How Popular is BTS?

 

    K-Pop is starting to become more known around the 50 states as well as the world. But who is this band, and when did they start....and are they popular now after finding out they are on a hiatus?

   Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook create the seven men of BTS. Starting around 2010, they wanted to become a hip-hop group with the help of a rapper named Kim Nam-Joon or RM as he is known in South Korea. K-Pop music was starting to become a mainstream around this time and some K-Pop bands were around before BTS took over like 2NE1, Girl's Generation and BIGBANG

  "No more Dream" became one of their first hits as their first album Dark & Wild was seen on South Korean music stores. The band started to get bigger as the year followed with each member having a unique style as well as voice. One singer would have amazing dance moves while another could sing on key.

   Girls started to go crazy for this band as I would for a boy band in America. The seven singers of South Korea started to become well known around America when they performed in LA. Then did another tour in NYC.  Not many people knew how huge they were going to make it, but each one of them wanted this dream to become a reality.

 They soon would take over the Tonight Show as well as make friends with TV hosts like Ellen. But were they about to take their fame too far? In my opinion, no. They were just getting started. My mother started to become obsessed with them while I....enjoyed them in the sidelines. 

    Even if I'm not a fan of their songs, I still enjoy listening to them. Although some people feel they have overstayed their welcome. Having their own meal at McDonalds (I think in South Korea) Being in ads that had their hit song, "Butter" play over and over. I admit that song is annoying, yet entertaining at times. 

   Kim Seok-jin, I think, might be the lead singer, has co-written some of the songs BTS is known for like: "Awake", "Moon" and "Epiphany". Born on the sign of the archer, and almost thirty years old, he learned to speak Englis while in Australia. He recently injured his hand and went for surgery in 2022. He wouldn't be able to perform int he Grammys due to the injury.

  Minn Yoon-Ji, or Suga as he's known to the BTS world, has known to have managed "BIG HIT RECORDS" in South Korea. This singer is known to have a degree in Broadcasting and entertainment. He got interested in rap music after hearing another South Korean band called Epik High. He soon became a rapper. Born under the sign of the fish, Suga might be considered the cutest looking member, but I feel there are others that are cuter than him in the group

   I'm not going to list the other five because I don't really follow K-pop music, but I believe J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook have a past that brought them to where they are today. All talented in their own way and getting their start when they were young.

  Now it seems the band is on a hiatus for the time being so the seven singers could work on solo opportunities. All seven of them are talented but...are they popular now than when they were known in America for the first time? Well yes and no.

From the start of BTS to today, how popular are they? Pretty popular even today. K-Pop, along with movies made in South Korea are starting to become known and popular in the world of Netflix as well as K-Pop getting a stronger connection in the US. Sure, BTS hasn't put out anything new since last year with their hit "Butter", but it doesn't mean their popularity has faded. It just stalled. It's not over for these seven. Not just yet...wait till their comeback.