clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭

You're my best friend, for the rest of my life

Com minha alma, coração e vida.

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

rest of my life
@BTS_twt

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

agora vamos ver quem é que quer mijo americano

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

they are soooo mad that's funny

[Nicolle⁷ @EgosShadow7]

Why does this makes me giggle?

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

BTS’ comeback concert drew more global viewership than the recent Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes, Emmys, and VMAs.

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Major award shows which introduced K-pop/Asian related categories, majorly due to the impact of BTS:

• GRAMMYs (2027)
• iHeartRadio Music Awards (2024)
• Billboard Music Awards (2023)
• American Music Awards (2022)
• EMAs (2021)
• VMAs (2019)

[Bad Bunny HQ @BBPRTV]

porque la música es música y no debería seguir siendo categorizada.

[colin @colin_goldmund]

A few years ago, Gene Simmons of the famous 70s metal band KISS was asked whether BTS could become the next Beatles. He dismissed the idea almost immediately. He said he didn't know any BTS songs and asserted that, unlike the Beatles, no one would start a garage band because of BTS. He went even further, saying that boy bands like BTS don't change the world; they simply make teenage girls' hearts flutter before eventually disappearing, and that they have no gravitas.

Why am I suddenly bringing this up? Today, on an online community I frequent—members mostly professionals in their 40s and 50s with progressive political views—a post about BTS really caught my attention.

He said he had finally realized that BTS is 대체불가. This word means "irreplaceable." It describes something so unique that nothing else can truly take its place. Words like singular, peerless, or one of a kind also come close to capture the meaning.

He admitted that he used to believe BTS's success had more to do with the global popularity of K-pop than with BTS themselves. He assumed that groups like BLACKPINK or Stray Kids would eventually replace them. Like most Koreans, he also believed military service would effectively end BTS's career. After all, that's what had happened to previous idol groups. They enlist, newer groups debut, and they never quite regain the same level of popularity.

But over the past few months, simply watching the news about BTS's worldwide concerts, seeing the sold-out stadium crowds, reading international media coverage, and watching presidents, celebrities, and people from all over the world react, he suddenly realized something. No, BTS really is different. He compared them to the Beatles, and now believes that no matter how many new idol groups debut from now on, no one will match what BTS has achieved. 대체불가.

His post has already been read by more than 8,000 people today alone, and among them were people who immediately lost their minds the moment they saw BTS and the Beatles mentioned in the same sentence. Some insisted that BTS could never be compared to the Beatles because there aren't BTS songs that "everyone" can sing along to like "Hey Jude," basically echoing almost exactly what Gene Simmons said a few years ago.

Reading those comments, I couldn't help shaking my head. They are judging BTS using standards from a completely different era. During the Beatles' time, British and American popular music dominated the world in a way that's difficult to imagine today. Radio, a handful of television networks, and record stores were the only ways people discovered music. Also, there were relatively few artists and genres competing for people's attention, and almost everyone was exposed to the same songs over and over again.

You didn't really choose whether to hear "Yesterday" or "Penny Lane." Radio stations played them constantly. Record stores played them constantly. Those songs became part of everyday life because nearly everyone was consuming music through the same limited channels.

Today's world couldn't be more different. There are hundreds of genres, tens of thousands of artists, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, Instagram, and countless other ways to listen to music. Every listener can build a completely different musical world with just a few taps on a phone. That also means it's much harder for any artist to become a truly universal phenomenon.

Over the past ten years, has there really been a song like "Hey Jude" that almost everyone in the world could sing together? I’m sorry but I can't think of one. In fact, the closest examples I can think of aren't even songs by pop stars. They're one-time phenomena like Disney's "Let It Go" or, more recently, Netflix’s "Golden."

That's why I think comparing BTS and the Beatles simply by asking whether everyone can sing one of their songs misses the point entirely. If anything, becoming a global phenomenon in today's fragmented digital media landscape is much more difficult. That's precisely what makes BTS's extraordinary worldwide popularity all the more incredible. If the Beatles were debuting today, their path to global dominance would have been far more difficult than it was in the mid-1960s.

