BTS V’s Supposed “Clapback” During Livestream Sparks Heated Response
BTS member V has triggered a heated response with his recent livestream.
The BTS member hosted a live broadcast on February 21 to communicate with fans candidly and also to offer them a glimpse of his new home. Notably, it was shortly after he got entangled in a controversy over his text messages with former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin.
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During the livestream, the idol played many songs while talking to fans. Though he mostly went for jazzy songs, he suddenly put on “Look At Me Now” by Chris Brown. As the lines, “I don’t see how you can hate from outside the club/ You can’t even get in” played out loud, he gave a suggestive look at the camera before getting up and walking away from his chair. This moment was widely interpreted as him responding to the criticism and hate comments he received over the controversy.
“how you can hate from outside of the club you can’t even get in”
HE CLOCKED THEM pic.twitter.com/TgG9H6N3f9
— aru⁷ ⋆ (@baesggukie) February 21, 2026
Fans were amused by the subtlety of V’s response.
lowkey gagged that taehyung is going live the literal next day after the whole mhj thing and the articles and his statement lmao you really cant keep a bad bitch down or hidden 😭 unbothered, flourishing, head held high lmaaoopic.twitter.com/F7ZTEsvkCR
— em ❀ (@kalamaleila) February 21, 2026
He ragebaited them so bad in these
quotes lmaoo https://t.co/z4GUGAGsgg— Rize⁷ (@rize07addict) February 22, 2026
HE DID THAT ON PURPOSE BRO HES ACTUALLY FUNNY AS FUCKSBFNWBDJSBDJSHDJSJD
— mon⁷ (@knjgIoss) February 21, 2026
However, many others called out the idol, labeling his actions as childish. Some also took issue with the fact that he was playing Chris Brown’s song, given his history of abuse and violence against women.
since likes are private, can we all agree he's the official manchild in kpop https://t.co/YsS8y71rxs
— ☆ (@velvetv1per) February 22, 2026
playing a chris brown song a woman beater is very on brand for him 🥴 https://t.co/K3Ur7wXLBs
— Ruby 🧛♀️ (@jenfiIIed) February 21, 2026
Shading a woman he has beef with by playing a song of a woman abvser….. https://t.co/NnNiohMzF5
— Namo ⏳ (@namopinkhole) February 22, 2026
how he felt doing all that https://t.co/nzVMJ61n9l pic.twitter.com/McQoRgLTlj
— :p (@onyaurmark) February 22, 2026
Fans argued that V didn’t really name anyone or even specify any situation, so anyone taking offence at the song was simply self-projecting.
Meanwhile, BTS’s recent comeback is facing some pushback over their global campaign. Read more here:
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