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Thanks for watching.! V’s my bias cause he quirky & different😜but I love each one, all unique, all talented. All Produce amazing music with profound meaning & impact. It’s all these things but mainly it’s cause these are the GOOD GUYS! Amazing people, each one! I’m 61, think I speak for army… we follow & appreciate these these 7 guys cause they’ve never compromised their integrity or message. And they’ve overcome a lot to get here. We’ve all watched & gone thru it with em. They let us in. Life is hard. The industry’s hard, in Korea, it’s another level vicious (there’s a video about their hardships) but despite that & the unwarranted hatred & sabotage & betrayals, pressures to fit a mold… theyre still going! (Even while in the military, releasing stuff they prepared beforehand!) Still open. Still real. Still making unbelievable music that helps people, enriches their lives! Putting themselves out there. Working unbelievably hard. Whew! Never seen anything like it. And I’m old! lol These 7 humans inspire me every day! 💜 You’ll start seeing it more…. Just Keep watching!!! TY!
61 yrs. old ARMY. Thanks for the reaction. OT7 all the way! I relate most to the dancers in the group, being a dance teacher way back. But V is an old soul, and I love the same kind of music. My youngest daughter introduced me to BTS. She's OG ARMY since 2014. I've been to two concerts, one in NY and one in Vegas. I also saw Suga's tour in NY. There's a lot of male ARMY and getting bigger every year. We resonated with the messages in the music and got close to the guys because of the mutual respect we have for each other. The more content they produced the the closer we became. 💜💜💜💜
78 year old white grandmother who loves BTS such hardworking talented caring young men who still suffer from so much hate but counter it with love and hope
Same here, I'm 70 years old and I do wish I was back in my dancing days . I would have had a blast with this music. I even recorded their music and concerts , so when they left for the military, I would have their music
57 years young Army here from Brazil. I first saw BTS on the American show The Voice, because I was a Blake Shelton fan. Country to the bone. BTS sang Boys with luv, and the first second I heard Jimin's voice, I was hooked. Five years watching and listening BTS every day. They are my happy pill and Jimin is my Angel.
J Hope really doesn't like roller coasters etc and even fainted on one but he's extremely brave because he make's himself do those things otherwise he would not have passed his basic military training and not be doing so well in the military right now. That's the thing they don't give up.
Being a member of copyrights association means they are full or part ownership of those songs they copyrighted. There are different copyrights based on what they contributed: songwriting, producing etc.. but whenever someone uses any of those songs, license has to be purchase. Thus, how royalties are paid. RM and Suga for sure are set for life.
There is a soloist idol who has the most credits but then it is mostly kpop group members in the top 10, I haven’t looked at the list recently. I think G Dragon from Big Bang is the only idol from a group with more than RM. GD has been on hiatus for 7 years and has lived well due to his copyrights. So once idols become a full member, most of them will do well, with GD as a prime example.
Before you get much further into BTS you need to know that comparing members gets you nowhere. The reason they've done so well is because they are great as a whole. When people start picking one over the others and become solo stans it causes nothing but trouble in the fandom.(Of couse this is NOT to say you can't have a favourite -known as a BIAS)
Recently, one netizen shared a graph showing the demographics of the people who bought tickets to the BTS concert in 2022. According to the data, 9.8% were in their teens, 30.1% in their 20s, 37% in their 30s, 18.1% in their 40s, and 4.7% in their 50s.
6 members (except for Jungkook - who just graduated from university in 2022) have now finished their Master’s degrees. Namjoon, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin and Taehyung finished their Master of Business Administration focused on Advertising and Media. They earned their Bachelor’s degrees in Broadcasting and Entertainment Education (With exception of Jin who attended in person classes in prestigious Konkuk University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Film Studies on February 22, 2017. He then took up the same MBA program as his 5 co-members.)
ARMY is an extremely diverse fandom. I am 63 and have been ARMY since 2019. There are Soooooo many men reactors who have fallen in love with the guys and their music so yes, there are many, many men in the fandom. A very large percentage of the fans are adults 30 and up. Jin is my bias but I am truly OT7. All 7 have that special something that makes BTS stand out from all the rest! Good luck on your journey with your group/dreams. 💜
I am an 40 yr old army living in West Texas. I have been an Army for almost 7 yrs. I am OT7 and LOVE ALL members. My Ult bias is Yoongi and Jimin, and the Member I connect with the most is Jin. You'll find that most Army are actually VERY diverse and older. There is a saying in our community. "You find BTS when you need them the most!" I was at the VERY rock bottom in 2018 when I fell down the rabbit hole. I still battle with depression and anxiety, but the Boys have been my comfort, home, and security blanket. Boarahe 💜
I hope you enjoy this journey with us. Cheers to your band too. 43 yr old ARMY here. Full time Mom, engineer and businesswoman. I cannot thank these men enough for giving me back my self worth, for saving me from my darkest, lowest point. Borahae
BTS lived together until 2022, and it broke my heart a little bit when they all moved out of their dorm. (Which was actually a luxurious apartment by that time.) During the pandemic they were all quarantined together in that apartment, and they even filmed part of their music video for their song Life Goes On in that dorm. I think Jungkook especially was a bit lonely after moving into his own place, but RM probably really enjoyed the peace and quiet.
@@ikmalhaikal2230I think that’s what many ARMY want to believe, but it’s not reality. They have made it clear that they don’t see each other that often. It’s like people in life. Most of us would die for our siblings, but when we move out, we may not see each other everyday or even every month. That doesn’t mean they aren’t still close. Some recent examples can be found in Jimin and Jung Kook’s show: I can’t remember exactly what they said, but it was clear they don’t get together often. Part of it is probably that most of them were so busy. Then once JK got busy he was going home in hard I was kind of worried for him. 😊 Also it was made clear when Jimin and RM got together for their album reveals. It sounds like RM withdrew from the others for a good amount of time. I think reality is much different than we envision, but I think their love for each other is how we think it is. They have a deep, unbreakable bond.
@@Imme_begin I could be wrong but I think they meant before they moved out on their own some of them already had their own places in addition to living together in the dorm.
They officially mentioned living on their own and leaving the dorm at Festa 2022 but you can tell from Twitter/instagram phots from 2020 several were living in their own houses, and they also mentioned this in their recent documentary, like Jimin being all alone during cov!d.
RM being one of the top performing students in the country could have gone on to do literally anything. But at 16 chose rap, and somehow convinced his academic parents to let him take a chance (the same parents who had thrown away all his mixing equipment at one point in order to dissuade him from music). When a scout saw Jin getting off a bus, BTS was all set to be a pure hip-hop act. Big Hit was not even planning to have singers in the group before they signed him - a guy who didn't even know how to sing. Or dance. The company had so much confidence in him they offered to train him from scratch. j-hope almost quit but RM and the others begged him to stay. He had never even rapped before joining, and did not think he had enough to offer. RM and SUGA disagreed, and taught him themselves. SUGA was hired by the company to be a producer, not a member of the group. The CEO tricked him into joining by promising he would not have to dance. He injured himself badly in training. But he hid his shoulder pain because he had grown to love the group and did not want to be cut (he finally had reparative surgery in 2021). Jimin was planning to be a backup dancer as a career. His teachers convinced him to aim higher, so he went to one audition - Big Hit. The group was only 6 months away from debut by this time, but Big Hit signed and put him in as soon as they saw what he had to offer. V just tagged along to an audition for fun and became the only one in town (not just a town but a city of 2.5 million people) to be recruited. JK was cut in the preliminary round of a small-time TV competition at age 12. He was scouted by everyone immediately but signed with Big Hit (because of RM) - a nothing company that was almost bankrupt. * This is actually not unusual. Scouts are watching preliminary auditions too. When they see real potential they will convince the show to cut them loose so they can recruit them. This is likely what happened to Jungkook, considering how many companies went after him. He was 13 when he moved to Seoul to start training with the group. He missed his mom terribly, and wanted to go home. Jin would take JK to his parent's house on weekends for home-cooked meals to alleviate his homesickness (in the guide it says he was 15 when he started, but actually he was 13). The fact that any of them came together at all was so random, and so many factors could have easily caused the whole project to fall apart many times. And here they are.
Just a slight correction Suga didn’t injure himself from practice but from a vehicle accident. However he didn’t get proper treatment right away due to him being scared they would kick him out. It wasn’t until 2020 when he had shoulder surgery bc he couldn’t go on any longer.
I've never seen jhope or the members give a reason for why jhope left. I know they talked about it during Break the Silence or Burn the Stage, but where is the source for him saying he didn't feel that he had enough to offer for the reason that he left. I'm just really curious.
