The fansign for SEVENTEEN was held just a few days after that of &TEAM.

Fansign events are the best place to meet stars, and of course, some of the best parts are when fans bring cute clothes and other gifts for the members.

&TEAM, the newest group from HYBE, had a fansign event not too long ago.

In the tweet, a person who went to the event said that the &Team fansign had to follow strict rules.

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The tweet got a lot of attention after the OP said that all of the fansigns had been looked at by staff and that one had been refused because it was "slightly girly."

"Guys, the rules for &Team fansigns are so different that I can't get used to them…They wrote down all 100 names, picked the pages to be signed in the album, put indexes for all nine members, and got everything ready.Even before the event, they told us to put our fansigns in a basket…
They are very careful with our IDs, too LOL.Wait hahahahaThey didn't like my headband because it had a ribbon on it. They said that anything even a little bit girly is not okay lololol.My fansign is being looked at right now…"— OP

It wasn't strange that the retweets were shocked, and Korean netizens shared videos of idols happily taking things or doing things that could be called "feminine."

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What does that have to do with Mingyu from SEVENTEEN?

A few days after the tweet was posted, SEVENTEEN had their own fansign event in Macau.

One fan responded to the original tweet by sending a video of Mingyu from the event, where the idol was wearing a floral wedding veil.

Even in pictures of him wearing the toy, Mingyu looked like he was having a great time.

When the clip was posted, people from all over the world and Korea had a lot to say about it.

One foreign fan in particular said that the video went viral because he didn't seem to care that he was using "feminine" props.

It wasn't just Mingyu, though. During the whole event, the members of SEVENTEEN had fun with the fans and used props, regardless of "Gender stereotypes."

When Jeonghan put on a white wedding veil, she even drove the people crazy.

Fansign events are all about having fun, so it seems very wrong that HYBE made a rule about "girly" things for &TEAM, especially since many idols like to wear them and pose for fans while doing so to make them smile.

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BTS’s V is proving once again why he’s a global music powerhouse! His song “Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo Shin)” has officially surpassed 210 million streams on Spotify, showing its long-lasting popularity.

On February 26, Winter Ahead crossed the 210 million stream mark on the world’s biggest music platform, Spotify. Since its release, the song has been charting for 91 consecutive days on both the Global Spotify Chart and Europe’s Apple Music Daily Song Chart, proving its strong presence.

Originally released on November 29, 2023, Winter Ahead made a huge impact on year-end charts for 2024. It debuted at No. 99 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, topped Billboard’s Holiday Digital Song Sales chart at No.1, and ranked No. 62 on Billboard’s Holiday Top 100.

Over in the UK, the song entered the Official Singles Chart at No. 86, while securing No.1 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart and No.2 on the Singles Sales Chart, proving its incredible digital sales power.

The music video for Winter Ahead also became a hot topic! V transformed into a sculptor, delivering a deep and emotional performance with his expressive acting, pulling fans into the song’s atmosphere.

Despite being 6 minutes and 22 seconds long, the video went viral, ranking No.1 on the "Music Video Trending Worldwide" chart.

On TIDAL, a global high-quality streaming platform, Winter Ahead made history as the longest-running K-pop song at No.1 on the Global Top Video chart.

It also topped Top Video charts in several countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain, Australia, and Singapore.

Even Billboard couldn’t resist the charm of Winter Ahead! The song was featured in "The 27 Best Winter Songs for the Season," with Billboard praising it as "evoking the feeling of the first day of winter, with harmonies as fresh as a snowflake."

They also noted that "its impact will last far beyond December 25."

Additionally, Winter Ahead was voted No.1 on Billboard’s ‘2024 Fan-Favorite Songs’ list, proving that fans can’t get enough of V’s music.

With this, V has now charted three songs on Billboard’s Holiday Hot 100, following Christmas Tree (2021) and his cover of White Christmas. He is officially the only K-pop artist to achieve this!

Even more impressively, he holds the record as the only K-pop artist to have three songs reach No.1 on Billboard’s Holiday Digital Song Sales chart, solidifying his dominance in the holiday music scene.

With Winter Ahead continuing to shine worldwide, V once again proves why he’s the ultimate ‘Winter King’ of K-pop.

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