the other name BTS fandom could have had

There is no mystery: around the world it is common knowledge that the name of the BTS, a group formed by BIG HIT Entertainment (currently BIGHIT Music), is ARMY! Still, what some may not realize is that fans of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V It is Jungkookcould have received a different name to represent them.

The other name BTS fandom could have had

The truth is that deciding on the name of the fandom was not an easy task, and several options were discussed until it was known globally. One of the names was revealed by the formation leader, RMduring an interview with ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’, where he said that, originally, fans could be called Bell, a word that means bell in English.

It’s kind of true. When you say BTS in Korean, you say ‘Bangtan’. And when you say ‘bell’, it sounds like ‘bang wool’. It starts with the same syllable, ‘bang’, so when we thought of the fandom name, someone brought up this idea, like, ‘What about the bell thing?’ Everybody rings their bells and [nós] we were like, ‘Make some noise!’ and the bells are like ‘ring-a-ling-a-ling’. But ARMY is much better,” recalled RM.

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Furthermore, in 2021, at that year’s live BTS Festa, RM revealed that ARMY and Bell were the finalists. “Think about it, what if Bell was chosen? We would say ‘Hello Bell’,” said the idol while making the swinging bell sign. “It sounds like a person’s name,” he added. Suga. Remember from minute 19:10.

Why ARMY?

The official name of the fandom was defined and communicated to the public on July 9, 2013 through a tweet on X (formerly Twitter), four days before the group’s official debut, which took place with the mini-album “2 Cool 4 Skool” , and the title song (work song) “No More Dream”.

As for the meaning of the name, ARMY is an acronym for “Adorable Representative MC for Youth” [“Adoráveis Representantes M.C (mestre de cerimônias) para a Juventude”]a phrase that connects with the central idea of ​​the group’s tracks, which is to represent youth.

Furthermore, there is yet another meaning, as the word ARMY itself, which in English is army, implies that the fans are the faithful army of the “Bulletproof Scouts”, which is the literal meaning of BTS’s Korean name. , 방탄소년단 (Bangtan Sonyeondan).

More than that, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, RM gave a new meaning to the name. It turns out that BTS’ 2020 ‘Map Of The Soul’ tour was suspended due to the virus, meaning the group would only return to the stage in 2022 with the ‘Permission to Dance on Stage’ shows, in a sequence of three shows in a row at the Seoul Olympic Stadium on March 9, 10 and 11, which took place with restrictions due to the pandemic.

Therefore, in-person tickets were limited due to and the public was also prohibited from shouting during the show — a detail that gave rise to a new meaning for ARMY, since on the last day of the performance, while RM explained that he couldn’t wait to hear the voices of his fans again, he revealed that the name of the fandom was an abbreviation of “areumdaun miseong”, a phrase that can be translated into “beautiful voices”, as reported by the Koreaboo portal.