#proud army

Over a year ago (5/20/18), my best friend @perfectlynorm sent me these pictures through Facebook Messenger because he was so excited that his favorite K-Pop group, BTS, was performing at the Billboard Music Awards for the first time. This is embarrassing to admit, but I never would have thought that these pictures of a Korean man flashing his abs on an American music awards show would mark the beginning of me becoming an ARMY. Almost immediately after seeing these pictures I went on YouTube and watched BTS’ Fake Love performance at BBMAs. After that, I watched the music video. The next day when I was hanging out with @perfectlynorm I asked him more questions about BTS. From there, he proceeded to give me a day-long history on the boy group from South Korea and my life was never the same.

Fast forward to today (6/2/19), and I’m incredibly lucky to have seen them perform live twice at Staples center, once for opening night at Rose Bowl, and once on the VLive app with my mother beside me. In all 23 years of my life I have never been so emotionally invested in a music artist. Every video of these guys, every song they sing, and every Twitter post they tweet always brings a smile to my face. I wish I had listened to their music from the start, but I definitely know that I am with these guys until the very end. I purple you, BTS. Always.