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<br /> 여기 저기: "Your Happiness, My Happiness." - Jung Kook, 2020.
<br /> ARMY: 'Adorable Representative MC for Youth'. On July 9, 2013, BigHit Entertainment officially announced that ARMY will be the BTS's official Fandom name.
💜ARMY
The fanbase of BTS. Not unlike American pop, every K-pop group has a fanbase with a name ARMY stands for “Adorable Representative MC for Youth,” which is a mouthful, so you’ll usually see them referred to as simply ARMY.
💜Armybomb
The BTS version is an Armybomb, with a concert mode that connects to bluetooth, so all the lights twinkle in unison to the beat of the song.
💜BangPd
The founder and co-CEO of BigHit Entertainment, BTS’ label and management company. His full name is Bang Sihyuk, but fans and the boys usually call him Hitman Bang.
💜Bangtan Bomb
Cute short little behind-the-scenes clips of the boys posted to their BANGTANTV channel on YouTube.
💜Bangtan Sonyeondan
The next time someone asks you what “BTS” stands for, wow them with your knowledge by replying with “bangtan sonyeondan” (방탄소년단)! Translated to English, this means “bulletproof boy scouts"
💜BigHit
The entertainment company that manages BTS.
💜Bon Voyage
A nearly annual travel show that began in 2016. So far, BTS has traveled to Europe, Hawaii, and Malta etc... They’re available to view on VLive. Usually about 10 or so episodes, the boys go on day trips, pair up for expeditions, and enjoy a new country.
💜BT21
The BTS collaboration with Line Friends. The boys created their own characters with #love and now there’s plenty of adorable merch with their characters on it!
💜Comeback
A sweeping term for putting out new music. While “comeback” often denotes being gone for a long time in Western music, comebacks happen fairly often in the world of K-pop
💜Dance practice
A choreography video for a music video. Almost always filmed in one take in a studio, and it really highlights the dance portion of performances. (The Blood Sweat & Tears dance practice is a shining example!)
💜Daesang
Meaning “grand prize.” The highest, biggest achievement a K-pop artist can receive for selling the most digital and physical albums, awarded at two end-of-year award ceremonies: the Golden Disk Awards and the Seoul Music Awards.
💜Debut
A group’s first song! BTS debut in June 2013. Trainees work really hard just to make it to the point of debuting.
💜Fancam
At its most basic level, they’re videos taken by a fan during a live performance, but it’s most often a vertical video focused on a particular performer.
💜Festa
A weeklong(ish) celebration of the anniversary of BTS’ debut on June 13. New dance practices, unreleased photos, and a sit-down video where the boys reflect on their time are all parts of the ~celebration~, as well as a huge concert to conclude the week called Muster. Muster is actually a military term that means assembling the troops — a gathering of the ARMY! At Muster, BTS do performances that they don’t usually do at their regular concerts, like old songs and role-reversed performances. It’s all incredibly cute.
💜Freebees
At concerts and events, fans prepare items — often photos, goodie bags with snacks, or bracelets and charms — to give out to other fans. It’s a sweet gesture, and you don’t necessarily have to give them to receive.
💜Hwaiting! (화이팅)
A term loosely derived from the English word “fighting.” It’s a phrase of encouragement similar to “you got this” or “break a leg.”
💜G.C.F.
Jungkook’s video series. He makes beautiful videos and calls them Golden Closet Films (G.C.F.), since he started editing them in his closet, and because he’s the “golden child” of the group. Here’s one from their trip to Saipan.
💜Generations
Since K-pop is a relatively new industry, groups can be sorted into roughly four “generations,” or eras. BTS is technically a third-generation group,
💜Line
Ways of grouping the guys together. In BTS, there’s a rap line (RM, Suga, J-hope) and a vocal line (Jin, Jimin, V, Jungkook). There’s a hyung line (the older guys) and a maknae line (younger guys). People also joke about this, too, and will post a photo of a few boys together asking, “what line is this?”
💜Maknae (막내)
The youngest in a group. For BTS, this is sweet Jungkook!
💜Mixtape
Members work on side projects in their spare time, and often end up with a delightful body of solo work. So far, we’ve gotten mixtapes from all of rapline: J-hope’s “Hopeworld,” RM’s “mono.” and Suga’s “AgustD,” which he released under the stage name AgustD. They display a totally different sound and side to the boys.
💜MV
Music video. Fans call them MVs because that’s how they’re uploaded to YouTube.
💜Purple
V likes to say “I purple you” instead of “I love you” because he is a dreamy and endearing boy. BTS fans like using purple hearts for that reason. “Purple is the last color of the rainbow colors,” he said. “Purple means I will trust and love you for a long time.”
💜RunBTS
A Variety show that runs weekly featuring the boys playing games for points and rewards. Absolutely delightful and fun to watch, usually about 30 minutes each.
💜Season’s Greetings
A giant photoshoot done at the start of the new year, often packaged into cute photocards, calendars and more. They often make a video to accompany it, too.
💜Stage name
Not every idol has one, but sometimes they choose to go by one rather than their given name. For example, Yoongi’s stage name is Suga, and Namjoon’s is RM.Jungkook's is jk , Taehyung's is V , Hoseok's is Jhope , Seokjin's is jin , park jimin is jimin
💜Summer package
Similar to Season’s Greetings, but done in the middle of the summer. ARMY is never without cute and fresh BTS photos!
💜Tannie
V’s dog who makes frequent appearances in Bangtan Bombs and occasionally in livestreams.
J-Hope also has a pup named Mickey,
Yoongi has a dog named Holly.
RM has a dog named…. Rapmon, but his parents mainly take care of it.
Jk dog name is Bam
Yeontan s the most prevalent bangtan pup by far.
💜Weverse
The official app for BigHit merchandise and Weverse is an international fan forum under the same umbrella. (Fancafe exists, but is entirely in Korean — with a growing international fanbase, BigHit decided to create an international space for fans.) Both fans and BTS can post on Weverse, and each boy has their own account, so you know who’s posting what. There are twitter accounts dedicated to collecting all of the boys’ cute comments back to ARMY on Weverse.
💜VLive
This streaming platform used to distribute content. Lots of groups use it; BTS uses it for livestreams, Bon Voyage, RunBTS, comeback trailers, and more.
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