Things Every BTS ARMY Will Relate To

9 Dec, 2020 12:28 IST

When you become an Army and officially join the fandom, you are hit with an abundance of new information. Along with amazing music and oh-so-good music videos, you will also come across shows like RUN! BTS, Bangtan Gayo, Bon Voyage, and yes, many new terms. But it all becomes fun as you see and learn something new every day, get to know more about BTS and “your” fandom.

Let me help you with some words or certain things that every ARMY should know. If you are a Baby Army, this list is especially for you.

ARMY

Did you notice how every letter in the word “ARMY” is capitalized? Well, that is because it is an acronym. A.R.M.Y stands for 'Adorable Representative MC for Youth'. That’s surprising, right! This name was chosen by BTS and the fans themselves. BTS decided on this name as Bangtan Sonyeondan (Bulletproof armor) and the Army always goes together.

Fun fact: The fandom was almost named “Bangwools” as that was an option as well.

ALL THE BANGWOOLS OUT THERE!! BANGWOOL!!

BANGWOOL UNITE #MGMAVOTE #BTS @BTS_twt

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— (💎ㅂㄴㅁ)੭̸*✧⁺˚ ᴮᴱ (@bonami_i) July 30, 2019

Twelve A.M. KST Phobia

If you are an Army who joined during the Map of the Soul: 7 album, well you are very lucky. Ask any fan from before and they will tell you how scary this was. For BTS’ previous comeback there wouldn’t be a map or any kind of schedule provided. Bighit will drop the comeback date on some random day and proceed with no further information. From then on until the album releases, Armys will wait every night exactly at 12 am KST to see if something is gonna drop.

12 am is the fixed time for things like tracklist, MV teaser, and concept photos to drop, but the date isn’t fixed. You could be waiting and waiting and the day you least expect it, BOOM. The teaser is here.

Borahae

It means “I purple You”. A phrase coined by member V. This is a way of saying, I love You. Purple is the last color of the rainbow, it represents trust and love. V said this means I will love you for a long time.

Everywhere BTS goes the city lights up Purple for them. It has become a color that binds BTS and Army together.

Suga / Lil Meow Meow

Suga is the stage name for Min Yoongi. It comes from his basketball position from high school, short for Shooting Guard. But what is funny is that the fandom has this inside joke. They refer to Suga as Lil meow meow. According to Army, Suga looks like a cute kitten. You will find a cat picture for almost every Yoongi picture out there. He will post a selfie on Twitter and 10 minutes later, you will find a similar cat photo for it. Fans with cats as their pets, really are having a fun time.

Soft thread of Suga Min being lil meow meow because this is the uwuest thing on the planet pic.twitter.com/WpHcrl6lx6
— ᴮᴱㄴㄱ⁷ (@NikenNava_) September 16, 2019

“It was an Accident”

This phrase became very famous during the BTS' 'Blood sweat and tears' era. When Jimin flipped his jacket, the entire fandom lost their minds. Even BTS members kept cheering and making fun of Jimin in their reaction video. When RM joked that Jimin must have practiced this jacket flip a lot of times, he replied saying, “It was just an accident.” Now we all know it ain’t an accident, Jimin. For almost every Blood sweat tears performance, he did the jacket flip.

You are saying each and every time it was an accident. Huh, Jimin!!

Bon Voyage

BTS has a reality show called Bon Voyage. They go on trips and we get to see their experience. Generally, it's about 8 episodes long with BTS traveling, cooking, camping, site-seeing. We get to see their personal, emotional, and fun moments. There have been 4 seasons of Bon Voyage as of now.

Lost Sonyeondan

During BTS Bon voyage Season 1 aired in 2016, they went to Northern Europe. You'll see, BTS can literally lose anything. In the course of their entire trip, Jhope lost the tickets; Jimin forgot his suitcase on the travel bus, Namjoon lost his passport, and V got lost himself.

This is where the fandom gave them the name, “Lost Sonyeondan.”

never forget lost Sonyeondan in bon voyage 😂😂😂😂😂 #BTSMemories #2018BTSFESTA #bts @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/8auFEzfWru
— ᴮᴱnaya⁷💜 (@iliv12345) June 8, 2018

RUN BTS

A fun ride with BTS and games. Run BTS is a reality show where the members play games, make lots of jokes and ultimately try to save themselves from getting punished. Each episode is 25-30 minutes long and released every Tuesday. BTS gets extremely competitive. A total of 120 episodes have been released as of now.

Their excitement over winning a ramen cooker, 50 dollars gift coupon, or their favorite snacks will be bigger than winning a Billboard music award.

Rap Monster – RM

This is something that every Army should know. Kim Namjoon, the leader of BTS started out with Rap Monster as his stage name. But in 2017, he changed his alias to ‘RM.’ It stands for Real Me. The real him, the way he feels and showcases himself to the world.

Golden Maknae

You will find a lot of times Jungkook being referred to as the 'Golden Maknae'. Maknae in Korean means “The Youngest.” Since Jungkook is the youngest and is good at literally every possible thing, he is called the Golden Maknae.

From singing to dancing, painting, martial arts, swimming, Jungkook is good at it all. Except fishing, I guess.

Era

Every time BTS releases an album, it is called a comeback. BTS will have new hair colors, new style, new concept pictures, and a new genre of MVs, fans call it an 'Era'. For example, if you see Armys saying, Taehyung’s best hair was during the Fake Love era, it means out of all the hair colors and hairstyles that he has tried over the years, Armys like him best in Fake Love MV and other fake love performances of 2018.