Army, pay attention—it's time to rejoice. This week marks BTS's tenth birthday, thus a celebration is in order. Seoul is being adorned in commemoration of the trio, whose songs achieved international popularity and revolutionized the K-pop industry.
On Tuesday, BTS members celebrated ten years of their musical career. BTS members sent heartfelt messages to their devoted BTS ARMY through love letters, never-before-seen videos, postings, and more as fans all across the world celebrated the milestone. Members Jin and J-Hope are skipping the festivities this year since they have enrolled in the military.
Kim Namjoon, the frontman of BTS, wrote a statement on their online fan site Weverse in which he discussed the band's unique relationship with its followers. He wrote., "It’s a really special thing to be enchanted by certain words. Until a noun becomes a pronoun; when BTS becomes BTS and when ARMY becomes ARMY. There was a lot of rain and wind, and also love. We built our own world that no one could possibly understand.”
Let's take a brief trip down memory lane if, gasp, you are unfamiliar with BTS. The management firm Hybe developed the K-pop group, which consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. The group released "No More Dream," their debut single, in 2013, and seven years later, with "Dynamite," they achieved enormous popularity. The upbeat tune made history by being the first K-pop song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They have put out nine studio albums, 43 singles, six music videos with over a billion views each, nine studio albums, and 43 singles in the last ten years.
Despite the group's phenomenal success, they are now on break as each of the seven members of Korea's required military duty completes their terms. The remaining BTS members will begin their 18-month runs later this year after Jin and J-Hope started theirs already. The band members are apparently concentrating on solo projects while they are apart. The group had an open discussion about their ambition to develop as artists over supper. “We’re trying to find our identity, and that’s an exhausting and long process,” Jimin said.
Although the precise date of BTS's reunion is unknown, you may celebrate their progress by listening to their songs on Spotify and Apple Music in the interim.
In South Korea, the day is important. Since Monday, Seoul's skyscrapers, bridges, and other landmarks have been illuminated in purple to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the BTS.
According to city authorities and the management firm for the group, Hybe, various Seoul landmarks, including City Hall, the 123-story Lotte World Tower, multiple Han River bridges, and the modern DDP would change color to purple, a color associated with BTS, as reported by news agency AP. RM and Jungkook will be present at an exciting fan gathering that BTS has organized.
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