ARMY ๐ five years older than MDRโs Hot 100 debut. โญโฌ ๐จ๐ฆ/๐ณ๏ธโ๐/nd โฌโญ she/her ์ํฌ๋ฐฉํฌ (not a safe space for solos, mantis, racists, freedumbers, or terfs)
ARMY basically do two types of streaming: current releases streaming (for charts and awards) and legacy streaming (for milestones and records).
Streaming playlists that are a mix of current and legacy songs fulfil both goals and diversifies your streams!
Big Hit: we'll give them 12 hours of concerts so every time zone can watch a bit :)
ARMY: we will be watching all of it
Big Hit: uh-
ARMY: All. Of. It.
@BTS_twt
#BANGBANGCON_D2
If anyone is curious, ARMY trended at least 735 tags worldwide in 2019.
Hereโs a rundown of everything we trended worldwide (both planned and accidental) related to
@BTS_twt
Reminder: if
#BTS_Dynamite
is accidentally released a couple minutes before midnight DO NOT BUY. Wait until after the official release time. Suga's Interlude was released a few minutes early and our sales were accidentally split over 2 tracking weeks
@BTS_twt
#MTVHottest
BTS
You can buy awards. You can buy press coverage. You can even buy your way into the charts.
@BTS_twt
have never had to do any of that, because they have a fandom that's willing to stamp every bit of gatekeeping into the ground
#ThePeopleChooseBTS
I watched the broadcast yet, but I'm kind of surprised people didn't know they took a break in early 2018?
If you weren't an ARMY yet or on twitter yet I can fill out in on some of it.
The 2017 AMAs were in November. That's what really kicked off a big wave of US coverage
James Corden mentioned
@BTS_twt
on his list of things you need to know from the summer 2018 on the
@latelateshow
! The day
#BTS
goes on carpool karaoke weโre gonna crash youtube again ๐
.
@BTS_twt
funded 22 artists through CONNECT, BTS. They constantly recommend upcoming and indie artists' music. They make huge private donations like 1M to Crew Nation that supports tech crews out of work due to COVID. BTS are really out here supporting the arts from all sides
Tough pill to swallow time: Iโve seen a lot of people say โwe donโt care about useless interviews, we want BTS to restโ. Iโm right there with you but guess what - BTS might care about them. We have no clue what happens on the business side of things and how far BTS and BH +
Dear
@bts_bighit
In BANGTANTV channelโs latest members'fancam, only Vโs focusใButter'Stage CAM(V focus) SiriusXM-BTSใis a pure side shooting angle, only the back can be seen.
We hope to avoid such incidents in the future.
@bts_bighit
@HYBEOFFICIALtwt
You're telling me that
@BTS_twt
had 2 albums go gold, 1 single go gold, and 2 singles go platinum less than 12 months apart? Who else is doing it like BTS
#PersonaWentGold
I see that some ARMY are worried about BTS collaborating on an all English track...on literally the same day they received the Order of Cultural Merit ๐ our fandom has grown since round 1 of this discussion with MDR so here's a thread to help soothe those in distress โจ
I thought we'd moved past the idea that since Hybe has lots of money they should make the concerts free.
Free to view =/= free to produce.
The money generated from Sowoozoo is used to cover costs and salaries involved with the production AND to invest other/future projects.
#OnlyBTScan
generate 56 trillion won (US$49.70 billion) in economic benefits over the next 10 years, outpacing the 41.6 trillion won impact of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
A single group is doing that
@BTS_twt
I'm on my way to the merch line and saw big video sign trucks with directions to the stadium and ads for fan meals with purple hearts on them.
The two guys doing the crosswalk were talking and said "this is like a Metallica concert." Dudes ain't seen nothing yet ๐
#Borahaegas
Idk who needs to hear this, but the zoom fan meeting is probably more for the guys than it is for ARMY. Obviously the 200 ARMY are going to be over the moon, but we've seen the guys practically every day of the pandemic. The fanmeet is only their third time to see us in 1.5 years
If you don't think media stalks ARMY twitter for stories, you haven't been paying attention.
This is a small sample on what's been written on us or that included our name in the title.
