The ARMY fanclub of the K-pop group BTS celebrates 9 years of history

Without a doubt, the BTS group has one of the most loyal “armies” of fans of K-pop and popular music in general. It is called ARMY, in fact, and its members celebrate their anniversary every 9 July.

Already yesterday, many messages, photos and memes were circulating on social media, because yesterday was July 9 in Korea, due to changes in time zones and world time.

The beginning

The whole history of the ARMY began 9 July 2013, when BTS revealed the official name of their fan base, an army behind album purchases, streaming on music platforms, translations, audiences at each of their concerts and unconditional support on social media.

In this way, it’s nine years of unconditional support for the members of their favorite band: Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook.

The ARMY has always followed BTS and has given its support even in the face of the harshest criticisms. Furthermore, they showed their love for the band through multiple demonstrations.

As a sign of reciprocity, BTS should post a video or image on one of their social networks to thank the ARMY for their support.

This celebration will be different, as happens when, on June 14, one day after celebrating its ninth anniversary, the South Korean K-pop group announced their separation and revealed that they will be taking a break to work on their solo projects.

It was through the “Bangtan Royal Dinner”, where BTS announced the news of the famous temporary hiatus, to start working on their projects as soloists and it was reported that instead of releasing mixtapes, they will start releasing single albums.

the test disc

trialtheir first anthology, released in May, consisting of 48 cuts distributed on three discs that trace the career of the group, and which also includes three new singles.

In the tracks collected there are the main singles of the band released since 2013, some remastered or in unreleased versions; more new themes Still to come (Best Moment), Run BTS Y For the young people.

The video of the first of these three new songs was released at the same time as the album and within three hours of its release it has already surpassed 2.5 million views on the YouTube platform.

The song, the video of which was shot in the desert, is intended to be a declaration of intent and a message to its fans, known as ARMY.

This anthology was BTS ‘first release from the single Butterreleased in July 2021, and sought to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the band’s debut.

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