U r ryt about V being the most handsome. But he's not just the most handsome, he's actually the Most handsome man in the WORLD for 8 consecutive years. He's selected not just by votes frm his fans, he's selected by the media where votes are not involved. He deserves it. That man is ETHEREAL.
I'm a 58 year old BTS ARMY, and so is my husband. I discovered BTS in 2020, during the pandemic. My first BTS concert was PTD Los Angeles (Dec. 2, 2021) at SOFI Stadium. It sold oul during Global ARMY Pre-sale. I'm OT7, Love all seven of them. My Bias is the rap line (RM, SUGA, J-Hope), and my bias wrecker is JIMIN. Just so you know, I didn't like rap/hip hop until BTS. I fell in love with their production and lyricism. And Daechwita was so fascinating to me, I couldn't believe what I was watching. I had no IDEA that SUGA aka AGUST D, was a rapper in BTS. I was mezmerized by the music video, his rap skills, the Korean language, the music, everything. My second BTS concert was April 15 & 16, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (dubbed Borahaegas for the two weeks they were there). Best time ever. Then I went to the AGUST D, D-Day concert in Oakland, May 16,2023. He was amazing in concert. so much energy and he also played piano to Life Goes On and guitar for a number of songs. BTS are my favorite group, and artist of all time. Just so you know, BTS are Global Superstars, and they have over 350 million fans, and this fandom is very diverse in age, nationality, gender, and more. I think the most popular age range is 25 to 35. There are a lot of males, but of course about 70% of the fandom are females. In Las Vegas, V asked the male fans to make some noise, and it was pretty amazing how many guys were there. And Yes, V has been voted the most handsome man in the world by numerous magazines. Jungkook also won that title at least once.
34 years old. Jimin is my bias. It shouldn’t be a surprise how many guys like BTS. There’s nothing wrong with it. Kpop is becoming more and more popular every day.
KPop was not famous globally, but only BTS.. Why should we collect KPop when the world knows nothing about KPop except the name BTS? We all know KPop is BTS in everyone's eyes. They are the ones who gave it a name.
The thing you have to know about BTS Army is that we are what we call "OT7" = we never choose one.... like when you'd ask a mother who is her favorite child... BTS are family : we love all of them as a whole 💜 They all have solo projects, and you'll see how each member supports one another... Forget our western mind about competition and seeking the best in everything : BTS mind and songs will teach you another way of thinking... 💜💜💜
51 years old ARMY. There are many male ARMY. You have to see when V called on the men to shout at their concert! Unbelievable! I didn't really listen to rap before BTS, now for me there is nothing better than Suga, RM and J-Hope rapping..
I'm 41 Argentinian army, V is my bias from day one, but I'm OT7 all the way. I was introduced to BTS by my daughter in 2018, and at that time I couldn't understand how was she able to love them all equally, but now It's physically impossible for me to not love all seven of them. They all bring something unique to the table, their personalities and their talents are so diverse, it's unbelievable how they are all in one group 💜💜💜
I connect most with Jimin. I am a 60 year old ARMY who bleeds purple. There is a saying that BTS finds you when you need them most. For me that is so true. BTS came into my life after I was laid off (due to COVID) from a company that I had worked at for 28 years. I was unemployed for 1 1/2 years. BTS helped me through that tough time. Not only are they amazing singers and dancers, they are amazing human beings. If you watch The Rise of Bangtan series you will understand. It's 21 chapters (~30 minutes each) but so worth your time. This series will help you understand why ARMYs are so protective and supportive of BTS.💜
"Bleed purple"? I'm 68 and thought it was just because of my age. What a great way to describe the effect these boys can have on one's life. My situation was much like yours so I know you don't exaggerate. 💜
Suga is my bias. He's just brilliant. His solo stuff is incredible and he's such a hard worker. Also, he's been through so much and he's been so open and vulnerable with his fans about his personal struggles. Jimin is my bias wrecker. He's just so beautiful! I am the most like J Hope because I'm always cheerful and I get scared so easily. I love watching people fall in love with our boys. It's such a rabbit hole, but you'll love every bit of it. Also, I'm 38. Their fans are all ages.
Jin is the only member who attended a physical university in Korea. He has a degree in Film Studies from Konkuk University. All the members have attended Cyber ( mainly Global Cyber University) universities. J-hope, ( did his Master of Business Administration from Hanyang Cyber University) RM, Jimin, V, (graduated August 2020 with a major in Broadcasting and Entertainment. Suga, studied at Global Cyber University, earning a degree in Broadcasting and Entertainment. Jungkook graduated in March 2022 with the highest honor, the President's Award, for his degree in broadcasting and entertainment. He could not attend the ceremony in person but delivered a video speech for fans. All went for their MBA in advertising and media also. I'm OG ARMY we continue to know all the stats as we globally fought for BTS on the charts, voted our hearts out for every music poll, called radio stations to play, called on journalists, you name it, we did it because we saw the possibility for this small group from a small country to take the music world by storm as they are the entertainment, diversity that resonated with us all across language barriers and borders. I'm now 65, I was 53 when I started the journey! ARMYs will never stop fighting for BTS as no one else would give them a chance.💜
Don't forget the Silver Army--- I'm 76 and a huge fan, they helped me thru the Pandemic . There are Thousands in the Silver Army---. BTS respects us, and we adore them.
JIMIN is my bias. He’s just such an incredible artist. A real all around performer. They don’t come like him anymore. His unique tone makes him stand out and he’s one of the best dancers I’ve ever seen. He’s also extremely caring and giving. He’s sensitive and compassionate and empathetic.
70 y/o US Army. Jimin is my bias Suga is my bias breaker. BTS finds you when you need them the most. They brought joy back to my life. My granddaughter saw them in 2019 at 15. In Chicago
Just to give you an idea...their PTD on Stage tour, which was 11 shows, made $75.1 million. 4 shows in LA, 4 shows in LV, and 3 in Seoul. Tickets sold out in pre-sale within 15 minutes. Demand was so high they rented separate theaters for live viewing and streamed online. I went to LV, 65,000 people in Allegiant Stadium. The entire city was Borahae!
It's also worth mentioning for their Seoul concerts the stadiums were only a 1/3 full because of the pandemic they were enforcing social distancing and they couldn't scream or clap with their hands.
57 y.o. ARMY. V biased from day 1 but love all seven. Travelled from Australia to see all 4 concerts in Las Vegas in 2022, which was an unforgettable experience. I'm definitely in this BTS ride for life. Good luck to you guys. I wish you success 💜💜💜
V is my favorite, he dragged me to the BTS world but now i love all 7 equally. V has crowned as the most handsome man in the world for 6 consecutive years from 2018.💜💜
39yrs. old Army Mom, V is my Bias and I really feel so connected with him... and his voice is just so amazing to my ears. It gives me those feelings that i just want to close my eyes and just feels it... I really love his voice and his type of music.
I’m 75 and have been Army since 2017. Originally from San Diego California, I have lived in Europe for 35 years, the last 26 in Sweden with my Swedish husband. I am also OT7. Your idea that most BTS fans are young women in their twenties gave me a good laugh. Thanks! I purple you 🫶💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I am a 73 year old Black female ARMY. 26:05 I love Kim Tae-hyung's (V) music and his personality. However, as I got to know them through Run BTS, in the Soop, Bon Voyage, and their music videos, I developed a love for each one. Because of the difficult time Min Yoon-gi had there is a special place in my heart for him. I followed Jeon Jungguk from FIFA. Welcome to the rabbit hole, gentlemen. I 💜 you!
I love it when other aspiring artists are inspired by BTS. It feels like an honor. I became a fan later in 2020. I'll admit I never paid attention to kpop. I didn't ridicule it like others (not my style, and I didn't know enough about it to ridicule). I actually got into BTS by falling in love with their personalities first. I watched a clip on Twitter of them trying to speak English (I love hearing people trying to speak English bc I find it cute lol). I remember first being surprised they didn't speak it since I knew they were so big, and that made them more endearing to me, so I checked out some of their music and dance practices and was flabbergasted at the insane talent and amount of content. So yeah, hearing people who may not have thought to get into them, actually be in awe and look up to them, feels really heart-warming, considering the earlier misinformed perception of BTS as corny, Disney Highschool Musical industry plants. Everyone that gives them even a chance, gets won over. Even if all 300+ of their songs/solos do no appeal to you (but like how??), you cannot deny their impressive story and characters.