Honestly, fck everyone who reduces songs to who has the melody or who has a solo part. Harmonies, counter melodies, and backing vocals make a song whole. Saying "they did x member dirty" because they don't have a lead part reduces their hard work and contribution to nothing
@TIME
Explain precisely how 2 white boy bands from the 90s paved the way for a Korean group singing in Korean? The original content shows no sign of research assuming fans are all teenagers who are going to drop them as soon as they start their mandatory enlistment. Countless articles
โWe just want them to do more promo for
@BTS_twt
โ. James Corden x2. Ellen DeGeneres x2. Jimmy Kimmel. NYRE. AGT. GMA. Jimmy Fallon. Graham Norton. BBMAs x2. AMAs. The GRAMMYS.
These are the BIGGEST vehicles for reaching the GP.
If All Night was recorded at the same time as the other OST tracks, it means
@BTS_twt
and BH had their eye on Juice Wrld before Lucid Dreams took him mainstream
#ALLNIGHTisCOMING
โBTS need to rest. Big Hit needs to stop forcing them to go on toursโ
I saw this a lot this morning when the
#Speak_Yourself
tour was announced. Letโs break this concept down in a thread
One thing I think we could hype more is the fact that not only are
@BTS_twt
selling out stadiums, but they're also their own opening act. This is 45 min before the show starts. Crowd is 3/4 in and we're already singing along. And it's like this every. show.
#PTD_ON_STAGE_LV
Las Vegas is big and busy, but no one will be able to escape the borafication.
I've been here for an hour and seen ARMY at the airport, on the strip, and in my hotel. And the guys are everywhere ๐
To make streaming Fake Love easier (and so our streams don't get thrown out as bot plays) here's a different
@BTS_twt
spotify playlist for every day of the week
RT to save a stream!
Major kudos to
@BTS_twt
and the production staff for figuring out how to re-stage the entire show in under 2 hours. I used to be a stage manager and I have recurring nightmares about having to do just that. The skill it took to pull this all together is INCREDIBLE ๐๐๐ช
2-3 tables of ARMY every day. And they visited Malta over a year ago. When we read about
@BTS_twt
's economic impact being so huge, this is why. It's not just concert bumps (hotels, restaurants, merch, transport). It's because ARMY are making these places permanent landmarks
All the waiters took a selfie with us and Charlesโs son (black shirt right side) says โhiโ to ARMY. They said 2-3 tables of ARMYs come every day. Charles welcomes all of us!!! ๐ฅบ๐
@BTS_twt
BTS World is nominated for Mobile Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards
You don't have to vote in all categories, and you only need to submit an email to have your vote counted
@BTS_twt
#BoyWithLuv
#TheMusicVideo
.
@RollingStone
I'm really disappointed that you had the space to include BTS' solo interviews in the printed version of the magazine but chose to include a bunch of groups and soloists that have no connection or relevance to BTS' global success or musicality. Really poor call
I just want there to be video evidence that we were able to organically pull off a wave that went around the stadium at least 5 times before we have to do it for real later ๐
@BTS_twt
#PTD_ON_STAGE_LV
Thank you
@BTS_twt
for going above and beyond to lift our spirits during the pandemic. All the times you've gone live on YouTube or vlive, or come to chat with us on Weverse, or tweet something to make us smile have made happy memories in a weird & scary time
#AlwaysHappyWithBTS
New ARMY, I know living through a smear campaign can feel scary and stressful, but I promise the guys will get through it. Don't engage with articles trying to bait us, write nice posts on Weverse, report malicious antis, keep streaming like usual, and take care of yourselves ๐
I don't know how to say this without sounding ominous, but I hope new ARMY are aware that targeted anti activity tends to pick up around 875 releasing Japanese albums/Japan activities. It's happened multiple times now. And I don't mean kfloppies and their usual crap. I mean
Fuckboard aside, I don't want anybody to feel bad/like we're letting Yoongi down. If he's interested, the label has access to all the stats ww. But also: the love he gets on tour. He knows we're there for him and support his music. And no chart results can take that away from him
So how are you going to feel if we find out the guys saw this tag? After two docuseries and movies worth of seeing how much of their souls they put into their concerts? You think they'll know you're mad at TM/BH when you've attached their name to the tag?
2018 wasn't a perfect year. There were a ton of highs for the tannies and at least two really big lows that we know of (beginning of 2018 and November). But that year really emphasized to me how we should trust the guys to know what's best for themselves.
