Although BTS has entered a long vacation period, their popularity is getting hotter with the opening of their recently opened personal account on the social networking service Instagram.
Long-term vacations are not an easy decision in the music industry these days, when groups have to make a comeback every three to four months. However, every photo and every word that BTS (Bangtan Boys) members made on their personal SNS accounts on December 6th has been on the search list every day, obscuring the fact that they are on hiatus.
BTS continues to increase in popularity after the first face-to-face concert in two years “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – LA,” which ended in LA, USA, on December 2, by running their personal SNS accounts. After the concert, BTS participated in the "Jingle Ball Tour 2021" and then announced that the members would recharge their energy through a long-term vacation before the concert in Seoul next March.
The members attracted more than 15 million followers the day after opening their account. V recorded a milestone of exceeding 20 million followers within 28 hours of opening Instagram, breaking the record set by Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston, who surpassed 7 million followers in two days.
With the opening of his new account, V became a real-time news topic for his "follow-unfollow incidents". This became an issue after V followed Jennie's personal Instagram account BLACKPINK (Black Pink). Shortly after, V unfollowed Jennie's account and asked the fan community, "Is there a way to get rid of SNS recommendations? Scary app," indicating that it was accidental.
A photo uploaded by J-Hope became a hot conversation. On December 8th, J-Hope uploaded a photo to his Instagram. In the photo, the clothes he was wearing had a condom pattern. Many then rushed to criticize him, saying, "Did he know it was a condom?" and "This is embarrassing." However, after it was mentioned that she wore merchandise from a campaign to encourage contraceptive use, many praised her as a "good sex education influence" and a "wakeup idol".
Their own SNS account ID is also the talk. Jungkook showed off his cute ID, "@abcdefghi__lmnopqrstuvwxyz" which includes the letters a to z excluding his English initials, JK. As a result, well-known companies such as McDonald's and Lyft have also changed their official SNS IDs in the form of brand name initials that do not include the alphabet, following Jungkook. Local media in the US and UK reported articles such as "Jungkook's SNS ID that even McDonald's wants to follow," which made us realize how influential his ID is.
Meanwhile, Jin continued his activities with his self-composed song "Super Tuna," which was released on his birthday on December 4. "Super Tuna" is a song about his love for fishing and his desire to be full, and he even beats challenges with his catchy and addictive rhythm and choreography.
The video surpassed 20 million views in just five days of its release, and topped the world's most popular YouTube videos for five consecutive days. Jin posted a photo of himself producing costumes in a video on his personal SNS, and the conversation he had with RM in the post proved his influence by receiving over 700,000 likes. (wk/goddess)
