Feb. 2020 fell down the rabbit hole. Dope old ARMY. OT7. PTD LA D3 & LV D1D2. Hobi NY D1D2 & The Final in Seoul. Festa 2025. Arirang D3 Seoul, Toronto D1&2.
A fellow ARMY friend shared something interesting with me today.
She recently went on a date with a Korean guy who said he used to work as a translator for K-pop idols around 2016.
As they were talking about his old job, he mentioned that, according to his experience, some idols had completely different personalities once the cameras were off. He described seeing some of them casually lean back in their chairs, barely looking at the staff, then simply flick or wave a finger to summon them over instead of speaking to them directly. He said some could be very dismissive, demanding, and outright rude behind the scenes, despite appearing warm and charming on camera.
My friend admitted she started getting nervous because BTS had already debuted by then, and she wondered what he was going to say about them.
Instead, he told her that, from what he'd heard through the industry grapevine at the time, BTS had a reputation for being incredibly polite and consistently respectful toward the staff they worked with.
Obviously, this is just a secondhand story from one former industry worker, not something that proves anything universally. But I still thought it was a really lovely story to hear.
🐻 We feel really grateful for your welcoming hearts, but we'd like you to refrain from coming to the hotel if possible. We don't really want to share where we're staying and it affects our condition for the concert and so we make this request of you. And as we go on our tour, it's really important to us to be able to try out delicious restaurants, walk along streets, and comfortably enjoy those countries. I hope there won't be any more times when you come to our hotels. We ask for your understanding!
Hi, @ListenBrainz . Just so you know: the BTS ARMY didn't leave LastFM because they changed the rules. We're used to people trying to minimize our efforts.
We (don't) understand why you want to think that we're bots for loving our artists & listening to them all the time, but +