Most of the members have degrees in Entertainment and Broadcasting, and gotten or working on MBAs in advertising and media. Jin was a theatre major. I’m 69, and although RM and Suga are my biases, I’m OT7 for life. Became ARMY in 2017, with DNA. Saw them in LA, LV, and Hobi at Lolla, Suga in Rosemont, 8 shows in total, so far.
55 yo Army here. My first fave was RM but my ult fave is V. I like his voice, his style, his swag. He is also the one I connect with the most bec he seems funny on the outside but he is really very sensitive and philosophical. I like his quirkiness and his out-of-the-box thinking, too. But i have to give a special shoutout to Suga, my 2nd fave.
I'm 47 yo ARMY, my mom is 75 yo ARMY. One reason BTS is so popular is that they resonate with all ages, all races, all genders, and all genres of music. People who were never rap fans are fans because of BTS. Artists you would have never listened to before, you listen to and learn about because BTS collaborated with them. BTS are hit makers.
I’m 44 year old ARMY from Michigan. My husband is 43 and is also ARMY. We break the fandom stereotype, because BTS breaks the “boy band” stereotype. They are real people who share their glory AND their failures with us, who write lyrics and speak truthfully and sincerely about both the fun and the pain of living, which is relatable to anyone. 💜
I'm 65 years of age, .my bais RM. I never listened to Rap until I heard him. I enjoy the whole Rap line. I'm love the vocals each and everyone 💕 ❤️ 😌 💓 💗 💖 💕 ❤️ 😌 💓 💗 💖 💕 ❤️. I love your reaction to our 7 kings 🤴 ❤️ 💜 ♥️ 💖 💕 🤴 ❤️ 💜.
They've all got multi-million dollar apartments (j-hope has 2). The clips you're seeing are from everything from backstage to their trips. Suga did need all the hugs and love he got to heal from traumas.
Kim Seok-Jin has a beautiful voice and is considered also a visual of the BTS group…he was asked to carry the torch for this year’s Paris Olympics and also represents major fashion houses brands…in both clothing and jewelry. In other words…Jin is in high demand. After finishing his military service in June of this year…he hiked a mountain….
MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) awards are similar to Asian Grammys, MMA (MelonMusic Awards]) awards are more like Billboards. A ‘daesang’ is a prize in the major categories - Album of the Year, Artist of the year etc. Yes, RM’s song Joke was over the beat by Run the Jewels. RM is my bias, but I think I connect the most with Suga or maybe Jimin.
Helpful hint for the guide: Not sure if you know.... Korean people counted age differently to others... Korean Age vs International Age - difference is 1-2 years depending on if their birthday has been.... In most older videos, including this guide, they are giving Korean ages so you will need to adjust. The members were only 13-18 years old when they joined BTS and 15-20 yo when they debuted. In Korea when you are born you are considered 1 year old. Then on lunar newyear every year you add another year to your age, no matter what your birthdate is. .... Year of birth - International age at Debut on 13June13 Jin 1992 - 20 yo Suga 1993- 20 yo Suga started with MIDI at 11 JHope 1994 - 19 yo RM 1994 - 18 yo RM started rapping at 11 and was well known in the underground scene at 13 and signed with BigHit at 16. Jimin 1995 - 17 yo V 1995 - 17 yo JK 1997 - 15 yo he signed with big hit at 13 Rule of thumb - if it's before their birthday - subtract 2 years to get international age. if it's after their birthday - subtract 1 year to get their international age. The Korean Government has recently (June28 last year) brought in international age as the standard in Korea, but all older videos/ interviews/ shows, will be referencing Korean age. 💜Have a great day I am a 53yo Australian ARMY since 2016
I love the 7 members but My bias is V and I am connecting with him too, I am 24 years old I know them since 2016 . they are my world now , they make me keep going in my life , and they teach 😊 me how to love my self , they are not just a boy band they are something I can not describe , and you guys can use bts to keep going too with your talent and. Get inspiration from them , good luck ❤😊
Answering your questions: Daesang is the grand prize awards for S Korean award shows. The major category awards like Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song, etc. Daesang sweep means winning ALL the major category awards in a given year. They were the first artist ever to sweep the MAMAs or the MMAs, and they swept both and did it year after year starting in 2019. Yes, they really did come from the bottom and their company was broke and struggling to feed them. Their company was 10 full and part time employees in an office suite in a crummy building who had never trained a group before. All of them were cast off open auditions or the street and had not trained with an agency and were raw and largely self-taught. They were keeping the lights on at their tiny label with crappy jobs like back up dancers at mall fashion shows. The clip shown of them soliciting people to come to their show was in Hollywood. It does represent the spirit of how tough those early times were, but it was done for a tv show. They were in LA for a docuseries they did with some OGs of Rap in the US (like Coolio and Warren G) called American Hustle Life. It was a somewhat cringy but very good learning experience for them. They did the show because they had very few opportunities and no budget and it was a way for them to get experience and exposure. They were given assignments was well as the lessons they had in songwriting and dance etc, and one assignment was to solicit attendees for an end of series showcase they did for a couple hundred people. They were also recording their album Dark & Wild (partly in a garage) in LA at night while filming the show during the day and literally getting only 2-3 hours of sleep each day. LOL - Waffle was a joke bro. Jin is King of puns and dad jokes. Capital of Belgium: Waffle. All BTS members are fluent in Japanese and now are much better in their English as well. RM the genius taught himself English as a child by watching Friends. The guy who placed first in the rap battle audition where Suga was signed by Big Hit became a producer at Big Hit. Yoongi/Suga is also a producer of course, but the other guy preferred to stay in the production side and not be on stage. Most groups only live together for their trainee time, but BTS chose to live together for nearly 10 years. They are a family and love one another deeply. They have their own places now, but they are all walking distance apart. They really don't like being apart and when they are doing solo work they talk often about missing their brothers. They grew up together. They all signed and began living together as teenagers. Jungkook was just 13. Jimin and V were 15. Jin, the eldest, was 19 when he moved into the dorm. They all bought homes for their parents before they bought homes for themselves. Big Hit is their label. It continues to be their label. HYBE is the house that BTS built. Big Hit made so much money from BTS that they restructured a couple years ago into HYBE, an umbrella legal company, and bought or formed a bunch of smaller labels under HYBE in a grape cluster structure. They even bought Western labels, like Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande's label. The labels are more or less independent of HYBE depending on how solvent they are financially. Each has their own producers, managers, style and artists, but HYBE exists because of BTS. Big Hit is one of those labels and continues to be the majority source of HYBE's money, from BTS. The only artists at Big Hit are BTS, their junior group TXT and their one senior artist, a soloist named Lee Hyun. When HYBE was set up, Big Hit was walled off from any corporate interference. BTS members are all voting shareholders in HYBE. At Hybe's huge new building, the face recognition locks make the building very secure. But there are 8 people whose faces will unlock any door there: Mr Bang, the visionary who founded the company, and the seven members of BTS . A note about their choreography - Their choreo is not just dope dance moves. It's storytelling performance art with moves related to themes and lyrics in the songs. It adds rich layers to the storytelling of their music. Their dancing really is next level. j-hope is called the Golden Hyung (Golden Older Brother) for his versatility. The other super versatile member is Jungkook, the youngest, who is called the Golden Maknae (Golden Youngest.) All the rappers do sing though, particularly on their solo work. Remember this video is 2 years old. All the numbers are outdated. They all have more than 10 million followers on Spotify now. The video says Jungkook was 15, but that's older Korean age counting. They have since switched to global age counting. In S Korea, it used to be that you were considered one and birth and another year older at the new year. So Jungkook actually joined Big Hit and moved into the dorm when he was just 13 and still in middle school. Jungkook was 15 years old when BTS debuted with him as the main singer. There is no JT, or standout talent of BTS. Every member is astounding, incredibly gifted and has done amazing solo work. All of them are also very diverse in their solo work, both from one another and in their own discography. V made up that meaning of purple on the spot. Which he said right afterwards at that concert. LOL "I just made that up." Somehow you missed that Jungkook is the baby in the group? He was only 13 when he joined. All three of the younger members (Jungkook, V and Jimin) are really babied, but Jimin and V enjoy being babied the most.
Honey, I’m 59 been their fan since 2016.. saw them live many times and they are it for me.. no one can outshine them when it comes to personalities and performance.. they are amazing live… I’m ot7… love them all.. can’t choose till to this day
Thanks for taking the time to know our boys better. 63 year old Army here (wish I was a 20yo girl still!) BTS found me in 2022. I saw their Busan concert on UA-cam. Fingers crossed, I'll be lucky enough to get a concert ticket for their come back tour after 2025. I'm OT7. I love them all 💜. I would probably connect best with the personalities of Kookie (JK), Jimin and Joonie (RM).
