Fans of BTS member Taehyung aka V expressed anger on socal media after HYBE allegedly deleted the K-pop idol's Pied Piper fancams on YouTube. Furious ARMY took to X and called out the label’s latest move after it allegedly claimed copyright over V’s solo fancam of the song.
It all started when the popular fancam of V started getting deleted despite having a huge number of 17 million views, that's more than many other released songs on YouTube. The removal soon engulfed other accounts too. Another popular channel "mumu_tae" was also terminated.
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ARMY reacts to HYBE's move
Fans soon started trending hashtags like "HYBE TREAT TAEHYUNG EQUALLY" and "HYBE RESPECT TAEHYUNG" blaming the company for taking the unexpected step. On its end, HYBE allegedly claimed copyright over BTS member's solo fancam taken from the "To MY DARLING V" event.
What further infuriated fans was the fact that fancams of other BTS members from the same performance remained inact and easily accessible, only proving that V was being targeted. Stating that HYBE was "ruining everything" fans started a chain of angry reactions. One post read, "deleting my man pied Piper fancam will nvr change that it was legendary where he was gagging up everyone by his smooth dance expression his singing he was hot a GOD OF BEAUTY. KING OF FANCAMS. HYBE TREAT TAEHYUNG EQUALLY."
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More about V's fancam of Pied Piper and HYBE's treatment
In the fancam, V was seen performing on Pied Piper from the band’s 2017 album Love Yourself: Her during their 5th Muster: Magic Shop when they celebrated their sixth anniversary in 2019.
This isn't the first time HYBE has been criticised for ignoring V. During the release of the singer's solo debut album Layover before he got enlisted for the military, the label faced a backlash for not promoting the project adequately.