New ARMY, please don't be afraid to ask questions about things like voting, comeback, streaming, etc. No one comes into this fandom knowing everything ๐
@BTS_twt
#BoyWithLuv
#TheMusicVideo
#PCAs
When we say
@BTS_twt
outsold, we're not using it as some empty, stan twitter drag. We mean they're literally in the top 5 best selling acts in the US and worldwide
Attn concert promoters: over 100k people sat through a 144p livestream just to see
@BTS_twt
. Weโre a fandom that like to buy things, like physical albums in an era where digital rules - now imagine what could happen if you gave us a 1080p livestream on twitter or in cinemas
I don't know how many times we have to go over this:
@BTS_twt
do collabs because they like the artist or think their sound fits the track
You don't have to like every song, but questioning why they worked with x bc YOU don't think it benefits BTS undermines their worth as artists
Every Weverse mag article has really reinforced the idea that BTS/BH know exactly what's going on and know how to get the results they want without compromising their values
[์๋ฒ์ค ๋งค๊ฑฐ์ง] #๋ฐฉํ์๋ ๋จ ์ด "BE"๋ก ์ธ์ด 15๊ฐ์ง ๊ธฐ๋ก
2020 ๋ฏธ๊ตญ ์์ ์ฐ์ ์ต๊ณ ์ ํ ๊ทธ๋ฃน ๋๋ค
(
#BTS
set 15 new records with "BE"
Group becomes best pop act of 2020 in US music industry)
โถKOR:
โถENG:
โถJPN:
After
@billboard
tried to downplay the incredible success of
@BTS_twt
's Map of the Soul: 7's sales, I took the Top 10 Albums (Totals Sales) from Nielsen's 2020 mid-year report and looked at what merch bundles and ticket bundles were available for purchase
Semi regular reminder that uarmyvibe regularly posts military photos. They used stickers to cover the other men (I added the bar sticker) because they understand that those are private citizens and that Hoseok is...serving as a celebrity and doesn't deserve privacy ๐ค
I would +
3 years ago today Prod. SUGA made his debut outside of
@BTS_twt
with the release of the chart-topping song 'Wine' with Suran!
The song hit the Melon Roof many times shortly after release & ended as one of the Top 10 songs of the year on Melon in 2017.
#3YearsWithWine
My boss came up to me at work today and said she saw "my boys" on SNL. She said she'd heard the song before but she understood why they're so popular after seeing the live performance because they're the whole package ๐
#PremiosMTVMIAW
#MTVBRKPOPBTS
#MTVBRFANDOMBTSARMY
@BTS_twt
This is Devo Brown 1/2 of the team that does
#SetItOff
every Saturday night on kiss 92.5 (which plays multiple BTS songs over the 2 hour show). He's been very supportive of BTS for years (since I've been listening starting 2017) from their music to records to their activism
Sometimes I forget how powerful we are. Then I look at our numbers on a shtty 6 month old tweet vs a 29 minutes old tweet and remember
We send a message loud and clear. And
@bts_bighit
endorsed content gets a yes from me - especially when it's something with member participation
The majority of us don't like ARMY twitter being a drama suckhole, but if we don't clean house now there's no "back to normal". We've let solos have free reign for too long and empowered the growth of big accounts who don't have the guys as their priority.
Iโd also like to point out that out of all 735 of our tags, we never once trended hate about another group. Thatโs what focusing on your faves looks like
ARMY continue to be the greatest promo team that do it all out of love. Letโs make 2020 even greater for
@BTS_twt
and ARMY ๐
mantis. They were convinced that BH was sabotaging the guys because of the way they took a step back after the AMAs. It wasn't until the Festa vid and then later the vlogs and 2018 MAMA speech that we knew 1) why and 2) how crucial it was that they took that break.
Maybe we should do a scavenger hunt for
@BTS_twt
's old tweets. Like: find, like, retweet, and comment on 3 tweets: a selfie of Tae with red hair, a Holly photo from Yoongi, and someone holding a trophy ๐
It's ok if you don't have enough money to buy the album. There are loads of free ways to support. Don't feel bad if you can't buy.
But if I see you discouraging other people from buying the album, that's suspicious af and I'm probably going to block you
that continues into K-award season, where they won a ton of awards. And then after the end of K-award season, when they were seemingly at the top of their game, they kind of disappeared. They didn't post as much, and we didn't know what was coming next (except for Face Yourself).