Like just then with Jimin on stage they'll dance both with and without Back up Dancers. It's a real mix there are songs with no dancing at all some with just them dancing and some where the large team of Back Up Dancers suddenly join them on stages. But they don't use the term Back Up we've noticed if they refer to their Back Up Dancers they simply say Dancers and like when they have a live band on stage with them they always thank the Dancers and the Band.
J Hope Lollapalooza please. He has fantastic stage presence. Also, all seven members are very diverse. They are all also very good as models and all seven are luxury brand ambassadors.
I like what you guys are doing. I’m a grandma in my mid 70’s and I love all of BTS but my bias is Jungkook. His solo in the song On was my gateway into BTS. I can’t leave them. These guys are genuine. What see is who they are. No pretense. I’m OT7 but love my JK and V and JHope. RM is the understood main bias. Keep up the good work.
@@antoniasowell9603 este comentario es peak comedy. Está perfecto si te parecen más lindos a vos pero objetivamente, por votos y por críticos gana siempre Tae.
Thanks for watching.! V’s my bias cause he quirky & different😜but I love each one, all unique, all talented. All Produce amazing music with profound meaning & impact. It’s all these things but mainly it’s cause these are the GOOD GUYS! Amazing people, each one! I’m 61, think I speak for army… we follow & appreciate these these 7 guys cause they’ve never compromised their integrity or message. And they’ve overcome a lot to get here. We’ve all watched & gone thru it with em. They let us in. Life is hard. The industry’s hard, in Korea, it’s another level vicious (there’s a video about their hardships) but despite that & the unwarranted hatred & sabotage & betrayals, pressures to fit a mold… theyre still going! (Even while in the military, releasing stuff they prepared beforehand!) Still open. Still real. Still making unbelievable music that helps people, enriches their lives! Putting themselves out there. Working unbelievably hard. Whew! Never seen anything like it. And I’m old! lol These 7 humans inspire me every day! 💜 You’ll start seeing it more…. Just Keep watching!!! TY!
Thank you for the reaction! 😊 Kim Taehyung/V is my ultimate bias 😍 and Yoongi/Suga is my ultimate bias wrecker but I love all 7.. (still an OT7 by heart) 💜💜💜 We ARMYs most often get wrecked by different BTS members every other day! 🙈😅 I love actor Kim Taehyung (V), please watch Hwarang, a kdrama, he's an actor on it. 🥰 He was also hailed as the #1 most handsome man several times for the past few years but he's very humble and gets shy when Suga introduces him as such on Suchwita (Suga's talk show on BangtanTV UA-cam channel).. in V's eyes his Jin hyung (Worldwide Handsome) is still the most handsome in BTS! 😊 I love V's Baritone and vocal range! 🥳🥰 I love Yoongi/Suga/AgustD tracks/mixtapes/albums.. 😻 His music and lyricism strikes me to the core, I find it comforting and reassuring as well. 🤩 Kindly react to Suga's mixtapes/album/songs: The Last, Nevermind, Shadow, Seesaw, Snooze, trilogy songs (Daechwita, Haegum and Amygdala).. V's songs: Christmas tree, snow flower, inner child, winter bear, Love me again, Slow dancing. 💗Godbless your music! 😊 Keep the reactions coming, Borahae! 💜💜💜
I’m also a Forever 78 year old fan of BTS . I don’t have a favorite because each member has their own unique voice and style of dancing. They all are so multi-talented. They strive for perfection and have compassion and love to all of the army. They have excelled during their time in the military. When I watch their musical videos, I’m taken away to another place and get vibes every time. Grandma Trudy/CT Borahae 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
56yrs old. RM bias, Suga wrecker. Relate most to Jimin I'm huggy and sweet natured so I've been told. Saw them live at Wembley 2019. Blew every single artist I'd ever seen live out of the water. Hands down the best concert I've ever been to.
I am 43y and from Finland. BTS ARMY since 2017. And yes, I learned Korean because of them. They also make me a better person. I wasn't happy with my life, I wasn't true to myself. But at the age of 37, I found them and they taught me that it's okay to love myself and they made me want to try harder and make changes in my life. I read myself another university degree and graduated last year. I am now in my dream job. I've started doing things I didn't think I would dare to do, even though I wanted to, and I've made a lot of new friends in my life. And Yoongi has my heart but I love them all equally, OT7!
Love that you’re getting into BTS and that yall really paid attention to this guide, I also love how you clocked that Jhope is an ACE!! Can’t wait for you to get into more! I am Tae (Tae/V is my ult) & RM biased with Jin as my wrecker (you could say I’m Kim line biased) and I love them all so much but Tae and Joon have a special vibe to me and I gravitate toward their music and lyrics the most (& Yoongi). Also it’s a fact that Tae has been the most handsome man in the world (not just BTS) for years so I agree that personally he’s the most handsome but they all have their charms! For solo work I highly recommend; RM: Joke, Persona, & his albums Mono, Indigo, and RPWP Jin: Epiphany, Awake, & The Astronaut Suga- the albums Agust D and D-Day, Seesaw and Interlude: Shadow Jhope- 1verse, outro:ego, and the album Hope World, Jimin- Serendipity, Lie, and the album Face V- Singularity; Stigma live, Winter Bear, FRI(END)S, and the album Layover JK- Still With You, My You, Euphoria, and the album Golden 💜💜💜
BTS members don't live together anymore because they are serving the military. They are on break since 2022. Each member has released their solo albums before entering the military. They will be back in 2025 as a group. And when it happens, it's going to be chaotic when they do their world tour. For each solo release by the members, BTS are gaining more and more fans.
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I thought you might like to know this goes in order of ‘joining bts’ not age order. Age order is also FAN CHANT order. (These are important to us but we understand that non fans or baby army’s don’t know everything yet.) 💜
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From the demographic 70% female 30% male armys
The first rule to be Army is to love all seven equally , regardless of your bias BORAHE 💜
Thank you for this comment!!
Ditto
Thanks for watching.! V’s my bias cause he quirky & different😜but I love each one, all unique, all talented. All Produce amazing music with profound meaning & impact. It’s all these things but mainly it’s cause these are the GOOD GUYS! Amazing people, each one! I’m 61, think I speak for army… we follow & appreciate these these 7 guys cause they’ve never compromised their integrity or message. And they’ve overcome a lot to get here. We’ve all watched & gone thru it with em. They let us in. Life is hard. The industry’s hard, in Korea, it’s another level vicious (there’s a video about their hardships) but despite that & the unwarranted hatred & sabotage & betrayals, pressures to fit a mold… theyre still going! (Even while in the military, releasing stuff they prepared beforehand!) Still open. Still real. Still making unbelievable music that helps people, enriches their lives! Putting themselves out there. Working unbelievably hard. Whew!
Never seen anything like it. And I’m old! lol
These 7 humans inspire me every day! 💜
You’ll start seeing it more…. Just Keep watching!!! TY!
Exactly!!
Precisely.
Now they have over 1,400 awards, the most awarded Artist to ever exist!!
Yesssssssssss 💜👍
Over 1500 which made them the most awarded in history
Waaauwŵwsieee🥰💜💜💜
WOW!!!!
This is only counting physical awards
OT7 for life. I'm a 60yo French woman. BTS A.R.M.Y. is full of people of all ages and genders. BORAHE
61 yrs. old ARMY. Thanks for the reaction. OT7 all the way! I relate most to the dancers in the group, being a dance teacher way back. But V is an old soul, and I love the same kind of music. My youngest daughter introduced me to BTS. She's OG ARMY since 2014. I've been to two concerts, one in NY and one in Vegas. I also saw Suga's tour in NY. There's a lot of male ARMY and getting bigger every year. We resonated with the messages in the music and got close to the guys because of the mutual respect we have for each other. The more content they produced the the closer we became. 💜💜💜💜
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78 year old white grandmother who loves BTS such hardworking talented caring young men who still suffer from so much hate but counter it with love and hope
79 yo English speaking ARMY. BTS brought my love of music back! RM was the one I gravitated to first but definitely OT7! 💜
Same here, I'm 70 years old and I do wish I was back in my dancing days . I would have had a blast with this music. I even recorded their music and concerts , so when they left for the military, I would have their music
My mom is 89 who loves BTS and she loves all 7 members equally and I am 66 yrs old . I am an ARMY since 2016 .💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🫶
57 years young Army here from Brazil. I first saw BTS on the American show The Voice, because I was a Blake Shelton fan. Country to the bone. BTS sang Boys with luv, and the first second I heard Jimin's voice, I was hooked. Five years watching and listening BTS every day. They are my happy pill and Jimin is my Angel.
