BTS have a history of having fun with fans every year on April Fools’ Day, and the Korean group didn’t disappoint this year. On Monday (April 1), the group spent part of the day fooling around on their Twitter account, changing identities and the images associated with the account.
First, Jin changed the Twitter layout to feature him talking on a tiger prawn as if it were a phone, and accompanied the images with a tweet using the Korean word for answering phone calls, as if asking “Hello?”
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— ????? (@BTS_twt) April 1, 2019
Later in the day, Suga and J-Hope changed the account over to become the official Twitter handle for SOPE, which they tweeted was the name for the “Number one best singers in Korea,” and is also the duo’s ship name among fans.
They also changed the account’s biography info to express that their they’re open for inquiries and can be contacted for event bookings through their direct messages, and would be willing to go anywhere in Korea. They also appeared on V Live to livestream as SOPE, during which they joked about SOPE’s “disbandment.”
“SOPE” trended worldwide on Twitter following the update.
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— ????? (@BTS_twt) April 1, 2019
After midnight, the account changed its logos to the icons related to their upcoming album, Map of the Soul: Persona.
Here are some of the responses from BTS’ ARMY to the April Fools’ jokes:
* for april fools, three hours ago, jin had changed the layout of @BTS_twt to this… and then he tweeted, “hello?” with his lobster(?) phone… pic.twitter.com/cwDNjFJGol
— ? bangwool translations. ? (@btstranslation7) April 1, 2019
@BTS_twt’s bio:
“For events/questions, please DM!! We will go anywhere in Korea!!! (Let’s) Get it!!! pic.twitter.com/r4SA53lNrG
— ? bangwool translations. ? (@btstranslation7) April 1, 2019
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can u believe jin spent HOURS selecting the right tiger prawn photo and deciding on a hilarious bio and sope just deleted it and uploaded their spur of the moment selca just like that
— pop lies (@kpopliar) April 1, 2019
no one:
absolutely no one:
REALLY not a single one:
me and my fellow sope stans: pic.twitter.com/FMANpYCXCT
— THIS IS A SOPE EVENT ONLY. (@GIRLMEETSEVlL) April 1, 2019
HERE YOU WILL SEE AN ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF SOPE SAILING THEIR OWN SHIP. SOPE WORLD, PLEASE RISE FOR OUR CAPTAINS! pic.twitter.com/ja0RkK3Jlw
— Soft for Yoongi, hard for Hoseok (@ReilLorenzo) April 1, 2019
The april fools @BTS_twt layout is gone :((((
Prawn jin and sope layout you will be missed 2019-2019 —-
— TIN-? — (@taebokkiii) April 1, 2019