BTS has been taking the world by storm for a while now, and there are no signs of them slowing down.
With a massive following on a global scale, if you haven’t heard of this prominent K-Pop group by now, you should start getting used to seeing them everywhere!
Here are the top 50 most awesome facts about BTS that everyone should know!
- BTS has a lot of meanings – the original one being “Bangtan Sonyeondan” which means “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” in Korean. It signifies deflecting stereotypes, criticisms, and expectations like bullets.
- The acronym now also stands for “Beyond the Scene.”
- BTS consists of seven male members – Jin, Suga, J-Hppe, RM, V, Jungkook, and Jimin. The “leader” is RM.
- This popular K-Pop group wasn’t self-created – an entertainment company called Big Hit Entertainment held auditions to recruit members starting in 2010.
- The ultimate group wasn’t finalized until 2013.
- BTS started gaining attention six months before their debut due to their presence on social media and song covers.
- In March 2016, Forbes listed BTS as the most re-tweeted artist.
- BTS released 29 music videos and 22 singles in just 6 years from 2013 to 2018.
- The first album released by BTS was “Dark and Wild” which came out on August 19, 2014.
- BTS put on their own variety show which they starred in called “Rookie King: Channel Bangtan.”
- As of July 2018, BTS has won 53 awards since their formation.
- BTS is known for their lyrics that touch on sensitive topics like school bullying, societal ideals, mental health issues, suicide, nihilism, and female empowerment.
- RM’s initials stand for “Rap Monster,” but his full name is actually Kim Nam-joon.
- RM learned English by watching the popular American sitcom “Friends.”
- RM is also the only member who can carry a conversation in English.
- BTS member, Suga, is known for rapping in the band, but he also is proficient at the piano.
- Jungkook is the youngest member of the group, born on September 1st, 1997.
- Fans of BTS are called “ARMY” which is an acronym for “Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth.”
- Unlike most K-Pop bands, BTS hold a leading role in producing most of their own music. Many people believe this is an attribution to their success.
- BTS performed at the 2017 American Music Awards which was their first ever TV performance in the United States.
- BTS was the first K-Pop group to get their own Twitter emojis.
- The emoji was established as a challenge for BTS to find where their biggest fanbases were located. In the end, Brazil, Turkey, and Russia came out on top.
- BTS has sold at least 7 million albums globally as of July 2018.
- The third full-length album from BTS called “Love Yourself: Tear” launched at number one on the Billboard 200, which made them the only K-Pop group to do so.
- Their album “Love Yourself: Her” retailed more than 1.2 million copies on South Korea’s Gaon Album chart in its first month of release. It became the biggest selling Korean album by month in 16 years.
- BTS has two certified Gold singles – “Mic Drop Remix” and “DNA.” There are the first and so far only Korean artist to acquire two Gold certifications.
- BTS have been brand ambassadors for Puma since 2015.
- Elsword, an RPG game by Nexon, revealed character avatars based on the members of BTS.
- In 2018, Coca-Cola Korea brought on BTS as campaign models.
- BTS donated seven tons of rice to charity in 2016 at the K-Star Road opening ceremony.
- BTS has certainly done their share of giving back – in 2017, each member donated KR₩10,000,000 (roughly 8,950 USD) to the families of the 2014 Sewol Ferry Disaster.
- Group member V played the saxophone for three years in school.
- In the future, Jungkook has said that he either wants to own a duck restaurant, or be a tattoo artist.
- During their debut performance, Jin’s pants fell down!
- The members of BTS compete over the amount of re-tweets their Twitter accounts get.
- In the BTS dorm, they used to collect 1,000 wons from any member who broke a house rule.
- Eventually, they got rid of the charge because people kept breaking the rules and the money they had to pay was too much.
- The money they collected from this rule was mostly used to buy chicken and pizza!
- After South Korea beat Germany in the 2018 World Cup, BTS’s new song “Fake Love” climbed 31 spots in the charts.
- The members of BTS moved into one of the most expensive apartment complexes in Seoul in late 2017.
- For a little perspective, one of the units in the same complex sold for about 75 million USD.
- Suga once said that if he became rich, he would buy fans beef, which is expensive in South Korea because of import fees. On his 25th birthday, he donated $19,000 worth of beef to feed orphans.
- BTS is big into fashion, some of their favorite brands being Gucci, WTAPS, and Calvin Klein.
- BTS landed a spot on Time Magazine’s 2018 list of 25 Most Influential People on the Internet.
- When BTS paired up with UNICEF, inspired fans eagerly donated to the cause and raised $1,000,000 in less than two days for UNICEF’s campaign to feed malnourished children.
- The shortest member of BTS is Jimin, who is 5.67 feet (173 cm) tall.
- The tallest member of BTS is RM, who is 5.93 feet (181 cm) tall.
- None of the BTS members are from Seoul, even though many people think so. They are actually all from different provinces.
- Before Suga was introduced to hip-hop, Suga only listened to Classical music.
- Originally, Jimin’s stage name was supposed to be either Baby J or Young Kid.
