Among all the celebratory tweets and messages for BTS Jimin’s 24th birthday, a strange hashtag began to circle the Twitter-sphere.
On October 13, ARMYs decided to surprise Jimin for his birthday with a special gift. ARMYs began tweeting numerous hashtags to celebrate his special day. All 20 hashtags and keywords trended worldwide at the same time, making it a world record.
Mar 5, 2021 - “@choibts2 @BTStwt Today is Friday, and I have to work until 11pm. But he gave me a lot of positive energy and happiest moments. I am very grateful to #BTS and #ARMY for always cheering and giving me lots of smiles. Love 3000 #JIMIN”. #park jimin #jimin #jimin twitter pack #jimin packs #jimin twitter layouts #jimin layouts #jimin twitter icons #jimin icons #bts #bts twitter pack #bts packs #bts layouts #bts icons #kim namjoon #rap monster #kim seokjin #jin #min yoongi #suga #jung hoseok #jhope #kim taehyung #v bts #jeon jungkook #twitter pack #twitter icons #headers #twitter. The latest tweets from @jimin.
But not long after, the hashtag #HappyBirthdayGorila started to trend on Twitter as well. Fans were upset that someone would use this hashtag on Jimin’s special day.
The user who is a X1 fan, began spreading the hashtag commented that they started this because they liked the nickname ‘Gorila’.
As the issue became more heated, the user posted an official apology statement on their Twitter.
Hello. This is KikKik. I am the person who started the hashtag #HappyBirthdayGorila on BTS Jimin’s birthday. This hashtag became trending on Twitter. At first, I was just joking around with my Twitter friends and I had no idea that this would actually appear on the trending page. I am truly sorry. I truly apologize for posting a mocking hashtag on Jimin’s birthday, making both ARMYs and Jimin upset. I will never use Twitter again and disappear from everyone. I deserve the criticism I am receiving. I should have put myself in the other’s person’s shoes. I didn’t take the time to think through this. It’s all my fault that something like this happened on Jimin’s birthday and I am truly sorry for it. I am sorry for closing my DM window earlier. I will make sure this never happens again by never using Twitter again. Once again, I truly apologize for everything.
정말 죄송합니다. 자필로 장문으로 쓰려 했지만 개인사정때문에 메모장으로 씁니다 다시한번 정말 죄송합니다 늦어서 정말 죄송합니다 pic.twitter.com/fNiZn4uNpf
— . (@merong1027) October 13, 2019
Even after posting the apology letter, fans are still upset over this incident.
Hopefully another incident like this doesn’t happen in the future in regards to idol’s birthdays.
“JIMINS”, a keyword for BTS Jimin hit Worldwide real-time trends for Twitter shortly after the release of Teaser Photos for BTS’s upcoming single Dynamite.
On 11th of August, BTS released the first set of its Teaser Photos for its upcoming single Dynamite. The digital single is scheduled to be released on the 21st of August. The set consists of seven photos of each member individually taken. The photos were posted on the official Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts of BTS.
Shortly after the Teaser Photos were posted, JIMINS trended in several countries such as USA, United Kingdom, Australia and the Philippines, confirming the excitement of fans to support Jimin and their new single and affirming Jimin's global popularity.
Additionally, Jimin’s Teaser Photo became the fastest among the seven teaser photos to receive 1 million likes on Instagram in about 30 minutes and then reached 2 million likes in just two hours.
Meanwhile, Jimin’s unique hashtag #JIMIN has also reached 12 Billion Views in Tiktok, the largest global video-sharing app, since 10th of August. It is the second most viewed hashtag by a Korean artist and Jimin is the third individual whose hashtag has earned 12 billion views.
Prior to that, on the 3rdof August, Jimin has broken his early record and surpassed 50 million mentions on Instagram. Jimin is the first and the only individual to put such record in the books.
As his previous record states, Jimin owns the most frequently used hashtag in Instagram, beating world-famous personalities such as former US President Barack Obama, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.