Past Fan Hugging Events Resurface After News Of BTS Jin’s First Activity After Discharge

With the recent news of BTS Jin’s discharge from the military, fans received a notice about his first promotions after being discharged.

He will host an offline event to meet with fans just one day after discharge. In line with 2024 FESTA, the event will be held in two parts, the first titled Jin’s Greetings.

This isn’t just any event; it will be a hugging event, where a small hug with Jin will be a part of the meeting. While fans were excited that Jin requested the hugging portion, they were upset that his first livestream would only be available to those with a Weverse membership. This caused a stir as BTS has never held a live stream for membership only.

Meanwhile, with news of Jin’s hugging event, K-Pop fans took a trip down memory lane and reminisced about the hugging events that used to be popular back in the day.

Going as far back as 2013, group 100% held a surprise hugging event after a music broadcast with 350 fans.

BIGBANG’s Taeyang also once held not only a hugging event, but a guerilla concert (surprise free concert) and high-touch event too!

K-Pop fans couldn’t forget group ASTRO’s hug event wearing adorable uniforms.

This hug event left fans with the legendary photo of Cha Eun Woo and a fan!

Netizens wondered if that fan made it home alive that day.

• “Wow is he not thinking about the fan’s heart?”
• “Wow hod did that fan make it home alive, I would have had a heart attack.”
• “Wow he needs to take care of her if he does something like that.”
• “Wow I would have fainted right away.”
• “So crazy.”
• “I want to date him…”
• “Crazy…what do you want us to do after he does something like that….”

Fans found that the most recent hug event was from 2019 by group KNK.

Netizens were excited to see hug events making a comeback!

• “Wow they’ve still done hug events up until pretty recently!”
• “Hug events are making a comeback!”
• “Crazy they really hug you like that?”
• “Wow the last one, he’s patting her head.”
• “GOT7 has done it before…I was there.”
• “I think this event isn’t as dangerous? And seems really nice.”

What do you think about hug events making a comeback? Would you attend one? Let us know!

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