BTS’s Jin Is A Victim Of Ageism With A Wave Of Malicious Comments

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Netizens thought the hate was hypocritical.

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BTS‘s Jin was a victim of ageism amid recent photos, sparking a major debate among netizens.

Jin has been sharing new concept photos ahead of his upcoming comeback.

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Jin definitely took netizens by surprise with the new look, which is something different from what fans expect from BTS’s oldest member.

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Yet, when the photos were shared online, Jin was hit with ageist comments. At the age of 32, netizens thought he was too old to do this kind of concept, with some malicious comments aimed at Jin’s age and visuals.

Doing Emo concept at 34, nigga go start a family or something. https://t.co/EeieqyEH8M

— Donda 😼 (@notdonda) April 22, 2025

32 year old man

— laura (@shartunnie) April 23, 2025

He looks like someone who is in his 50s but trying hard to look like 25 still looking like over 40 https://t.co/AVF1dwXa21

— The truth (@botsoppa) April 22, 2025

doing rockstar concept at 40 is something… https://t.co/djYdEowTV6

— 🍥 (@69Ivr) April 22, 2025

Netizens quickly defended Jin, explaining that his age isn’t old and that it is normal, saying that some are being hypocritical criticizing minors debuting but then believing some idols are too old.

am i the only one who sees absolutely nothing wrong with this.. or am I just western.. cause 30 year old rock members is pretty damn normalized over here https://t.co/sl3wuaI4FV

— tae⁺¹ ! 👾 (@omarisvoidd) April 23, 2025

the qrts are crazy, cuz how are you guys mad at companies for debuting minors but age shame people older than 25 https://t.co/YRHbrWtT7U

— Rica 🎀 (@blveihan) April 24, 2025

y’all got me defending a bts member holy shit!
saying: “doing rockstar concept at 40 is something” MOST ROCKSTARS RN ARE IN THEIR 60s https://t.co/uBwqFxkXRZ

— aras (@rosietenshi) April 24, 2025

Following the comments, ageism related to the post became a hot topic on Reddit. Fans discussed how ageism has seemingly always been an issue, and others explained that it was also just because Jin is in BTS and how the members are always victims of unfair criticism.

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