New ARMY might not know this, but until March 2018, ARMY were allowed to send physical gifts to the guys.
Read their words to understand why they stopped accepting gifts (and what they asked us to do instead) and see if it helps you decide how you feel about birthday ad support
And while we're on the topic of respecting BTS' privacy, can we collectively agree not to share pics/vids until we know where they're from? I've lost track of how many times in 2019 photos have spread like wildfire through ARMY twitter only to find out they were taken by stalkers
Things to make YouTube less stressful:
- expect views to freeze
- expect views to be deleted
- emojis and words like "stream" & "views" are fine to use in comments
- don't compare our views to acts that use ad views
- watch other MVs and enjoy everything
@BTS_twt
has given us ๐
You know we don't always have to trend a tag for everything, right?
We have Weverse where you can send your love instead of trending a tag which has the potential to make things into a bigger media circus/make him even more uncomfortable
@horanghaeforeva
Literally no one was claiming they were the first. We were celebrating how accessible PTD is. It's gross as hell to turn this into a competition or reduce an entire language to a concept.
PSA for new ARMY n*0liveson (and by extension anyone she interacts with/pushes as a reputable source) should be on your blocklist. Sheโs proven time and again that sheโs not here for the boys and you can trace her back through almost every K translation issue weโve had since 2018
@TIME
have already been written studying why BTS has eclipsed other Korean and western acts - a large part of it is because their music and authenticity appeal to a demographic that doesn't usually follow boybands or k-pop groups.
Reminder that streaming on free platforms like unpaid Spotify accounts and on YouTube from the Bangtan TV playlists also count for ww consumption. Don't feel bad if you can't join the buying party. Support
@BTS_twt
however you can ๐
#BuyPersonaOniTunes
We got a week's advance notice about Hope World, but that was it.
If you've been on ARMY twitter for long enough to see what happens when the guys aren't active, you'll know what came next. We got fighty. Both with other fandoms and with each other. There was taunting about
who was the "nation's pick" because of who performed at the Olympics (we later learned BTS had been asked but turned it down lol).
The in-fighting we did was pretty standard. Fights about goals for an album we didn't know was coming. But it was also the first real rise of
Before BTS, I was gp. I was into fantasy, sci-fi, anime and other nerd fandoms. I was k-popโs target demographic; and I never heard of any of the groups k-pop fans claim โpaved the wayโ. Psy was the only exposure I had to k-pop until BTS popped up in a YouTubers react vid
Some of my fav comments on the KBS stage because my ARMY ego is through the roof rn. Locals are finding it from trending - keep sharing the vid to help it trend longer! And if you see their question has already been answered, donโt flood them ๐๐ป
@BTS_twt
want to push and make inroads as global artists. My guess? Theyโre serious about it, given that theyโve hired one of the best UK PR teams. Their profile is really coming up in the US, but Europe is a whole different ballgame which unfortunately requires loads of interviews +
For new ARMY: every time Exo has a comeback their fans try to bait us into arguing with them for promo. I've seen this happen since 2017. No one cares about lawsuits or the results of a 3 year old fan voted award except for Exo fans and koreaboo. Mute the word Exo for a better tl
Remembering that YouTube is secretive on purpose, my best guess for why our views skyrocketed is because the Premiere feature captures a real-time snapshot of demand. That snapshot allows yt to predict future demand and accept a high view count immediately
@BTS_twt
#ONVIDEOPARTY
I was debating saying anything, but the timeline cleanse after the ๐ด truck protest felt really insidious. Everyone has a right to use their account how they want and curate their tl, but calling it a "cleanse" when what it's doing is burying a protest you don't like organized by
Solos don't love their fave: solos obsess over an idealized version of their fave. As soon as the guy(s) do something out of sync with the fantasy version of their fave, solos reject reality and attribute the thing they don't like to someone else (usually Bang or BH)
Shazam already told us Adeleโs 24h record is ours to break. Now BH is giving us the official Spotify curated
@BTS_twt
playlist. If you donโt take this as a sign that BH is taking the breakthrough into the global market seriously, I donโt know what else to tell you
#BTSxSpotify
@cnni
Thank you for covering this story. The segment and the "apology" from the station are extremely disappointing and demonstrate that they don't think they did anything wrong. I hope they all undergo some sensitivity training so they understand their mistakes