He “ran” to the other side of the balcony.
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BTS is currently in Mexico for their ARIRANG world tour, and they were given a royal welcome by thousands of ARMYs at the National Palace.
Recibo con gusto a uno de los grupos más queridos por las y los jóvenes de México: BTS. La música y los valores unen a México y Corea del Sur. pic.twitter.com/OS39Sp0H6g
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) May 6, 2026
Within only a few hours, over 50,000 fans were said to have gathered at the National Palace.
[NEWS] The President of Mexico Claudia S. announced that #BTS gathered nearly 50,000 people in the Zocalo with only 5 hours of announcement to welcome BTS in Mexico City! 🇲🇽
BTS PAVED THE WAY pic.twitter.com/XB2Jt4JLdu
— BTS Charts News (@btschartsxdaily) May 7, 2026
Although the members were just as thrilled to see fans as fans were to see them, Jungkook also encountered his old enemy: mic stands.
BTS’s Jungkook | @sarcaesthetics/X
As soon as Jungkook spotted a mic stand, he slipped away to the other side of the balcony to inform RM, aka BTS’s go-to public speaker at public events.
Jungkook saw a mic stand and RAN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALCONY 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/zK3varC6cs
— steph ⊙⊝⊜ (@gomdorichick) May 6, 2026
CRYING AT THE FACT HOW JUNGKOOK WAS CURIOUS BUT THEN WHEN HE SAW THE MIC WAS TOO CLOSE TO HIM HE IMMEDIATELY RAN TO THE OTHER SIDE TO THE BALCONY FOR TELL NAMJOON AND AVOID IT😭😭 IM GLAD HIS MIC PHOBIA NEVER CHANGES😭 pic.twitter.com/O0CiQquBaw
— Carolyne🌱⁷⁼¹ (@mhereonlyforbts) May 7, 2026
When a mic stand was carried out to RM, Jungkook stayed in the balcony’s corner, a step behind Suga and Jimin. Some fans joked that Jungkook was fully prepared to sacrifice Suga if RM asked another member to speak.
LMAOOOO Jungkook realizes that they will take out a mic near where hobi and he were but as soon as he saw it he moved to the other side, but the mic was moved towards where namjoon was, who was close to him and just stayed in the corner better 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/PumvDQJNd5
— yaz⁷ (@sgmin_seven) May 7, 2026
This shoulder grab was not out of cutesy, jungkook was fully ready to sacrifice yoongi and push him forward if namjoon turned around for another speaker https://t.co/ar2hArBZWd pic.twitter.com/FCm7ZleYso
— steph ⊙⊝⊜ (@gomdorichick) May 7, 2026
Read more about BTS’s time in Mexico here:
Outrage Erupts At BTS’s Mexico Concert
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