BTS’s Jimin Targeted On Spotify
BTS‘s Jimin is being targeted on the music streaming platform Spotify in more ways than one.
Firstly, AOA Jimin‘s profile on Spotify is being inappropriately displayed as BTS’s Jimin.
The AOA member has a solo Spotify page that includes her tracks from when she was a semi-finalist in the first season of Mnet‘s rap competition reality show Unpretty Rapstar in 2015.
Unpretty Rapstar is a South Korean rap competition TV show that airs on Mnet. It is known as the female counterpart of Show Me The Money. The contestants compete with each other to get a chance to participate in the new song that the producers made.
— Wikipedia
At the time of writing, the Spotify profile for AOA’s Jimin has a photo of BTS’s Jimin from the “Proof” concept photos for the group’s latest album Proof. Yet, the tracklisting is for her.
Interestingly, BTS Jimin’s Spotify profile has his profile picture different. Instead, it’s from the “Door” concept photoshoot rather than “Proof.”
Additionally, the About section for AOA’s Jimin is for BTS’s Jimin rather than her. It credited the artist as the one who edited but the information and photo as “Hybe Fan-Club.” The profile picture is also the one used for BTS Jimin’s page.
So, while ARMY is reporting the issue to Spotify as a continuing error in the system, it might be intentional.
.@Spotify @SpotifyCares Female artist named Jimin is shown to use an image of Park Jimin in her profile. Reporting via your form isn't doable due to faulty URi. Pls fix this error.
Errors in Jimin's profile keep on happening. Pls take steps to avoid more incidents. @BIGHIT_MUSIC pic.twitter.com/nQM8fxNM98
— Jimin Global 🌎 | Jimtober is coming (@JiminGlobal) September 23, 2022
It might be the case that someone hacked into AOA Jimin’s Spotify account, using the verified status to their advantage to impersonate BTS’s Jimin. For example, the following has suddenly grown a lot and continues to.
.@Spotify @SpotifyCares @BIGHIT_MUSIC This account is impersonating Park Jimin on Spotify. It indicates its copyright is owned by Hybe Fan-Club.
It's deceiving users and already garnered ~8K monthly listeners, 5558 followers. Pls take down the account and take necessary actions. pic.twitter.com/HWLKTXt8xj
— Jimin Global 🌎 | Jimtober is coming (@JiminGlobal) September 23, 2022
That’s not all, though. This week, Jimin’s solo “Promise” was added by an unfamiliar source to music streaming platforms, although he had only released it via Soundcloud on December 31, 2018. This isn’t even the first time this has occurred, causing ARMY’s concern.
.@Spotify @SpotifyCares Promise suddenly appeared on Jimin's profile. However, it says it's published by QuickSilver Music Group, which cannot be traced.
The song has been illegally published many times. Please check if this is legal and legitimate and do correspondinģ actions. pic.twitter.com/ozdrc6Rg84
— Jimin Global 🌎 | Jimtober is coming (@JiminGlobal) September 22, 2022
Hello @BIGHIT_MUSIC @bts_bighit @Spotify can you please confirm if promise by BTS JIMIN has been officially released on Spotify under your labels under jimin’s Spotify profile or not, because there is different name on the source of music pic.twitter.com/8YfFP5iblA
— JIMIN VOCAL | threads & analyses (@PJM_vocal) September 22, 2022
We reviewed Promise releases on Spotify, YouTube, Deezer and looked into the publisher.
QuickSilver Music Group has no credible online presence. On YouTube, the song was published in a diferrent Jimin channel.
Please help report this to Hybe. Here's a template you can refer to. pic.twitter.com/rTkFTVfqUz
— Jimin Global 🌎 | Jimtober is coming (@JiminGlobal) September 22, 2022
“Promise” has since been removed from BTS Jimin’s Spotify profile, but AOA Jimin’s Spotify remains with his profile picture.
