Jungkook of BTS. Image from Big Hit Music via The Korea Herald / ANN
Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS assured fans it was he who deleted his Instagram account, not a hacker.
The BTS’ main vocalist confirmed that he deactivated his account, @jungkook.97, on fan community platform Weverse on Tuesday, Feb. 28, saying he just doesn’t use the photo-sharing platform anymore.
“I’ve left Instagram, it’s not hacked. I didn’t use it so I just deleted it. Don’t worry,” he wrote.
WE’LL MISS YOU ON INSTAGRAM, KOOKIE. 🥺
LOOK: Jungkook of the South Korean supergroup BTS has confirmed on Weverse that he deactivated his personal Instagram account. | 📸: BigHit Music/Twitter via @HMallorcaINQ pic.twitter.com/DwkIyRoRCd
— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) February 28, 2023
Jungkook opened his own account in December 2021 at the same time as his bandmates. His account had more than 51 million followers as of last week. He was the second Korean celebrity to log 50 million followers on the platform, following bandmate V.
Upon opening his account, he went by the username @abcdefghi__lmnopqrstuvwxyz which caught the attention of K-pop fans. He changed it to @jungkook.97 in March 2022, which sent fans into “mourning,” according to music platform Billboard.
Jungkook debuted as the maknae (or youngest member), main vocalist, center, and lead dancer of the boy group in June 2013.
Separately, the music video for BTS’ hit song “Life Goes On” logged 500 million views on YouTube on Saturday. It is the septet’s 16th to reach that milestone.
“Life Goes On” fronted its 2020 special album “Be” and landed atop Billboard’s Hot 100. EDV