Two fandoms are colliding in the best possible way, thrilling fans and celebrities alike.
On April 8, a viral X (formerly Twitter) post drew attention to BTS‘s RM social media activity, racking up over 800,000 views and 32,000 likes. It contains screenshots of RM’s official Instagram account, @rkive, liking posts by Thai actors who have starred in BL (Boys’ Love) romance series.
Fans were thrilled to see the interactions…
NAMJOON IS WAY TOO DEEP IN THAI BL COMMUNITY😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/WzsGrB9HOr
— shi⁷ シ (@whosshii) April 8, 2026
SCREAMING HARD COZ TODAY BTS WORLD x THAI ACTORS HAVE COLLIDED. 😭👋
✅Keng
✅Gemini
✅Fourth
✅Jeff Satur
✅Auau
✅Save pic.twitter.com/l55nzyu5rj
— Aly⁸ ~ with KNP 🤍 (@alymewgulfPH) April 8, 2026
HELLO JOON LIKED GEMINIFOURTH’S POST. pic.twitter.com/6f04JkBKvM
— dan ☆ (@ch3yuen) April 8, 2026
…but no one is more excited than the actors themselves! Fans have shared auto-translated screenshots of actors reacting to RM’s attention. “Auau” Thanaphum Sestasittikul posted a screenshot of RM liking his post….
อมกกกกกกรกราทไนไ รักป๋าคับ🥹🥹 pic.twitter.com/dr3L7vyyR0
— Auau (@Auautnp) April 8, 2026
…where he performed a dance cover of BTS’s “Hooligan”.
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“Save” Worapong Walor also reacted to RM liking his Instagram post…
คือเซฟ คือผมคืออออก่่กากาสหว🥹🙏 https://t.co/tDADy8haqk pic.twitter.com/RagxbD5eIA
— savewrg (@savewrg) April 8, 2026
…which is captioned “SWIM”.
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Jeff Satur wrote “Bye world” in response to RM liking his Instagram post, which features BTS’s new hit single “SWIM”.
Bye world https://t.co/N5VouiQSd2
— 𝗝 𝗘 𝗙 𝗙 𝗦 𝗔 𝗧 𝗨 𝗥 (罗杰夫) (@jeffsatur) April 8, 2026
NAMJOON IS WAY TOO DEEP IN THAI BL COMMUNITY😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/WzsGrB9HOr
— shi⁷ シ (@whosshii) April 8, 2026
Legends supporting legends; we love to see it!
he’s about to propose a new run bts episode idea https://t.co/OZGtAO2q1Q
— jojo⁷ is seeing bts 🪭 (@93SHAD0WS) April 8, 2026
