On Nov 26, JapanŌĆÖs FNS Music Festival announced BTSŌĆÖs appearance on its Twitter and unveiled a video of BTS members (Suga was absent due to his shoulder surgery) promoting the festival on its social media account. However, the problem is that J-Hope was the only one who had to stay ŌĆ£silent.ŌĆØ After seeing this, ARMY from around the world started to point out that this is not the first time FNS has omitted J-Hope. In fact, the 2019 FNS Music Festival broadcast BTSŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Fake LoveŌĆØ performance with every single J-Hope part removed. At the time, J-Hope was performing the song just like every other BTS member, but his voice and dance were never spotted on screen. After this incident became a hot topic on social media, Takeda Danielle, a renowned music critic from Japan and a member of the Recording Academy in the U.S., posted on his Twitter account a Japanese translation of the protest messages left by ARMY in English. He wrote in Japanese, ŌĆ£There are many English comments criticizing the omission of J-HopeŌĆÖs comments. I translated them to let J-ARMY know how BTS is being treated in Japan.ŌĆØ He then wrote, ŌĆ£I respect you guys so much for speaking up for whatŌĆÖs right and for making people accountableŌĆØ to ARMY, backing up their protests. Some of the comments he translated read, ŌĆ£Thi is highly unprofessional. Leaving out one member from a clip,ŌĆØ ŌĆ£WhereŌĆÖs J-HopeŌĆÖs part?ŌĆØ ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs quite disrespectful to see J-Hope not being given time to say something,ŌĆØ and ŌĆ£FNS, you cut out J-HopeŌĆÖs part last time in the performance, and now this?ŌĆØ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDefvmPyKw&ab_channel=bulletproof7 https://twitter.com/danielle_takeda/status/1332122247541055488 Source (1)
