BTS
방탄소년단 (also known as BTS / Bangtan Boys / Bulletproof Scout / Beyond The Scene )is seven member hip hop group under Big Hit Entertainment consisting of members Jin, SUGA, J-HOPE, Jungkook, Jimin, Rap Monster and V.
The members are aged 21~26 (international age). The meaning of their group name Bulletproof Boy Scouts/Bangtan is “to block out the world’s bullets”, and their fanclub name A.R.M.Y stands for “Adorable Representative M.C for Youth”. The leader is Rap Monster, the main dancers are J-HOPE, Jungkook, and Jimin, the singers are Jungkook, Jimin, Jin, V, the rappers are J-HOPE, SUGA and RM, and the maknae is Jungkook.
THE MUSIC
With K-pop growing in popularity, they’re simply making the music that people want to listen to!
According to Billboard, their album ‘Love Yourself: Tear’, which is sung in Korean, became “the first primarily foreign-language No 1 album in over 12 years.”
Not only that, but many people say that the subject of their music has played a part in their success.
While many K-pop songs are about relationships and love, BTS cover subjects that other bands may not like bullying, elitism and mental health.
THEIR PERFORMANCE
There’s no point having amazing songs if you can’t sell them to the world – and BTS have got this down to a fine art.
With their slick dance routines and extremely impressive music videos, they’ve attracted a loyal group of fans who have fallen in love with their music even more.
Mr Son, the band’s choreographer, explains: “Music videos seem to be one of the most important factors. Messages from an artist can be delivered more effectively.”
To polish their performances, BTS practice for hours. For their debut performance, they were working at it for 12 to 15 hours a day to get it right. Well, it certainly paid off!
No band can have success without its fans and BTS has some of the most loyal, dedicated fans that the world has EVER seen with 19.5 million followers on Twitter and 17.1 million on Instagram.
Known as the ARMY, it was the fans who cast an unbelievable 300 million online votes to ensure that the group won their Billboard award.
And in April 2019, they watched the video for ‘Boy With Luv feat. Halsey’ 74.6 million times on YouTube in just 24 hours! And they broke 3 Guinness record.
With numerous pages, profiles and sites set up all over the world by adoring followers, fans spend hours posting content, sending messages and sharing their love for the seven boys.
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