It links to the controversy surrounding English in the album.
Koreaboo
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BTS Jungkook‘s recent comments for a Rolling Stones interview linking to his career as a soloist have sparked major backlash from fans.
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The topic of English being used in the group’s recent album ARIRANG sparked major mixed reactions.
BTS RM’s Past Remarks On Using English Lyrics Resurfaces Amid Album Release
Recently, Rolling Stones have been releasing snippets of the upcoming interviews and editions for each BTS member, with quotes teasing the interviews.
For Jungkook, one of the quotes was about the idol’s desire to improve his English skills to help his feel like a solo pop star, adding, “I need to get better at English, at least to the point where I can make small talk or chat casually. That would be a breakthrough. But English is so hard!”
What would it take for Jung Kook (#정국) to feel like a solo pop star?
“I need to get better at English, at least to the point where I can make small talk or chat casually. That would be a breakthrough. But English is so hard!”
More: https://t.co/5Aj9k2bfiu pic.twitter.com/asO2nLIGcu
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 20, 2026
Yet, while some fans praised Jungkook’s statement, saying how hard English is and that it showed how humble he is, it also drew backlash, with tweets garnering a lot of attention.
In the tweets, netizens hit back at the statement, with some saying Jungkook has been saying the same thing for a long time, and others saying it seems crazy to say so, given how much of BTS’s album was in English. One OP even used KATSEYE’s Yoonchae as an example of learning English quickly and fluently.
You’ve been saying this for years hoe https://t.co/zZhgQpj0lu
— BLACKMAMBA (@THEOGBLACKMAMBA) April 20, 2026
so this man doesn’t even know what is said on his album since that is entirely english😭😭 https://t.co/Y4ov3bCRKc
— ævil (@pinkcashcow) April 20, 2026
i don’t understand why a person who even struggles to make small talk in english released an entire english debut album 😭 https://t.co/E1CDE87WMg
— Pikachu (@quarrelpinks) April 20, 2026
“English is so hard”
*Released a full English album for western validation https://t.co/6H2wwQYsKp
— Hate Crave (@HateCrave) April 20, 2026
yoochae learnt English in like a year, his fossil ass just isn’t smart i fear https://t.co/S8InNI4uai
— naynay loves who is she by kiof (@dontmindcam) April 20, 2026
While many of the comments on the tweet were positive, the negative responses garnered more attention.
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