Stray Kids’ Bangchan Openly Defends A Girl Group Against His Own Fans

In an almost unprecedented event, Stray Kids member Bangchan has called out his own fanbase for disrespecting his senior girl group, TWICE.

The issue supposedly began over the announcement of Stray Kids’ Lain American tour, STRAYCITY. On May 22 (KST), the boy group announced three concert dates in Colombia, Argentina, and Mexico, sparking huge anticipation. However, many TWICE fans felt wronged, as the girl group had scrapped plans to add a Latin American stop to their ongoing tour. They directed the blame at JYP Entertainment for what they perceived as preferential treatment toward Stray Kids.

same dates twice were supposedly coming… what exactly do they expect us to think? jype is the worst company ever

— ria (@iny3album) May 22, 2026

So you’re telling me TWICE has 0 shows in LATAM while SKZ gets a whole ass STRAYCITY? The misogyny in this company is sooo disgusting.

— ICONIC ONCE🍭 (@ICONICONCE) May 22, 2026

So JYP sacrifice Twice in Latam to focus on them huh?

— i saw Nayeon 🐰 (@entenzibly) May 22, 2026

This feud, however, took a nasty turn with the two fanbases going back and forth, making insulting comments about the respective groups. As the heat kept getting turned up, Stray Kids leader Bangchan left everyone shocked by directly speaking up on the matter.

While Bangchan didn’t address the accusation that TWICE’s Latin American tour dates were “stolen” by his group, he did call out his fans sternly for disrespecting the girl group. In a message to his fans, the idol urged them to “just appreciate and be grateful for TWICE,” adding that the members were all his friends and he had nothing but respect for them in his heart.

oh I’m gonna hang this up in the louvre pic.twitter.com/9j30zoXCKF

— tangy was noticed by chaengy 6x 🏰 (@chaengsfiance) May 23, 2026

The message has triggered polarizing responses on social media. On the one hand, TWICE fans have shown massive appreciation for Bangchan speaking up directly on the issue.

bangchan has always been alright with me, ever since we found out he snuck food for the girls

— Tzuyus❾nly (@tzulovelyy) May 23, 2026

I may not like his fuck ass fandom but Bang Chan I fuck with you heavy

— 😽🍭⁹ (@twjyjeong) May 23, 2026

i don’t even go here but i really respect him for speaking up for twice against stays, he didn’t have to do it and he knew it’d upset some fans but he said it anyway

— lala ⋆‧°𓏲ּ𝄢 (@channieluuvr) May 23, 2026

However, on the other hand, many Stray Kids fans expressed their severe disappointment and outrage at Bangchan’s response, accusing him of trying to appease another fanbase at the expense of his own.

@bangchan love you bad but i only care about stray kids you can keep that gratitude to yourself because their fandoms drag skz daily and the girls don’t even mention you anymore bye pic.twitter.com/9ez7Qp4yd0

— ☆ (@_lyneho) May 23, 2026

your noonas dont say a single word when their fans dehumanize you unprovoked and call you disgusting names but hey

— dibs (@dibsondiva) May 23, 2026

The idea that Chan watches fanwars and then goes and defends another group, treating STAYs like they’re children and stupid, and saying we should be grateful to every group he’s grateful to is disgusting! Who asked you to talk about something that doesn’t concern you?

— ᵈᵒ ⁱᵗ 🩰🎧 (@03SKZ25) May 23, 2026

🤷🏽‍♀️ Ass kissing isn’t getting anyone anywhere btw, I’ve stopped defending him personally since forever, most of you don’t have pride and would like to be treated like fools. Stay strong out there.

— ✨ (@0325ism) May 23, 2026

Some fans from both sides also expressed their warm support for Bangchan, urging each other’s community to stop the animosity for the sake of the artists themselves.

need a twice member to do this bc both fucking fandoms to fucking annoying hating on twice and skz

— 𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗅 (@AgentSheryl) May 23, 2026

Nah. Cause who took it too far? Yall know skz and especially Chan respects twice soo much. And both groups clearly like each other. So why tf are the fandoms fighting??? Just be grateful for once and stop engaging with the miserable ppl on this app, it’s not that hard. 💀 pic.twitter.com/maMdYOAOBC

— ༺🍒༻ | Hellmate 😈 (@cherrisugrsweet) May 23, 2026