BTS’ V holds BLACKPINK’s Jennie hand on a date in viral leaked videos in Paris confirming their relationship a year after the rumours; YG Entertainment and HYBE briefly comment

Jennie is in France to promote The Idol, starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.

May 18, 2023 - 2:54 PM IST

South Korean musicians V of the supergroup BTS and Jennie of female K-pop group BLACKPINK have been swept up in dating rumours for over a year after an alleged photo of them together in Jeju Island surfaced on the internet. Following that photo, several photos have surfaced online though their faces were hardly visible and fans cited the rumours weren’t true. However, a year after the rumours, BTS’ V was spotted for the very first time in public with Jennie while they were on a date in Paris earlier this week.

BTS’ V holds BLACKPINK’s Jennie hand on a date in viral leaked videos in Paris confirming their relationship a year after the rumours; YG Entertainment and HYBE briefly comment

French journalist Amar Taoualit posted a series of footage of the two famous musicians taking a walk on the streets of Paris on TikTok. He also confirmed that the video was of Jennie and V. Their managers and bodyguards accompanied them. As per Soompi, on May 18, Sports Seoul reached out to their agencies HYBE and YG Entertainment and both commented, “It is difficult to check [regarding this matter].”

For God sake, stop being delusional. Accept it and move on! Why can't they fookin date someone pic.twitter.com/md4VOmdIlS
— sleeping (@hityouwidthatd4) May 17, 2023

Is this a dream????? FINALLY????????‍♀️????#Taennie #Taehyung #Jennie #V pic.twitter.com/1JBGly1ghy
— Ni’☁️ (@bangpinkmuseum7) May 17, 2023

In 2022, rumours of their relationship took over the internet. On May 22, pictures of individuals resembling Jennie and V together started circulating online. As Korean media outlet Soompi reported, a photo taken on Jeju Island featuring two individuals resembling Jennie and V recently spread on online communities, leading to rumours that the two are in a relationship. When reached out for a response by news outlets, Jennie’s agency YG Entertainment briefly commented, “We have nothing to say [regarding this matter]. We will inform you if we have a different response to share.” Since then both their agencies have remained mum on the relationship.

Neither Jennie nor V posted any photos of each other, however, many leaked photos had surfaced online. YG Entertainment did release a statement in October 2022 after the photos went viral on social media. “We have refrained from mentioning the matter or making an official statement in order to minimize any further damage,” the agency said in its statement, per Korea JoongAng Daily. “However, there have been indiscriminate rumours, criticism, personal attacks, sexual harassment and violations of personal life sparked by those private photographs. The photos [of Jennie] distributed online were made public illegally, without Jennie’s consent. Sharing those images is an act of secondary victimization and can be subject to legal penalty. Please refrain from indiscriminately sharing those images.”

Meanwhile, Jennie is in France to promote The Idol, starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp at the Cannes Film Festival 2023.