“Following Seungri” — Claims Of BTS V’s Private Account Go Viral

In December 2021, the members of BTS all joined Instagram on the same day. In particular, BTS‘s V broke several records with his account’s creation, which currently has 69 million followers and makes him the most followed Korean male celebrity.

BTS’s V

Recently, however, viral claims about an alleged private account have gone wildly viral online.

An account quoting a negative tweet about the idol attached a screenshot from another account, claiming that it was V’s. The account @tebrov is seemingly shown to follow former BIGBANG member and convicted criminal Seungri.

taehyung was following seungri literally on his private acc no wonder his family doesnt want him https://t.co/5mRnKBLFWH pic.twitter.com/hiWw3NJ1v6

— 🐰 (@virgoaIien) October 20, 2025

The @tebrov account was first brought up in 2021, when V was involved in dating rumors with Joanna Chun, the daughter of Paradise Group president Phillip Jeon. Joanna reportedly followed the @tebrov account, fueling beliefs that it was V’s account.

The account name was also linked to the idol, with “tebro” supposedly standing for Taehyung, and V for his stage name.

The account was connected with some of V’s activities on Weverse as “proof.”

However, the initial rumors of the idol dating Joanna were spread by the now imfamous Sojang, who is currently facing legal action from multiple idols over defamation.

Malicious YouTuber Sojang Ordered To Pay Millions To BTS’s Jungkook And V

At the time, many were convinced that it was either Sojang or anti-fans who attempted to pin the account on V, which was also brought up with the recent allegation.

I never thought of defending a man, but this is completely false. The screenshot is from a fake account created to spread dating rumors. They suspected it was Gasahara aka Sojang, who also spread rumors about other idols. Please stop spreading lies. https://t.co/1lyzJgudU3 pic.twitter.com/jhI6iQqCcs

— Love (@pocktlobe) October 21, 2025

debunked made up sht spread by jimin x jungkook’s ajummas shippers on dcs. mind u it was a non sense made up with no proof other than that acc with 2k “followers” following joanna to force dating rumors of v and her that time which also didn't work out and was denied and sued https://t.co/HI5WwqpVzp pic.twitter.com/YilgfTwCmM

— bnny (@justthinking005) October 21, 2025

bro 💀 i don’t even go here but this account was made by sojang i rmbr bc they are in the case articles when kpop artists sued her on separate occasions (including V), not sure why international kpop stans are using the same files aren’t you afraid to get sued? https://t.co/IYTvBG7n8v

— delo mama (@delo_mama5371) October 21, 2025

This is another instance of BTS’s V facing scrutiny following initial criticism of his behavior at the W Korea event, which you can read about below.

BTS V’s “Problematic” Past Actions Are Gaining Attention Amid Recent Controversies