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Will Anonymous get canceled? Hacktivist group slammed for promoting BTS single 'Dynamite'

Anonymous teased BTS's upcoming single, saying, 'All our homies listen to Kpop. Aug. 21'

From fan debates to slam fests, Twitter wars are nothing new in the world of social media. A similar incident happened when Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) promoted BTS's upcoming single in their tweet. Anonymous, which has with over 6.2 million followers, promoted BTS's latest single 'Dynamite', which is set to be released on August 21. "All our homies listen to Kpop. Aug. 21," said the tweet.

Soon, users started slamming Anonymous for promoting K-Pop. As one user replied to his tweet, saying, "Ok but what if, purely based on my own tastes in music, K-pop is trash? I'm not gonna gatekeep anyone from listening to whatever music they like, because music is art and art is subjective. If you think K-pop is good, more power to ya. But you can't expect everyone to like it." While another Twitter user slammed the tweet, saying, "Kpop is slavery for the performers and you do know it, on the other hand we all know how stupid kpop stands can be; they easy to manipulate; kpop fandom is big af; hence if you have kpop stands on your side you have a big power on twitter, very smart move."

Later, more hatred started pouring in when another user commented, "Cancelled" and "Kpop needs to end. I’m putting my foot down."

Making fun of the hacktivist's account and K-pop fans,  another user commented, "HACK THE RADIOS AND PLAY ALL THEIR SONGS"

After the slam game began, Anonymous posted another tweet, saying, "The locals hating on kpop and stans are Trump supporters using fake accounts because they are pressed about the Tulsa rally troll. Don't listen to them, block, and ignore."

The tweet was referring to President Trump’s campaign rally that promised huge crowds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday, but failed to deliver because of the K-Pop fans. According to The New York Times, TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups claimed to have registered potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets for Trump’s campaign rally as a prank. After the Trump campaign’s official account @TeamTrump posted a tweet, asking supporters to register for free tickets using their phones on June 11, K-pop fan accounts began sharing the information with followers, encouraging them to register for the rally — and then not show up.

The trend quickly spread on social media, where videos with millions of views instructed fans to do the same, as CNN reported back in June. “Oh no, I signed up for a Trump rally, and I can’t go,” one woman said, along with a fake cough, in a TikTok video posted in June. Thousands of people posted similar posts and videos to TikTok that gained millions of views, making it a win-win for the K-Pop fans.

Later, more people started commenting on the post, saying, "Believe it or not but some people just don't like trash music," and "wtf happened to anonymous LMFAOOOO." While another user clarified, "I’m not a trump supporter tho? mate people are allowed to not like a certain genre of music...that doesn’t mean they’re trump supporters..."

On user even went on to say, "YOO AN ARMY HAS HACKED THE HACKERS LMFAOOOOOOOOOO," referring to the BTS fandom ARMY.