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On January 10, 2025, the popular music streaming platform STATIONHEAD shared a collage on X featuring BTS and other artists, asking listeners which artist's music they were listening to this new year. Other musicians featured on the post included BLACKPINK's Rosé, Stray Kids, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Zayn, Billie Eilish, and Sabrina Carpenter.
However, Jimin was cropped out in the collage featuring the BTS members. The boy band's fans quickly noticed this and voiced their disappointment with STATIONHEAD. As a result, the fans flooded the internet with their discontent with the college and demanded the platform apologize to Jimin. One user on X stated:
“@STATIONHEAD the BTS photo used is not a full member photo and excluding Jimin is a form of insult. Please respect Jimin and the other members, there are lots of photos of the seven that you can use. change the photo now. BTS IS SEVEN. APOLOGIZE TO JIMIN. RESPECT JIMIN. RESPECT BTS”
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While many questioned why Jimin was excluded, others demanded to change the image. Fans even shared multiple images of the group that could be easily placed in a square space of STATIONHEAD's image.
“why did you exclude jimin? don’t come at me saying it wasn’t intentional, they could have used a different photo. one that would fit all seven members,” commented an admirer.
“Thank you for giving me the reason to uninstall your app. No Jimin, no STATIONHEAD,” stated another fan.
“F*ck?where is Jimin?If this photo does not fit completely into the frame, replace it with another photo without deleting any of its members. it's simple.,” wrote another X user.
Some claimed that it was an insult to Jimin, while others called STATIONHEAD's staff members unprofessional and disrespectful.
“So who’s the unprofessional staff behind this account? The only artist I will be streaming is Jimin and only Jimin which you disrespectfully cropped him out. HOW. DARE. YOU,” commented another fan.
“Hello @STATIONHEAD the BTS photo used is not a full member photo and excluding #JIMIN is a form of insult. We are very disappointed with your unprofessional actions. Please change the picture now. APOLOGIZE TO JIMIN. RESPECT JIMIN,” commented an admirer.
“If the frame was too small, you could've found another picture but you cannot just exclude a member like that,” stated another fan.
BTS' Jimin became the first K-soloist with two tracks over 1.3B streams on Spotify
Park Jimin broke the record for most Spotify streams by a K-pop solo artist on January 5, 2024, with two songs that had more than 1.3 billion streams. The most recent achievement was made by the idol with his single tracks, Like Crazy and WHO, both featured in his solo albums FACE and MUSE, respectively.
Following Like Crazy's October 2024 success, Jimin's track WHO has now crossed 1.3 billion. The idol's Like Crazy is the fastest Asian and K-pop song to reach this milestone.
FACE was Jimin's debut solo record, which came out in March 2023, while MUSE, his second independent album, marked its debut in July 2024.
Currently, Jimin is performing his obligatory military duty following his enlistment in December 2023. The discharge of the singer is projected in June 2025.
