Netizens were divided.
Koreaboo
5 minutes ago
Recently, BOYNEXTDOOR’s Myung Jaehyun sparked controversy online for his rather “possessive” messages sent to fans on Weverse DMs.
If you go into anyone else’s DM’s or something, you will die for real. Whether it’s the members or whoever. Make sure you conduct yourself wisely if you are Myung’s girl. I’m the strongly possessive type.
— Myung Jaehyun
The OP was shocked at his wording and wondered if fans actually enjoyed this type of personality.
Is this his usual vibe? Telling fans they are going to die? Did puberty come late for him? Do fans truly like it when he talks like this? Does he continue to do this because this kind of thing actually works on fans?
— OP
Meanwhile, K-Netizens had divided reactions to his messages.
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- “Ewww.”
- “What can you do? He’s just playing with his fans.”
- “Isn’t he just feeding into fans’ parasocial relationship? But I think he won’t be able to do it when he gets older. It probably only works on teens.”
- “It’s just cringe.”
- “Why are people saying something about even things like this?”
- “Young kids will probably like this.”
- “So he’s not just copying some meme, and actually just saying that?”
- “It’s a message he actually sent through Weverse DMs.”