IU and V’s get together revealed to be a friendly gathering with Lim Seulong and another acquaintance

More accounts of the V and IU’s latest outing have been revealed.

On May 15 KST, photos of BTS member V and singer IU dining together at a luxury restaurant in Seoul spread rapidly via online communities and social media platforms. Initially, IU and V were thought to be dining alone, but the latest accounts revealed they also met with 2 AM‘s Seulong and another female acquaintance.

While some fans were excited to see two of the biggest K-pop stars, there were some negative opinions. Many fans argued that the two may be catching up as friends since V and IU previously worked together on her music video “Love Wins All,” but there were some negative opinions about the two being on a date.

With the latest revelation, the controversy has cleared, with netizens commenting about the latest buzz. They commented:

“Ah, turns out it was with acquaintances lololololol.”

“Even in a post like this, people are being creepy…”

“I figured there were other people from the start — V kept glancing to the side.”

“LOL controversy over.”

“Even just eating with acquaintances on a birthday turns into a controversy lol.”

“I really don’t get why this became such a big deal. It was probably a shared gathering to celebrate both V finishing his service and IU’s birthday. What are people even doing, trying to stir things up when the female celeb is already openly dating someone else?”

“Seriously feels like people are paparazzi… How far are they going to go over someone eating a meal? They’ll never realize they’re the ones who are seriously messed up.”

“Fr, she’s publicly dating someone else, but these delusional shippers and forced narratives need to be put in a hospital.”

“Exactly. And again, she’s in a public relationship. Seriously, what is wrong with people?”

“For real… actual fans were just joking around like ‘Taejun and Ji-hye hanging out lol’… What even is this?”

“Gives me chills honestly… Don’t dismiss this kind of thing as just ‘the price of fame.’ The ones who keep pushing it are seriously not well.”

“They were trying to stir up fanfiction-level rumors and build tension from the start. Meanwhile, both fandoms are just joking like ‘Ji-hye, Taejun lol.’”

“Yeah — when I saw people talking about it being her ‘birthday’ (which it isn’t) and ‘Rose Day’ and stuff… it was seriously creepy lololol.”

“Seriously… and she’s literally in a public relationship, so what’s with all this ‘Rose Day’ stuff? People really are doing the most.”

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