Netizens quickly came to his defense.
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BTS RM‘s visuals have been criticized in a now-viral post.
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“Looksmaxxing” is an online community or group that focuses on maximizing physical attractiveness through various, sometimes extreme means. This can range from focusing on health and fitness to “bone smashing,” a process that involves breaking facial bones to allow them to heal into a more “ideal” formation.
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This also includes the belief that breathing through the mouth vs the nose can change facial appearance. Videos showing individuals, including RM, with a receding chin being negatively compared to others who do not have gone viral on TikTok.
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One of these videos was reposted on X in a tweet mocking RM’s appearance.
NOT THE LOOKSMAXXING COMMUNITY USING RM AS A EXAMPLE OF BEING CHOPPED OMG 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/yGwZvRwbKs
— madjen🫧 (@themadjen) April 29, 2026
Many defended the idol, citing a number of reasons, including the often racist logic behind the community. Many visual “imperfections” are actually ethnic features that are viewed as “less than” by some, who favor Eurocentric features.
“Looksmaxxing” is also often associated with incels and incel-like behavior.
posting nazi rhetoric to try and dunk on a celebrity you don’t like https://t.co/iJI3QfysEK pic.twitter.com/G73NiENt25
— IM DONE. CHAENGIE…baby…🏰 (@jeonghives) April 29, 2026
Listen I’m not a fan of bts and I hate armys but yall siding with literal incels and sharing their shit here just to hate on RM is lowkey insane. You guys have no morals when it comes to kpop https://t.co/a1qtthU8uD
— #naoyaender🍋 (@fartms1) April 29, 2026
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