A viral post with brutal criticism about BTS Jungkook‘s vocals has been hit with backlash, with the idol being defended.
Recently, Jungkook did a live broadcast and during his time with ARMYs, he sang some songs, including the hit song “Golden” from the show KPop Demon Hunters.
As expected, Jungkook was truly unserious and imitated the character Rumi, who loses her voice while singing.
jungkook imitating rumi when she loses her voice during ‘golden’ 😭 pic.twitter.com/jvZKh4NzVW
— jungkook admirer₇ (@dreamjeons) August 31, 2025
Yet, while netizens found it hilarious, a viral post on Nate Pann used it to criticize the idol.
“Jungkook called ‘Golden.’ He sang so seriously bad that both Korean and international fans are in chaos, but only his fans are pretending not to see and shielding him. Total live disaster from ‘Golden’ LOL Is he really the main vocalist..? The video is too funny, howww.”
The OP shared alleged international reactions criticizing the idol, along with alleged comments from Korean fans on theqoo.
Yet, fans quickly came to the idol’s defence. Many shared Jungkook’s achievements and hit back that, after a lot of things that happened, the idol just wanted to have fun with fans, and his cover wasn’t planned or serious.
- It’s not like he usually gets called tone-deaf. Even while dancing, he’s sung encores with just a handheld mic and did it so well that the encore video hit #1 on YouTube trending worldwide with 13 million views. So those old antis from that gallery trying to drag him for his singing is just funny in comparison, isn’t it?
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“They dragged a casual moment where he was jokingly singing and tried to make it into a whole narrative that he can’t sing, just to create bad buzz and push it onto trending. He didn’t even do an official cover, it was in a female key, he didn’t even know the lyrics properly, and he just sang it playfully while laughing. Imagine how bitter you must be about your own fave’s vocals to post something like this? Meanwhile, this is a singer who was invited to perform at the World Cup opening ceremony.”
- “The day before, he was shocked by that crazy stalker house invasion, then still came to do a birthday livestream, saying he hadn’t slept and felt low energy, but he sang all 10 tracks from his album until 2 a.m. At the end, he said. ‘Since I sang Golden album songs today, should I try ‘Golden’ too?’ and jokingly sang the first verse. That ‘ah shit’ part was just because his lip piercing got caught. He’s done that before too. Anyway, it’s gross how those antis obsessively watch his entire live from start to finish, way more invested in him than their own fave.”
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“Last time on live, he casually sang Soda Pop without even getting serious, and Andrew Choi, the voice of Jinu, praised him like crazy, saying Jungkook’s tone is good and he sang really well. The video blew up on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, and everyone was praising him. Antis were already super jealous then, and now they’re once again showing how burned they were LOL.
Netizens always praise Jungkook’s vocals.
