{"id":329408,"date":"2025-12-05T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329408\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:43:10","slug":"bts-jungkook-and-aespas-winter-embroiled-in-dating-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329408\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; Jungkook and aespa&#8217;s Winter embroiled in dating rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2d8555ca-b0a9-45b5-97df-50ee0b6459fc.png\" style=\"display:block;width:740px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:740 \/ 492\" alt=\"BTS' Jungkook, left, and aespa's Winter are seen in this composite photo. Courtesy of BigHit Music, SM Entertainment\"   decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"740\" height=\"492\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BTS&#8217; Jungkook, left, and aespa&#8217;s Winter are seen in this composite photo. Courtesy of BigHit Music, SM Entertainment<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Dating rumors surrounding two of K-pop&#8217;s biggest global stars \u2014 Jungkook of BTS and Winter of aespa \u2014 are spreading rapidly online, while their respective agencies have offered no comment, further intensifying fan speculation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">According to music industry sources, the rumors have gained traction based on claims that the two idols share identical tattoos, referred to by some users as &#8220;couple tattoos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Internet posts allege that both Jungkook and Winter have tattoos depicting three puppies, interpreting the matching imagery as a possible hint at a relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Additional &#8220;evidence&#8221; raised by online observers includes similarities in the design of their in-ear monitors used onstage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Some users have also pointed to the structure of their past Instagram usernames, noting that both previously used a similar format: &#8220;imwinter&#8221; and &#8220;imjungkook&#8221; (though Jungkook has since changed his account name).<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">As of Friday afternoon, neither BigHit Music, representing Jungkook, nor SM Entertainment, representing Winter, has issued an official statement addressing the rumors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS&#8217; Jungkook, left, and aespa&#8217;s Winter are seen in this composite photo. Courtesy of BigHit Music, SM Entertainment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-329408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}