Do we like Jin?
Our score: 8 out of 10. Decent and on the right side: no harmful words or company found, and real giving, but little on record about LGBTQ+ issues.
Jin is the eldest member of BTS, the Korean group that took over the world. He studied acting at university, and in December 2022 he became the first member to start mandatory military service. He finished in June 2024, then went straight back to making music and variety shows.
The big stoush of 2026 was a credits row. When BTS's comeback album Arirang dropped in March, fans noticed Jin was missing from the songwriting and production credits and got loud about it. The explanation was timing: his solo tour overlapped the group's writing camp. Bandmate RM said the tour ending earlier would have let him join, and Jin himself stayed diplomatic, saying he was happy there were so many great songs.
The other saga is a messy one where he's the one on the receiving end. At a June 2024 fan event, a fan was accused of kissing his neck without his consent, and another fan filed a criminal complaint. By March 2025, Yonhap-sourced reports said police had paused the probe because they couldn't reach her overseas. Later reports say she was indicted, but we didn't open those, so check where it stands.
On the harm check, the record is clean but quiet. We found no remarks from Jin against LGBTQ+ people, women, migrants or the planet, and no stint with anyone who pushes that stuff. He doesn't weigh in on politics much, so the verdict rests on what's missing rather than anything he's said. That's honestly the whole list.
He also comes across as a loyal bandmate. In 2025 he said his members were his lifesavers and that he wanted to show his appreciation and take care of them when they returned from the military. Even when he was left off the Arirang credits, there was no sulking on record.
So: a gentle, generous bloke with a clean sheet, and the only real drama is a credits mix-up and a fan who crossed a line with him. Nothing recent that we could confirm has changed that since March. We'd happily back him, with the caveat that we'd love to hear him say something on the issues that matter.