spotlight. Instead, we got “detectives” analyzing elevator footage frame by frame, acting like solving Jimin’s love life was some kind of global mission. Spoiler: it wasn’t.
BigHit’s response was a reminder of something fans have always known: idols are human. They date, they love, they have relationships, and sometimes those relationships end. Jimin isn’t an exception to that rule—he’s proof of it. And yet, because of his fame, even his past is treated like public property.
The backlash to the elevator video should have been about one thing: privacy. Not about whether Jimin is “allowed” to date, not about whether fans “approve,” but about why anyone thought it was acceptable to leak personal content in the first place. That’s the real scandal here—not Jimin’s past, but the way it was dragged into the present against his will.
ARMY has made it clear where they stand: Jimin’s happiness matters more than gossip. His past relationships don’t define him. His art, his kindness, and his dedication do. And if people can’t respect that, then maybe the problem isn’t with Jimin at all—it’s with the people who think they’re entitled to every corner of his life.
So let’s close this chapter the way it should have been left in the first place: in the past. Jimin deserves peace, not constant interrogation. And if the elevator video taught us anything, it’s that the world still has a long way to go in respecting idols as actual human beings.
