why nobody will ever do it like bts + thoughts on their future

international fame is very important in kpop. western fame is super important too. if you want your fame to skyrocket, let western fame be the fuel. bts were getting it ALL back in their days. they got on ellen, SNL, james cordon, their literal carpool karaoke video on james cordon has 100million views. these videos did so well because EVERYONEEE was watching them. everyone wanted to. man, they had a literal bts meal at mcdonalds.

some newer, growing kpop groups may make it on american broadcasting shows, but they’ll never reach the same numbers. and ima tell yall exactly why, using one direction (the band)

one direction fans are very similar to kpop fans, or for this statement, bts fans. 1d was a boygroup, amassing tons of fans OBSESSED with the members, even shipping the members (what was it, harry and niall?) 1d fans chose their favorite members, were in love with the members, made stan accounts… sound familiar? but lets remember, 1D was a LONGGG time ago. no american boy band has ever done it like 1D. but.. more importantly, nobody really WANTS another 1D. that is so important. ask any highschool teen if they want another one direction, theyll probably say something like “no, they cant be replaced. also it just isnt the vibe anymore.”

now, yes it’s true that 1D was pretty unique because america doesnt really do “bands” like kpop does, but 1D was insanely successful. however… boy bands in america straight up arent the vibe anymore. everyones a solo – all the new rising male artists in america are solo.

now lets put bts into this conversation: bts started going on american tv like 2017, and then they started to bring in TONS of american fans. but what made bts different from one direction is that the members aint from america, their celebrity culture is entirely different from america too. 1D as a band was kinda new because of the shipping and stuff, but BTS was NEW NEW. like a diamond in a mine. nobody knew who they were, where they came from, etc. their concepts, their synchronized dancing…

so this brings in a ton of american fans. fast forward, they go on all the shows that american sweethearts went on: ellen, jimmy kimmel, all of that stuff. everyone eats it up bc it’s new and amazing. then, dynamite and butter: EXPLOSION. played on all radios for damn months, going on all american tv, they get invited to the grammys.. they peak, when everyone thought they were already extremely famous, they went even higher.

and now, it’s over. or, it stopped for now. theyre in the military, bts hasn’t been bts in almost 4 YEARS, no bts at the BBMAs, AMAs, etc. but also, now america knows what kpop is. it’s no more “damn who are these fine men with colorful hair dancing on stage over there and why is everyone screaming so loud?” it’snow “thats probably one of those kpop groups.” bts set everything in stone.

so, everyone is always searching for “the new bts” but how about yall think of it like this. the same way there will never be another 1D and the way nobody really wants another 1D, a new bts is not something that anyone is actually seeking — it’s just a really interesting idea.

bts already went to all the shows, all the award shows, it’s been DONE. it’s over now. because what made BTS so different is that they were embarking on paths that nobody in KPOP had done before.

if you made it to the end, comment what you think bts’s future is gonna look like cuz i really dont know

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