(Sometimes we want to live, sometimes we want to die. It changes day by day, or even hour by hour. So music and the artist for healing are like a great slogan (...) We wanted to help our friends in the world.)
"We may look, speak, eat, and live differently, but we share the same heart."
"I don't care where you are, who you are, your skin color, or gender identity: speak for yourself. Find your name and voice by speaking about yourself."
"True love begins with loving yourself."
"When I was a child (...) I started to worry about what others thought of me and began to see myself through their eyes. I stopped dreaming because I was trying to fit into the molds that others created (...) until I heard my inner voice in music and I was lucky enough not to give up."
"I am who I am, with all my flaws and mistakes. Perhaps tomorrow I will be a little wiser and I will still be me. Those flaws and mistakes define me; they form the brightest stars in the constellation of my life."
"I have come to love myself, for who I was, who I am, and who I hope to be," Kim Namjoon for Unicef - 2019.)
It's time, guys, pay attention because I'm going to tell you a story, which may not be like all the others, maybe there won't be a happy ending, but it will be an entertaining story.
It will be a story that will change young minds
This story is about the lives of 7 young people, each from a different family and life, but with the same dream in their hearts.
Shhh, the story begins here and now...
Some time ago in 2010, a 16-year-old named Kim Nam Joon participated in an audition for a company called Big Hit Entertainment. With his talent demonstrated in that audition, he earned a place in the company. Days later, Kim, along with the company director and founder Bang Si Hyuk and Pdogg, had the idea to form a hip-hop group.
In the same year, two more young men joined the company, the first being Min Yoon Gi, who won a place in the aforementioned hip-hop group through an improvisation in a rap battle.
The second young man, Jung Ho Seok, who passed the test with his rap and dance talent, managed to win, finishing in third place as a member.
The following year, Jeon Jung Kook was invited by several music and dance companies after appearing on the reality show "Super Star K," but he did not accept recruitment from any of them until he saw Kim Nam Joon's performance and decided to join Hibe Entertainment.
A year later, the last three members joined the group.
This is about Kim Seok Jin, whose photo caught the attention of a company employee, who invited him to come. Although Jin wasn't interested in going since what he wanted to be was a professional actor, he agreed to join the group as the fourth member. At first, he thought that being on the team was a joke.
Kim Tae Hyung, who accompanied his friend to the audition, joined Hibe Entertainment because the company told him he had an idol-like attitude; that's how V joined Hibe.
Last but not least, it was a boy named Park Jimin who was able to become the seventh and final member of the team thanks to his years of studying dance.
These young people are a light in a world of evil and corruption where if you are not like the others you are labeled as immoral, rebellious, a gang member who causes problems and other adjectives.
They made their official debut on June 11, 2013, when they debuted with the song "No More Dream," the title track of their EP '2 Cool, 4 Skool'.
They debuted on M CountDown on June 13, 2013, their acronym is BTS which stands for "Bulletproof Super Boys".
Their fans, who are numerous worldwide, upon hearing their name as a hip-hop group, decided to choose BTS as their fandom. This was announced by one of their first fans.
"¡ARMY!"
- "If you are bulletproof, we will be your army, we will be the ones who receive the bullets, your unbreakable shield."
BTS and ARMY forever!!