J Hope really doesn't like roller coasters etc and even fainted on one but he's extremely brave because he make's himself do those things otherwise he would not have passed his basic military training and not be doing so well in the military right now. That's the thing they don't give up.
Being a member of copyrights association means they are full or part ownership of those songs they copyrighted. There are different copyrights based on what they contributed: songwriting, producing etc.. but whenever someone uses any of those songs, license has to be purchase. Thus, how royalties are paid. RM and Suga for sure are set for life.
J-hope also, he has a similar amount of copyright credits as Yoongi after all!
Thanks for the information. I didn’t know
@@slonecznego6973 yes. 💯. J-Hope paid Biana Bonnie of Chicken Noodle Soup 2.7 million dollars so he can remake it. This is an example of it.
There is a soloist idol who has the most credits but then it is mostly kpop group members in the top 10, I haven’t looked at the list recently. I think G Dragon from Big Bang is the only idol from a group with more than RM. GD has been on hiatus for 7 years and has lived well due to his copyrights. So once idols become a full member, most of them will do well, with GD as a prime example.
Before you get much further into BTS you need to know that comparing members gets you nowhere. The reason they've done so well is because they are great as a whole. When people start picking one over the others and become solo stans it causes nothing but trouble in the fandom.(Of couse this is NOT to say you can't have a favourite -known as a BIAS)
True.
Recently, one netizen shared a graph showing the demographics of the people who bought tickets to the BTS concert in 2022. According to the data, 9.8% were in their teens, 30.1% in their 20s, 37% in their 30s, 18.1% in their 40s, and 4.7% in their 50s.
6 members (except for Jungkook - who just graduated from university in 2022) have now finished their Master’s degrees.
Namjoon, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin and Taehyung finished their Master of Business Administration focused on Advertising and Media.
They earned their Bachelor’s degrees in Broadcasting and Entertainment Education
(With exception of Jin who attended in person classes in prestigious Konkuk University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Film Studies on February 22, 2017. He then took up the same MBA program as his 5 co-members.)
Where can I find that info that they have their their masters because I can't find a source for that anywhere?
@@crystalsnow1138 Bighit gave updates on their education, on Weverse Notes.
Thanks guys for your reaction. I'll look at your music now. Keep going!! V is my bias, I love R&B
ARMY is an extremely diverse fandom. I am 63 and have been ARMY since 2019. There are Soooooo many men reactors who have fallen in love with the guys and their music so yes, there are many, many men in the fandom. A very large percentage of the fans are adults 30 and up. Jin is my bias but I am truly OT7. All 7 have that special something that makes BTS stand out from all the rest! Good luck on your journey with your group/dreams. 💜
I am an 40 yr old army living in West Texas. I have been an Army for almost 7 yrs. I am OT7 and LOVE ALL members. My Ult bias is Yoongi and Jimin, and the Member I connect with the most is Jin. You'll find that most Army are actually VERY diverse and older. There is a saying in our community. "You find BTS when you need them the most!" I was at the VERY rock bottom in 2018 when I fell down the rabbit hole. I still battle with depression and anxiety, but the Boys have been my comfort, home, and security blanket. Boarahe 💜
Fact : Now Thay Have 1400 Awards The Most Awarded Artist In History 👑🔥
Sorry just to correct it is over 1500
Yess 1400+ 💜
I hope you enjoy this journey with us. Cheers to your band too. 43 yr old ARMY here. Full time Mom, engineer and businesswoman. I cannot thank these men enough for giving me back my self worth, for saving me from my darkest, lowest point. Borahae
BTS lived together until 2022, and it broke my heart a little bit when they all moved out of their dorm. (Which was actually a luxurious apartment by that time.) During the pandemic they were all quarantined together in that apartment, and they even filmed part of their music video for their song Life Goes On in that dorm. I think Jungkook especially was a bit lonely after moving into his own place, but RM probably really enjoyed the peace and quiet.
Yes until 2020 /2021 they still shared rooms💜💜
They already bought their own houses, but still live together.
@@ikmalhaikal2230I think that’s what many ARMY want to believe, but it’s not reality. They have made it clear that they don’t see each other that often. It’s like people in life. Most of us would die for our siblings, but when we move out, we may not see each other everyday or even every month. That doesn’t mean they aren’t still close. Some recent examples can be found in Jimin and Jung Kook’s show: I can’t remember exactly what they said, but it was clear they don’t get together often. Part of it is probably that most of them were so busy. Then once JK got busy he was going home in hard I was kind of worried for him. 😊 Also it was made clear when Jimin and RM got together for their album reveals. It sounds like RM withdrew from the others for a good amount of time. I think reality is much different than we envision, but I think their love for each other is how we think it is. They have a deep, unbreakable bond.
@@Imme_begin I could be wrong but I think they meant before they moved out on their own some of them already had their own places in addition to living together in the dorm.
They officially mentioned living on their own and leaving the dorm at Festa 2022 but you can tell from Twitter/instagram phots from 2020 several were living in their own houses, and they also mentioned this in their recent documentary, like Jimin being all alone during cov!d.
RM being one of the top performing students in the country could have gone on to do literally anything. But at 16 chose rap, and somehow convinced his academic parents to let him take a chance (the same parents who had thrown away all his mixing equipment at one point in order to dissuade him from music).
When a scout saw Jin getting off a bus, BTS was all set to be a pure hip-hop act. Big Hit was not even planning to have singers in the group before they signed him - a guy who didn't even know how to sing. Or dance. The company had so much confidence in him they offered to train him from scratch.
j-hope almost quit but RM and the others begged him to stay. He had never even rapped before joining, and did not think he had enough to offer. RM and SUGA disagreed, and taught him themselves.
SUGA was hired by the company to be a producer, not a member of the group. The CEO tricked him into joining by promising he would not have to dance. He injured himself badly in training. But he hid his shoulder pain because he had grown to love the group and did not want to be cut (he finally had reparative surgery in 2021).
Jimin was planning to be a backup dancer as a career. His teachers convinced him to aim higher, so he went to one audition - Big Hit. The group was only 6 months away from debut by this time, but Big Hit signed and put him in as soon as they saw what he had to offer.
V just tagged along to an audition for fun and became the only one in town (not just a town but a city of 2.5 million people) to be recruited.
JK was cut in the preliminary round of a small-time TV competition at age 12. He was scouted by everyone immediately but signed with Big Hit (because of RM) - a nothing company that was almost bankrupt. * This is actually not unusual. Scouts are watching preliminary auditions too. When they see real potential they will convince the show to cut them loose so they can recruit them. This is likely what happened to Jungkook, considering how many companies went after him.
He was 13 when he moved to Seoul to start training with the group. He missed his mom terribly, and wanted to go home. Jin would take JK to his parent's house on weekends for home-cooked meals to alleviate his homesickness (in the guide it says he was 15 when he started, but actually he was 13).
The fact that any of them came together at all was so random, and so many factors could have easily caused the whole project to fall apart many times.
And here they are.
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Just a slight correction Suga didn’t injure himself from practice but from a vehicle accident. However he didn’t get proper treatment right away due to him being scared they would kick him out. It wasn’t until 2020 when he had shoulder surgery bc he couldn’t go on any longer.
Beautiful done
@@bethzynara6294Чимина также из тысячи ребят выбрали его единственным.
I've never seen jhope or the members give a reason for why jhope left. I know they talked about it during Break the Silence or Burn the Stage, but where is the source for him saying he didn't feel that he had enough to offer for the reason that he left. I'm just really curious.
U r ryt about V being the most handsome. But he's not just the most handsome, he's actually the Most handsome man in the WORLD for 8 consecutive years. He's selected not just by votes frm his fans, he's selected by the media where votes are not involved. He deserves it. That man is ETHEREAL.
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Y'all so biased on his looks.... he has other talents then that... poser
저는 50살 입니다. 저의 둘째아들은 rm이 복무중인 강원도 화천에서 군복무 중입니다.
Bts모두를 좋아하고 그중에서도 슈가를 좋아합니다.bts는 늘 저에게 위로와 힘이 됩니다.
감사합니다.
Many well wishes for your son!