Another commenter claimed that considering the Beatles' musicality and the sheer breadth of their popularity during their era, suggesting that BTS belongs in the same conversation was preposterous. This commenter says that with complete confidence because, like many other Koreans, he doesn't realize how deeply BTS's music has resonated with people around the world. Nor does he realize how highly respected the members are for their songwriting and producing abilities. That's partly because Korean media rarely discusses those aspects of BTS.

Korean media mostly reports BTS's achievements by talking about sold-out concerts, Billboard rankings, awards, or the number of tourists visiting Korea because of BTS. But I don't remember seeing serious discussions about why BTS became this popular in the first place. Very few journalists or programs explore their musicality, the members' songwriting and producing abilities, or why millions of people around the world feel such a deep connection to them and their music. Journalist Kim Ou-joon and the late music critic Kim Young-dae are the only people I can think of who tried.

To me, BTS isn't just a musical phenomenon. They're a cultural phenomenon. Millions of people didn't simply become fans of seven people. They became interested in Korea itself. They started learning Korean. They began reading Korean literature, visiting Korean museums, eating Korean food, and traveling to Korea. That's an extraordinary kind of influence. People didn't begin learning English because of Taylor Swift, nor did they suddenly become fascinated with Britain because of Coldplay. Their music is loved by many, but BTS became something more than a musical phenomenon.

And finally, BTS is also 대체불가 because ARMY is 대체불가. There has never been another fandom quite like it, and I doubt there ever will be.

[⭑ @bangverso]

locals elogiando a performance do bts na copa do mundo - a thread https://t.co/FblQs6Bck0

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

MY BABIESSSS

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

@carolinavante duas músicas ruins

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

@regsfangs hiii 💚

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Recording Academy member Adam Merter Birson on BTS at the GRAMMYs 2027:

— "BTS ARMY should make a push for ARIRANG to win Album of the Year and not be marginalized with Best Asian Pop Music category. I think it's great if smaller artists could get recognized, but not BTS. BTS is way too big and way too important of a group to be falling into this trap."

[chart data @chartdata]

In celebration of 10 years, @chartdata's Top 10 Most Liked Chart Reveals of All-Time:

#1 BTS’ "Dynamite" Debuts at #1 on the Hot 100
#2 BTS First Act in History to Replace Themselves at #1 on Hot 100 two weeks in a row
#3 BTS’ "Butter" Debuts at #1 on the Hot 100
#4 BTS’ "Life Goes On" Becomes the First Non-English Language Song to debut at #1 in Hot 100 history
#5 BTS’ "Life Goes On" Debuts at #1 on the Hot 100
#6 BTS #1 IFPI Artist of 2020
#7 BTS "Butter" Biggest YouTube Debut All-Time
#8 JIMIN First Korean/K-Pop soloist in History to Debut at #1 on the Hot 100
#9 BTS First Act in History to Hold Top 6 on the Digital Song Sales chart
#10 JIMIN joins BTS as only Korean acts in history to reach #1 on the Hot 100

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

@_dlbyh eu preciso de uma assimmmm

[chart data @chartdata]

BTS becomes the first group in history to debut a song and album at #1 on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously on multiple occasions.

Life Goes On & BE
SWIM & ARIRANG

[chart data @chartdata]

Billboard Hot 100: #1(new) SWIM, BTS (@BTS_twt).

[BIGHIT MUSIC @BIGHIT_MUSIC]

[기사] #BTS’ NEW ALBUM ‘ARIRANG’ BREAKS MULTIPLE SPOTIFY RECORDS FOLLOWING RELEASE
https://t.co/xLCJklPGYR

[Tracklist @tracklist]

"ARIRANG", do BTS, quebra o recorde de maior semana de estreia para um álbum de 2026 no Spotify, em menos de 4 dias.

O álbum já ultrapassou a marca de 250 milhões de streams na plataforma.

[clarxs⁷⊙⊝⊜ 🪭 @yelflowers]

gntd, mas cadê o bts????

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Biggest Artists Across Music Platforms Worldwide Currently:

[Pop Core @TheePopCore]

Biggest Artists Across Music Platforms Worldwide Currently: