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BTS, the legendary group, how did it start and who is the fan army?

 BTS, the legendary group, how did it start and who is the fan army?


BTS, the legendary group, how did it start and who is the fan army?


Members of BTS  were first discovered by Big Hit Entertainment in 2010. BigHitEntertainment is still in business. It is a  Korean entertainment company.

Every appearance of the Korean band BTS is followed by a lot of buzzes, and they are trending on Twitter with various hashtags. One of the most important reasons behind this great love that the band enjoys is the interest of its members in their audience and keeping in real contact with them.

Recently, the band organized a meeting with 200 lucky people from their army of fans who call themselves "BTS Armey", via the Zoom app, and it looked like a party in their pajamas, where the BTS members dressed in their pajamas showed up and spoke frankly. And fun as usual with these fans.


How did the legend begin?


Members of BTS  were first discovered by Big Hit Entertainment in 2010. BigHitEntertainment is still in business. It is a  Korean entertainment company.

Entertainment companies like Big Hit have several different ways to hire talent, whether it's online or in real life.

For example, team member Suga was discovered through an online audition in the fall of 2010, while Jungkook told a Korean talk show that he was discovered by talent agencies after auditioning for Superstar K. (Superstar K), a Korean program similar to "American Idol".

After their discovery, the band members received training to prepare them for being stars. This includes dancing, singing, acting, and media training.

The youngest member of the group "Jungkook" at the time was only 14 years old, and since they first appeared in the band, they were between 13 and 15 years old. the limelight when he turned 16.

The band members prepared before their launch for 3 years of continuous training, which is a very arduous process, as well as competitive, before reaching the current band members, the number of trainees was about 80 people, and they were liquidated until they reached the magic number 7, and they are the members of the team so far.

Initially, the trend was to form a Korean "hip-hop" group, based on rap, but then it changed to a group that combines dancing and singing in their shows.

BTS officially appeared as a group in the summer of 2013, and their first album saw a fair amount of success, as it ranked tenth on the monthly Korean music They created a chart a month after their release, and their song "No More Dream" was a success. Because of its theme about the difficulties of adolescence and adulthood in South Korea.

The band then launched a large number of songs about the social problems of young people, and at that time it was very rare for musical groups to use explicit social criticism in their work, but then it became a trend.

Many consider the group's songs to be an integrated story, interconnected with each other, ultimately presenting the story of the maturity of the group members as well as their young Korean fans.



Who is BTS ARMY?


About a year after BTS debuted, the official fan club got together, under the name ARMY, an acronym for Adorable M.C. for Youth, with the added meaning of 'Army' in English. , to signify that these fans and this fan base will always be on the side of BTS.

More recently, the band's army of fans has received worldwide attention, perhaps as much as the band itself, for their activism such as raising $1 million for the Black Lives Matter movement.

They are no longer just passive consumers of the band's work but are able to make a tangible impact, using their social capital as a broad fan base in helping others, in addition to their personal donations, the BTS Army has encouraged artists who love the band to donate as well.

The group's fans were able to bring about a significant change in the culture of mockery of fans and fans, as these young people around the world, coming from different backgrounds, cultures, and languages, united in love with 7 Korean boys who spoke for themselves on issues related to the lives of young people and teenagers of every gender and color. 

The BTS army has a sense of common identity, but at the same time, individual differences are celebrated within the fan community, as within these fans there are many internal classifications such as the "Black Army" for example, where people can express their identity within this base Giant Jamahiriya.

And the Middle East is not far from the BTS army. There are millions of Arab fans of the band, who celebrate their new work as soon as they are released, and on the Internet, you will find dozens of sites, blogs, and forums dedicated to discussing songs and their meanings and how they can be dropped on them.

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