Hope your son stay healthy and safe 💜
Omg your son is so lucky 😭😭
I wish your son a safe To come back 💜
I PURPLE U 💜💜💜
I'm a 58 year old BTS ARMY, and so is my husband. I discovered BTS in 2020, during the pandemic. My first BTS concert was PTD Los Angeles (Dec. 2, 2021) at SOFI Stadium. It sold oul during Global ARMY Pre-sale. I'm OT7, Love all seven of them. My Bias is the rap line (RM, SUGA, J-Hope), and my bias wrecker is JIMIN. Just so you know, I didn't like rap/hip hop until BTS. I fell in love with their production and lyricism. And Daechwita was so fascinating to me, I couldn't believe what I was watching. I had no IDEA that SUGA aka AGUST D, was a rapper in BTS. I was mezmerized by the music video, his rap skills, the Korean language, the music, everything. My second BTS concert was April 15 & 16, 2022, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (dubbed Borahaegas for the two weeks they were there). Best time ever. Then I went to the AGUST D, D-Day concert in Oakland, May 16,2023.
He was amazing in concert. so much energy and he also played piano to Life Goes On and guitar for a number of songs. BTS are my favorite group, and artist of all time. Just so you know, BTS are Global Superstars, and they have over 350 million fans, and this fandom is very diverse in age, nationality, gender, and more. I think the most popular age range is 25 to 35. There are a lot of males, but of course about 70% of the fandom are females. In Las Vegas, V asked the male fans to make some noise, and it was pretty amazing how many guys were there. And Yes, V has been voted the most handsome man in the world by numerous magazines. Jungkook also won that title at least once.
34 years old. Jimin is my bias. It shouldn’t be a surprise how many guys like BTS. There’s nothing wrong with it. Kpop is becoming more and more popular every day.
KPop was not famous globally, but only BTS.. Why should we collect KPop when the world knows nothing about KPop except the name BTS? We all know KPop is BTS in everyone's eyes. They are the ones who gave it a name.
Actually I love all the members. Yes, Jimin is my bias too, Jimin Sarangae ❤ miss you Jimin.
JIMIN has all the qualities…talent and personality, an almost perfect human, an angel. All the members adores Jimin.
The thing you have to know about BTS Army is that we are what we call "OT7" = we never choose one.... like when you'd ask a mother who is her favorite child... BTS are family : we love all of them as a whole 💜 They all have solo projects, and you'll see how each member supports one another... Forget our western mind about competition and seeking the best in everything : BTS mind and songs will teach you another way of thinking... 💜💜💜
51 years old ARMY. There are many male ARMY. You have to see when V called on the men to shout at their concert! Unbelievable! I didn't really listen to rap before BTS, now for me there is nothing better than Suga, RM and J-Hope rapping..
I'm 41 Argentinian army, V is my bias from day one, but I'm OT7 all the way. I was introduced to BTS by my daughter in 2018, and at that time I couldn't understand how was she able to love them all equally, but now It's physically impossible for me to not love all seven of them. They all bring something unique to the table, their personalities and their talents are so diverse, it's unbelievable how they are all in one group 💜💜💜
I connect most with Jimin. I am a 60 year old ARMY who bleeds purple. There is a saying that BTS finds you when you need them most. For me that is so true. BTS came into my life after I was laid off (due to COVID) from a company that I had worked at for 28 years. I was unemployed for 1 1/2 years. BTS helped me through that tough time. Not only are they amazing singers and dancers, they are amazing human beings. If you watch The Rise of Bangtan series you will understand. It's 21 chapters (~30 minutes each) but so worth your time. This series will help you understand why ARMYs are so protective and supportive of BTS.💜
"Bleed purple"? I'm 68 and thought it was just because of my age. What a great way to describe the effect these boys can have on one's life. My situation was much like yours so I know you don't exaggerate. 💜
You dont pick your bias your bias picks you... jimin is the one my eye is always drawn too
51 year old army since 2016, OT7 for life and Jimin is my bias ...borahaeee 💜
we have same bias n same name... vincentia renny 😊
Suga is my bias. He's just brilliant. His solo stuff is incredible and he's such a hard worker. Also, he's been through so much and he's been so open and vulnerable with his fans about his personal struggles. Jimin is my bias wrecker. He's just so beautiful! I am the most like J Hope because I'm always cheerful and I get scared so easily. I love watching people fall in love with our boys. It's such a rabbit hole, but you'll love every bit of it. Also, I'm 38. Their fans are all ages.
Kim taehyung the most handsome man in the world for more 6 years with amazing voice he is amazing ❤
Jin is the only member who attended a physical university in Korea. He has a degree in Film Studies from Konkuk University. All the members have attended Cyber ( mainly Global Cyber University) universities. J-hope, ( did his Master of Business Administration from Hanyang Cyber University) RM, Jimin, V, (graduated August 2020 with a major in Broadcasting and Entertainment. Suga, studied at Global Cyber University, earning a degree in Broadcasting and Entertainment. Jungkook graduated in March 2022 with the highest honor, the President's Award, for his degree in broadcasting and entertainment. He could not attend the ceremony in person but delivered a video speech for fans. All went for their MBA in advertising and media also. I'm OG ARMY we continue to know all the stats as we globally fought for BTS on the charts, voted our hearts out for every music poll, called radio stations to play, called on journalists, you name it, we did it because we saw the possibility for this small group from a small country to take the music world by storm as they are the entertainment, diversity that resonated with us all across language barriers and borders. I'm now 65, I was 53 when I started the journey! ARMYs will never stop fighting for BTS as no one else would give them a chance.💜
V/Taehyung has the most charm, and his features are mesmerizing. You can't help being drawn to him.
Seen them in concert 7 times, Jimin is my fave for sure.
Well , I’m 75 and I’m not the only one
37yrs old ARMY since 2018… ot7 but i connect with Jimin, he is my bias.
Don't forget the Silver Army--- I'm 76 and a huge fan, they helped me thru the Pandemic .
There are Thousands in the Silver Army---.
BTS respects us, and we adore them.
36 year old male ARMY since 2019.
JIMIN is my bias. He’s just such an incredible artist. A real all around performer. They don’t come like him anymore. His unique tone makes him stand out and he’s one of the best dancers I’ve ever seen. He’s also extremely caring and giving. He’s sensitive and compassionate and empathetic.
70 y/o US Army. Jimin is my bias Suga is my bias breaker. BTS finds you when you need them the most. They brought joy back to my life. My granddaughter saw them in 2019 at 15. In Chicago
Just to give you an idea...their PTD on Stage tour, which was 11 shows, made $75.1 million. 4 shows in LA, 4 shows in LV, and 3 in Seoul. Tickets sold out in pre-sale within 15 minutes. Demand was so high they rented separate theaters for live viewing and streamed online.
I went to LV, 65,000 people in Allegiant Stadium. The entire city was Borahae!
It's also worth mentioning for their Seoul concerts the stadiums were only a 1/3 full because of the pandemic they were enforcing social distancing and they couldn't scream or clap with their hands.
I'd forgotten about that...seems like so long since the pandemic! So even more impressive!
57 y.o. ARMY. V biased from day 1 but love all seven. Travelled from Australia to see all 4 concerts in Las Vegas in 2022, which was an unforgettable experience. I'm definitely in this BTS ride for life. Good luck to you guys. I wish you success 💜💜💜
V is the one who made me rethink Bts. His music had me on chokehold. Then i fell for his personality. Then his looks. I love Bts. I Love V.💜
Jimin is my favorite my bias!❤
V is my only bias but I love the 0T7. He’s my favorite because he is so pure & humble💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
I love to see how BTS inspires people to work hard, to persevere, and to focus on good. Jungkook and Suga are my biases
I connect with Jimin because of his personality.
57yrs old, OT7. I won't pick.
V also known as Taehyung is not my bias but my most favorite musician ever. His songs are just 🤌.
V is my favorite, he dragged me to the BTS world but now i love all 7 equally. V has crowned as the most handsome man in the world for 6 consecutive years from 2018.💜💜
39yrs. old Army Mom, V is my Bias and I really feel so connected with him... and his voice is just so amazing to my ears. It gives me those feelings that i just want to close my eyes and just feels it... I really love his voice and his type of music.
Please pause. You never ask ARMY to choose among members. OT7 4ever.
Not true. It's ok to have a favorite.
@@ideagirl it is definitely okay to have a favorite (Bias) but OT7 all day baby!
V won most beautiful man awards 2 times !
I’m 75 and have been Army since 2017. Originally from San Diego California, I have lived in Europe for 35 years, the last 26 in Sweden with my Swedish husband. I am also OT7. Your idea that most BTS fans are young women in their twenties gave me a good laugh. Thanks! I purple you 🫶💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
47 years old army from Germany. I am an OT7 forever, my bias is Jungkook and Suga is my bias wrecker. We love all seven boys and support them equally.
