Anonymous
Post 01/31/2022 10:13     Subject: Re:BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Best wishes to Park Jimin today as he is in the hospital recovering from an appendectomy and also has Covid.

"Hello. This is BigHit Music. We would like to provide you with the following information regarding the current health status of BTS member Jimin. Jimin experienced sudden abdominal pain along with a mild sore throat on January 30 in the afternoon. He visited a hospital emergency room for a thorough examination, and also took a PCR test. Jimin was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and was tested positive for Covid-19. He underwent surgery following physician advice early morning on Monday, January 31." (Source: Weverse)

Hoping for a speedy recovery.


Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 22:57     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this just an Asian Menudo?
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Yep, you're wrong. And get some more current references. Anyway...


Sure it is. International boy band sensation which is indeed rare and why there really aren’t more current references unless you include 1D but they were British so it is less of a phenomenon. The only difference is the internet. Here’s how it will play. Girls will love them and swear, swear to love them forever until both the girls and the guys get older. The girls will move on. One maybe two members of the group will go solo but only one of them will make it big. There is a reason there are no man bands. When they are men they are just bands and they need instruments at that point. No one wants to watch a bunch of 35 year old men do choreo singing about how they will eat cake with you and love you forever.


No it's not. And I dont speak boomer nor do I care to discuss a 40+ year old current event. You need to really update your references, it's sad and embarrassing. Respectfully.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 19:38     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Except BTS’s fandom is not limited to young girls. Their social media is extraordinary and more like reality TV families where everything is open and on display.


I read somewhere that the average ARMY is in her 30s.


Makes sense to me. The really young kids (tweens, teens) like the younger groups where the members themselves are still in their teens or very early 20s.

The thing people don’t get if they haven’t followed K-Pop for a long time is that the boy groups have massive longevity as long as the members want to keep doing it. They also have very loyal fans who grow with them. This isn’t like Western groups where they are popular for a few years then go off to solo careers/acting/Broadway/hosting/whatever. I mean, the members do that too but the group is always still there and making new music as a group occasionally, not just getting together for a nostalgia act tour every 5 years. It’s different. Super Junior debuted in like 2005 and came out with new songs earlier this year and they still have tons of very loyal fans.


I have never followed a KPOP group before but I like BTS. They are different than other musical acts in America.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 18:29     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Except BTS’s fandom is not limited to young girls. Their social media is extraordinary and more like reality TV families where everything is open and on display.


I read somewhere that the average ARMY is in her 30s.


This might be the saddest thing I have ever heard.


Aww. Sad old people make me sad too.

(JK! I know you'll tell me you're 30 too )
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 14:48     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this just an Asian Menudo?
\

Yep, you're wrong. And get some more current references. Anyway...


Sure it is. International boy band sensation which is indeed rare and why there really aren’t more current references unless you include 1D but they were British so it is less of a phenomenon. The only difference is the internet. Here’s how it will play. Girls will love them and swear, swear to love them forever until both the girls and the guys get older. The girls will move on. One maybe two members of the group will go solo but only one of them will make it big. There is a reason there are no man bands. When they are men they are just bands and they need instruments at that point. No one wants to watch a bunch of 35 year old men do choreo singing about how they will eat cake with you and love you forever.



I hope when Jimin is 35 he writes a song about eating lots of cake and not being worried about his weight at all.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 14:34     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this just an Asian Menudo?
\

Yep, you're wrong. And get some more current references. Anyway...


Sure it is. International boy band sensation which is indeed rare and why there really aren’t more current references unless you include 1D but they were British so it is less of a phenomenon. The only difference is the internet. Here’s how it will play. Girls will love them and swear, swear to love them forever until both the girls and the guys get older. The girls will move on. One maybe two members of the group will go solo but only one of them will make it big. There is a reason there are no man bands. When they are men they are just bands and they need instruments at that point. No one wants to watch a bunch of 35 year old men do choreo singing about how they will eat cake with you and love you forever.

Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 14:21     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Except BTS’s fandom is not limited to young girls. Their social media is extraordinary and more like reality TV families where everything is open and on display.


I read somewhere that the average ARMY is in her 30s.


This might be the saddest thing I have ever heard.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 14:02     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Except BTS’s fandom is not limited to young girls. Their social media is extraordinary and more like reality TV families where everything is open and on display.


I read somewhere that the average ARMY is in her 30s.


Makes sense to me. The really young kids (tweens, teens) like the younger groups where the members themselves are still in their teens or very early 20s.

The thing people don’t get if they haven’t followed K-Pop for a long time is that the boy groups have massive longevity as long as the members want to keep doing it. They also have very loyal fans who grow with them. This isn’t like Western groups where they are popular for a few years then go off to solo careers/acting/Broadway/hosting/whatever. I mean, the members do that too but the group is always still there and making new music as a group occasionally, not just getting together for a nostalgia act tour every 5 years. It’s different. Super Junior debuted in like 2005 and came out with new songs earlier this year and they still have tons of very loyal fans.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 13:52     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:Except BTS’s fandom is not limited to young girls. Their social media is extraordinary and more like reality TV families where everything is open and on display.


I read somewhere that the average ARMY is in her 30s.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 13:51     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:So bittersweet that he is in Potomac and we cannot see him. But happy that he appreciates our lovely town. Going for a walk on the woods myself today.


It appears he went to Glenstone so he’s ion the woods, too. He must really be an art enthusiast. It’s lovely but well off the beaten track.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 13:33     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
BTS has been evolving since they debuted, they are not the same band as they were in 2013. They also do more than sing and dance now - they act, model, do ads, are diplomats, produce for others. They already do solos and subunits. Every entertainer evolves with age, I think BTS will be just fine.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 12:29     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Except BTS’s fandom is not limited to young girls. Their social media is extraordinary and more like reality TV families where everything is open and on display.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2021 12:26     Subject: BTS breaks records for most instagram followers after joining for one day
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this just an Asian Menudo?
\

Yep, you're wrong. And get some more current references. Anyway...


Sure it is. International boy band sensation which is indeed rare and why there really aren’t more current references unless you include 1D but they were British so it is less of a phenomenon. The only difference is the internet. Here’s how it will play. Girls will love them and swear, swear to love them forever until both the girls and the guys get older. The girls will move on. One maybe two members of the group will go solo but only one of them will make it big. There is a reason there are no man bands. When they are men they are just bands and they need instruments at that point. No one wants to watch a bunch of 35 year old men do choreo singing about how they will eat cake with you and love you forever.