SEOUL, Aug. 31 -- For the first time BTS' label Big Hit Music confirmed a BTS member's dating rumour.

After actor Song Da-eun uploaded a video BTS' Jimin leading to much chatter online, Big Hit responded with a confirmation via press release that the two had dated.

Emphasising that it was "many years ago" this is the first time the agency had officially addressed dating rumours surrounding BTS.

In the release, Big Hit stated: "The artist and the counterpart did form a relationship based on their mutual feelings for one another, but that was many years ago, and the two are not in a relationship as of this moment."

Money Today had reported previously about the two dating but said that it had been only for a very brief period, sometime a...