For me Jimin is the most handsome ❤
I am a 73 year old Black female ARMY. 26:05 I love Kim Tae-hyung's (V) music and his personality. However, as I got to know them through Run BTS, in the Soop, Bon Voyage, and their music videos, I developed a love for each one. Because of the difficult time Min Yoon-gi had there is a special place in my heart for him. I followed Jeon Jungguk from FIFA. Welcome to the rabbit hole, gentlemen. I 💜 you!
Jimin is my bias he is so genuine and selfless but i am ot7 for sure. Jimin’s dance and voice brought me to bts.
I love it when other aspiring artists are inspired by BTS. It feels like an honor. I became a fan later in 2020. I'll admit I never paid attention to kpop. I didn't ridicule it like others (not my style, and I didn't know enough about it to ridicule). I actually got into BTS by falling in love with their personalities first. I watched a clip on Twitter of them trying to speak English (I love hearing people trying to speak English bc I find it cute lol). I remember first being surprised they didn't speak it since I knew they were so big, and that made them more endearing to me, so I checked out some of their music and dance practices and was flabbergasted at the insane talent and amount of content.
So yeah, hearing people who may not have thought to get into them, actually be in awe and look up to them, feels really heart-warming, considering the earlier misinformed perception of BTS as corny, Disney Highschool Musical industry plants. Everyone that gives them even a chance, gets won over. Even if all 300+ of their songs/solos do no appeal to you (but like how??), you cannot deny their impressive story and characters.
Most of the members have degrees in Entertainment and Broadcasting, and gotten or working on MBAs in advertising and media. Jin was a theatre major. I’m 69, and although RM and Suga are my biases, I’m OT7 for life. Became ARMY in 2017, with DNA. Saw them in LA, LV, and Hobi at Lolla, Suga in Rosemont, 8 shows in total, so far.
55 yo Army here. My first fave was RM but my ult fave is V. I like his voice, his style, his swag. He is also the one I connect with the most bec he seems funny on the outside but he is really very sensitive and philosophical. I like his quirkiness and his out-of-the-box thinking, too. But i have to give a special shoutout to Suga, my 2nd fave.
I'm 47 yo ARMY, my mom is 75 yo ARMY. One reason BTS is so popular is that they resonate with all ages, all races, all genders, and all genres of music. People who were never rap fans are fans because of BTS. Artists you would have never listened to before, you listen to and learn about because BTS collaborated with them. BTS are hit makers.
Thank you. My favourite member (bias) is Jimin
I’m 44 year old ARMY from Michigan. My husband is 43 and is also ARMY. We break the fandom stereotype, because BTS breaks the “boy band” stereotype. They are real people who share their glory AND their failures with us, who write lyrics and speak truthfully and sincerely about both the fun and the pain of living, which is relatable to anyone. 💜
I'm a bts army since 2014 I'm 30 years old, the first member i knew was jimin that's why i picked him as my bias (love them all)
My favorite jimin 💜️💜️🐥
I connect to Yoongi (Suga) the most we have the same personality/background. I tend to pull random facts out of nowhere like him too 😂
I'm 65 years of age, .my bais RM. I never listened to Rap until I heard him. I enjoy the whole Rap line. I'm love the vocals each and everyone 💕 ❤️ 😌 💓 💗 💖 💕 ❤️ 😌 💓 💗 💖 💕 ❤️. I love your reaction to our 7 kings 🤴 ❤️ 💜 ♥️ 💖 💕 🤴 ❤️ 💜.
They've all got multi-million dollar apartments (j-hope has 2). The clips you're seeing are from everything from backstage to their trips. Suga did need all the hugs and love he got to heal from traumas.
Kim Seok-Jin has a beautiful voice and is considered also a visual of the BTS group…he was asked to carry the torch for this year’s Paris Olympics and also represents major fashion houses brands…in both clothing and jewelry. In other words…Jin is in high demand. After finishing his military service in June of this year…he hiked a mountain….
I'm late 40's Army, and discovered BTS during COVID. My bias is Jimin, but I love all the boys 💜💜💜
There is another series called Rise of Bangtan - that follows their journey pretty well, from the beginning. That and Run BTS are amazing
Jiiiiiimiiiiin!!!💜 and i love all members 💜 OT7 💜
MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) awards are similar to Asian Grammys, MMA (MelonMusic Awards]) awards are more like Billboards. A ‘daesang’ is a prize in the major categories - Album of the Year, Artist of the year etc.
Yes, RM’s song Joke was over the beat by Run the Jewels.
RM is my bias, but I think I connect the most with Suga or maybe Jimin.
Helpful hint for the guide: Not sure if you know.... Korean people counted age differently to others...
Korean Age vs International Age - difference is 1-2 years depending on if their birthday has been.... In most older videos, including this guide, they are giving Korean ages so you will need to adjust.
The members were only 13-18 years old when they joined BTS and 15-20 yo when they debuted.
In Korea when you are born you are considered 1 year old. Then on lunar newyear every year you add another year to your age, no matter what your birthdate is. ....
Year of birth - International age at Debut on 13June13
Jin 1992 - 20 yo
Suga 1993- 20 yo Suga started with MIDI at 11
JHope 1994 - 19 yo
RM 1994 - 18 yo RM started rapping at 11 and was well known in the underground scene at 13 and signed with BigHit at 16.
Jimin 1995 - 17 yo
V 1995 - 17 yo
JK 1997 - 15 yo he signed with big hit at 13
Rule of thumb - if it's before their birthday - subtract 2 years to get international age. if it's after their birthday - subtract 1 year to get their international age.
The Korean Government has recently (June28 last year) brought in international age as the standard in Korea, but all older videos/ interviews/ shows, will be referencing Korean age.
💜Have a great day
I am a 53yo Australian ARMY since 2016
I love the 7 members but My bias is V and I am connecting with him too, I am 24 years old
I know them since 2016 . they are my world now , they make me keep going in my life , and they teach 😊 me how to love my self , they are not just a boy band they are something I can not describe , and you guys can use bts to keep going too with your talent and. Get inspiration from them , good luck ❤😊
Yeh V is the most handsome, he is the world's most handsome man for 6 yers
Yes💜 V most handsome in the world
Answering your questions:
Daesang is the grand prize awards for S Korean award shows. The major category awards like Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song, etc. Daesang sweep means winning ALL the major category awards in a given year. They were the first artist ever to sweep the MAMAs or the MMAs, and they swept both and did it year after year starting in 2019.
Yes, they really did come from the bottom and their company was broke and struggling to feed them. Their company was 10 full and part time employees in an office suite in a crummy building who had never trained a group before. All of them were cast off open auditions or the street and had not trained with an agency and were raw and largely self-taught. They were keeping the lights on at their tiny label with crappy jobs like back up dancers at mall fashion shows. The clip shown of them soliciting people to come to their show was in Hollywood. It does represent the spirit of how tough those early times were, but it was done for a tv show. They were in LA for a docuseries they did with some OGs of Rap in the US (like Coolio and Warren G) called American Hustle Life. It was a somewhat cringy but very good learning experience for them. They did the show because they had very few opportunities and no budget and it was a way for them to get experience and exposure. They were given assignments was well as the lessons they had in songwriting and dance etc, and one assignment was to solicit attendees for an end of series showcase they did for a couple hundred people. They were also recording their album Dark & Wild (partly in a garage) in LA at night while filming the show during the day and literally getting only 2-3 hours of sleep each day.
LOL - Waffle was a joke bro. Jin is King of puns and dad jokes. Capital of Belgium: Waffle.
All BTS members are fluent in Japanese and now are much better in their English as well. RM the genius taught himself English as a child by watching Friends.
The guy who placed first in the rap battle audition where Suga was signed by Big Hit became a producer at Big Hit. Yoongi/Suga is also a producer of course, but the other guy preferred to stay in the production side and not be on stage.
Most groups only live together for their trainee time, but BTS chose to live together for nearly 10 years. They are a family and love one another deeply. They have their own places now, but they are all walking distance apart. They really don't like being apart and when they are doing solo work they talk often about missing their brothers. They grew up together. They all signed and began living together as teenagers. Jungkook was just 13. Jimin and V were 15. Jin, the eldest, was 19 when he moved into the dorm. They all bought homes for their parents before they bought homes for themselves.
Big Hit is their label. It continues to be their label. HYBE is the house that BTS built. Big Hit made so much money from BTS that they restructured a couple years ago into HYBE, an umbrella legal company, and bought or formed a bunch of smaller labels under HYBE in a grape cluster structure. They even bought Western labels, like Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande's label. The labels are more or less independent of HYBE depending on how solvent they are financially. Each has their own producers, managers, style and artists, but HYBE exists because of BTS. Big Hit is one of those labels and continues to be the majority source of HYBE's money, from BTS. The only artists at Big Hit are BTS, their junior group TXT and their one senior artist, a soloist named Lee Hyun. When HYBE was set up, Big Hit was walled off from any corporate interference. BTS members are all voting shareholders in HYBE. At Hybe's huge new building, the face recognition locks make the building very secure. But there are 8 people whose faces will unlock any door there: Mr Bang, the visionary who founded the company, and the seven members of BTS .
