Written by: Aayusi Shrestha - 2025002, Grade VII
Posted on: 08 October, 2020
BTS (Bangtan Sonyeondan) also known as the Bangtan Boys is a South Korean boy band. BTS began its formation in 2010 after Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-hyuk met with the group leader RM and was impressed with his rapping. The group consists of 7 members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. In the group, there are 3 rappers and 4 vocalists. BTS debuted with the song named ‘no more dream’, which peaked at number 124 in Korea before quickly falling off the charts. Their lyrics often are focused on the themes of mental health, troubles of school-age youth, individualism, loss, and the journey towards loving oneself. BTS taught people to love themselves. The group has released several albums and performed on several world tours. Wings became BTS's first album to sell one million copies in South Korea. By 2017, BTS had a total of 40 Daesangs (Grand Prize Awards), the most in South Korean history. BTS has added to its record of the most Daesangs in South Korean history. Fans of BTS are called “ARMY” which is an acronym for adorable. BTS's fans are more diverse culturally, ethnically, and generationally than those of any other boy bands that came before them.
In April 2018, BTS became only the third group in 50 years to have stayed in number three on the Billboard 200 charts, joining the ranks of The Beatles and The Monkees. BTS has become famous recently but before they were famous there were hundreds of hardships that these boys had gone through. They almost couldn’t debut because Big-Hit was in debt, going nearly bankrupt. All together for a while, the boys were accused of plagiarising concepts, and many fanbases of other idols/groups demanded recounts or they got disqualified. Most of the members had grown up in low-income families. They almost disbanded in 2014 because they were short of money. At that time, they never imagined they would achieve the height where they are now.
People nowadays also say that they put on makeup and stuff like that but many actors and singers use makeup. Anyone can wear makeup regardless of their gender. A few weeks back BTS released a new album named ‘Dynamite’ which has broken many records. BTS has taught us many things like Love yourself, speak yourself (“No matter who you are, where you’re from, your skin color, your gender identity, just speak yourself). BTS has a total of about 136.4M fans. They're huge for a Korean boy band, but that's a lot coming from a band who doesn't sing in English.
