On September 18, BTS‘s RM surprised ARMYs when he visited Weverse. As he is currently busy fulfilling his mandatory military service, RM was only on for a short time, but he made it count by interacting with several fans’ posts.
RM garnered attention for his honest feelings about his military service and his flirty responses to ARMYs.
💜 What’s the happiest thing that happened to you recently?🐨 That I completed 50 percent (of military service)…
— 💙 ᴮᴱ바다⁷ 💐 (SLOW) 💙
NAMJOON IS SUCH A FLIRT OMG
I LITERALLY BLUSHED
— som⁷ ᡣ𐭩 🪷 paved the way for Asia
Yet, one of his responses is going viral.
An ARMY named Julie wrote a heartfelt letter to her bias and shared it via Weverse. Yet she addressed it to Matthew rather than RM, confusing the BTS member, who asked, “Who’s Matthew?”
The unexpected interaction quickly circulated on X (formerly Twitter), going viral among ARMYs. Over 10K related tweets have been shared at the time of writing.
NAMJOON IS CONFUSED AS HELL LMAOOO 😭😭
Matthew: Right Person Wrong Place
— army-ing 101 for 방탄소년단
The interaction also sparked many hilarious memes.
I’m sorry this was immediately the face I imagined
— Liz⁷ 💜🥢
WHO IS Matthew 😭😭
— FATIMA
ARMYs visualized the incident happening.
— Hoho_hobi⁷ We love you Yoongi
Who’s Matthew
— ˚˖𓍢ִֶָ໋֢🧜🏻♀️ִֶֶָָ֢𓂃ּ ࣪˖ ִֶָ ⊹ ˑi am still em⁷
However, it also raised the question: Who is Matthew? Some were curious about this mystery man.
no like seriously. who is Matthew
— reyna⁷
Multi-fans had a clue, though. ZEROSEs recognized Matthew as the ZEROBASEONE member Seok Matthew.
“who’s matthew” now let me introduce you to thee seok matthew from zerobaseone; a necessary thread
— seok matthew archive
“who’s matthew”
SOMEONE TELL HIM MATTHEW IS POKEMON CARD COLLECTOR OBSESSED PERSON LIKE HIM
— akshu⁷ 🐯
Some fans even imagined the most unexpected fanfiction love triangle: BTS’s RM, ZEROBASEONE’s Matthew, and KISS OF LIFE‘s Julie (since the original poster was named Julie).
out of context who’s matthew lore
— ritu
Reading this a zerobaseone/kiss of life stan is actually fucking insane 😭😭😭😭😭
— jojo’s road movie 🎞️
Yet, some were curious about the real Julie’s reaction to her unexpected viral interaction with RM.
julie waking up to see “Who is Matthew?” trending
— the bathtub. | astro has rage and grace
The real Julie stood up and addressed the matter via X. They revealed how the mistake occurred. Julie has different messages saved in their notes app for different idols, and while panicking over RM’s sudden Weverse activity, Julie accidentally copied and pasted the wrong one. But, yes, Matthew is ZEROBASEONE’s Seok Matthew!
and if anybody says anything NAMJOON HAS BEEN MY ULT FOR OVER 7 YEARS SO PLEASE 😭😭😭😭 AND I VOTED (also paid people to vote) FOR MATTHEW DURING BOYS PLANET EVERY DAY 😭😭😭
— hotgirl줄리
CAN YALL SEE HOW I MESSED UP 😭 (top is namjoon / bottom is matthew)
— hotgirl줄리
Now, ZEROSEs are just hoping Matthew himself gets in on the joke and identifies himself.
you can do the funniest thing ever by tweeting “i’m matthew”
