BTS' Kim Seok-jin went viral online for appearing in Sabrina Carpenter's latest Instagram posts. On October 7, 2024, the Espresso singer posted several pictures from her ongoing 2024-2025 Short n’ Sweet Tour. A screenshot of Carpenter's Instagram picture went viral on X as eagle-eyed fans noticed Jin on the phone cover of a fan who attended Sabrina's concert.
A few BTS fans noticed an individual at Sabrina Carpenter's concert holding a placard that said, "SHORT N SWEET PLATINUM PRINCESS." Astute BTS admirers saw a photo of the BTS idol from his The Astronaut album and a green confetti piece from BTS' Permission To Dance concert on the back cover of the fan's phone.
Consequently, the post went viral online as fans made light of the matter and mentioned that one could find The Astronaut singer-songwriter's admirer even on Mars.
"You'll go to Mars and find a Seokjin stan," one fan tweeted.
The BTS ARMY united and took X by storm. Some stated that they started looking for the BTS idol in the crowd at Sabrina's concert.
"Yas gurl spread the seokjin agenda to the rest of the world," a fan wrote.
"Meanwhile I am searching jin in the audience," another fan joked.
"I was looking for him in the crowd but I couldn't find him then I was like waaaiittt.. It's ARMYs who find him so I need to do my eagle eyes mode on to find him and here he's hiding in her phone case. Lol!!" another fan added.
Others joked about how ARMYs have a separate folder of pictures of the BTS idol showing up at "the most random places."
"I’m sure she picked this specially since she’s an army," a fan said.
"We have a whole folder of these pictures by now no? My man is always turning up at the most unexpected places," another fan wrote.
"WHY'S HE AT THE MOST RANDOM PLACES LMAO," another fan said.
BTS' Kim Seok-jin is delighting fans with his reality show RUN JIN
After getting discharged from the military on June 12, 2024, the Grammy-nominated South Korean musician held his in-person fan meeting at Jamsil Arena on June 13. He also carried the Olympic Flame at the 2024 Paris Olympics as one of the torchbearers on July 15 (KST).
Following this, on August 13, 2024, he released the first episode of his variety show, which is a spin-off of BTS' reality show, Run BTS! The Epiphany singer-songwriter visited his high school in episode 2, Posung High School, and competed against 26 teenage boys in several games.
The idol engages in new activities, games, and missions in each episode. He also invited his celebrity friends like TXT's Yeonjun, KwakTube, and ex-UFC fighter Kim Dong-yun, who also featured in Netflix's Physical 100 in episodes 4 and 5 of his variety show. South Korean actor Lee Ki-yung (episode 6) and Ji Seok-jin (episodes 7-8) were also featured as guests.
In other news, the BTS idol is reported to release his debut solo album by the end of 2024. Before enlisting in the South Korean military on December 13, 2022, the idol dropped his debut solo single, The Astronaut, in partnership with Coldplay on October 28, 2022. He also performed the song live at Coldplay's Argentina concert on the same day.