Trisha Paytas “Shades” BTS As Her Debut K-Pop Song Tops The Chart

American streamer and influencer Trisha Paytas recently made her K-Pop debut for some reason.

Trisha Paytas | <i.@trishapaytas/Instagram

Trisha Paytas began her career in Los Angeles, attempting to break into the acting scene before opening her YouTube channel in 2007. From there, her various appearances helped to establish her popularity, allowing her to make her music debut and create more content.

On May 18, Paytash released “S사랑해 Saranghae (I Love You)” officially debuting as a K-Pop artist.

The video quickly became a viral sensation, as netizens took in the track.

Trisha Paytas's kpop debut???????????😭😭😭😭https://t.co/XddZRcfhvx

— ævil (@pinkcashcow) May 18, 2026

Surprisingly, the song’s performance has attracted attention online.

As the song continued to rise in rank, Paytas shared updates on her Instagram account, first sharing excitement that the song was ranked 45.

Many commenters marveled at her outranking other K-Pop artists, including BTS who were shown in the chart twice, though some of these comments were more worded as hate.

A screenshot of this post on X seemingly shows Paytas liking one of the comments towards BTS, asking her to “end them.”

Some have seen the “like” as “shade” towards the group, sparking criticism towards Paytas, including her Zionism and past racism towards Asians.

Kpop stan really don’t care if she’s aracist, zionist and ped0phile and what their care about is “ending bts" 😭😭😭😭😭😂? pic.twitter.com/SqR8ZmjeEp

— 1993⁷ (@aagustd_2013ot7) May 20, 2026

GIRL FUCK U pic.twitter.com/KiuSHBkbN6

— yoonmin tony montana truther⁷ (@DAECHVlTA) May 20, 2026

so ppl would support actual zionist only if it means hating on bts like okayyy https://t.co/92J3ScYxAe pic.twitter.com/SxPArJqXfK

— mina (@koominrchve) May 20, 2026

Kpop stans token stanning a zionist in 3…2…1… https://t.co/XJqQOKwxf6 pic.twitter.com/eS2r2fVKe2

— мнуѕα σƒ ∂яαggιηgѕ⁷ ⦿ ☰ ☲🔴🔴🔴 (@Queensleyy) May 20, 2026

As of writing, the track has hit #2 on U.S iTunes “Top K-Pop” chart, only outranked by “Golden” from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Paytas posted this on her Instagram account, where she promised more music in Korean.

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