South Korea is suddenly one of the most-talked-about countries in the world in a positive way and it is all because of the country’s music industry. The South Korean music industry is famously known as the K-pop industry around the world. There are multiple numbers of K-pop bands in the country and some of them managed to gain international fame due to their universal appeal and creativity.
Bands and groups dominate the South Korean music industry. The most popular K-pop band right now is BTS. The boyband is not only extremely popular in their native country but has moved billions of music lovers across the world. The band was formed in 2010. Bang Si-hyuk, the founder of Big Hit Entertainment recruited RM first in 2010, and then Jimin, Suga, J-Hope, Jin, V, and Jungkook followed. The seven-member band made its first appearance in 2013, earning massive success all over the world.
They have been enjoying their top position for years and recently the band made an announcement that broke billions of hearts all over the globe. On June 14th, 2022 during their annual Festa dinner live stream, the boyband announced that they were breaking up so the members can pursue their solo careers. Though the band has promised to get back together in the future, they have not given a particular time to the fans. Band member RM said that the band was losing the direction they have planned and the members would like to pursue their individual careers.
BTS has had a tremendous impact on the contemporary global music industry and they were the pioneer of taking South Korean music to the world stage. Here are some unknown facts about the band that the fans would love to be aware of:
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BTS is short for Bangtan Sonyeondan
The South Korean band is popularly known as BTS all over the world. But many do not know that BTS is a short form of a longer phrase. Many may think that BTS stands for Behind The Scenes but they will be surprised to know that it actually stands for Bangtan Sonyeondan. In South Korea, they are mostly known by this name. If you translate the Korean Phrase the meaning you will get is ‘Bulletproof Boy Scouts’. The band has announced on various occasions that the name of their band stands for ‘Beyond the Scene’ as well.
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Who is BTS Army?
BTS has billions of fans in various countries all over the world. They are not only popular among the girls but have a huge fan following of boys as well. The band has a highly devoted fandom all around the world and they are insanely passionate about the band and its music. The fans of the band are known as the ARMY. The BTS Army is a short form of Adorable Representative MC for Youth. There are 67.9 million ARMY members who are subscribed to BTS’ official YouTube channel and 46.3 million followers on their official Twitter and 65.1 million followers on Instagram in 2022.
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Five of the seven BTS Members’ MBTI Personality is ‘Introvert’
In 2022, the members of BTS took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test of the MBTI to check their personality type. The results of the test were quite interesting. According to the test, five out of the total seven members got introverted personalities even though they are popular international stars. The five members had INFP, INTP, INFJ, and ISTP personality types and the other two were of extroverted ESTP and ENFP personality types. Now the fans can know which of their favorite member falls into which category.
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BTS made history at Billboard Music Awards 2022
BTS is the first South Korean band that made a record at the Billboard Music Awards 2022. The internationally-famed K-pop boyband received not one but three awards at the event and it was more than any music group or duo in 2022. By winning the awards they are now in a tie position with One Direction. BTS has acquired many awards in its active years. They have bagged a total of 650 awards, including the 12 Billboard awards and 630 nominations so far.
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BTS visited the White House to address hate crimes against Asian Americans
BTS again made headlines with their recent visit to the White House in the USA. They met with the present US President Joe Bidden on May 31st, 2022. They talked about the surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans with the President. They also discussed the significance of racial diversity in the country. The President twitted about their visit on his official Twitter account.
These were the top unknown facts about the worldwide popular K-pop band BTS that the fans would love to know about.
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