P.S. There’s a big announcement at the end of this one 👀
This month I wanted to highlight something that was not in my bingo card for 2026 — becoming a BTS fan (Army). For those of you that do not know, BTS is a K-pop group with 7 guys from South Korea who are amazingly talented. It all started with their comeback concert on Netflix….
At first I watched it from my phone while I was cleaning the house the day it came out on March 21st and thought, oh I actually like this music.
Then I rewatched it again on our TV (properly) a few days later and thought to myself…why are there so many of them? Who are they?
And so I started googling them while I was watching the concert and was like…okay, I know their names now and a little bit about them….
What finally got me was watching the BTS: The Return documentary on Netflix. For me, after watching a documentary about a group and learning more about them as people vs artists really gets to me (which is what happened for me with Blackpink and Katseye as well).
Anyway, after that documentary, I fell into a BTS spiral… and here’s the trajectory of how I became a BTS fan, in case you want to take a similar journey😂 🤦🏻♀️:
- I listened to their new album, Arirang, on repeat!
- I watched their Hot Ones episode that dropped on April 9th, plus their guest appearance and performances on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon..so good!
- I watched Jin’s Netflix show — Kian’s Bizarre B&B — which made Jin my bias (a spot he currently shares with Jimin)
- I started watching shows like Run BTS and Are You Sure? that my friends who were already Army recommended. And there are so many more!
- I watched their Arirang Tokyo AND Busan live concerts in theatres
- I listened to their entire discography from the very first release to the latest — and got through all of it!
- I started learning their dance choreography — and I haven’t done any choreographed dancing since college lol
- Most recently, I went to a BTS Night dance party at the House of Blues and practiced that learned choreography hahaha
- I also bought the limited edition BTS Oreos (super tasty) and Jin Tuna limited edition (good protein source, lol)
Fast forward to May – I luckily got VIP tickets through the Ticketmaster lottery for day 3 of their Las Vegas shows at Allegiant Stadium where I had a great time meeting other Army and seeing BTS live for the first time! BTS were of course amazing and the fans just made the experience even better. I have not been part of a fandom like this before…so many fans (including us) had freebies to hand out and everyone was incredibly nice and sweet.
Fast forward again to today, I have tickets to the Baltimore day 2 show that I bought from a fellow Army that I met in Vegas (and we are going together too!). And I plan to hopefully buy day 1 tickets while I’m out there to ideally get a last minute deal 🤞
After reading this..you may think, wow she’s crazy. Do not worry, I too also think that and I thought to myself…I haven’t felt like this since I was a teenybopper in love with NSYNC and BSB. What sorcery is this?!? BTS has taken over and I’m a grown adult lol. But, there is really something about them that is special and I love them and the army fan community they’ve built!
So much that…
✨ Big Announcement!
…fast forward with me one more time into 2027: myself and Anya (travel advisor at VS1 Travels who is also Baby Army aka new fans of BTS) are planning a BTS Army Meetup group cruise trip, and we are SO excited!
We’re not ready to spill all the details just yet — but if you want to be the first to know when we announce everything, join our waitlist below! Spots will be limited, so being on the list means you get first access before we open it up to everyone else.
Or simply email us at info@vs1travels.com and we’ll add you manually!
If you are a BTS fan or know anyone who is (Army or Army-curious 👀), please spread the word — we’d love to build this community together!
Borahae (보라해)!!! 💜
(Korean for “I purple you” — BTS’s way of saying love and trust in the fan community)
