Although, the Korean group, known as Bangtan Sonyeondan or BTS, receives hate,
more than 3,185,000 fans, look up to these 7 idols for motivation, optimism and unity.
“One day I want to stand on top and proudly yell -
I Made It” was a quote made by BTS member, Park Jimin.
Originally, Bangtan Sonyeondan translates to “Bulletproof” Boy Scouts.
They claim that hate comments are like bullets, and so together,
they will always be bulletproof.
In their newest album, titled Wings, the rap line’s song, Cypher Pt.4,
is all about loving themselves and telling haters to love themselves as well.
“I love, I love, I love myself. I know, I know, I know myself.
All you haters, you should love yourself bruh” in the chorus,
provides a strong meaning and provides ARMY’s (the fandom is called ARMY) with self-confidence,
and a brief getaway.
Now, what is obvious between a teen listening in North America, and one is Seoul,
South Korea is the language and cultural barrier.
However, these teens, once they fall in love with each member and their unique and
special qualities, they tend to overlook that.
Korean vocabulary comes easily to them, and it also helps them learn languages faster,
resulting in a stronger personality and higher self-esteem.
“Your perfect, deserve it. Your worth it” & “Everyone’s going to love you yeah,
everyone's going to love you babe” are all lines from their newest song 21 Century girls.
They recognize the uniqueness in girls’ and address the insecurities that girls in today’s day have.
BTS is also known for being the goofiest boy K-Pop group. Rookie King,
a game where each member draws a card, and if received a card with a skull,
receive a punishment such as drinking garlic juice. They are also found dancing to girl group songs,
and each member is fun and goofy in there own way.
Seokjin, and Namjoon's are known for not being able to dance, instead,
they dance in the goofiest way possible.
Jimin, Jungkook and Hoseok are known for commonly dancing on girl group songs.
Yoongi is known for sleeping the most and is known, because of his lazy and savage techniques,
as the grandfather of BTS.
Taehyung is known as an alien, and together, chaotic but beautiful,
these 7 young men provide ARMY’s with the optimism and smile that we need to carry on with our days.
On days that I found it hard to smile, I would watch their vlogs or broadcast and watching
each of them, with their own enthusiasm would brighten up my day.
BTS, truly is like a sanctuary in itself.
The last one is unity. A psychologist, made this study conclusion on international K-Pop fans.
“Don't underestimate these girls that chase after KOREAN celebrities.
Their hearts are purer than anyone else, they love courageously and will
do anything to tackle barriers.
They symbolize peace, do not discriminate based on race, and they create
friendships that will last long times.
They do not betray the ones the like easily, they are persistent and do not give up.
They are all sensitive children, easily touched to tears by an incident and while loving
these Korean boys, they've experienced setbacks that they've never experienced.
They have a huge sense of gratitude, and their way of thinking is different than others.
These children think greatly different from others, and are not easy to understand.
Usually, only those of similar interests and thoughts are able to enter their universe,
or sanctuary.” We aren't a fandom, but a family.
We believe in strength of ourselves, and use the support to become even stronger.
The boys taught us through their famous line “Fighting!” to never give up.
The word means something different to each ARMY, yet it provides us with the warmth of all
of our ARMY acquaintances across the world.
“Teamwork makes the dream work” was used by BTS in a recent tweet.
True ARMY’s are a team. It is our inspiration, sanctuary for motivation and provides us
with a great sense of unity.
ARMY provides strength to our 7 bulletproof boys, and in turn, they return their strength
through their songs back to us.