V Asks Fans to Avoid Hotel Visits as Privacy Concerns Surface During BTS Tour

BTS member V has asked fans to refrain from visiting hotels where he is staying during overseas schedules, placing renewed attention on V hotel privacy concerns during BTS’s European tour. The request was reported on July 2, 2026, after V posted on a fan communication platform on July 1 with a sleep record showing a total sleep time of 2 hours and 27 minutes.¹

The appeal came days after BigHit Music published a notice on Weverse outlining legal action related to infringements of BTS members’ rights, including cases involving intrusion near artists’ residences, repeated stalking, waiting around private spaces, and one-sided delivery of gifts.² The agency said such conduct is not a simple expression of interest but “a clear crime,” and stated that it would continue responding through police reports and other legal measures.²

V Requests Restraint Around Hotels

V’s request centered on fans visiting the front of hotels during overseas travel. SBS News reported that V asked people to refrain from coming all the way to the hotel entrance, using a post that was tied to his disclosed sleep record.¹ MoneyToday also reported that he asked for respect for privacy through Weverse, saying he did not want accommodation locations to be made public and that the situation could affect performance condition.³

In the message cited by Korean media, V said he would like fans to avoid coming to the front of the hotel.¹ Another reported line from the post stated that the visits could affect his condition for performances, adding that he was making the request for that reason.³ The remarks were framed by outlets as a direct appeal to a limited group of fans whose behavior had crossed into spaces connected to rest and private movement during tour schedules.

The sleep data shared with the post added context to the request. SBS News reported that the screenshot showed 2 hours and 27 minutes of total sleep and 21 minutes of REM sleep.¹ Hankook Ilbo reported the same total sleep time and REM sleep figure, and also reported 37 minutes of deep sleep displayed in the image.⁴ Sports Donga likewise reported that V revealed sleep data showing a total of 2 hours and 27 minutes while asking some fans to stop visiting hotels during the overseas tour.⁵

The available reports do not state that all fans were involved in the conduct. The request was directed at the practice of coming to hotels and hotel fronts, which are private or semi-private areas tied to an artist’s rest, schedule preparation, and movement between official activities.

Privacy Issue Follows Agency Legal Notice

BigHit Music’s June 29, 2026 Weverse notice gave broader context to the concern. The company said that, as of the second quarter of 2026, it had continued legal responses to violations affecting BTS, including malicious posts and privacy-infringing conduct.² The notice included a case in which a defendant in an artist residence intrusion and repeated stalking matter received a sentence of one year in prison, suspended for two years.²

The company identified behavior such as loitering around residences, waiting for artists, and delivering gifts unilaterally as privacy violations.² Hankook Ilbo reported that BigHit Music said it would continue strong legal responses, including immediate police reports, in relation to artist privacy infringement.⁴

The agency’s position is relevant to the hotel issue because both residence visits and hotel visits involve attempts to approach artists outside official schedules. While the June 29 notice addressed a wider set of rights-infringement matters, reports on V’s July 1 post connected the hotel request to the same broader concern: protecting private spaces while artists are traveling, resting, or preparing for performances.

Entertainment reporting on the issue has emphasized that the request was not about limiting official fan support, but about preventing private-location visits. Hotels during overseas tours function as temporary accommodations rather than public event venues, and the source reports describe V’s request as a plea for restraint at those locations.

European Tour Schedule Adds Pressure

The timing of the appeal coincided with BTS’s European performance schedule. MoneyToday reported that BTS began its European tour in Madrid on June 26 and was set to continue through Brussels, London, Munich, and Paris.³ Maeil Business Newspaper reported that the group performed in Madrid on June 26 and 27 and had Brussels performances scheduled for July 1 and 2.⁶ Sports Donga reported that BTS began European performances in Madrid on June 26 and would hold 10 shows across five European cities.⁵

Against that schedule, V’s sleep record drew attention because it appeared during an active performance period. The reported figures do not establish the full cause of his limited rest, but they were presented by outlets alongside his request that fans stop coming to hotels. The source material supports only that V posted the sleep record, asked for restraint, and said hotel visits could affect his condition for performances.

The incident has become a focused example of the boundary between public support and private-space intrusion. V’s message, as reported by multiple Korean outlets, asked fans not to visit hotels during overseas schedules, while BigHit Music’s separate notice reiterated that stalking and privacy violations would be met with legal action. The current record shows a clear request for restraint around hotel locations and an agency policy that treats invasive conduct as a rights-protection issue, not ordinary fandom behavior.

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