A note about their choreography - Their choreo is not just dope dance moves. It's storytelling performance art with moves related to themes and lyrics in the songs. It adds rich layers to the storytelling of their music. Their dancing really is next level.
j-hope is called the Golden Hyung (Golden Older Brother) for his versatility. The other super versatile member is Jungkook, the youngest, who is called the Golden Maknae (Golden Youngest.) All the rappers do sing though, particularly on their solo work.
Remember this video is 2 years old. All the numbers are outdated. They all have more than 10 million followers on Spotify now.
The video says Jungkook was 15, but that's older Korean age counting. They have since switched to global age counting. In S Korea, it used to be that you were considered one and birth and another year older at the new year. So Jungkook actually joined Big Hit and moved into the dorm when he was just 13 and still in middle school. Jungkook was 15 years old when BTS debuted with him as the main singer.
There is no JT, or standout talent of BTS. Every member is astounding, incredibly gifted and has done amazing solo work. All of them are also very diverse in their solo work, both from one another and in their own discography.
V made up that meaning of purple on the spot. Which he said right afterwards at that concert. LOL "I just made that up."
Somehow you missed that Jungkook is the baby in the group? He was only 13 when he joined. All three of the younger members (Jungkook, V and Jimin) are really babied, but Jimin and V enjoy being babied the most.
Thanks for your reaction! Jimin is my favorite. 💜
Honey, I’m 59 been their fan since 2016.. saw them live many times and they are it for me.. no one can outshine them when it comes to personalities and performance.. they are amazing live… I’m ot7… love them all.. can’t choose till to this day
Thanks for taking the time to know our boys better. 63 year old Army here (wish I was a 20yo girl still!) BTS found me in 2022. I saw their Busan concert on UA-cam. Fingers crossed, I'll be lucky enough to get a concert ticket for their come back tour after 2025. I'm OT7. I love them all 💜. I would probably connect best with the personalities of Kookie (JK), Jimin and Joonie (RM).
My favorite bias Jimin 💜
Like just then with Jimin on stage they'll dance both with and without Back up Dancers. It's a real mix there are songs with no dancing at all some with just them dancing and some where the large team of Back Up Dancers suddenly join them on stages. But they don't use the term Back Up we've noticed if they refer to their Back Up Dancers they simply say Dancers and like when they have a live band on stage with them they always thank the Dancers and the Band.
J Hope Lollapalooza please. He has fantastic stage presence. Also, all seven members are very diverse. They are all also very good as models and all seven are luxury brand ambassadors.
V is my fav. The Diamond Vocalist of Korea.🫶🏻
I like what you guys are doing. I’m a grandma in my mid 70’s and I love all of BTS but my bias is Jungkook. His solo in the song On was my gateway into BTS. I can’t leave them. These guys are genuine. What see is who they are. No pretense. I’m OT7 but love my JK and V and JHope. RM is the understood main bias. Keep up the good work.
V has won most handsome man in the world for many consecutive years now.
Jimin and Jungkook have now out past V With looks
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@@antoniasowell9603 este comentario es peak comedy. Está perfecto si te parecen más lindos a vos pero objetivamente, por votos y por críticos gana siempre Tae.
I love Jimin💜💜💜, so much
Thanks for watching.! V’s my bias cause he quirky & different😜but I love each one, all unique, all talented. All Produce amazing music with profound meaning & impact. It’s all these things but mainly it’s cause these are the GOOD GUYS! Amazing people, each one! I’m 61, think I speak for army… we follow & appreciate these these 7 guys cause they’ve never compromised their integrity or message. And they’ve overcome a lot to get here. We’ve all watched & gone thru it with em. They let us in. Life is hard. The industry’s hard, in Korea, it’s another level vicious (there’s a video about their hardships) but despite that & the unwarranted hatred & sabotage & betrayals, pressures to fit a mold… theyre still going! (Even while in the military, releasing stuff they prepared beforehand!) Still open. Still real. Still making unbelievable music that helps people, enriches their lives! Putting themselves out there. Working unbelievably hard. Whew!
Never seen anything like it. And I’m old! lol
These 7 humans inspire me every day! 💜
You’ll start seeing it more…. Just Keep watching!!! TY!
Thank you for the reaction! 😊 Kim Taehyung/V is my ultimate bias 😍 and Yoongi/Suga is my ultimate bias wrecker but I love all 7.. (still an OT7 by heart) 💜💜💜 We ARMYs most often get wrecked by different BTS members every other day! 🙈😅 I love actor Kim Taehyung (V), please watch Hwarang, a kdrama, he's an actor on it. 🥰 He was also hailed as the #1 most handsome man several times for the past few years but he's very humble and gets shy when Suga introduces him as such on Suchwita (Suga's talk show on BangtanTV UA-cam channel).. in V's eyes his Jin hyung (Worldwide Handsome) is still the most handsome in BTS! 😊 I love V's Baritone and vocal range! 🥳🥰 I love Yoongi/Suga/AgustD tracks/mixtapes/albums.. 😻 His music and lyricism strikes me to the core, I find it comforting and reassuring as well. 🤩 Kindly react to Suga's mixtapes/album/songs: The Last, Nevermind, Shadow, Seesaw, Snooze, trilogy songs (Daechwita, Haegum and Amygdala).. V's songs: Christmas tree, snow flower, inner child, winter bear, Love me again, Slow dancing. 💗Godbless your music! 😊 Keep the reactions coming, Borahae! 💜💜💜
My bias is Jimin😊 I connect with him the most
I’m also a Forever 78 year old fan of BTS .
I don’t have a favorite because each member has their own unique voice and style of dancing.
They all are so multi-talented.
They strive for perfection and have compassion and love to all of the army.
They have excelled during their time in the military.
When I watch their musical videos, I’m taken away to another place and get vibes every time.
Grandma Trudy/CT
Borahae 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
V is my bias because I love R&B
But I love them all
56yrs old. RM bias, Suga wrecker. Relate most to Jimin I'm huggy and sweet natured so I've been told. Saw them live at Wembley 2019. Blew every single artist I'd ever seen live out of the water. Hands down the best concert I've ever been to.
I am 43y and from Finland. BTS ARMY since 2017. And yes, I learned Korean because of them. They also make me a better person. I wasn't happy with my life, I wasn't true to myself. But at the age of 37, I found them and they taught me that it's okay to love myself and they made me want to try harder and make changes in my life. I read myself another university degree and graduated last year. I am now in my dream job. I've started doing things I didn't think I would dare to do, even though I wanted to, and I've made a lot of new friends in my life. And Yoongi has my heart but I love them all equally, OT7!
V is my bias because I love R &B. But I love all 7 members.
Love that you’re getting into BTS and that yall really paid attention to this guide, I also love how you clocked that Jhope is an ACE!! Can’t wait for you to get into more! I am Tae (Tae/V is my ult) & RM biased with Jin as my wrecker (you could say I’m Kim line biased) and I love them all so much but Tae and Joon have a special vibe to me and I gravitate toward their music and lyrics the most (& Yoongi). Also it’s a fact that Tae has been the most handsome man in the world (not just BTS) for years so I agree that personally he’s the most handsome but they all have their charms!
For solo work I highly recommend;
RM: Joke, Persona, & his albums Mono, Indigo, and RPWP
Jin: Epiphany, Awake, & The Astronaut
Suga- the albums Agust D and D-Day, Seesaw and Interlude: Shadow
Jhope- 1verse, outro:ego, and the album Hope World,
Jimin- Serendipity, Lie, and the album Face
V- Singularity; Stigma live, Winter Bear, FRI(END)S, and the album Layover
JK- Still With You, My You, Euphoria, and the album Golden 💜💜💜
V HAS ACTUALLY WON WORLD MOST HANDSOME MAN MANY TIMES
HE’s the most handsome but all BTS MEMBERS ARE HANDSOME 💜💜
BTS members don't live together anymore because they are serving the military. They are on break since 2022. Each member has released their solo albums before entering the military. They will be back in 2025 as a group. And when it happens, it's going to be chaotic when they do their world tour. For each solo release by the members, BTS are gaining more and more fans.
They did cease living together more than a year before beginning their military service though.